Savannah Geor Jan 16th, 1865
Dear and Affectionate Wife
and Children again i Seat
my Self to Drop you a fiew Lines
to Let you know that i am Still
well and Tough as a Knot but
i Cant immadgeon what is the 
Reason i Dont hear from you
not haveing Got a Letter in
17 Days from home i Got 
a Letter from Lute 4 days
ago he was at camp Dennison
Ohio Hospitle Ward 20 So
if he is not at home or you
have not heard from him
you Can Write to him
their it was the first Letter
i have had from him Since
i Left him at Chattanooga
we have had orders to move
Day after to Morrow whear
                       (i Dont no)
we Shall Go to^ but when
you Write Direct as before
to this Place and it will Reach

me if i am Gon from hear
but in Gods name Write
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as often as you Can as i wan^
to hear from you as often as
i can we have not Drawen 
aney more pay yet and
i Dont no when we Shall
we have 4 months Pay Due
as now but i Shall Get along
if you Can i wrote you in
my Last to be Shure and 
Pay my taxes if the Letter Don’t
Reach you and this Does why
then you will know about
the taxes and when you
Pay them pay on the marsh
forty as well as on that one
you [sure?] on and then Send
me the amount [Tozer?]
Shellman has got Back
to the Reg i mess now with
                                              Brown
Deek Denio and Ben Brown^
and Shellman 4 Locke ites
to geather you see Deck

is well and wants you to
tell his folks if you See them
that he is messeing with me
Benn Brown wants you to
tell his folks if you Can See
aney of them that he is well
but has not yet had aney Letter
from home in 20 or 30 Days
and he wants them to Write
if thay ante Dead George
and Charly Price are boath hear
yet Dont no when thay will be
able to Get their Discharge their
time was out on the 7 of this
month George is Well Charly
has Got the Dioree and is not
So well but is around all the 
time as useial tell me what
kind of weather you have
had in mich this winter
we have not Seen a flake
of Snow hear this winter
and it is Quite warm all
the time So we Dont ware
aney Over Coats I hant Got

aney as we wore ordered Last
Spring to Bridgport to Leave
ower things their when we
Left and thay Should be Sent
to us by Rail Road but we
have never Seen them yet
I left a knapsack Overcoat
vest that i wore from home cap
1 pair Sox 1 Shirt 1 pair mits
1 pair Gloves and a lot o Sma
-ll things and i Dont Exspect
Ever to see them and i also 
Exspect to Loose what that
lost me but that is the
way of a Soldier Gets Served
once and a While but he
must not Grumble but i
must Close by biding you
all an Affectionate
fare Well Direct as Before
                 OG Dunckel
To 
Elizabeth Dunckel
and Hatty Price