To Miss Mary Hodnett                                                                       Aug 19^th 1862

 

Dear Sister it is with pleasure that Seet my Self to drop you a few lines and these lines laves me well all to the bowel compaint that I have had for to or three day but I am geting better now and I hope that I will Soon get well and I hope that these lines will reach you in due time and will find you and all in good health Brother John reseived a letter from you last night jest as we were going to ly down but hit removed Sleep from us though you it was indivanally to John I was glad to hear from you all and to hear that all was well except sister S and I hope that She is doing as well as cood be expected I hardly now what to right to you I has rote first and has told you whare we are and all the nuse that we have hear I recond I think that we will have a hard/time now for some time they give us too days rashens yestiday and the order is now to give us too more days rashens and thirty five rounds of cartredgs and when we get Such Orders we may expect to See Sights and I feele verry little prepard for the fatigue though the Lod has bin with me and I beleve that he will Still be with me and give me health and Strinth I thout once that I wod go on the Sick list as I was in a bad fix to mare but Brother J was with the regment and I dont now whare they will go to So I have desided to go jes as far as I can and I hope that I will be able to keep up with the regment. I want you all to remember us in your prars. I must close give my love to all and reseive a lage potion for your Self I remain your Sinser Brother untill death good by       T.J. Hodnett

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