Camp Near Savanah Georgia Dec 24th 1864
Dear Wife and Children it was with Pleashure
that i Received your Letter of the 30th of
Nov last knight i was Glad to hear you
was all Well but was Sorry to hear 
that little harry had Got hurt So bad
Grand Pa would Like to Be their to help
nurse him your Letter found me well
and i do hope this will find you all
Well also we are masters of the Citty of
Savanah the Rebs have Left it in the
knight for South Carolina which is
just acrost the River from hear we Can
Stand in the citty of Savanah and Look into
South Carolina and i Should not Wonder
if we went their before long we have com
on that long march and captured this place
and the Old 14th has not lost a man in
the Whole Exept one man that was 
a man from Williamston his name
was George Sturdiant he Got Captured
by the Rebs on ower Way Down hear
i have Sent you tenn Dollars more
in the other Letter i sent from hear and

When you answer this Pleas let me no if
you have Got it i was Glad to hear that
you had Got the other and i Sent you a
Receipt in the other Letter for 50 Dollars that
i Sent to Lansing tell me Wheather you have
Got that or not When you Write Mother
Said She Was afraid i woould Rob my
Self but i think not as i Do not have mutch
youse for money Exept to Buy Tobacco With
and to Get a Little Washing With unless i
Spend it foolishly and that i Dont feel
Disposed to Do i had Rather Send it home
and then if aney thing should happen to me
then it Woould Do my Lived Wones at home
Some Good Mother you Say you are afraid
you wont never see me again i hope you
Will and i hope we Shall See maney happy
Days to geather yet but if God Should Order
it other Wise we must Bow to his mandate
i believe if i Was you i Woould Pay Harry
Perkins the rest of the 24 Dollars and then
tell him i Said that i woould not have
aney thing more to Do with him aney way
you Said the Oxon had run away from

frank and Broke the Slead i Gess
he Hollowes and Whips to mutch but
if thay have Got so he cant manage them
he had better Let them Go and not try
to youse them and When George Price
comes home i will tell him What to do
With them and it wont be only a fiew
Days now before George and Charly will
start for home that are boath Well and
Looking for the time to come when thay
will be Sent home i Shall have to Quit
now and go on Drill i will finnish my
Letter when i come Back i Got a Letter 
from Unckel Daniel the other Day that
Ware al Well When he Wrote i also Got a
Letter Last nite from Truman Spencer
i have not yet Written to George i will
try to Write to him to Morrow if i can
but the Negro substitute beets me all
out now i have Got off drill i will finnish
my letter to my Loved ones at home i Dont
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think now that i Shall be able to come hom^
this winter as i have Got So far from hom
and i Do think the War Will End in less
then a year and it woould last me So

mutch to Come home i had Rather keep
it and Spend it with my Wife and Chi
-ldren after the War is over which i think
will bee Soon as i Said before. the Rebs Say
themselves thay are Whiped and thay Wont
Stand to fight aney more only when their
Leaders Compel them to Do So this Place 
had 20.000 Soldiers in it and Still that Run
without hardly fireing a Gun if 10.000 of
ower men had beer in it i believe that
woould have held it against the whole Reb
army fortified as it was but i must
Close Write often and now Hatty i have 
not heard from Lewis yet only as you
told me whear he was and i hope he is
home before now take Good Care of Harry
and now mother Hatty and Frankey and George
David and Charly Etty and Harry and Dear 
little Maty all of you Good By for this 
time i will Write again in a Week So
Look out for another Direct to Co K 14th
mich Inft 1st Brig 2nd Div 14th AL
Savanah George
To                 OG Dunckel
Elizabeth            Hatty Price