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General Field Hospital Chattanooga Aug 30th /64
Dear Wife and Children i take Pen in
hand to Let you know how i am Getting
along i am Still Gaining Slowly i think
Except my legs thay are So week that
it is hard work for me to Get around
and attend to the Sick as i am Still
a nurseing in the hospital but i hope
this will find you all well and Doing
well i Got a Letter from you to Day and
it was Dated the 18 of Aug in it i was
Sorry to Learn that Mother was Sick
but i hope She has Got well before
this time and also that She Did not
have a verry hard Sick Spell i Got
another Letter from you a week ago
that was Dated the 15 of Aug it Come

through in 5 days them 2 letters are all
i have Got from you i Got a letter from
Lewis last knite and from George Price
the knight before that that were well
when George Wrote as his was the Last
Letter Written as Lutes Letter had been
Delayed when Lute Wrote his he was
Sick with the dioree but Georges letter
Said he was well Enough to Do Duty
again now that was the 23 of Aug in
George Prices letter i found one Enclosed
from George Dunckel Stateing that
ower George had Enlisted and that
he had to Do it because he had got
into a Scrape Steeling in Company
with that Stevenson Boy i want
you to tell me all about it in
your next letter as you have not
mentioned it in your letters i
Dont no what to think I God i
Dont no what to Do about that Boy
i am afraid he will bring Ruin
on himself and Disgrase on the

rest of his family in my last Letter
to you i told mother that i Did not
want George to Enlist but in this
case i Dont no what to Do but in
Eather Case i fear he is lost for
Ever as he is bound to Do only that
which is Rong and Bring his Fathers
and Mother to Sorrow to think
that thay Ever had Sutch a Son
but i Shall Console myself that
he never was Raised up to it by
his Parents and he will have him
Self only to Blame the Picture Drawen
 at the head of this was Don by a young
friend of mine that is acting as
nurse with me he is a young
Kentuckyn he belongs to the 17th
Kentucky infty and is a fine young
man his name is John O. Melton
he Drawed it for the children to
Look at and now i must tell 
you that i woould Give Some
thing hansom if i Could See my

little maty if she is Sutch a 
little Rougue as you say she is
[Upside Down on Third Line from Top]
Did mother ever git a ring sent by Geor Price
to her and sent by in or a presant
if so tell me in your next letter

but i hope and Solonaly believe
that i Shall See you all if we all
live in less then one year the Rebs
are getting Badly Whiped and the
Prisners that we take Say thay are only
trying to hold out till after the Election
to See wheather their wont be some
hopes in Getting a Democrat President
if Old Abes is Elected again thay
will have to Give up in Dispare
this is what thay themselves Say as
thay Say that thay cant fight mutch
longer and the comon People are
all Crying for Peace but i must
close by giving you my Love
Dear Wife and Hatty to geather
with all of the Children i Rremain
as ever your Loving Father
and husband Direct as before
                            O.G Dunckel
 Do you hear from   To Elizabeth and Hatty  
mrs paddy and if so
how are
thay