Angelina County Texas

This Janry the 14^th 1863

 

Miss Nancy Loden

Dear sister I attemp to write you afiew lines this leaves me well & in good health also the rest of our relatives ar well in Angelina I left Uncle Wm Benys on last Monday morning was a week ago tha was all well then except Cosin samey he was complaning of his head from a hurt he got last winter but was alittle beter then he had bin I have nothing verry strange or interesting to write you as we have no verry war news none later then the fight at Galveston I think if we could get the news there has bin a big fight come off in Tennessee before this time some of our Boys has written back home since the fight from Galveston none of our Company was killed or wonded Mr Griffett of the Nacogdoches Company was slitely wounded in the leg 

 

I want you to write me as soon as posible when you get this letter I have never heard eney thing from Brother Thos since I lef your house I had wrote to him when I was up in Cherokee & I have wrote to him since our Regiment is stationed at Cypress City near the rail road I think Thos was lef behind with the horses on the account of his haveing no arms as all of our Company was left that had no arms I suppose when you write to me write wheather Uncle Allen Jones got home or not I read a letter from him the day I left Cherokee he wrote that he would be at home by the 25 of last month I would be verry glad to hear from him I was at a big party on Thursday knight last where tha danced all knight at Mr Thos Woods give me the news of the country When you write tell abner if he has collected that five dollars if he has not sent it to send it to me by letter for I may need it so nothing more at present

W^m Jones

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