may the 25

Camp benton St louis

 

Dear wife it is one more time that i take my pen in hand to let you no that i am in tolarbel helth but i am still gane my health yet and i truley hope when those fiew lins comes to hande tha will find you and the Children well and doing well i wold like to com home and stay with you i am still in hops that i will live to see the day that we can live at home to gether with the Children and live in as anation in peece we hope after the Corinth fite and the ritch mon fite we will be discharged / tha think that tha will bring the ware to a close if we can gane them rite if i dont get better i will try to get to com home but i dout now whether tha will let me com or not

 

Rittey Ann i wante you to keepe in good sperits and dont get out of hart i want you to rite to mee and let mee now how ketch wm is agetting along with the crop and rite all about how you are a getting along i must now close if I never see you all eny more in this world i want to meete you in heven so fare well to all

 

            John W Sanders to

            Rittey Ann Sanders and

            the Children fare well 

 

I hav rote 2 letters and and i hav not got eny ancer from you yet i sent one by Elec king and hav not got eny ancer when wm Wm Collyer com home i sent 40 dollars in goald with him and i hav never got eny word from you yet

 

write as soon as you get this letter So fare well

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