August the 15

N C Jackson countey
My Dier wife I take the
presant time to let you
no that I am yet on foot
and I hope thies few lines
may come safe to hand and
find you well and doing well
I hav nothing to rite at
presant only to let you
no whair I am and what
I am doing me and John Revis
and Jonas pace and fransus
farmer started to come
home and got hier to aplace
called webster and met
with some of the malitia
started out to ketch up
conscrips and they stopt
us hier and wont let us go
any further we air doing
very well hier we get more
to eat hier and is not indnge
of the bulets dont be uneasy
about us for we air doing ver wel
we air in about 60 miles of you
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I want you to rite as soon
as you get this and let me no
how you air geting on and rite
how al the folks is doing
I hav not had aleter from you
in over amonth I am [destracted?]
to hier from you direct your
leters to jackson co webster
post office we hav ben hier
2 days we wold hav got
home in 2 days more I stil hope
I will get to come home before
long and seemy little
sweet one time more
when you reed this send
it to father and mother
and let them hier from us
tel them torite to me what
all the boys is doing so I
will bring my leter
to aclose by saying I
remain your loving
hus ben til deth
D W Revis to
Sereptia S Revis