Near Dalon     Ga                   May 7^th 1864

 

                                                                        Dear Susan I reseved your leter by Hooper I was veary glad to get to hear from you a gain this leaves me well I am in hops that tha may find you all well I dont recon that I will have much time to write this morning I can hear the Pickets a fiten pretey raped and I do expect that we will have to go in to it every minuit

 

the things that Mr Welch brought is at dalton we have sent a wagon after them        Susan you say that you have no paper if you have no money you must tryen an get some from BR or some one I am nearley out of money and I dont know when we will draw we have frome the 31 of Desember untill now though I dont nead any onley to by paper and Tobaco

 

I think that we will have to do some fiten heare be fore much longer though I rether that/tha wold stop at what it is at for if we have a general ingagement thare will be Sombodey hurt for we have a large armey and I recon that the yankes have a larger one

 

Susan I will send you 2 or 3 Sheats of paper in this and if we draw money be fore Mr Welch leaves I will get you some if I have the chance

 

Susan I wtnest the oflest sen last wendsday I ever did in my life I saw 14 Men tied to postes and shot tha ware North carliner men thare ware 19 Shot that day though I never saw 5 of them shot I dont no whether tha had don any thing onley went home or not I hear that some of them bushed whacked while at home

 

Susan I dont think that you ned to be uneasey a bout me we have beter Ditches hear to fite in than we had at vicksburg though the yankes may flank us and make us get out of them though if I have to fite I want ditches to fite in you rote that you had hearn that we had ben fiten heare 4 days thare have ben a litle fiten hear in nearley every day for 10 or 15 days though onley pickets and calevery thare have not ben much dameged done on neather side you sed in your leter that you heard that I wold not have a plentey of closing I have a plentey and get pretey plentey of rashons though I want to get the Eggs you sent me veary bad I think that I can eat 1 dosen at a time I wished you had sent me a fu ununse I will quit

                        W A Stephens

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