fort nance mond suffolk

va the 13 1863

 

            good moring to you my dear mother and father sisters i have just com off from gard and i thought i wold try and im prove the upertuinet in riten a ancer to your kind and walkom leter that we reseved from you last nite i was very hapy to heare from you and to heare that you was all wal we ar both wal and i hope when this reaches you it will find you all in joying the same blesing as it leaves us at the present time mother i was sorey to heare that Jacob and amon was on the batel field when they rote to you / but you must not let trubel your mind for i think that they will com out all rite yet for i keep a watch of the papers and i have not seen eny thing about ther regment bene in the fite but mother keep up good coregs and i think that we shall com home all rite yet and i think it will be befor long too i will tell you what i herd last nite i herd that our men had taken rich mod and that hooker had taken fredrecks burg and that our men had taken fort sumter a gain and that they had gon in to charlstun but i do not no as it is tru or not but i hope it is a tru store wal mother i cant think of / to rite so i will draw to a close for this time so i will bid you all good moring for the present time this is from your sun

            William Jones yours truely rite often to me

 

one word to elianor

good moring to you my dear Wife and childern i thought that i would try and rite a few lines to you to let you no that i am wal and i hope that these few lines will find you all the same elianor i have rote all of the news to mother and i am tierd i have just com off from gard so i will bid you all good moring for this time this is from your husband William

 

Yours rite often

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