tulla homa ten April 2 1863
dear wife withe pleasure I Am pur mit
ted to drop you A fue lines to in forme
you that I Am in tolerbill helth
I was vary un well yesterday and nite Be
fore last withe the dire But I think
it is waring off I am in hopes thas fue
lines may find you and the Children all
well that is what All ways givs mee
grate sats faction to hear that you air
All well I was made vary proud yester
day Eaving when the male Cum in I
was liing on my chesnut poles and I hearn
J W Reese name called at hed quarters
tenas name was on my mind
next and when I Cum to find out
what I was Called for tena Rees
had Rote A letter to John W Reese A
way doun hear at tullahoma A
little over three hundred miles it
was Rote march the 16 and By William
Edmondes I think it giv mee grate satis
faction to hear from you when I
git A letter ever week from you the
time Rols off A heep faster to mee you
stated that you had moovd to whair
William Edmonds lived you did not
say how you was sates fide I want you
to Rite to mee and let mee no how you
air sates fide with your moov and
whoo is A going to doo your plowing for
you and how mutch you hav to giv
margrett Edmonds pur month and so on
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tena I want you to plant a heep of
potaters and Beens and cabbeg and if you
can git A Buchel of sweet potaters doo
it and plant them in as good ground as you
hav got I no the worthe of thase things
and how good tha air I never new what
thas things was worthe tell now you
All think you see hard times and no
dout But what you doo to what you ust
to see tena Butter is worth two dollars
A cake A goos is Redy call at fiv dollars
Chickens the same Eggs one dollar pur
dozen Captan Ward that Belongs to
to this Regmant that lives in polk County
N C he has Bin home on fur low and got
Back the othe day and Braut with him A
Barrell of Crout to sell it went off
like hot cakes at fiftey Cents pur pou
nd and he Cood hav got A dollar as Eas
sey as to hav asket hit men is starved
out an Bred and meet so Bad that tha
will giv aney price for aney kind of
Case you stateded in your letter that [1]
you had Recieved the nap sack I sent you
and my old coat and pants and old shirt and
and that was All I sent the Coat and
pants and old Shirt and the shoos I woar
from home and the two Bras Belt stars one
had union on it and the other A Eagle
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tena I send Cis and margrett A peace of porety you must reed it to them it is Butiful I think and I wood Be glad to no if you air Bound for that land tena I hav Rote three letters one to you and one to Rebecky Ellar and margrtt Edmonds and one to William Edmonds
turne over
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tell Cis and margrett to Rais a heep of Chickens for mee tell Brug hee must hav the pigs mar[k]t and I will send him A cap and knife tena the news is that we will start to Canetuckey in a fue days I think thair is A moov on hand tena I will hav to frank my letters I cant git stamps if you can send mee a fue stampes in A letter doo it
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my shirt you sent to mee takes the prais hear wash hardey had to loock at it yesterday I had draud A pair of pants nerley like it I am well uniformd honey