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Zolycoffer Tenn Sept 16th 1862
Dear Father & Mother
& Sisters after my love to you all
I am well and harty I had the
tooth ache too days but I had it
taken out Since that I have ben
Stout I have not much drilling
but one half day Since I came her
we are Drilling very fast I am
giting a long with my office
very well I have the care of
our company Some times and our
lieut Says I can best the drill
muster but I think diferant
but the boys will Drill beter
for me than they will for any
body else out of the company
we are rite on the rode about fifteen
Steps from the tract and the cars
pass 3 times day and night and the
Sick and wounded are poring every
day from ritchmon & volenteers to va

Send this to Dorthy after you reed it
Dear Dorthy it is the gratins pleasure
amagionable for to write to you
but I have wrote three letters to
home and I have not received any
from home yit but I think
Shorly you have not forgoten me
but I asur you I feel very bad
when all the folks are giting letters
from home and I git nun but I
hope for the beter the folks are very
kind and frindly thare are one girl
her gust like Mathy Farmer
and as clever as She can be
I can go out thare any time and
talk laugh & joke as mutch as I
please She is as respectable a girl
as there in in Tenn I want you
to tell Jimmy to wait on his mother
till I come back Kiss the children
for me Tho Thum & matty. Kiss little
Kelly all the time for me I will
close I am yours truly R P Kelly