Camp Davis
May th 27 1862
Dear Wife
I avail myself
this evening to inform
you I am well at
this time hoping this
may reach you and
family enjoying the same
portion of Gods blessings
I have a little nuse our
men have whiped the
yankees in western verginia
and captured for thousand
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we have aright strong
force around wilmington
if we had fifteen thousand
we could hold it against
fifty thousand there is
a heap of sickness in
camp Simeon is verry
Sick with the measles
and James Jones is Sick
with the measles but
is better I want you
to write how my crop
looks and how you are
getting along with the
plowing tell Tom to
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plant his peas as soon
as he can and feed the
horses what they will
eat and attend to
my hogs and save the
pigs if any. Tell Miss
Elisabeth I am under
many obligations to hur
and will speak agood
word to Mr W B Bowdon
if I want fraid I
should intrude on
good feelings give my
respect to all enquir
ing frieands Ichabod Quinn