the
March .27 .1864
My dear wife I Seat my Self to answer your cind letter
whitch I received last evning I was truly glad to hear
from you and to hear that you and Sisy air well my dear
I am allso well at present hoping when theas few lines
reaches you they will find you boath well and harty
my dear I am Sorry to tel you that the furlows air
Stopt I can inform you that my furlow was Sent
up but it come back disapproved but I am in hops
of getting afurlow this Summer the order is now to
Send all of the maried men home first and they
air but too before me So I hope I will get home yet
if my furlow wold do [1] agot Sind [2] I wold do bin home next
Sonday but now I dont no when I will get home
my dear you Sead you wonted to no Something more about
the Settler charg our boys is in the guard house yet
Mall Crowel is in the guard house yet but dont tell
Juley nothing about it my dear wife you Sead you
got the ring I Sent you I have fore more pretty ring
for you but I will try and bring them to you
you Sead you was douptful about what I ast you
I wont you to let me no as Soon as you find out for
I am ancchous to no my dear wife if I was with you
to day I wold take ahappy Easter but it wold not bee
with eggs it wold be Some other way but god bless
your Sweat hart we air far from eachother but we
will take our Easter Some other time when we can
make it Sutible my dear I have no news to rite So I
must fill my letter with Jokes So you must not
think hard of me for I wonto See you worse now
then ever
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My dear wife I take my Seat again to give you anuther
Small Conversation I can inform you that I have
Just got back from the baptising of fore men
of our Battalion I quit riting to go to See them
baptised and I will now finish my letter I wish
you cold have ben hear to went with me it
wolddo afforded me grate pleasure but as it is
I hafto go by my Self but I hope to See the
time that I can go with you and that before
long I am longing to See you my dear Sweat hart
My dear I exspect to go to See Mrs Meeks this eavning
and See what She has to talk about She Ses She
wonts you to rite to her and let her no how you
and Sis air getting along I must Soon close
for I have no news to rite I will close by asking
you to rite Soon and dont delay rite me all the
news you can fare you well my dear Sweat hart
my dearest dear O do rite Soon Soon rite Soon
John .H .Hartman to the love of his hart
Partha .L Hartman when this you See think
of the time we corted we air corting now