Bivouac, near, Spotsylvania Cort hous[?]
June the 6th 1863
My, dear, Wife
This leaves me in good
health hoping it may find you the same
We left our old camp on the morning of
the of the fifth and have marched this
far and are now resting. Stoped here
yesterday and have been here all day
today. There is some move on hand
that is hard to find out we expected
to go streight to culpepper but I cant
tell what will be done yet I am afraid
we will have Some hard fighting to do
befor we return to our old camp if
we ever do. The arme is coms it appears
are all in motion Dear wife I will be [change in hadwriting halway through this line]
gin again this is the third day from the
time I Begin to write this letter we have
marched on By Culpepper we have Stopdt
ner the Court house to rest a gain But
I dont know how long we will stop here
we are in Bout five miles of James
[??] Anderson I do not know how to fin[?]
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this letter with out one from you
I want to See you the wirste I Evry
did in my life you must writ to me
as oftin as you can I am mity Soure
that I we are goin to the Valyies
I have Seen sits the Blue Rige and
the mountins we here heavy canonading
the direction of fredricks Burg to day
I am in hops we wont get in the fight
But I dont am mity frad we
will I Expect we will have a nother
Big fight at Bull Run you must
take Peshel care of your Self and get
a long the Best you can I want to
Come home the wirst I Evry did
I live in hops I will Come Sum
tim or another give my love to all
the famly tell them to write
to me you must also write with
out fail for I dont know when I
will get the chance of writing
so I will come to a close I remain your
housb untel John Futch