August the 31th

                                                                                    Camp near South Manas in Va

 

Dear wife I seat my self to rite you A few lines to let you no I am well and hope these few lines May find you wel and the children all well we have got Back to South Manas Bridge A gain we left Fredricks Burg on the 27 inst got here on the 29. we left the yankees in sight of Fredricks Burg But thay thot thay was A lain out to Burn this Bridge and they Sent us Back tha the yankees have left now I Receive yore letter that was Rote the 12 inst very glad to have this from you and to here that you all was well and woude Be glad to leave here and help you eat them potatoes and I hope it will Be [faded] we all can come home and stay Cas I am/ Mitley tired of this war I want to se you and the Children Mitely Bad But I dont think I sal shal run A way But I dont want to stay in the Army ary nother winter But if we do have to stay in the war I hope we will go Back South A gain I think if the yankees dont pull Back from N C we will go there—tell yore Farthers Famley [?] that I want to Se them and tell them thay must rite to me and sind me all the nues as I have no nues I must close for this time Rite sune and often So Good By

 

                                                                                    Allen Shadricks[?]

                                                                        Mis M T. Shadricks[?]

 

[margin] dont send my thinges unless you can git some one to Bring that will Be shore to Bring

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