N C union C No 28 1861
Dear uncle I seat my Self down
one tim mor to addrees you with
afew lins to let you no that we ar
all Well at presant hop that these
few lins may find you with the
same good enjoyment uncle Lee I
re seav my letter Last friday fro
m you uncle Lee mother sais she don
as you said uncle Lee pap baut a
galon of Whiskey for you an moth
er went to ganmother and put it in
your box and soad it up in your
blanket and cam hom an grand
mother tuk it our of the box [??]
[te?] botles mother sais sh wante the
box box up next tim at hom
uncle Lee mother wants what she [1]
send to you box up here at home
here after grand mother took out
your licker and it made her mad
and it cost no body nothing but
her uncle Lee pap speaks of comeing
but you know how he is uncle Lee
if you git the chance to come home
come a head the girls all sends howdy
ad and mother wright soon to me
L::A:: Stack
to L::R::Hilton
[page 2]
uncle Lee hue gardner son of bob
is dead he was shot in the thy he
was brougt home dead and frankling
williams is dead uncle Lee Jhon
threat bought aunt Dena up here
last saturday to see if grand
mother wod take her they is call
for volunteers in the south till they is
got a draf for he new that he had
to go the longer they put it the
worsser it is they is 20 thousand
yankes landed at charlston they is
thouing their poms over in town
we all send howdy to you [and all in?]
your tent [?]old [?]ind sens howdy
to thomas whitcer jerushea R
Parker brouth his letter here and we
had ourun wrought and put them
all in one in vealop wright soon
to me you must excus
[??] writing this time we are in a
hury to start to the office we
will send you [??] a [big?] some of
these days Deney J Stack to
my Dear uncle
Lee:R:Hilton