No 1

This Apr th 19th 1863
My Dier Wife I Seet my
Self this Beawtifwll Sunday eavnin
To drop you a few lines in answer
to your kind letter the 25 of March
which gave ne a great deal of
Satis faction I was very glad to the
provision you sent to mee tell ant
vi an crees thanky for what tha sent
me you said you yow wold a sent
me a ham if tha cold of got it
the Box i am glad of it for i dont
need it an i am a fraid you mite
need it your self wee draw some
& beef & som fish an some lasses an rice
some sugar some times fruite & some
times peas Mag My Dier you said
yow wanted to send me some
close dont send me any for I
hav more than I can tak car of
I want to send home my cote
& pants an slips if i dont i will
hav to throw them a way I pwt one
par of pants an slips an shirt in a
box when wee moved i will never
her of them any moor
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Mag I wold a riten to you
sooner but wee hav been on picket
for 3 days an nits wee hav Just com
in bill gaither an milt was her
yesterday I wold a liked to seen them
Thay said that mils maden an Tom
[?]aith run a way the other day an
2 or 3 other men i think ther will
lots run a way this summer they say
thay will any how some time ago
thay hav never herd of them yet an
i hope tha wont Mag i shoed thes
lines to the capin he said he did not
think thar was any chance now bwt
if thar ever was any chance he wold
ten to it i hav had no chance to
shew it to the Col i will shew it
to him yet the 1 chance for I
want to come home yow know I
hav said nothing a bowt my health
yet i am well an harty an i hope
those few lines may find you
engoying the same like blessin an
my litle children iexpect a letter
from you this week all so from
sister Emly an all of the rest
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Giv them all my lov an
respects an tell them i will rite
to them a for long Mag you had
better git you 2 or 3 pigs an rais them
tell pap to let you hav them if he
has them to spar Tell Mr stimpson
that affe is well an he is mity proud
of his bx he is a mity good fellow
an giv them my best Respects an
i am oblige to him for comodatin
you so mwch as to help you to send
mee some thing in his box you owgh
to see mee an aff setin up eatin
our eggs an fish we hav baked seven
pies wee can bake a rite nice pie
Tell oncle Bake an ant sarah an
th children howd an the write to
me all so ant vi an cress an
tell oncl bake I want to see him
to her him tell some of his funney
Jokes Mag live contented for
i think i shall come home this
summer yet the yankes wold
talk a cross the river this time
more than ever thay say thay
think the war will close this summer
one of them said riping owt an
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said he wished this god damed
war wold end for he wanted to
go home i herd them hav this talk
my self they laf an talk with
us bwt it is a ginst owr an
thar orders capt Taylor of co
G took 16 of his men an got
in a bote an tried to slip ove
the river nite a for last he got in
15 ft of the bank he looked
an dis coved thay had found him
owt an thay had a hold Division formd
in line of battle he turnd an came
back his intention was to go over
an tak the sentional of of thir post
prisners an come bak he got mis
taken so no moor on the swbgect
i most clos my Dier wife if i
cold see you i cold twll you a heap i
can rite i riten your mother an
Jane a few lines last week
So nothing moor at presant
only my love to you an my
lovly children i will put a
ring of my one make in this
to you i want to no if you get it an
if it fits T F B To M E M my Dier Wife