God bless and Save
you and our littel children

Camp Burmuda Hundred Va

May 31th 1864

Dear Wife and Children
I Seat my self Down to Drop
you afew lines to let
you now that I am well
at this time hoping that
these lines may Reach
your kind hands and
find you all [?????????]
Doing Well I Received
your kind letter that
was dated the 20 and
was glad to hear from
you and hear tha you
was well I got the plat
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of hear [1] that you Sent
me I left your Brother
in Richmond Monday
Eavning he hated to
See me start I had
to get to My Redgment
and he had to go to
his When I got to my
Redgment I got that
other letter that had
the plat of hear in
hit you Rote that you
had got your corn over
the first time I was
glad to hear that you
was getting Along as
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you are I have praid
for you and my littel
children all the time
and praid that you
might have A good
time I loud that when
I seen the back of your
letter that you had got
through but when I
Red it I found out
that you hadant we
are in line of battel
Now and Whisant
was yesterday
and I met the men taking
him out to the amanabus [2]
to take him to the horse
pittel I want you to
pray for me and tell
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all of my Friends to
pray for me to Spear
my life to git home once
more to See you all again
in this life I doo hope
and pray to god to
Spear my life to git
home once more to See
you all and find you
all well G.W. Mooney
is with me he Said that
he would Rite I have
bin out of prison 22 days
I think that your brother
was the gladest to See me
When I got in prison
that I must close by
Saying Rite Soon F.M. Poteet
to his loving Wife M.A.E. Poteet