Dear brother and sister I again seate myself to to let yew, now that I am
alive and in Common health hoping when thease few lines comes to hand may
find yew all well and doing well as to news I have but little that would
interest yew sow I will make my letter short for I am like yew sed in your
last letter when I comence riting I become sow excited that I cannot right
with any sence for I can think of ten thousand things at once one thing is
certain we poor soldiers want peace and intend to have it if thare is any
chance soldiers her is vary much disatisfide and speaks there sentiments
vary boldly and indipendantly taking holding paper and hallow whoorough
for holden and for peace in any way they have tride to get us to reinlist
but from what I now and can her they ant (?) a third of them (?) that haz
or will reinlist and they say that theydo not intend to do mutch more good
and some sware publickly that they intend to go to the yenkies sow yew may
guess how they talk her Howell rote to his brother that is in the same
ridgment that Joseph Lasley is in and got an answer he ses that Jo. is in
the hospital but did not say what hospital nor what was the matter with him
I hope not dangerous he rote that many of them ware tuning away thare is
many that can or would say with us that it is a glumy time and ar ancious to
see better times I received a from Nancy that was rote the 10th of this
instant and mailed the 11 I was glad to her from them and yew all to her
that yew ware all well but it would do me mutch more good to see yew a~l
once more but when that time will come I cannot tell I hope soon as old
N. Carolina is trying to do something for peace I hope she may be sucksessful
in doing some good I am taking holding paper I see they are holding meetings
in diferat parts of the state soldiers her like the move and are ancious
that she may suckseed in her undertaking two thirds of the soldiers her are
holden men I will say now more on that question for I have rote time and
again to yew all and got but few letters yew are allways in my thare is
time that I cannot tell my feelings towards yew all it grives my heart to
think of my condition and my famaly at home a million would I give to sop
this war and live on bread and to stay at home with my famaly and friends
I will say that we get about half enough to eate her I hope we may allways
get that we aught to be thankful of that all I can say let the consiqunce
be what it may her if we are prepard for death all will be right let us be
prepard for heaven is all I desire I hardly (?) I will say that I sent some
things to Nancy forty five dollars to Nancy one shirt one pare of drawers
one paper of needles I allso sent yew one paper of needles I sent Nancy a
paper of needles some time ago I do not now whether she ever got them or
not she did not say I I want to now whether she got thease things or not
I allso sent a pare of socks and some invelops and ten cents in silver which
was in the invelops that war in the socks I will close by saying read this
and read it to Nancy and when yew rite let me now whether yew got thease
things or not sow rite soon fail not for I am ancious to her from yew at any
time it makes me feel bad to go to the office when I am looking for a letter
and get none tell Nancy* I will rite to her soon now I close this time your