Nashville Apr 30th 1864
Dear Dear Wife and children your
kind letter of the 21 found me this
morning it found me well and i hope
this will find you the same Lute
is not hear he started last night
as to gard a train to Chattanooga
he will be back in a bout a week
when he will write home too he was
well when he left O how glad
i was when i got that letter and
how i love to look at the fiew
lines that my Dear Elizabeth wrote
me i hope the next one will have
more of her writing in it Greeve
not Dear wife that i did not say
good buy when i left you as i exspe
-cted to come home again
before i went south as mutch
as i expected to live but never mind
i hope we shall meet again and


we shall enjoy life once more
to gether the rest of ower days
dont be Down Hearted Dear wife
but Chear up i Dont think i shall
have to stay my 3 years out as
the General Opinion in hear that
the War will close inside of one
year we Exspect to Draw ower
Pay in a fiew Days and then
i will Send you Some more money
the 10th mich Reg was hear the other
Say and i Seen James Gruet and
i Seen Charles Towsley and Charles
Benett they are all in the 10th 
they have gon to the front we are
hear on Gard Duty and we will
stay hear till the other half of the
Reg comes when i understand we
will get ower horses and go to the 
front Deek Denio is sick this
morning but nothing sereous
i think about [Marthy’s?] [cover?]
you had better talk with George

about it he will no what to do
as i have left it with him all of
my Buisness but i think he had
better throw off som on the winte
-ring but i cant loose the hull of
it as i was not to Blame for the
cows going off i am sorry that
that young cow is Dead but if
you cant get along when i 
send home Some Money you will
have to Buy one about Georges
going away to Work it is all
 for the Best if they cant live to
geather but i am sorry that thay
cant agree and think thay are
Boath to Blame but i want you
to tell me when you Write again
                     thinks	
what George^  i have Done for frank
more than i have for him i Give him
considarable when he he was in
Corunna and if i have not Don
by him as i haa auto tell him i
will and tell Frank to be a good

boy tell David and Charly
to be good boys Pa thinks
often of them Harry and Nelley
thinks of you bouth very often
but Dear little Maty i Dream 
of her [Kites?] and Harriet Dear
Remember your Father and be 
kind to your old Mother in
her lonsom oures and may
God Bless you for it and
Now i must tell you about
the letter you sent to me by
Lute he give it to me Day before
yesterday it was the first time
he thought of it i got a letter
from George the other Day was
glad to hear from them i think
Spencer will do first rate by you
all and now Dear and affectona
-te wife my kind love to you
and i want you to chear up and
hope for the best and now write
often write rite away and may God
in his loving kindness watch
over and protect you is the sinseer
wish of your loving husband
O.G. Dunckel to Elizabeth Dunckel