Baldon County Georgia may the 31 1864
dear wife with pleasure I am pur
mit ted to drop you A fue
lins to let you no that I hav got
to my regmamat I am still suf
ering sum with my ankel I had
to walk ten or twelv mils after I
got off the cars and that did not doo
mee any good tena I hop and trust
thas fue lins may find you and the
children all well I found the
regmant in fine helth as for news
I cant giv mutch thats reliable tho
I am hear in A line of Battle whair
tha hav Bin fiting for sum time I got
to the Regmant last sunday Eaving in A
allful thicket I lay down and went to sleep
and a bout a leven oclock I was wakend
By that powerful noyes of canonading we
had to fall in and march out in a
old field and thair we lay tell day brak
then wee moved a long the line a bout
two mils whair wee air yet thar was no
fiting last nit hardley but tha air dooing
a little this morning the canons is roring
how this thing will End I cant say not
noing but we air a bout 12 mils dew west
of maretter the fit commenst at dalton
sixty mils from maretter we hav lost
a heep of men and kild a heep of yankeys
and hear we go you all dont no a thing
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a bout hard times and de struc tion of pro
pirty if you cood see the corne feelds
and wheat fields that is ful of stock
all is de stroid thats the truth no one
Escaps the hors of this thing whair
we go we hav lost but vary fue out
of this Regmant tha giv mee a gun
to tote But this morning colonel weaver
had it turned over so I hav no gun to
tote I am helping Elic wagner at tend
to the horses at my old trad a gane
tena dont be uneasy a bout mee I can say
to you that I recieved your letter yester
day tena you dont no how glad I was to
hear from you it was rot the 22 of may
I was sory to hear that Peter Ball was gon
I am in hops to will find woman a
plenty in the country whair he has gon
tena I must cum to a clos I will rite
in a fue days a gan and mor[?] of it
the arme is fed vary well we git a
half pound of bacon pur day and plenty
of bred tena if my leg dont git well
by the time this fit cums off I will git
a fur low and cum home o how glad
pore john wood be tena cololnel weaver
told mee that you was a pattern for
all others to go by in trying to liv
I am glad to hear this but new you
wood doo your best ma gods bless
ings be with you and my sweet ons
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kiss the boys for mee
tell the children howdy for mee
tena I rot this in a hury
look over the bad riting
direct you letters
as you did the last
JW Reese CTV Reese