[this letter transcribed earlier]

Tueday Jan the 17 1864 [mistake for 1865?]

Dear husband I myself to let yo
know that I aint well I hav the bowell
complaint and I dont feel well a bit
tho I walked to the X roads today Camp
sent me word to go soon and that he
would take you some sacks tobacco &
a letter but he started yesterday
and went another way he has don so
mean I dont care if I dont see him
no moor there is a company of deserters
in the south Mountains numbers 150
John Deal sed that it was a truthfull
man saw them and counted them he
knowed some of them John dident tell his
name and the Melisha is afraid of them
they dont try to ketch them they go
out but dont go where they are the
Deserters sed that they had 50 guns
for moor if they would come and ex-
cept of them I dont know whether
they will get recruts or not
[page 2]
(Up-side down at top of page 2 of original letter)
doct young says that I may hav John[???]
for 50 dollars and wait till the war ends I think
he is too old to giv that

I heard that you had got out of them
ditches I got a letter today dated 31
the first in three weeks you wrote
that you wanted to hear from me if you
couldent see me I supose I do too we dont
get the mail regular it is time I
had another letter but I dont know
when I will get it Mooney will come in
a few days if he dont get his furlow
extended it is the mudyest time I
ever saw I have a hog to kill I wish
you was here to kill it for me I hav
kill three little ones you can tell
Camp that I think hard of him tell
him maby he will want a favor don
some time you sed that it was snowing
it haint snowed here it has hailed & it
raines and then turns cold I feel so bad
I cant hardly write I wrote all the
news in this letter and the other one
when I hear moor I will write it