Cline17

Transcription: 

this August the 24 1862 . richmond VA
dire wife i reseved youer kind leter dis
morning wich gave me much pleser to
hear that you was well and i hope
when thes fue lk linds Coms to the hand
may find you all well i am well at
dis time i was sory to hear that
James was sick but i hope when thes
linds Coms to hand may find you all in
good helth i Can state to you that i saw
frank Abnarthy and frank stur
we er Campt rite at them we have
much gone back to riChmond and i spect
we will stay dire A while i hant heard
frum h P summit nothing only What i
heard from d you i wod like to send some
money to you but i dont think that
it wod be safe to send it in A leter
i hope that i will git to Come home sume
time i Am A blige to spend sume of my
money hire er hafe liv but we Cant
git it hire for the money we left i l
summit [1] back at the Camp sick V
left dire last tusday but he was not
Very bad i wont to now if the boys is
all gone if Cane is gone if leme is er
not i saw Cal Cline [2] he was well and 
he wonte to Come to our Compney he dont 
like his Capton we have got A good Capton 
i wod not swp him for nun of them dus
all far his men that he Cant but he Cant
let his men Come home it dont lie
in his pare to let us awf Co tun over
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you Sade that you wod quit youer farme
i wont to now what you mean by that
i wont to now what you are gonte to
dew if you er gont to leav home er not
i dont now what you will dew if dis
ware dont stop i think that it is blige
to stop if it dont we will all perish
i hant nothen new to rite at dis
time Co i must Come to A Close when
dis you see erm remember me Co meny
miles A pate V be i wod like to
see you one time more in di wurld
if it Ced Cood be Co if it is to be Co
it will be and if it ant to be it will
not be rite as sune as dis Comes to
hand derect youer leters to riChmond
V A in the Care of Capton bost 46 rig
NC trops
W P Cline
to Mary C Cline
VA

Footnotes: 
  1. Pvt. Isaac L. Summit of Co. K
  2. there were soldiers named Calvin Cline in both the 23rd and 57th NC Inf. regiments that had troops from Catawba County
Date: 
August 24, 1862

Author(s)

Unit: 
Company K, 46th NC Infantry
Rank: 
Private

Recipient(s)

Other: 
William P. Cline's Wife

From

From State: 
Virginia
From Municipality: 

To

To State: 
North Carolina
To County: 
Catawba

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Brett Young
Transcription Date: 
March, 2009
Proofer: 
Michael Ellis
Proof Date: 
July, 2009

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