petersburg VA Camp 1862
neire druries blufe June 25
i resevd youer kine leter
dis moring wich gave
much plesere to me to heare
that you was all Well i am
well at dis time hopen when
thes feu linds Coms to hand
may find you All in good
helth you Wonted to now
wether i Wod let phillip
Abernarthy work in the shop
i told you to let nobody work
in dire and i you to doo so
if you let one in the all will
be in and so i wont you to
keep him all out i wont
you to Ceep dat shop aClose
for mabe i will git home
sometime and then my tools
i will be ire and if i dont
the have got no bisnes to work
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in dire it wont doo you no
good to let them waire out the
tules And git A nother for
them you wonted to now
if i neded eny Clothen i dont
need eny dis now but i will
need some A boute fall if i liv
dat long i wont A good
jacket and A pire of pants
and i wont them
all over and i wod like to
have too Culerd Shurts fore
i Cant Wash thes for i dont
git no sope and you now
to wash them in Cold water
and no sope the er mite
i hant got no sope
sence we have ben hire
but A litel tha er
fiten to da I recken for
i Can hear the Canions
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firen to day and the day
was the time that the sade
they wod fite but it is A
bote 8 er 10 miles from
us the will be A harde
fite dire but i dont think
that i will git in that fite
for we er looken for the
yankes hire ever day rite
hire V darto leve the
Camp no fuder then to
gow to the spring V hefto
be rite dire redey
all the time but is like
the song stan Study by youer
Canion make balls and
grape shot fly so trest in
god and davs [1] And keep
youer poder dry the
day that i Come to rchmond
the woned [2] that Come in
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dire was A sie to see [3]
if it is god will i dont
wont to see A nuther
[s?]itey time no more but
if i doo heft go in to it
i will doo All that i Can
Co i must Come to A Close
When dis you see ermember [4]
A meny miles A parte
we be i wod like to see
you and the Cildern one
time A gane but i hope
that the time is Coming
that i will git home one
time more so remember
me on tel deth and i Will
you derect youer leters
to petersbirg V A 46 rigment
in the Care of Capten bost NC trops
Compney K W P Cline to
to Mary C Cline