PetersBurg V.A.
October 4th l864
My Dear Wife and
Children,
I seat my Self this
morning to Rite you a few lines to let you
now that I am well at this time only I am
very week in my legs aad hips. I cant
git Along A walking like I once
could. I cant Run if it was to Save my
life 50 yards. but I hope and
pray to god that these few lines may
Reach your kind hands and find
you all in good health. you Rote
in your letter that you and Mary wasant
well
that
went hard with me. you Rote that you had
to cry about that I could not git to come
home. I would all most give my life to
bee
with
you this night I hope and pray to god that this
war will close before long that all of
the men can came home. if higgins
will fetch it and this letter comes to
hand I want you to send me sum
cabetch, potatoes and paper and sum of
our
homade
tobacco. send what you can. you maby
can. think About what I want you to sent
me,sum unions. it seems like that I have
had bad luck with what you send me. I am
Stationed all most in the edg of
PetersBurg. and I want you to tell Mother if She pleases
to send me sum apels. tell her that I
would Rite to her but I haint
got paper to Rite and I haint got
no money that I haint Drawn no
Money sence I left home. you
can tell her that I git About half
anuff to eat that I git the 1/4 of
apound of Meat for a day Rashing
and about 3/4 of apound of flower per
day and if I live I dont expect [to]
git half that match before long, tha
Say that. [p.1] if you send me a box I
want you to bore sum holes in the
sids of hit and then the things wont
spoyle. Lee Says that he cant hold Petersburg, that
he will have to vack awate it and make
his lines Shorter. tha have bin
fighting three are fore days just on our
Right. I haint heard our loss but
I expect that it tis heavy. you
Rote that tha Say that peace will be
made before white frost, god sent it. I
dont see no sign of peace hear.
tha are fighting every day hear
on picket. you Rote to me that the
_____ was dead. I was sory to hear
that. you Rote to me about the hefor and
I Rote to you to kille her. ____ never
anything A bout the sheepe I would
like to now how your Suffiness held out
for the Mare. you Rote that it
nearly broke your heart. it hurt me
when I could not git to come home I dont
now how you are agoing to save
your fodder but I am in hopes that god
will provide sum way to save it. you
Rote that you thought that you
would git to see me one time more. I
think if nothing hapines [to] us
that you will git to see me again. you and
talk with [Some words seem to be
missing] you I would like to talk
with you. you very Bad but I cant
now but if we both live we will
talk to gether again. Dear wife,
you dont now how mutch I Study about you and my littee
Children. I would love to kiss that littel
one that I haint never seen. you
Rote that it had taken astart to
grow and it was very purty and
smart. god bless it and speare its
life and mine to both till I can git to
see it. I hope and pray to god
that he will Spear All of our lives to
live to see one another again in this
life so I will Close by saying Rite
soon.
F. M. Poteet to M. A. E.
Poteet
god bless and save you
Fare well Martha.
god Bless [p.2]
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