Wester8

Transcription: 

Pettigrew Gen Hosp No 13
Ward Anderson
Raleigh N.C Feb 3rd /65

Dear father I
will drop you A few lines
to let you hear from
me I am yet A mend
ing I am Near A bout
as well as Ever I hope
those few lines may com
e safe to hand and find
you and all the Family
Well Cousin Ed Was
Over to see me jus today
He is well. I asked the
Dr to Transfer me to
The No 8 Hospt He told
he would if that [1]
[?]spt was not A
going to be Broke
up he says that the
No 8 I going to be Broke
up
[page 2]
He seemed perfactly
Willing to transfer me
James Wilson has got
back hear in the Hosp
in Ward He tol
d me that he did not
get no Furlow he says
he run the Block[ade?]
and went home I have no
News of great Importance
To Write I got A Letter
From ben A day or 2 A
Go he was sick I have no
News to Write. Write soon
give my love to Mother Puss
Nancy and all the Family
I hear A great Deel of [?] [2]
A bout Peace
I will close by saying I rem
ain your son T.C. Wester
To Father

Footnotes: 
  1. page damaged in lower left margin
  2. page damaged in lower right margin
Date: 
February 3, 1865
Collection: 

Author(s)

Unit: 
Co. B, 13th North Carolina Infantry
Rank: 
Private; later sergeant
Residence (County): 
Franklin County, NC

Recipient(s)

Residence (County): 
Franklin County, NC

From

From State: 
North Carolina
From Municipality: 
From Note: 
"Petigrews gen Hospt No 13, Ward Anderson"

To

To State: 
North Carolina
To County: 
Franklin

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Barbara Jones
Transcription Date: 
October, 2011
Proofer: 
M. Ellis
Proof Date: 
December, 2011

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