Aug 29th
	Dear Guy I have seen G=
Macumber to day and was glad
to learn by him that you were
well and enjoying your self so
well I have worried about you
a great deal since you left us
you did not come back as we
expected and you may be sure
that we were rejoiced to hear
from you and that there is a
prospect that you can come home
next week. O how I want to see
you and yet I dread the pain of
parting which may perhaps be
forever but I hope and prey that
we may meet again, but we must
put our trust in Almighty God
who alone is able to shield us
from danger and death he ruleth
in the armies of heaven and
among the inhabitants of the
earth and in him do I trust

and into his hand do I commit you
my dear boy tis a mighty struggle
but God and my Country for
ever I feel no disposition to
call you back but bid you go in
Gods name to your duty manfully
in every instance and [I?] do beware
of temptations in every form
shun vice of every kind do not drink
any Spirits I hear that you are not
allowed to play Cards on Sunday
but I beg of you by all that is great
and good not to covet them atall
card playing even in short leads
to fear ful results, will you heed
my counsels then absent they
may seem needless but to keep
heart love that [broughts?] them
[illegible in original]. love as none but a Mother
is capable of feeling  Aug 30 to day
your letter came which made us feel
better about you I will try and
write as cheerfully as possible and
encourage you all I can in the great

work
 ^ in which you have enlisted and
may God help you to fight man
fully for the best government
in the world I did not wish to 
say anything to dishearten you
but tis always right when you are
going into danger to know it and
realize and think of it and be 
prepared for any thing that may
happen, and then hope for the best 
and I am trying to do so I do look for-
-ward with pleasant anticipation to
the end of this bloody rebellion
when if you are spared and come
home with an honourable discharge
your warfare ended and you a good uprig
-ht man a true patriot and soldier I
will ask no more I should be justified
in feeling a little proud but if you
should come like [Porock?] and [Pourt-?]
Jones with 30 armed men after you
offering a reward for you dead or alive
I should wish you had died before
you were disgraced but I think better

of you than that I hope and trust you
are working for principle and Justice
and if all do the same the right will
triumph over wrong and our once
peaceful and happy country will
once more be restored to its former
State of happiness and the Stars and
Stripes will once more proudly wave
over these united States of America
I hope this glorious time is not very
far in the future I must now talk
a little on divers subjects first how did you
give your name or how is it down on the
muster roll is it Guy I, or, I. Guy. tell us
which for we want to put it on your
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letters Just as you have ^ there tis important
that you put your name Just alike
all the time Send the number of
your Company I hope you can come 
home but if it so happens that
you cannot we will try to bear it but
if you should not come send all your
clothes safely home you and Israel
and will Warren all in a box together
and direct so that it cant get Lost
and if you cant come be sure and write
before you start off to Washington