July 15th / 64
Dear mother
i take my pen in hand to let you know that i am well at present and i hope that these few lines will find you the same and al of the rest of the folks at home times is pretty hard at present hear but i guess that they will get better soon our troops are al a cross the river now and they are geatting ready to march on to Atlanta and i hope thay will soon for it is geatting so hot down hear that i wanto sea this thing wound up as soon as possible now so that we can get to some place whare we can lay still a gan during this warm weather we had a verry fine storm hear last night it rained vary hard and the wind blowed verry hard to it killed the ajutant of the 16 Ky and wounded the major and wounded three of the hundred and fourth Ohio by trees bloing down by the wind it seams very hard to have men killed that way after surving too years and over and then get killed by a tree in bed
i got me some new clothing yestaday i got to pare of pants and four pare of sox to last this year out and a new blouse al the clothing that i have drawed this year has cost me thirty four dollars and fifty sents and i get forty two dollars allowd to me a year if i dont draw any more clothing this year i will have seven dollars and fifty sents coming to me
We have got four months pay dew us now and thirteen month and a half to sirve yet but that wont seam long to me but i supose it does to you
Wal i reckan that i will hafto close for this time good by yours truly Miss Polly Burton
J.S. Hendricksen
Co.B
