Dear husband I seat myself with pleasure to write you a few liens to let you no we are all well except me I have not bin right well since you left home. I was glad to hear that you was well and I hope that you will so comtinia. I have wrote you two litters since I got your third wone but I dont no whether you will them at tall or not I took them to town and got eles4olar to back them an he said that you had left rocky gap but I think he directed them right any how he directed them to doublin depot Thomas I never have had any thing to hurt my feelings like the fourth letter I thought I could not stand it and I dont think I can stand it without seeing you. You are all my thout last when I go to bed the first when I wake and I no if I see you soon I will die with grief it appears to me like you dont care whether you get back or not but I no you do I want you to pray for me for I am troubled so I cant pray for myself or you either you can see some of my tears on this paper they drap down and most puts my riting out and draws up the paper I have seen trouble but none like this: you wanted to no hoe Coopper an Jace and the baby comes on they are all well at present We call the baby Reuben Paulett. Poor little Coopper cries for you some times an says that he wants to go to town an se pa an if we ask Jace whare pa he will say a yaner he means a way yander this side aint got no rools and I cant rite strate I sent aletter to cameran in wone of yours it was from Mary fisher in ash and I will send a nother wone in this that is from rush they are sent to wytheville and no body takes them out. I got a letter from Jace last weak an he had bin in a nother battle an the yankees whiped them an Jace was not well when he rote: an he all ways complains of the body lice he said that he got a letter from aif and he was at home when he rote but he was a going to leave the ne-to day: mon is in camp Jackson now but I have not seen him Sally was at Jones Fishers yesterday an mom was thare two he had bin in a fight. Jason told me to tell you to rite to him an an tell him whether wone fight satisfied you he said that you told him that you would like to be in wone fight. if you didnt get my other letters tell me an I will no the next time what to rite I wrote lots in theothers that I wont rite now till I no whether you got them or not: I want you to rite to me evry weak whether you get wone from me or not for you can conquer gnef better than I can I tell you Thomas you dont no what I have to go go thorough withe I some times dont care what becomes of me if it was not for you an my sweet little children: but I dont never exespect to se you any more on this earth for I never feel well any more I canit eat any thing hardly but what it makes me sick: if I could jest see you it would help me so I want you to rite often for that is all that does cheer me at all ) mon was at Prinston in the fight you was in he said if he had a node that You was thare, he would have p______
 
 

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