Miss Parth L Hartman [May 19, 1862]
i now seat my self at the
citty of richmond to inform
yew that i am well at the
presenttime and my dear wife
iwill now give you my love and
Cindeness toward yew and the
babe and my allmity god ifeal
that ican meet yew any
whear My dear We air
now stationd at richmond
this . the 19 . of may My der wife ihope
that when theas few
lines reach yew they will
find yew and my babe enjoying
good helth we have about
one hundred and fifty
thousand trupes at this
place
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My Dear Partha ihope
and trust in god that
the day will soon
come when iand yew
will meet andthat iand
yew may live and
dwell together the balance
of our days ilong to See
yew my dear wife
never forget me inever Shal forget yew the
day that iand yew parted
it Semed to me as if i
shood di inever got
over it in about two
houers but ishal nver
forget yew
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My dear Parth in[e]ver got
your letter til the 11 of
april at yorktown irote
yew two letters that
day we moved from
yorktown to west point
and thair we got
afew Shots at the
yankeys we had alittle
battle we cild three
hundred of the yanks
and two of our men
got cild my dear wife i
have Sorter forgoten how
yew look Partha ihave
found a verry pretty gun
and iam agoin to keap
it and bring it along home
with me if i come
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My Dear Partha rite
as Soon as yew get
my letter we air treted
verry bad we dont get enny
thing to eat more then
one half of our time and
when we do get it it
aint fitten to eat now
Partha rite soon no more at present
Back your letter to richmond
viginia in cair of capt
James rieley rite soon my dear wife
John H Hartman to
Partha L Hartman