Goldsboro N.C April 3rd 1865
Dear and Affectionate Wife and Children
again I seat myself to address you
a fiew lines I am Well this morning
and I hope this will find you in
the Same State of health you Spoke
in one of your Letters that you woould
Like another Cow I have told 
George Price before he Left to Get
you one and I told him to take
money Enough out of my Town Bounty
to Pay for her I hope Hatty has
Got her Little Cow yet and you
yours and then the One that
George will by for you will be
Enough for you i think till I
Come home thay Say we are Going
to Draw ower Pay Before we Leave
hear and if we Do I Shall Send
Some to you So you will have Some
to help yourself with and about
Etty and Maty I Shall have to
Send you the money when I Draw
and Let you Get the Caps for them


as I Dont no what thay want you
wanted me to Get a furlow and
Come home if I Could but that
is out of the Question now for
aney of Shermans Soldiers to Get
one as he is makeing Ready for
another Active Campain but
if i Live till fall and we are
not Discharged before then I
Shall Doo my Best to Get one
In the mean time you must all
keep up Good Courage for I
Believe we Shall all be home
before fall I Dont no as I told
you in my Last Letter about ower
fights thay were hard Ones and
ower reg was in the hottest of it
but thanks to an all Wise God
I Escaped unhurt but Balls and
Shell floo around as thick as hail
allmost and Dead men fell allmost
Like Drops of Rain but Enough 
of this I told you in my Last
I woould Send a Likeness of [col?]

misner but i Sealed the Letter
and forgot it So i will try and
Send it in this and now I will
Say Something to Hatty and the
Rest of the Children Hatty when
you Write again tell me how you
Get along with your affairs and
if you have aney thing to Show
for the money that Lewis Let his
father have and if So what it
is and keep it Clost if you have
aney thing tell me if you know
how mutch George Dunckel has
and if you have aney thing to show
for that find out if Spencer holds
the Contract on that Land yet
and if the Interest has been Paid 
or not tell Spencer to take Good
care of them and I have Written
to Spencer and Told him to assist
you if you want aney keep George
Price has 35 or 40 Dollars of Lewises
money and i think he will Let you
have it when he comes their I

[Upside down and top and along margin]
i have not had a letter from you since the
second mail but i live in hopes of one tomorrow
[End]

Blieve he will help you all he
can when he gets their as I
Believe him purfectly Onest
in Everry Respect Stay with
your mother you and harry by
all means till I come home and
then we will See what we Can
Doo and what Ever will Seem
for the Best then we will Do it
and now i will Say a Word to Frank
and George I hope you will Boath 
be Good Boys and help your moth
-er in Stead of Being a trouble to
her and God will Reward you for
it David and Charly Pa thinks
of you Often and you must bee good
Boys too and Etty and Harry
how I wish I Could See you and
my Dear Little mischeavus Maty
how Pa woould kiss you if he
could only see you and now all
of you See you and now all
of you Good By for this time
  Mother & Hatty
                         OG Dunckel