Peters Burg V.A.

December 3^th1864

My Dear Wife and children,

I Seat myself this morning to Rite you afew lines to let you now that I am still in the land of the living yet I am well and I hope and pray to god that these few lines May Reach your kind hands and find you all Well. I cant Rite without crying. it seems to me that I never will git to come home again. I want you to tell all of my littel children houdy for me and kiss them for me and tell them that I want to see them the worst that I ever did. I hope that the Lord will spare my life to git home and see them once more in this life. Albert hufstutler got shot through [p.1] his neck the other day. the last time I heard from him he was still alive. I rote to you about John Wadkins got killed on the 16 Day of last month. you Rote that Sidney got wounded in his elbow I am sory to hear that. you Rote that Joathan Walker was in the gard house. you dident Rite what it was for and you Rote that tha give Henry Dale a good beating that was good and you Rote that your Brother had to start Back. I am sory to hear of that tho I hope that the lord will Bless him. you Rote that you sent me a box and you Rote that you sent me as good as you could git at that time. What you sent me is as good as I wanted. I Did not think of making you mad. Dear Wife, I would not put any thing to trouble you if I can help it I just thot that Mother was abler to send me a box than you was and I Did not think any harm. I Rote to her to not let my children suffer.

that is the last sent of money that I have. [note in margin]

[p.2] you Rote like that I tride to blital you. I never thought of any thing you Rote that she was telling it all over the Country. I think that the people nows that she never giv them any thing. I dont want you to think hard of me for it. Dear Wife I now that you love me and I now that god nows that I love you and I will as long as I live. you Rote that it had bin along time sence you seen me and it would not surprise me if it dident be longer than it has bin before you see me yet tho I hope it wont bee long. you Rote that you was all ways one that wasant thought. you Rote that god was your helper he is all of our helpers if we put our trust in him. you Rote that you had not got no letter,sence the 31 Day of oct. I have Rote one are too ever week. I Dont now what is the Reason that you dont git them. I send this letter by James Duncon I hope that you will git it [p.3]

I have Rote for you to send me Sumthing more to eat if you could I wanted you to send me sum beens & cabetch and one posum & apeace of pork. I dont want you to send me much pork just alittel peace. if you can cend me any thing you now what to send as well as I can tell you. I Dont want you to think hard of me. I want you to keep your lamp trimed and burning and tell Thomas and Elizabeth to keep ther lamps trimed and burning. you can tell them that I still pray For them and I expect too as long as I live. I Dremp last night that I saw you and I Dremp that I got wounded in the hip and in the sholder. I hope and pray to god that I never will git wounded as long as I live. I send George Pinkney this Bill of Money you can tell him that his paw sent it to him.

F.M. Poteet to M.A.S. Poteet

Farewell Dear wife for this time

I want to kiss you very bad.

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