Camp Near Hamiltons Crosines
June the 2 1863
Dear Wife it is With pleashur
I Take my pen in hand for
the purpious of answering
your kind litter Whitch
Came to hand yesterday it
found me Well and Doing well
Dear Wife I hav nothing of
importance to write you at
this time We have a cons...
iderabal Drouth her we
havant had scarsly any
rain cence fight I drawn
Cloths Cence I writting to you
before you Said in your letter
that you herd that we was going
in to another fight Soon but
We hav Verry peaceabal times her
Now I wold ov sent you moor mony
but I didant no how soon it wold
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hav to much from here and
didant no when we wold get the chance
of being paid of and We hav to buy
nearly Every thing We eat Dear wife
I Want to com home And Se you very
bad if I had the oppertunity of
so doing I live in hopes that the
War Will Close Some time
this Summer So as we all
Can get once mor you must take
the best Cear of your Self you
Can mab I will get home
time before I Dy giv love to
Margret Blake all to Carline
Anderson R J Savage and his
Wife Mary Stokes and family
as my time is short no news to
Write I will Close So write
Son Nothing more only I
reman yours affectinate husband
tel John Futch