V A Peter burg V A Aug the 28 [1862]
Dear Wife I take my pen in
hand to drope you A fewe lines to
let you knoo that I am well
as cold be expect and I hope thos
fewe lines ma find you all well
at home we have bin a travling
three days and night and we have
landed to cedar point a thursday
a bout twelv oclock and we ar be
be hind the trunch ment and we
have heard the canon from the
yankeys we ar expect a batal clos bey
in a fewe days tha ar five miles
of us tha ar boming the river bank
now I have saw Walker
and he was glad to see us all and
we hant drod aney thing to eat
and dont expect to git aney tell
mondey morning and the
water is dad [1] and we ar on loo
land larg fild a dout [2] too or three 
hundreh acker hit is a giting
lat and I have no more at presen
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but remand your
affecttion Husban untell
death
Phebe Spainhourd
Robert Spainhourd

Tell A G I Wold like to rit
him a fewe lines to him <???>
<??????> but it is now
<????> they must writ
soon and I will try to rit
in my next leter
A D 1862
<??> petersburg
A G <??>