God bless and Save you and our littel children.

Camp Burmuda Hundred Va
May 31^th 1864

Dear Wife and Children,

I Seat my self Down to Drop you afew lines to let you now that I am well at this time. hoping that these lines may Reach your kind hands and find you all _____. Doing Well. I Received your kind letter that was dated the 20 and was glad to hear from you and hear tha you was well. I got the plat [p.1] of hear that you Sent me. I left your Brother in Richmond Monday Eavning. he hated to See me start. I had to get to My Redgment and he had to go to his. When I got to my Redgment I got that other letter that had the plat of hear in hit. you Rote that you had got your corn over the first time. I was glad to hear that you was getting Along as [p.2] you are. I have praid for you and my littel children all the time and praid that you might have A good time. I loud that when I seen the back of your letter that you had got through but when I Red it I found out that you hadant. we are in line of battel Now and E _____ Whisant was Sh____ed yesterday and I met the men taking him out to the amanabus (ambulance) to take him to the horse pittel I want you to pray for me and tell [p.3] all of my Friends to pray for me to Spear my life to git home once more to See you all again in this life. I doo hope and pray to god to Spear my life to git home once more to See you all and find you all well. G.W. Mooney is with me. he Said that he would Rite. I have bin out of prison 22 days. I think that your brother was the gladest to See me When I got in prison. that I must close by Saying Rite Soon.

F.M. Poteet to his loving Wife M.A.E. Poteet [p.4]

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