Camp in the woods

 

            Dear Mother I take the pleaisure of ancering youre kind and welcom letter wich came to hand on the 20 I wos glad to hear that yow wos well but I hait it a a bout paps foot a geting heart but mother ther wos the Begast fight at Fery vill Ky oure Redgiment wos in the hardest of it and Ellay Hall got cild and Robert Griffith and George Swanie and bush Hoge but I wos not on the Battel Field a tall I wos / at Springfield a working at my trade but Bob Haze has bin pirty sick ever sence we left Louisville but he is well now we wos at Lebbinan Ky a Shlu Shuing mules but we ar through a Suing now well Mother I am heartier than ever I wos I will send pap my money as soon as I get paid of we sind the pay Roal to day and we ar a going to get ouer pay to morow morning but mother if yow need eney of that money yow can take it and by wot yow pleas but I want yow / to take 5 dollars of the money and devide it between the boys but I wos at Louisvill onece sence the Redgiment left ther but beeg Bill Moore got wounded and Eum J White and Daniel Broombough and severl others but mother I heard that Old Ellzy Moore wos in Lebbnin and if I get to see him I will send my money home by him and So we will get paid tomarow and then I am agoing up town tomey messer just come to the companey but he left the Bill M^cCartney at / Louisvill in the Baricks he wos som better so tom sed mother I seen Joseph Hunt at Louisvill and now he is her pit Shankland is her and oll of the Boys that is in moffets companey I got that Book and them stamps

 

                                    So no more at presant

                        write Soon       from

                                    your Soon

direct to Louisvill                   Owen E Moore

Ky Co B 3^d Regiment OVI     To Mary E Moore

            in care of capton

            Patterson

 

I heard that pap had gon to the war

                                                I hope he haint

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