Camp in the Woods Georgia June 8th 1864
Dear wife and Children how i wish i could See you
all i am not yet Quite Well but am Gaining Slowly
but i hope this will find you all Enjoying good
health and if David still has the ague you had better
take him over to Docoter Davises and See if he Can Doo
aney thing for him as to George i am verry Sorry
to hear So bad an account of him and if he has
been Steeling at Spencers i want you to find out
the truth about it and i will Settle with Spence
for it as soon as i Draw my Pay and if he will
be a Good Boy after this and will treat his moth
-er and his Brothers and Sisters as he had aut to i
Do well by him if i ever live to get home but if he
Does aney thing more i will Write to Spencer and have
him take him up send him to Gail and Leave him
their till i come home i think you had Better
but Butter this Summer if you can then to try to
By a Cow and when i Draw my Pay you must take
the money when i send it home and by 100 Pounds and
lay it Down for yourse the Probability is we wont
Draw aney Pay now till some time in July and then
i will send it all home to you i have  not got a 
sent with me now and the rest of the Boys are as


bad of as i am and now Dear Wife i ot your
Letter Dated the 15 of May yesterday and one from
unckel George at the Same time you Said you was
trying to make a Little Garden i hope i will be their
next winter to help you Eat it and then we will
all be happy once more you Did not want me to be
mad at you because you had to Set Down and
cry after you Wrote to me Dear Wife i love you all
the more for it but i could wish you woould
be more Chearfull then you are as it makes me feel
bad and if i Should never Return  to you then you
will have to put your trust in God and your
Country there are maney falling now in this fearfull
strugle and it may be my Lot to fall too but i
shall be carefull of myself for your Sake and
my Childrens Sake the Enimy are Slowly Retreet
-ing and we are following and Everry Day all most
Some Part of ower army is fighting but this division
has not fought aney since we have been with it
tell unckel George to do with that Town Bond
what ever he thinks Best and it will Suit me
i wrote you some 4 days ago and told you in
that that i had Seen William i have not Seen
him Since the Boys hear from Locke are all well
and now Dear Wife i must Close by telling
you to Write often if the letters are a long while
coming i Love to Get them and now Kiss all
the Children for me and Remember me as
your Ever faithfill Husband and
Good By Elizabeth this from
                               OG Dunckel to
Lewis will send       Elizabeth Dunckel
directions in his letter