State V A June the 22 1862
Chester fild Camp neire
druis blufe
dier wife i take my pen
in hand to let you now that
i am well at dis time hopen
when thes fue linds Coms to
hand may find you all
well i resevd youer kind
leter the 18 of June and
it gave me much pleser
to hear that you was all
well but elien you sade in
youer leter tha she [1] wonted
to see me i Can tell you that
i wod like to see her and
you too i wod like to see
litel bob tell murk and
James to be smert boys if
you turn Jim in the black
Bery feild he will git fat
and i wod like to be dire
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to help him eat some
tarts for i Cant git nun
hire thire is no boyd bodey
liVen Close hire for thire All
gone And left there homes
fore tha wos A frade of the
yankes the yankes is in A bot
nine miles of us that tride to
Come up the river last friday
but tha mist dare ame our
men fird one thar bots and
the went back if tha wod A got
out on land dire i wod A ben
in A fite rite off but i dont
think that day Can land dire
of for V have canions plast all
A long the river fore nine
miles i have been digen brest
works all dis week i think that
i Can giv the yankes s[?]t if the
come up hire i dont think the
will come hire
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i wont to now how my
heet is good er not the
Crops is A noCont hire
and i heard that the
was A noCont dire but
i hope that mine will
make sume i think that
V [2] wil all git home tell
fall dire is Some take [3]
of pise And i dont Care
how sune it is made
for i now dist A muct [4]
A bot the armey as i wont
to now Abot it it is A
harde life to liv if i git
throw dis time i will
never go in to it no
more dis will
me as much as i wont
to now Abote it but i [ink blot]
hope i will git thru safe
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Co [5] i must come to
a Close by saing
rite sune
when dis you see
Remember me A meney
miles A part V be
direct youer leters to
petersberg VA 46
in rigment in the Care
of Capton Bost Compney
k NC trups
i cant rite A bout
eny more for i have
got the week trimels
At disndt
W P Cline to Mary C Cline
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