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febuary the 6 1862

Camp Lee grahamville South Carolina
dear wife it is with pleasur that I avail
my Self of the presant opportunity
of writing you a few lines to let you
know that I am well at this time
hoping thes lines will find you
in the best of health I received
a leter las monday Evening which
gave mee great sattis faction to hear
from you that you Still had bin well
you Stated that you had hird a
boy to Stay with you tel I Come
home and you wanted to now som
thing about making a Crop you Can
put him to Sprouting and Cleaning
up grond tel time to plow Sow down
the all the ould ______ [?] pece in oats
and get redy for plowing as son as the
weather will do I Started a leter last
monday morning and I want to now
what days my leters gits thar I have
bin writing every Sunday and the
leter leaves her on monday now tel
mee what day you git them and
I will now when to rite

I Can in form you that we have
had now fite yet but the yankes
Came out nite befor last and kild
one of the pickets and Cripeld another
but not our men the was horsemen
that was about tel miles from her and
one of the pickets kild three yankes
and the yankes went back in the
Iland I Cant tel you when we wil
git off I think we fill [?] git off a ginst
fifteen of April I Can in form you
that we have not drawd any mor
money yet and I don’t now when
we will you will haft to hire som
man to Chop up your bigest logs
and to plow the first day for I am
a frad that the boy will let my
horse runaway I want you to pay
Cope that note and less the note
it was eight dollas some sents
and what I owe him on the
books you Can let that a lone
tel I com home and I want you
to git that note I give T T S Sherrel

the health of our men is godd
at this time we have one in the
hospitel and we are looking for
him in Camp tl tel Mr grimes
that justus is well and harty I
want you to write how your
Corn holds out I have nothing
Strang to write at this time mor
then I want to See you very bad
and the time seams long to mee
but in two months mor I think
I will be on the road home and if
I haft to Stay my time out it will
Soon run off now I have not bin
weat Sence I left Ashville I have
bin on picket on time and one
time mor will do mee tel my time
is out I don’t see any prospect of
a fite though we Can hear the
Cannas evry weake and some
times mor all of the Connection
well So nothing mor at this time
onley I remain your affectionat
husband un tel death Wiley Parris
to Jane Parris Jane Parris