Camp wrie Near Macon Ga
Nov the 1 64
Dear Compaion
I take my seat to write you a fiew lines again
as I had no paper yestody this leavs me still on
the mend and I do hope this will recs your kind
in due tim and stil find you well and in Joying the
favors of life you may expect to find somting new
in this but I havent no nuse of importans to write
I only want to anser your letter if I can however I
will do the best I can you may rest contented
about my clothing for the goverment has got to
clothe me or I will not serve them and you must
not be disturbed by trifles and when you dont
get letters from me you may no that I am
whar I cannot male them I no how you feel
when you dont get letters for I have had
the trial of it for this is the first letter I have
recieved from you in three months tho I did
not think harde of you for I new you did not no whar
to write to I rote you a letter when i started to the
hospttal and rote to you not to rite to me til you hird
from me and I was laying on the rail road and
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cold not male a letter to you I want you to

write regular and oftain as you can and I will
do the same with out fail I wish I cold be thar
to help you milk and sea your stock tho I had rather
help you eat sum of your milk and butter but my
meat and bread is cooked and cut and handed to me
in my hands colde tho it cannot last always
so I will close and rite mother a line as I feal like
I shold do so so far well again W.P. to L.C. Mangum
Dear mother after my best love and respects to you
I am in comon helth and impoving I hope this will
find you well and doing well I wish you had a had
rome to a rote more for I love to read your hand rite
and I am a fraid that you will not have the
opportunity of telling me the rest soon tho
I hope you will dear mother I wish I cold cum an
make your shoes and do many other things
for you that I am due you rite to me again an
tel John and Mary to rite so I must close at presant
excuse my [h]sort comings if you plas and rite so[o]n far well
W.P. Mangum to Elza Mangum