July the 22) 1863
My Dear beloved Wife
I have once more set my self down with the greats of pleasure to rite a few
lines to you hope thoes few lines will find my love quite well as it leaves me
at present my dear you must ancer them letters the best way you can for I ant
made a very good job of it this time for I had not time to rite eny mor this
time but my dear wife I hope the next letter I rite to them or to you I shall
be at hom wear I shall in joy my self better than I can now but I do think this
war is most all don with and I do hope it is most all over and I do think we
never shall se eny fite at all but it is hard to tel eny thing a bout it at
all but my dear beloved wife thear is one thing I must aske you for and I
gess you will get it for your dear husbon and that is a new soft hat to wear
and you get a low one and get it to suite your self and then you will suite me
my loving wife and you can send it by express for that runs throw this town and
you may send wat you please but that is all I want to wear but if you want to
send eny thing to eat you can do so but if you cant spar the monney dont send
that but my dear wife you better beleave I wold like a peace of pork and bread
for I hant had a tast of pork cence that you sent last winter in frankford for
I am out of mony now and I let Johney have to dollars and the same to Jihm gag
and the same to mate hokenes and they com to me and ask me for that much and I
did not like to deni it from them at all my loving wife and god bleack your dear
hart and all the rest of you my true harted wife and I do think this war is most
all over and I hope it is for I do long to se my dear wife for you are the
nearst and dearst frend I have got in this world for when we com from Stanford
hear thay all most march us to death for it is ten miles and we marcht it in
five ours with our knapsacks on and haver sacks and gun and every thing a bout
us and it was hot and dry and the hol regmen give out and every one cried shame
of it I did not mean to put Danville in my sister letter that was a mis stake so
thear is no more from your dear Husbon Stephen Burton so good nite and god
bleack you and me now and forever amen
Send to Danvill
Kentucky
give my best respect to John and adeline and I wich them well the boys are all
well
