V. A
Campe near ornge
febuary the 13 1864
Honarde Sister i take
my pen in my han
to let you konoe that
i rescved the kind
leter that yor husba
scent to me it fond
me well and dis
leaves me well i tho
hope thous fue lines
may find you and yor
famule well i wold lik
to bin at home to tock
to frankling i hope to
god the war will end
so we all Can Com
hom to stay i am
mity tiard of the
war the yankeys
make a raid evry day or too
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we have good houses
to stay in i hope we
wil stay till aprile
i can tell you we dont
git no meate hardly a
tawl i Can tel you
we i Can eate it at
wone time and not
have a nuff i thinke
we will Starve her in
the army if frankling
is gon you must tel
him to rite to me i
roate him a leter a
bout foure weakes
back you can tel
him i was mity sory
i wasent at hom to
tock with him i Can
tel you we sea harde
times her so i com
to a Close i remain
yer frend J. L. Wilson Caroline Setzer