Camp Price March 14th 1862
Dear Wife I take the pleasure
of writin you a few lines to inform
you that iam well and hopes these
few lines will reach and find
you in good health as this leaves me
the same at present Thanks be to
god for his kind love to us Dear
Wife i recevied your kind and welcom
letter this evening and was happy
to here from you but was sory
to here that you was Sick but
i hope you will be better when
this comes to hand i started you
my likeness and a letter on the
9 of this month and i want you
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to send word if got them or not
as soon as you get this i recevied the letter
and fish you sent me and was happy
to get them i have not drawn any
money yet, but as Soon as i get
it i will send it to you Dear Wife
you need not send me any bed Cloths
for i have got plenty i want you
to write and let me no the reason
that you did not draw any provisen
Dear we are under orders to march
but we dont no wher to but i will
let you no in my next letter
Dear Wife i cant tell you when
i shall come back for there is not
furlous granted now i must to a Close
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by saying i remain your loving
Husband untill Death pats us from
John Futch to his Wife Martha
Futch

Dear father i take the pleasur
of dropen you a few lines to let
you no that i am well and hopes
these few lines will reach and find
you all in good health as this leavs
me the same i want to see you
all very bad for this is not like
home i want you to tell
stocks that i was sory to here
that her famly is all sick with
the measels give my kind love [corner of page torn]
friends
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Dear sister franchine i send you
a few lines to let you no that
i am well and hopes these few lines
will reach and find you in good heal
th and i want to see you very bad
and i want you to write to me as soon
as you can i want you to remembe
me to Carolina Andersn and give
her my kind love and tell to write
tome also Richard Savage and his
Wife and tell to write to me i must
Come to a close i remain your friend
John Futch