March 17th
l864
Weldon,
N.C.
My Dear Wife,
I Seat my Self down
this morning to let you now that I am
well at this time hoping these lines
may Reach your kind hands and find
you injoying the Same blessings. this
is the first time that I hav had the
chance to Rite to you in any
satisfaction. I hate to Rite you the
truth bit I must . I had to Sell my
Raisor and ray coat to git Sumthing
to eat and then have to doo with out
Sumthing to [eat] half of my time.
when I got that box that you Sent me
I was laying down and praying to my
god that I had Sumthing that I could
eat and tha was a box Come and tha
Said it was [for] the 49 Redgment and
tha up and called James Poteet [p.1]
he brokit it open and show the gard
that tha was no weapon in it and then
he fetched it in and I got up and
went and looked on the lid and I told
him that it was my box. I told him
that it was no harms. I doo hope and
pray that this Cruel war would come
to a close so that I could come home
and Stay with you till death but I
dont now when I will See you all
Again but if I live I think that I
will see you Again. god nows but I
dont. I want you to Send sumthing to
eat if you can and send me sum unions
if you pleas for I think tha saved
[my] life before. if you hadant [of]
sent them I could not eat [any] thing
but when I eat _____ [p.2] I Rote you
A letter yesterday but I got to send
this by hand to morganton by James
Poteet. Wife, I cant send you such A
letter by male. I haint Received no
letter you dated later than the 5. I
looked hard for one this week but I
dident git it I want you to Rite
every Week and I will Rite when I
can. I cant Rite every week. if I
could I would Rite oftiner. I cant
git paper nor invellopes with out
money. god has blessed me to git
paper to Rite A letter. if I live to
git out of the gard house I thing
that I can Rite when I please but I
cant hear. I hope that god will Bless
you and my littel Children till I git
home. I want you to Rite whether
[p.3] Johnthan Walker is at home are
[or] not. he has acted very cleaver
with you. tell him that. I hope that
god will bless him for leting you
have the land. A line are too to the
Children. I want you to bee good to
your Mother and work as hard as you
can. I want you to ciss the littel
children for me for I cant ciss them
now. May god bless and Save you all
is my preyr for Christ Sake. I Reckin
that you think that I have for got
you. I dont want you to think Such A
thing About Me for I think of you at
any time in the day.
F.M. Poteet to M.A.E.
Poteet.
I hope and pray that
the Lord [will] Bless and Save you
and my [littel] children is my prayer
for Crist Sake. [p.4]
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