WinChester VA October the 19 1862
deir wife i tak my pen in hand
to let you now that i am well hopen
when those fue linds Coms to hand
may find you all in good helth
i resvd youer kind leter last night
Wich gave me much pleser to hear
that you was all well you wonted
to now if i had for got you i have not
but i lost all my paper and all my
Clothen the time of the fite i wont
you to send me A paire of socks
as sune as you Can the times is hard
hire now it is giting Cold hir now
A we er looken hire ever day for a
nuther fite but i have got a nufe
of fiten to dew me but i spect we
will hefte got in to it A gane the
was A fite afue days a go abote
ten miles from us old Jackson
took xso fiwftwen hunder prisan
and if kill A lot i think that we
will git the yankes all after while
was a take of pese [1] A while but
that wose A sine ofe A big fite
i wont you to sow some Wheat if you
Can i Cant git to Come home now
but i hope that We will all git home
dis winter i wood gave all that i
have got if the wire wod stop if
it dont stop the will all perish
i Can tel you that we have saw
harde times fore the last month
we went day and nght and you now
that i think of home den i think of you
when you was A sleep
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you had beter try and bie Corne
a nufe to dew you dis fall whille you
Can git it for it will be hard to
git nex spring thare is nune made
it bote hire What litel is made
i all de stroyde i saw P r Cline
and daVid setser and dan finger
the stade too nights and one day
with us i saw pillip drum
last night he was well And
hen is bouth well Co i must Come
to A Close when dis you swe remember
me A meny miles A parte we
be Co rite sune as dis Coms to
hand
derrct youer leter to Winchester
VA in the Care of Capton Bost
46 ri N C trops W P Cline
to Mary C Cline

A fue linds to mister John Summ
it tel him that i send him
my best respects to Jim and
all the rst i wod like to Come
home see you All
i wont you All to rite to
me i like to hear from you
W P Cline
to John summit NC