Camp James Island

Near Seacessionville June 22 1863

 

Dear wife After my best love to you and children I drop you a few lines wich itrust may find you all well as it leaves me well we mooved from Charleston Saturday to Jas island I like the moove very well it is a beautiful place the wind is blowing all the time i think it will be healthy hear the rest of the men like the place very much we wont be so apt to spend our money hear like we did in town I have made your shoes they are fancy ones too they are worth 25 dollars in town Dear wife I ought to of rote to you by saturday mail but I did not have the chance to do it but you must rite / to me as often as you can do it I did not get off yet the Collonel would not sign our detail but it is likely that we will get off yet we will give it a fair trial eny how as soon as Easterling get better he has been sick every since I was home there is very good news in the papers about peace I think the war will end by January next the yankeys predict in thear before I dont think that they will ever send ous off eny way tel the war ends and if it is the will of god that I shal live I think it wont be much longer be fore we can strike hand and hart on our home once more where we have spent many a happy day to gether H. H. Hill 

 

O may God be with ous in our trubles if I could be with you all the time when my trubles come on me what a pleasure it would be to get a word of comfort from my darlings sweet lips Oh may the lord of heven soon smile on our country and stop this affull war so that we will be made free men again May god ever smile on my house hole and keep his protecting arm over my loved ones and sheild them from all harm and spair their lives and bless them in health and prosperity and the time soon come that we may hear the sound of the bugle and drum no more and peace and friendship reign through all this world forever more My dear you must not listen to no reports that you hear with out I rite it to you for lies will go you now there was a man throwed in town out of the SC Rangers friday or his horse rared up with him and fell back on him and mashed out both of his nutts threw the skin I have not herd since Saturday wether he is ded or not Dear wife you must excuse my long letter rite soon and rite all the news and let me now how the time is going I did not get the yarn I could not find eny I think that I will get a furlow soon now take care of your self and Pahs little ones May god bless you all is the prayr of your loving Husband untel Death Direct your letters the same /

 

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Direct your letters the same as you did before to me

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