Febuary the 23th 1865

Dear loveing wife I Sit mi Sit mi
Self don this morning to drop you
afew lines to let you no that me
and mi dear Son is well at presat
and I hope and pray to god mi heaven
ley father when those few lines
cums to your dear loveing hands
that tha will find you and all
of our dear loveing children well
and adooing the best you can
Dear love I can Say to you that I
received your kind letter that you
rote the 10th of this month last nite
and I was verry glad to hare from
you one time more and to hare
that you was all well and god bless
your Sweete darling life I hope to
See you agane in this world and
all of mi darling children and
live with you agane til death
parts us
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Dear love I can Say to you that
I think that the yankes is agoing to
Surround us her and take us all
before long tha have takeing Charles
ton and collumbia and tha ar
acum ming on to charlotte and
Sailsbury the noos is her now
that tha have a Strong forc of
Calverry not far from Sailsbury
now and if tha take that rale
roade we cant git nothing to eate
atal no more and we cant
hare from home no more but
I dont care how quick tha take
everey thing we have for our
head men wont Stop this cruel
and unjust war til the yankes
takes every thing we have the
men is agoing off everey nite
ther went 7 men from our cum
pany last nite and too last Saturday
nite
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Dear love you Sed in your letter
that you wanted me to Send all
the things I had her back I have Started
evereything home that I had her that
was worth Sending I Sent three
haversacks and three bottles
and Some powder with Mrs
and the bottles all three
I fild with Smoakeing tobaccoe
and the rest of the things I Sent
in the box you Sent me last
I Sent it buy exspress and
I dident mark mi things all
the thisngs that is mark is Mr
glberts and Mr haveysons
and Mr Smyre has one jug
car Sent his Coate in the
box and I give Mr Cemuel
robison the bill to take home
to you and when the box gis to
newton you can gitit and leave
the markt things at the post office
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Dear love I can Say to you that
I am atrying to git afurlo no[w] on
car capten Bost told me this
morning that he would git me
one if he could but dont no
whether the can or not it dont Seem
like I ever can git to cum home
with out I cum home like I did
when I was at home before and
if I dont git to cum home before
long I will take mi oald roade
and try and git home one time
more Dear love Mr lewis Sigmon
is acum ming home and I will
Send you a nice pipe with him
So I will Close mi few lines for
this time the lord blessus and keepe us the
lord make his face to Shine upon us and bee
gracious unto us and give us everlasting
peas for christ the redeemer Sake amen
D Setzer to Mrs Susan Setzer god bles you
I hope to See you agane