Baggarly13

Transcription: 

Camp Neer Oreng court howse
this awg the 13th 1863
My Dier Wife I Take the Pleasure
this morning to Drop yow a few
lines this morning To let yow no
That I am well an I hope when
tha come To your lovly hand thay
may find yow an my 3 lovly little
children well My Dier wife I
Recken yow want to no how the
Times has been with mee I told
yow i woold tell yow the trwth an i
will i can do it with pleasure they
hav Treated mee with all the cindness
thay never done nor said a word no way
thay told mee to go to my company
an the 3 day they Paid mee for evry day
that i was presant an at home too I
now hav $50 dollars and i want you
to hav some of it Bwt i dont now
how to get it to yow if any one passes
i will send yow some Times is quiett her
know thar is a heap of talk of N c carolina
going back in the union i want yow to
wright to mee what thay ar doing
an what thay think of it i hope this
war is most over tell Mr Stimpsons
[page 2]
Offee is well hee come in the day [1]
i did i was glad to see him Tell paps
all how dy & Mr Kinders Too i went
to the 4th reg the other day mee an aff
Jwl an mit is well an gas too
Mag i want yow all to rite to mee
Tell sister Emily an Elin to rite to
an Mr Kinder Mag i want to now
if Turner sent that wheet to yow as
he said he woold an if Jim gaither
done what he promis an i want to
no how mwch that lot made
Mag thar is moor talk of peace now
than ever has been the peopl in Richmon
say tha think it is most over Mag i
think i can get home to tell you abowt
agin in the cores of 6 months send
mee word if yow got my letters i sent
yow 3 from Ralleigh one from
2 or 3 from Richmon this is the 2 on
My Dier Wife make your self easy
you no what i told you Mag i sent yow
a paper of snuff an tode an sis a little
Baker a pice by turner i want to no if you
got them so no mor this time only my best love to you
Direct your leters to Richmon va 5. N.c Reg in car
of col garret Ramsours Brigade T F Baggarly
to M E Baggarly

Footnotes: 
  1. Pvt. F. E. Stimpson of Co. I
Date: 
August 13, 1863

Author(s)

Unit: 
Company I, 5 NC Infantry
Rank: 
Private

Recipient(s)

Other: 
Wife of Tilmon F. Baggarly

From

From State: 
Virginia
From Municipality: 
From County: 
Orange
From Note: 
Camp near Orange Courthouse

To

To State: 
North Carolina
To County: 
Iredell

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Michael Ellis
Transcription Date: 
April, 2010

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