My Dear brother,
I am happy to inform you that I am
still spared to the present time to
drop you a few more lines to let you
know that I am Well and I Do hope
that these few lines may Reach you
and find you all Injoin good helth
for I find that It is one of the
greatest Blessings that We Can injoy
on this earth. I Was happy to receive
your kind letter today for it dose me
so mutch good to here from eny of my
People in this troublesum place.
Whene I study so mutch it appears To
me that I Can't stand it some times
But yet I do hope & pray
that I may live to git home [p.1]
Again But it is doutfel. About that,
I have escaped thousands of balls
onst But the next Battle may take
thousands of us. there is no telling
about that. We ar expecting A fearful
Battle at this place every day and
When it dose Come off it Will be one
that Will be long remembered By them
that escapes But We ar Well prepared
for it and at work. Every day you
said somthing about our battle being
at harpers ferry. hit was 15 miles
below here At aplace cald bethel
Church. they was meny Balls Went into
the meting house. our old Colonel Was
in all of the mexicin War And he says
that he never saw such abattle in his
travels. [p.2] they ar fiting about
here every day or two I got aletter
from henry poteet a day or two ago
and it was Amity good letter. I am
glad to here from you all & here
that all of you ar praying for me and
for all. I want you to give all of
the nabors my best love &
respects. tell my Pore old mother
howdy for me And perhaps farwell for
this May be the last letter that I
ever May have the Chance of riting to
eny of you. my feelings Was Mortyfide
& the tears Brock from My eyes
When I Was reding your letter &
Come to When it told Me of the death
of Mr Suttle for I thought
more of him than any Man that I ever
saw in all of my
travels. But if I Can go [p.3] Just
as I think he Went I think that I
Would go happy.
there is much of sickness here at this time
and agreate many Deaths. We haint
lost many men out of our Company yet
and I hope that We will all live to
git home again. Rite to me Assone as
this Comes to hand And dyrect your
letter to the Same place that you did
the other. so nothing more at present
only Remanes.
Your affectent
Brother till Death,
Peter Poteet to F. M.
Poteet And family and Mother Brothers
& Cister. May the Lord bles &
save us all is my Prays amen. [p.4]
