Peters Burg V.A.
December 3th 1864
My Dear Wife and children I Seat my
self this morning to Rite you afew
lines to let you now that I am still
in the land of the living yet I am
well and I hope and pray to god that
these few lines May Reach your kind
hands and find you all Well I
cant Rite without crying it seems to
me that I never will git to come home
again I want you to tell all of my
littel children houdy for me and
kiss them for me and tell them
that I want to see them the worst
that I ever did I hope that the Lord
will spare my life to git home and
see them once more in this life
Albert hufstutler got shot through
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his neck the other day the last time
I heard from him he was still alive
I rote to you about John Wadkins got
killed on the 16 Day of last month
you Rote that Sidney got wounded in
his elbow I am sory to hear that you
Rote that Joathan Walker was in the
gard house you dident Rite what it
was for and you Rote that tha give
Henry Dale a good beating that was
good and you Rote that your Brother
had to start Back I am sory to hear of
that tho I hope that the lord will
Bless him you Rote that you sent
me a box and you Rote that you sent me
as good as you could git at that time
What you sent me is as good as I wanted
I Did not think of making you mad
Dear Wife I would not put any thing
to trouble you if I can help it I
just thot that Mother was abler to
send me a box than you was and
I Did not think any harm I Rote
to her to not let my children suffer
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you Rote like that I tride to blitel you
I never thought of any thing you Rote
that she never giv them any thing
I dont want you to think hard of me
for it Dear Wife I now that you
love me and I now that god nows
that I love you and I will as long
as I live you Rote that it had bin
along time sence you seen me and
it would not surprise me if it dident
be longer than it has bin before you
see me yet tho I hope it wont bee long
you Rote that you was all ways one
that wasant thought you Rote that god was
your helper he is all of our helpers if
we put our trust in him you Rote
that you had not got no letter sence
the 31 days of oct I have Rote one are too
ever week I Dont now what is the
Reason that you dont git them
I send this letter by James Duncon
I hope that you will git it
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I have Rote for you to send me
Sumthing more to eat of you could
I wanted you to send me sum beens
& cabetch and one posum & apeace of
pork I dont want you to send me much
pork just alittel peace if you can cend
me any thing you now what to send
as well as I can tell you
I Dont want you to think hard of
me I want you to keep your lamp
trimed and burning and tell Thomas
and Elizabeth to keep ther lamps
trimed and burning you can tell
them that I still pray For them
and I expect too as long as I
live I Dremp last night that
I saw you and I Dremp that
I got wounded in the hip and in
the sholder I hope and pray to god
that I never will git wounded as
long as I live I send George Pinkney
this Bill of money you can tell him Farewell
that his paw sent it to him Dear wife
F.M. Poteet to M.A.E. Poteet for this
time
I want to kiss you very
bad
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that is the last sent of money that
I have