April the  -  4  -        1863
Dear sun it is With great pleasure
To me to Communecate theas few
Lines to you to let you
Now how I am at this time
My health is very good at
This time and I am inhopes
That you will git theas few lines
And they Will find you in 
good health and enjoying the
Comforts and Blessing that this
Earth day a ford you
And I hope that you Relize
The Comforts that you have to home
With your mother and friends
And set By your own fire

I hope that every thing is
A goin on well at home
We have Ruther hard times hear
I hav to go on gard evry other
Day and when I haint on gard
I have Paleus duteys to do or
something Else so it keeps me
Doing something a Bout all the time
But We have got to stand it
I hope this War Will Come to
A Close Before great while
We dont git much news a Bout
the War hear But I gess that
That the War Wont last long
But We Cant tell much a Bout it
We get some news evry day
And what news we get is
in our favor By Reports
There is a good meny flying
Reports hear in vergina
				  aint
Their may Be som truth and some ^
I Believe that you must
Hav time to write a few lines to me
if you dont hav time take time
I Waunt to no whether you
Hav moved on our Place yet
And if you have tell me how
you git a long senc you moved
salley ann I must write
some to you as lang as you
Are my nearest friend
my Efection for you is as great
as it ever Was I am assured
That you must feal lonsom
At home By my Beaing
ABsent from you so long
But I hope the day will soon
Come when W Will meat a gain
We expect to git our Pay in
A few days and then I will
send you the money Write off
good By Bengman Brock