Dear Wife I take my pen in hand tonight to let you no that I am well at this time and hope when you receved this letter hit will find you and the children all well. I received your letter this evening and was mity glad to her from you all one time moore for hit dus me a heepe a good to her from you but I had a heepe drother see you all and I hope hit wonte be long before I will see you. I hav bin out with the forage teemes today me and Sahue McKelvy went with Ean McDanel he is driven a teem and he is as tired as I am of the war. Our Regiment has to dwo all the hardships. I had drother bee at home a working for 25 sense a day and borde myself than to bee in the war but this onholy war wood a bin over if oald Lincoln wood a let the negros alone. I wish he had forty the blackest negroes in the South tide to him. Hit is a shocking sight to see how the soldiers sarve the farmers tha take everthing before them I saw them today go in to a hous and take everthing tha cood lay thaer hands on and then went for the chickens out adoors and the worst of all hit was a poor widow woman with fore little children. I was mity sorry for her. She beg them not to take her things for her little children wood starve if tha took her provishion but tha went ahead and took. I hav saw a heepe such cases as that tell I am tired out of such doings. I hante got nothing tonight but if I was at home I cood tell you a heepe such things as I hav seen. You sed you wanted to no about Anselella ortin Sorvinses He is at home sick and Cit is at home. Mima I hav no candle tonight so I will hav to quit. I will git pade aMunday and I will send you a letter Mima. I hante got no postedg stamps to put on my letters nor cant git none and I am sorry for hit but I cant help hit. Right as soon as you can.
Hillory Shifflet
Tell Cobley's wife that he hante vary well and I think he well git his discharge before long. Tell Tarra Dun that Sim is well and harty. Tell Nannyann that I wood like to see her and all the rest of them. A kiss to you and all the children.
