VA Camp near orgen Co
febuary the 2 the 1864
Dear wife i seat my self to drop you A
few lines to let you no that i am well
and i hope when thes few lines Comes
to youer hand may find you all in good
helth i hant got no leter from you
sence the one that you rote on the 8 of
last month i th hav rote three and got
nune i Can tel you What me our Cences [1]
is but you have heard the Capten sed
that he wod rite to you but i Can tel
you what it is me and H H Caldwell
and B W Boyd C Cobb J P abenathy C goodmon
we hifto wear a ball and Chane 70 days
and den hard laber the ball 12 pond
and the Chane one foot and 6 inces you
mite think that dat was mity hard
but i dont Caire for dat not one
bit i wod as sune be duing dat as to
A be in the Compney we are duing A
bout as well as the rest of the boys
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we will git out of the gard house A
bout the time that the green grass
Comes out we have ben in the gard
house tel we have got yust to it
and i dnt Caire of the Ceep us in
tel the ware ens and i dont
think that dat will be going long
and i dont Caire how quick dat will
be i hant got nothen new to rite
at dis time but the was thre men
shot out of our gu regment last satday
fore going home the first time and
took them diden git home i tel you that
our Capten stud up to us like A man
i think more of him and i ever did i
diden think that he wod du dat well Co
i must Come to A Close by asken you
to rite as sune as dis Comes to youer hand
i remain youer husbon on tel deth dereCt
youer leter to Richmond W P Cline
VA 46 reg Co k in the
Caire of Capt Bost to M. C. Cline
Cook brigate