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| − | + | Aprile the 14 1862 | |
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| + | Warwick County virginia | ||
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| + | Camp nere worktown | ||
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| + | Dear father and Mother | ||
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| + | I now sed | ||
| + | my self down to write a few | ||
| + | lines to let you no that we | ||
| + | are all well at present and | ||
| + | hoping that these few lines may | ||
| + | find you all in the same state | ||
| + | of good health and further i | ||
| + | let you no that we recevid | ||
| + | your letter yesterday and we was | ||
| + | very glat to here from you again | ||
| + | and I let you no that we are | ||
| + | not more as aboud one mile from | ||
| + | the reples any more we did take | ||
| + | to the reples when we was on | ||
| + | picked gard and i did see there | ||
| + | camps and flags and every sings | ||
| + | that i want to see and they | ||
| + | fired at us like hell and we | ||
| + | fired and [crossed out ] once and sho[crossed out] shot aboud | ||
| + | thirty of them i exbect we git a hard | ||
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| + | |||
| + | [Pg2] | ||
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| + | battle here once[crossed out] one of these | ||
| + | days but we are not quite | ||
| + | rety yet but i exbect aboud | ||
| + | last | ||
| + | the of this week it will | ||
| + | comense and i let you no that | ||
| + | we didten git [?-crossed out] pate yo[crossed out] yit | ||
| + | and i dunt sing we will | ||
| + | till the war is over and | ||
| + | i dunt no how long it[crossed out] | ||
| + | that will last yit and i | ||
| + | have | ||
| + | let you no that we very nise | ||
| + | and worme weter here most too | ||
| + | worme somtimes but i hope we | ||
| + | can com home till next fall | ||
| + | and further i let you no that | ||
| + | i would like to have postage | ||
| + | stamp for fifty cent and if | ||
| + | you plese sent them in the | ||
| + | next letter for we cant git any | ||
| + | do[crossed out] down here any more for we | ||
| + | have no money and the half letters dunt | ||
| + | go if we dunt pay them and | ||
| + | write soon[crossed out] soon this is all at present | ||
| + | |||
| + | Emanuel Peter Franklin Peter Jacob Peter | ||
| + | write soon | ||
Latest revision as of 12:24, 3 March 2013
Aprile the 14 1862
Warwick County virginia
Camp nere worktown
Dear father and Mother
I now sed my self down to write a few lines to let you no that we are all well at present and hoping that these few lines may find you all in the same state of good health and further i let you no that we recevid your letter yesterday and we was very glat to here from you again and I let you no that we are not more as aboud one mile from the reples any more we did take to the reples when we was on picked gard and i did see there camps and flags and every sings that i want to see and they fired at us like hell and we fired and [crossed out ] once and sho[crossed out] shot aboud thirty of them i exbect we git a hard
[Pg2]
battle here once[crossed out] one of these days but we are not quite rety yet but i exbect aboud
last
the of this week it will comense and i let you no that we didten git [?-crossed out] pate yo[crossed out] yit and i dunt sing we will till the war is over and i dunt no how long it[crossed out] that will last yit and i
have
let you no that we very nise and worme weter here most too worme somtimes but i hope we can com home till next fall and further i let you no that i would like to have postage stamp for fifty cent and if you plese sent them in the next letter for we cant git any do[crossed out] down here any more for we have no money and the half letters dunt go if we dunt pay them and write soon[crossed out] soon this is all at present
Emanuel Peter Franklin Peter Jacob Peter write soon
