Georgia Kingston May 31st 1864
Dear Wife and children i feel quite [smudged]
to day & yesterday Lewis wrote home [smudged]
from [illegible in original] and is lay in the shade
Sick when the Reg Started the Docter
Left me to come on the cars i started
this morning and hear i am ahead of the
Reg so i thought i woould Write and
Let you no how i was i Dont no wheath
-er Lewis told you i was sick or not
but i was alltired sick when they Left
again i say i am quite well to Day and
i sinsearley hope this will find you all
well and Enjoying your selves we are
now within 25 miles of the Whole
army on the front and will be up with
in a couple of Days i got a letter from
william about a week ago but it had
been coming one month So i cant
Give you aney news from him
you must write Everry week we dont

Get aney Letters now but we Shall
when we Get to ower owen brigades which 
will be in a Couple of Days and all 
ways when you Write tell me how you
all are and write me all the newis
Keep up Good Courage Dear wife and put
your trust in God he will Do all things
for the Rest and as the war is now proger
-sing i think six months at the [fartherand?]
will wind it up and that seems to be
the opinion of officers and men Every whear
tell me how Frankey Gets along with the
work and all about it i have not
Drawen aney Pay yet and i dont think
we shall Write a way if you Can i
wish you would send me 8 or 10
Postage Stamps in your next as we cant
Get them hear and we are most out
i want you to tell me how you get
on for things to Live on and all
about it tell me how the cattle look
and so on and now i will tell you how
things Sell down hear Cheas 50 cents [pr pound?]

Butter one dollar [Smudged] 12 [illegible in original] pr dozen
milk 80 cents a Quart tobacco 1.50 a pound
tea we Cant Get aney i have not tasted
a Drop Since we left Nashville and have
not Drank 2 Dozen cups Since i left
home i shall be Completly weened
from Tea if i ever live to get home
but i Should Like to be at  home
this afternoon and take a Cup of Tea
with my family but i Cant and
so i will have to be [conted?] to take
a Cup of Coffy and Soldiers fair
in Kingston and now all of the Boys
from Lucke were well yesterday Exept
Shellman we left him Sick at
Chattanooga and Since we left their
i have heard that Elisha Perkins was
their if i had knowen it mite went
and seen him as well as not Give my
Love to all Enquireing friends and 
now Dear Wife Take Good Care of
your self and the children and when
you write tell me all about them

Dear Harriet my love to you and
as usual i want you to stick by your
mother till i come Back Frank
your father often thinks of you he wants
you to help take care of the Rest when
father is Gon and you must take
good care of the Mears and not work
them to hard and now George i want you
to be a good Boy and and let your mother
Give you Good advise and you must be
Shure and take it and now David and
Charly you must be Good Boys and
go to school and when Pa Gets home
you will be all most men and now
Nelly and Harry mary God Bless you
Boath and i want ma to Kiss you
all and give you a Blessing for me
but little maty mother must take Espes
-ial care and kiss often for Pa and now
Dear Elizabeth Good By for this time
Direct to Kingston Georgia the
Rest of the Directions you no all ready
Fare Well O.G. Dunckel