NC wake Co campmanggum
May 3 1862
dear wife i take my pen in
my hand to let you now that
i am well and i hope When
thes fue linds Coms to hand
may find you All well i can
tell you that we will leav
dis place next thursday
V [1] er going A golbure [2] i ispect  
i will not stay dire i recon
i will goy to richmond the
exspect [a?] be dire i dont
recon that i will git to Com
home if we dont never
meat in dis world i hope
to meat you in A beter
world but i wod like to
see you all wonts more
if i dont i wont you to
remember mey on tell
deth they wos a thosen left
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[page 2]
hire the day dare wos
A leds the horse was full
bouth tims i will send you
my likness to you With
nelson wetherspoon [3] i wont
you to git it i now that
you like it if you like mey
for it look like mey i
giv fore dolars and 50
sents for it if a i wont
you to send mey some
liker if you Can if eny
body Coms from dire you
neden to send it with
out somebodey Comes with
it ore i will not git
it the water is bad
hire and meby it
will git noe beter done
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[page 3]
thire is lots of sicknss
hire
theire was forty dide in
one night hire i Can
tell you When A man
dise hire da er not looked
at no more then A dog
tell all my frends hody
fore my th fore i dont
now whecrer i will ever
git to see them eny more
er not i wont you to
pray for mey and
all for us all and youer
self remember youer
frend wild you liv
i must Come to aClose
by sayen rite to mey
as suns you Can
i wod like to see litel
elien one time more
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[page 4]
i got A leter from
h P summit may first
day he was well he
sed day was on picit
gard and saw some
yankes he sed the run
be hind the brese from
dem i Wont you to
gow to newton and
git my bag it
is At lawson fry
it has got one <?>wit bed
blankit in it one Shurt
one pare of slips day
er some that i drode
i will tell you if i was at
home one time A gane i
wod stay dire five thousen
dolars wod not th take mey
Away from dire
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