March the 27 1862      Ridlds landing

mississippi      Misouri

 

miss Sofiah Rummel

I received your lettar on the 25 and was glad to hear from you I am well at the present time and hope these few lines will find you in the same I heard bad news from home I heard that Maryall mc Clure and Abigail was maried it it is so I am glad of it I want you to rite and let me now wheather it is so you wanted to now if I wanted you to wait for me that is a hard questen to answer I cant tell wheather I ever will bee home I am in a unsertin place you will have to wait if you want a soldier to see if I come home or not / I live in hops of coming home a gain if I do I intend to git maried I am promiest to now one only I told you and if you want to wait till I come home I will give you the first chanc or get maried like the rest if you want to or dont feel like waiting I cant tell when I bee home soon as I can if I live and ceepe well I have bin in one batle here we just make the rebels git up and scadadle I have saw botes of a cross the river the closted I now of giting shot was tow feet I was in a pit on the river bank one cannon ball struck in the bank and raised me up six inches of the ground 

 

you nedent went to the truble of sending that three sent peace to pay for a lettar I cant pay heare with money I have plenty of postage stamps now I got my money and when I come down the river I bot a lot of them I want you to rite soon as you git this

 

Direct your lettar to cairo illinois 47 Regt Ind voll Co C

 

if you git this I want you to tell pap and mother that I am well and will rite them a lettar on Sunday and send it to Decatur I rote to John m smith yester the reason I dident rite souner ar lettars went to Nashvill tenn I got 8 lettars on the 25 of this month I will ancer as fast as I can /

 

I must close I send love and best respects to you

 

When this you see remember

me Wee I come home wee will have a nice time a going to meating and seeings and palling and have somthing to toulk a bout to

 

N B Rite soon so goodby Joseph Zedeker

 

Direct Cairo illinois

47 Regt Ind Voll

Co C

 

Joseph Zedeker

his hand and pen

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