1862
the of
Camp near fredericksburg v.A. this 3 de[cember]
My dear Partha I now Seat my Self to
drop yew afew lines to inform yew that
I am fat and sasey at the present
time and I hope my dear when theas
few lines reaches yew and my dear babes
will will find yew boath enjoying good helth
my dear Partha we air in Sight of
fredericksburg and can See the yankeys
drilling every day my dear wife I
rote yew aletter about two weaks
ago and I hant had no answer
my dear Partha me and Daniel has rit
to our farther to Send us abox of
provishons and I wont yew to fix
me Somthing good and Send it to me
Charls waller is coming out and he
Ses he will bring it to us my
dear Partha I have nothing of
importance to rit til I hear from
yew Send me apair of gluves I
nead them verry bad I am
now a driver and I nead them
verry bad the Capton Ses that
he will let all of the married
men come home this winter
if he can nothing more at
present right Soon
My dear Partha I am now
harterry now then I ever
was in mi life
dont forget what I tell
yew no more at present
rite Soon my dear and
dont forget
John H Hartman
to
Partha l Hartman
when this yew Se o dear
remember me