City Point Va.

Sept 4^th 1864

 

My Dear Agnes

 

                                    I seat my self to write you a short letter it being the last one you will have from me until my return we are going to leave here for Elmira on the 12^th of this month. but Agnes I will not come to see you until I get a letter from you to know whether I can come or not. you see I have written so many letters to you and received no answer that I do not know whether my presence will be agreeable or not. so you can rest assured that I will await an answer which you will address to me to Williamsport Lycoming Co Pa./I will be there by the 16^th of this month and now Dear Agnes do not think hard of me for writing to you as I do you know I would not do so unless I had a cause. it has been nearly two months since I heard from you and the cause of such long delay on your part I cannot account for but I will say nothing more at the present for I trust your letter which I hope to receive at W^msport will clear up all the past and I trust our meeting shall be one of pleasure to each of us we have just received the news that Atlanta has surrendered to Sherman with a very large number of troops if it is so this cruel war is very short lived my brother started yesterday morning for home his term of service having expired. I was glad to see him on his homeward road I will not write you a very long letter this time nothing new from our army but in stead of being weakened by troops going out we are dayly growing in strength two men/are now comeing in the army to evry one that is going out and we will not have to wait long for news from this army I will now close hoping soon to see the one I have long loved from true and affectionate lover

                                                                                                            Francis C Miller

 

            My love to all friends to Agnes F Voris

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