Deare wife I seate
my self to drop you a few
Lines to inform you that
I am well and harty hoping
those few lines will find
you injoying as reasonable
portions of health i have
nothing of ineterste to right
to you onley we have bine
one a bige Raide since i Rote
to you we went Down Twordrs
welle done we started one the [1]
8th of this month and gote
and gote back the 18th of this
month and it rainde and
sleatede and snod ande
it was the coldist time
i ever experance I Beleave
I allwayes culd keepe
warm By marching bute
thise time turn over
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But we got off withoute
iney fighting and that was
betere than alle but we
aire back ine same positions
near Peatersburg we have got
verry good huts now and if
we can git to stay in
them this winter we can
injoy our selves verry well
wood is verry ond hand dy that [2]
is the Wirst at Presant
Mr Bartlet Nixon is coming
home and I want you to
see my father and teel
him to send a fresh mess
of some thaing to eat if pleases
I expect to gite a fureloughe
be fore long my selfe if
the wether gits wirse they
will furlough a good meney
I wille close for thise time
right sone and give mee
all the nuse Danele Abnathy