Gordonville va, June the 20th 1862

 

                                                            Miss Mary Hodnett

Dear sister I a gain seat my self to Drop you a few lines that will in form you that we are all up but sam he has been complaining for 2 or 3 Days but he is up and about I have a severe cold my self but it is geting better now I hope we will bee well soon well Mary I thought when we got to staunton we would bee Done Rideing on the cars for a while but when we left there they put us on them them a gain and sent us here we were 136 miles from richmond now we are only 75 miles from there/and others are going by going on toard Richmond I surpose we will go on that way too I hope we will get in the rear of them at richmond and run them or whip them a way from there we cant tell any thing a bout where we are going general Jackson Dont tell his business to any boddy our le officers Dont know what or wher we are going to Do well Mary I am writeing and Dont know what to write to you I am Just writeing a long you must excuse my letter this time as I have not been here long enough to get any news you must write me a long letter and give me all/the news in the settlement and how they are geting a long farming and how the corn looks Mary I havent seen but one field of wheat cut since I have been here the most of the wheat is green I have seen some of the nicest cows and horses I ever saw in my life they are some of the best land here I ever saw it is the levelest I Dident think they were such land in vag virginia

 

Well I must come to a close give my love to all and receive a portion your self

                                                            John W. Hodnett

 

this is yankey paper that I have written on

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