[Sarepta apparently couldn’t read or write. This and the following letter were written for her by her cousin, John E. Morgan, who served with Daniel in Co. B, 64th North Carolina Inf.]

1862
county
N C Henderson October the 12 [1862]
we ar all well at presant and I hop
thes few lines may find you well
I wold be gld to see you and I hop
you will cum home to me as sun as you can
and Judy is with me John will sone
[?]ing [??] and he is cralling all over
the place and we are gitting along very
well with the [horse?] very well
and your hogs are dwoing vry well
that was spaid but won and hit is
dead and I want you to rite back
all the war nuse we heard that
all the officers is called off the geth[er?]
and we hop that it is to try to mak
e comp[??] so I have nohing more
at presant to danel Revis
Srepty Revis









N C Henderson county
October the 22 1862

I take my pen in hamd to let
you no that me and the baby
is well at presant and hoping
thes few lines may find you in the
same state of helth and I wood
be glad to sea you and I want
you to take cear of yur self and
I wood be glad to sed you a cuming
home and I will hug your nack good
for you and giv you one good kiss
so I have nothing moer atpresant
so I will bring my remarks
to aclose I hav received two
letters from you and have sent
two to you but idwo exspect to
geth er corn as sune as i can
and leav hear but I dont
no whear I will go
to dannal revis
[page 2]

John Morgain 1862 oct 22 [1]
I will right you all a few
lines to let you no that i am
coming to your company
in about 13 days and every body
in the hold wearld is cuming
wimen and children all
and then we will make a [mash?]
of the war