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Feb the 10th 1863

Dear Wife I take this opportunity to answer your kind letter which i re ceived yesterday I was glad to hear from home once more but sorrrow to hear that the whooping cough was in the family but I know that you will take good care of the children we are yet at Memphis we have a good [eal?] of wet weather here and a little Snow and plenty of mud and plenty to eat and but little to do I am as [hasty?] as a buck and bully for [illegible] and what more could i want yet there is some thing lacken I will tell you what it is when I get home then you can judge for your self but I think it will all be rite when we kill our hogs you must excuse me for I think it is better to laugh than to cry Pleas turn over