October the 16 1863
richmond V A
Dear wife i seat my self to drop
you A few lines to let you no
that i am well hopen When these
few lines coms to hand may
find you in good helth i hant
resevd no leter frum you
sence i have left home i did
not stay at the rigment but
one week and i lef and
went after [?????] and
the gerd was [???] to richmond
we stade at gordensvile fore
days i wod A rote frum dire
but i node that we wod not
stay dire and i though that i
shod rite tel I node whare we
wod stay pute tel the 7
of dis month i no that you have
rote but the went to the regment
and i did not git them for i
[page 2]
left fore the got dire i hant
got nothen new to rite at
dis time i wont you to sel all
the wheat that you Can tel
the old man that i am well
tel me if you have getherd youer
Corn yet ar not Co i must
Come to A Close by asken
you to rite as sune as dis
Coms to youer hand
derect youer leter to
richmond V A Castel thundor
in the Caire of Capton
Alexander
WP Cline
to Mary C Cline