August the 2 1863
Camp Near ornage corte house va
Dear wife I take the plesher
of riting you a few lines
to in forme you that I am
well at present hopen thos
few line May reach and
find you well Dear wife I
receved you kind leter august
the 1 and was glad to hear from
you and to hear that you was
well I havent got Mutch
to write at present only it
is harde times hear with us
and Mity hot and we haft
to March very harde I havent
sean no plesher sence charley
got kild he got kild the
wounded the 2 and died the 3
he was shot in the head and
sufered Mity Bad before he
died I toted him of of the feald
and stade with him tel he
died I am at a grate lost
sence I lost charley tel I
am all Most crasey but
I hope that I will get a
long with it the I can I
was Mity glad that you taken
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the honey as long as it was
sitch a god price I wish that
you had a taken both gumes
I want to sea you the worse
I ever did in My life I want
to sea you all the worse I ever
did if we get dwn a bout
fredricksburg I want the
father to come and sea Me
I have got a heap of talk for
him I have had one Mes
of beanes and and squashes but
I had to pay 1 dollar for them
I havent drod no Money in
fore Month but I have
got some Money as yet I
am a comin home the first
chance I can get I think that
this war will end before
long for I think that
the yankes will whip us
before long charley never
spoke after he got wounded
and he wanted to go home
Mity bad before he died
he was kild at getties
burg P N pore feler he
got kild a long wase
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from home I was very
sory that I codent get a cofen
to bearey him but I beared
him the best I cod it was somthi
ng that I never expected
to haft to do but we dont
know what we will do tel
he gets in the war
Nothing M More at
present only I remain
your lovley hosban tel
Deth John Futch
to wife Marth Futch

Dear Mother i will rite
you a few lines to in for
m you that i am well at
present hopeing those few
lines May reach and find
you and famley well i want
to come home to sea you Mity
bad i have got a heap of
talk for you if you i cod sea you
i have rote to you sevrl
times but i havent got
No anser as yet i haft to
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go bear footed the botom of
My foot is as thick My
thome and sores that i ever
had we sea hard times and
haft to March Mity harde
and it is the hotes wether
that i ever saw in My
life Several of our Men
fanted yesterday on the
March i want you to com
and sea Me and fetch Me
a warter Milin and rite
Me word how your garden
is and how your crop is
Me and charley bothe amed
to come home crismas
if we both had a lived
but charley pore feler
got kild but i will
come if i can which i
hope that i can come to sea
you all and have some
for it is pore fun
to Me Now hear in this
war Nothing More
at present only i remain
yours as ever
John Futch to C Ramsey