June the 22^th 1864

Dalton Georga

 

                        My Dear Wife I one time more take my pen in hand to let you no that I am well only one of my eys is sore and I cant see good out of it we got hear to day a bout a levon oClock we are one honderd milds from Adlantia whar the grate battel will be fot we are 38 milds from Chattnooga

 

we hav bin too days with to day on the battel ground all the way from ringgole hear we are taking of a drove of befe cattel thru to the front and we dont no how long it will take us to go thru we hav had good luck so fare it commenst wraning the last day of May and rand every day till the 15 of this month well Rittey Ann I hav rote a grate many letters to you and I hav not bin so luckey as to get a line from you for a long time I hop you hav not forgot me your olde friend yet tho we hav bin a part a long time it is three months to day till our time is out and if I hav good luck Ill be with you yet /

 

I am now getting in a nice shade by a nice big spring and the boys is washing thare hands faces and feet in the branch we will not leav hear till in the morning the wether is nice and plesant hear tho the nites is cool some sitzons is living hear yet tho tha are sparse hear but fiew woman hear I seen 4 or 5 littel hogs since we came in this state and this is the 4 day we hav bin in georgea we hav not seen eney rebels yet tho tha say that we will hav to fite before we get to the front a bout five milds from hear yesterday the rebls put a torepedo onder the rail road and the trane come a long loded with soldiers and it blue up the cars and killd som of the men on the cars the boys jumpt off and the rebls run off and we exspect to hav them to whip soon or tha whip us one we hav new guns we hav the Springfield rifel and we no how to shoot them / and we exspect to have to use them tho I dont want to fite but if I hav to I will do the best I can I am not out of hart tho I am a long ways from home and am exposed to all hardships and dangers of a soldiers life tho I must be contented with my fate I just hav 3 months to serv and I hope and pray that I may do my dutey as a soldier and the good luck to with stand all of the seen and on seen and dangers thru and finely get home to see you and the children and liv to see this ware setteld in peece and enjoy each others presants and finely make our way to heven and be at rest Oh that is one grate importent thing let us try to meet in heven whear we will never part no more tell the children I send my lov to them and want to be rememberd by them / well I never wanted to see you Rittey Ann in my life then I do now I cant even hear from you or reseve a line from you I hope you hav not forgot mee when you rite Direct your letters to Chattenooga, Tenn

 

the next chance Ill rite a gane to you tho if I dont get a letter from you before long Ill rite to som other one and see what is the matter with you rite soon as you get this letter

 

your devoted husbon untill deth parts us So fare well to all

            J. W. Sanders              well a bout

                                                that land

            R. A. Sanders              wate till

                                                I get home or to St louis I may never nead the land and less wate and see the result so fare well to all dear ones fare well

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