Devalls Bluff Ark

April the 23 1865

 

            Dear Cousin Will.

                                                I reseved you kint later sum time a go & I was glat to hear from you that you ar wall & so I in form you that we ar all wall at prasant time & all so we haf all fon we lik to haf & wan we git home than we will haf mor fon & I think we git to go home be for long for this wore is flat out for this time

 

            and we hort that our fathar Abraham linkan got kild & I tal you that was a hart strog for the boys in fild & I and dam man how kild him

 

            and we hat a big time on the 14 of April for we rast old flag for fort Sumter and salabrat that day and we hat a big dinner and all bear to trink we wont it

 

            Dear Cousin you sant me sum tobaco in you later & sait that I shut cheu it well and I don so and was glat for it and I hop that you haf sum raty tal I com home

 

            Dear Cousin I hop we will haf a happy time a gin wan we mat a gin in our lif so good day to you Rite sone /

 

G W Riegle

 

Wm O Albright

 

G W Riegle

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