high point NC [no date, but sometime in September 1862]
Deare fother I take my pen in hand
to in form you that I am Well and doing
well hope ing When these few lines coms
hand they may find you all well I have nowes
to rite you at this time I sur pose you herd
I lost my money I did through a miss take
I pute it in my side coat in my volune teer
Coat [??] it sliped down through the linen
of my Coat I loste 84 dollars I expect
to go to richmond and I dont now where
els dont rite to me un tel I rite to you
again We will camp at drures
Blufs I found my money and I dont
Want you think harde of me fore the
reports that is out
To hardin Copland
I herd from Johns to day and
he is at Baltimore and merilin
we expete to go ther and persuits
of the yankes and and run the yankes
I will Close fore the present

Iseke Copland
To hardin Copland