Futch30

Transcription: 

Camp near Port Royal
March the 19th 1863
Dear Wife I can not Send you
as much money as I wrote
in the [???] letter I would
Send I Cant Send you but
one hundred & fourty
dollars this time one hundred
dollar Bill & four ten
dollar Bills do nothing
more at this time
I remain your affectionate
husband til death
please write as soon
as you get this good wife

John Futch
to Martha Futch

Date: 
March 19, 1863
Collection: 

Author(s)

Unit: 
Company K, 3rd NC Infantry
Rank: 
Private

Recipient(s)

Other: 
John Futch's Wife

From

From State: 
Virginia
From Municipality: 
From County: 
Caroline

To

To State: 
North Carolina
To County: 
Northampton

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Casey White
Transcription Date: 
July, 2008
Proofer: 
Michael Ellis
Proof Date: 
August, 2008

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