Kingston Nov 3rd 1864
Dear and Affectionate Wife and
Children again i take Pen in hand
to Address you a fiew Lines i am
well as usual and hope this will
find you in the Same State of health
i Wrote you from Chattanooga that
i was Going to Joyn my Reg was
Going to Start that knight as 6 oclock
well i Started went from their to
Rome found the Reg their Stayed
their 2 Days then Started from their
come to this Place 18 miles in one
Day have been hear now this makes
2 days Dont no when we Shall march
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from hear to morrow though Exspe^
but wheare to i Dont no i have not
Received aney Letter from home in 2 
weeks but i Got one from [Truman?]
Spencer and their was One come
from home from Hatty to Lute

as Lute was not hear i opened it
fowend you was all well heard
Frank had Killed a Turkey and
was Proud of it that was Write he
aut to be proud of it i was Glad
                                       (a)
to hear that George was^ Good Boy now
and i hope he will Continue to Do So
Lewis i Left in Chattanooga i have
not heard from him Since i Left him
but hope he is in a Good Place and Doing
well George & Charly are Boath hear
and Well we have not Drawen aney Pay yet
hope we will Soon as i want to Send
you Some home as it is comeing Cold
Weather and Everry thing with you
is So high Prised but we Shall Get 
along i no i have not mutch to
Write this time but hope Soon to have
mare to Write i Seen Brother William
Last nite and also Charly Luke
John Deforest Robert Seoth and 
Mose Hill thay were all well
and i Seen the other Day from

Lucke John Olds Charly Marsh
and the men that owens Lutes
Old Place i have forgetten his
name [Bristoues?] Bay i Seen in
Chattanooga he was at the Hospi
tal had the Measels Dutch John
from Williamston the Blacksmith
is in Chattanooga but i Did not see
him i Seen Bill Starkes and
Clark Tenehout their that were
all Well yesterday i Seen Charly
Benneth from Lucke he was Well
Charly Towesly is at atltanta and
as i have no more to Rite i will 
Close by hopeing that this may find 
you all Well hopeing also that Lewis
will Soon be Well Enough to Eather
go home on a furlow or join the 
Reg and now Kiss all of the children
for me and Believe me as Ever
your Affectionate Husband and
Father till Death
To
Elizabeth               O.G. Dunckel
  and Hatty           

write soon and often and i
will do the same if i am in a 
place wheir i can but you must not
stop writing if you do not get aney
from me as we are some times whear
we cannot write and at the same
time the mail will come to us
from home the same as when we
wore on that last raied the we had
to march from daylight till after
dark and so we had no chance 
to write but ower mail come to
the Reg once in about 2 days
all the time so you see we can
often hear from ower friends if
thay will write when thay cant
hear from us as their is some times
no mail going out from us for fear 
it may be captured and thus
find out what we wore dooing
and now again i wil close
so good buy for this time
         OG Dunckel