1864 [sic-1865]
Tueday Jan the 17

Dear husband,

I [seat] myself to let you know that I aint well. I hav the bowell complaint and I dont feel well a bit tho I walked to the X roads today. Camp sent me word to go soon and that he would take you some sacks tobacco & a letter but he started yesterday and went another way he has don so mean I dont care if I dont see him no moor. there is a company of deserters in the south Mountains numbers 150. John Deal sed that it was a truthfull man saw them and counted them. he knowed some of them. John dident tell his name and the Melisha is afraid of them they dont try to ketch them they go out but dont go where they are. the Deserters sed that they had 50 guns for moor if they would come and except of them I dont know whether they will get recruts or not. [p.1]

I heard that you had got out of them ditches. I got a letter today dated 31 [Dec] the first in three weeks. you wrote that you wanted to hear from me if you couldent see me. I supose I do too. we dont get the mail regular it is time I had another letter but I dont know when I will get it. Mooney will come in a few days if he dont get his furlow extended. it is the mudyest time I ever saw. I have a hog to kill. I wish you was here to kill it for me. I hav kill three little ones. you can tell Camp that I think hard of him. tell him maby he will want a favor don some time. you sed that it was snowing. it haint snowed here. it has hailed & it raines and than turns cold. I feel so bad I cant hardly write I wrote all the news in this letter and the other one when I hear moor I will write it. [p.2]

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