River . va
Camp Neer Rapidan
This oct th 5th 1863
My Dier wife as I am a goin
to sen pap an mam a letter
I wish to send you a few lines
Too I am well an harty an I
hope when tha come to your hand
as one I love so dear tha may
find you an my little children
all well I hav no nuse to send
you only I am a faring very
well My Dier wife I Recvd a
letter yesterday from capt Turner
he sais Thomas heath an maden
has giv thir selvs up to forcun [1]
an is a coming Back C. D. sides
that went home with me colo
garret has afferd 250 dollars [2]
for him he seen in the papers
that he was a helping them in thir
mutins
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If tha get hi he will go up
[t]he spowt now capt turner
sais tha hav got after Dr. Ellis &
& hav taken up Mr Diffey
he said Mr forster Told him he
wold do all he cold to hav mee de
taild he said he sent on my nam
he said the man said he thought he wold get
mee Mr Turner said as soon as he got
well he was a going to Ralleigh an he
wold do all he cold for me an see
what Mr forster thas done My
Dier wife I am Better
sattis fide now than I was bee
for I went home But if I
cold get detaild To work at
salesbury Whar i cold see
you all I wold bee much
better Sattisfide you no an I
no you wold too Mag when
you rite Tell mee how your
Taters ar an how your calf an
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3
an hoggs ar you said you
wanted to ceep your yong sow
i rather you wold too send
mee word if you got your rosnears
planted or not I think you had
better soe your lot down in
wheet a gin if you can get
any one to do it you had
better hav it Broke up first
Send mee word if That
money I sent By Jwle was
all new or not it was all
5 dollar Bills Jwst from the
Bank the hole 25$ My Dier
Wife I want you to spend
it for any thing you need
for your self or for the
children when you rite a gin
send mee word what dinglar is
a doing an bill green andy
gaither
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Mag I Pwt a little
ring in letter 2 or 3 weeks
a goo for Tody if it woldent
fit you I will pwt one in
for sister now an send mee
word if you get them the
firs time you rite you said
in your last letter you had my
close at last take car of them
I hope I will get to war them
owt at home yet Mag when
you rite all ways say some thin
abowt affs folks he allways askes mee
if you say any thing of them
Tha allways do in his letter about
you to mee so nothing moor
at presant only my love to
you an the children ontill
deat T F B To M E B
My Loving Wife & children