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March the 31, 1863 Lake Providence, Louisiana near Lake Providence

Well My Dear affection wife I take this opportunity to answer your kind letter that i received from you on the 29th of March and it was rote on the 8th of march I was glad to here from you i was glad to here you was well and enjoying good health for health is a blesing for any body to have but i was sorry to here you was carrying your own wood and choping your own wood i think the nabors out to do something for my family while i am in the servis and fiting for them as well as for myself they are at home enjoying there fire side and there good [bed?] and i am here laying on the ground and fiting for them as well as for my self and i think as little as they could do is to help my family [to?] wood and so on, and not let them suffer