[Apparently the left hand leaf of this letter is missing, thus the incontinuity when the page changes.] )
Camped at Atlanta Ga Aug the 22 63 )
Dear Ma
I have now seat
my self to answer your kind and
more than welcum letter that you
sent by Lieutenant [McSwimer?] you
do not know how glad I was to
get a letter from you but I was
verry sorry to hear that John was
sick but cosin Jimme got a letter
from cosin mag [?] this morning she
rote that he was about well I
was verry glad to hear it for I was
getting uneasy about _____ I have
no news to write that will interest
you you wrote that you had not
got a letter from me in a long
time I have been writing to you
mity near every week. ____ since we left
Shelbyville you said that you did
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Small Manuscripts (2000.1), Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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