forte nance mond Suffolk

va aprel the 28 1863

 

good afternoon to you my dear Wife and childern i once mor take my pen in hand to ancer your kind and walkom leter that i reseved to day i was very hapy to heare from you and to heare that you was all wal we ar both wal and in joying good halt and all rite yet elianor you said in your leter that you heard that we had a fite Wal i will tell you all a bout it we have not had a fite yet but the rebels com here too weaks a go last saderday and have bin plaen a round here every sence and they have bin / a fiering on our lines all the time but have not dun mutch dameg yet they have wonded sum of our men a most all of them was a flesh wond i dont no of but too bein kiled that was a ordle in roberts compney and a corpel in my compney elianor you must not greave your salf for i think that i shall com out all rite yet for i have lurnt to dodge the bulits i have seen too men wonded wal Elianor i cant think of any mor to rite so i will draw to a close and rite a few lines to mother so good eveing to you all for this time rite often as you can /

 

            good Eving to you my dear mother and father sisters and brothers

 

i once mor take my pen in hand to ancer your kind and walkom leter that we reseved this after noon i was glad to here from you all we ar both wal and in joying good halt and i hope when you git this it will find you all the same wal mother i supose that you think that we are haven big times but we are a haven a good time but i dont no how long it will be so but let them com we ar not a frade of them for we can wipe five to one we ar behind brest works / and in our forts

 

Wal mother i cant think of mutch to rite this time so i will draw my leter to a cose for this time so good Eving to you all for this time

 

this is from your

sun       William

                        Jones

            yous yours truely

 

            rite often

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