Camp Dwight Breshear City feb 20

 

            My Dearest Wife I recieved a letter from you last night I sent one to you yesterday morning I did not think I should get a letter from you so quick the day you rote last was the 9 in your letter o it did doo mee good to read your letter you wrote mee a real good letter I wrote father a letter this morning and sent him a paper I told him that you sed you had let him have 15 dollers and that is all wright 15 dollars wont brake mee down bot I will bet you will never get it I cant see how he can pay it you know what I sed abought it before I come a way he might as well cheat some body els as mee if he wanted eny money why dident you tell me ove it was you afraid I would not let him have it I had jest as live he would have it as not dear lib I want you to doo wright and I think you doo I am coming home some time and we will get marid agane you spoke in one of your letters we would have a good time a sparking we will that I will own up I was to cold in that respect you / know that is my way bot I know you was affle good to mee and I think I was good to you bot when I come back we will know how to injoy it you know I thought you to be too proud for mee and we had some talk some times and I know want evry thing wiped out before I come back so we can be the hapiest couple in that country o how it did make mee laugh when you spoke abought nety chewing her vituels o bless her little hart I know she most be cuning seting up in her cher you did not say eny whether she could walk yet or not I should like to see one loel C Hakeses children walk around that would tickel mee you sed you kissed her evry day for mee and she could kiss you o how cuning she most bee I would like to see her yes I would o how kind you have allwayes have ben to her don evry thing that a mother would doo I think evry thing of you for it take good care of her dont go a way from home with her with nights and expose her to the cold she will bee a goodeal comfort to us some time I want you and mr luis and mr rowly to pot in a box to gether and send a box that will way a hundard pound that will be anough you send some straw bery / perserves and a can of boter and send mee a botle of honey and a good chonk of dried beff Hirom Berel he ses he will poot in with us you get mr Rowly to tend to it make a good tight box so things wont get wet you spoke in one of your letters you was afraid some one had opend the letter that invelop was the one I sent to you want that a good looking invelop I keep track what letters I send to you after this you tell mee the day I fineshed my letters cerdeal and dewight haint a bit to good to get your letters you spoke in your letter abought rozill I think that was the best thing you ever don she thinks lotty is a good gerl I dont know bot she is bot eny body that would go with many Hill haint motch in my estimation he would go with em rinehalk one night and lot the next night you told her jest wright you spoke in your letter abought walice I dont think you liked him bot you would not agre with mee we will let that drop as for my going to watters I allwayes liked Billy and I do know bot the old skin flint I would not totch her so quick as I would one of these wenches and you know that I dont think eather one of / don as well as we could toards injoying our selvs as we might do you think we did I will take my share of it that made mee laugh when you wrote that church sed I agread to wait that is the bigest ly ever was told I never thought of sotch a thing bot you don well to get a hundard dollers you did not say how long the noat run some of that money I have waited five year for and I dont want to wait motch longer for it that is what you get for working for you relation I want him to pay at the next time that noat is du I want it you sed ad was a going to moove in with you you can suit your self I am willing dear lib our comp did not fire thear guns off bot I expected to evry minet bot the rebels broke and run our skirmersh one comp they had a hot time they was abought 10 rods a hed of us the rebels bollits whiseld over our hed like hale I did not notice them the shell bursting is what took our fancy the most I dont see what saved us I expected we would loose half of our men we was up so clost I have ben to diner we had our regler bean soop a gane bot From your dear Hos Loel C Hakes

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