December the 30, 1862 



Georgia, Union County 



Dear wife, I take my pen in liand to 



let you know tliat I am well at 



this time. Hoping these few lines may 



come safe to hand and find you and 



all the rest well. I can say to you 



that Charley paid me five dollars and 



he won't pay me any more. Rube Pritchard 



is going to move to Tennesee. Charley 



would not pay him and come to me and 



I paid him five dollars that you owed 



him. I paid him six dollars for the fixing 



the watch. I paid one dollar and fifty cents 



to Go (George ?) Plott for a quart of brandy. I paid 



two dollars a coming up here. I paid three 



dollars and a half for leather. I have 



paid out eighteen dollars and received 



five. I have got nine dollars and a half 



left. I haven't got nary blanket yet. 



I have tried the whole country but 



I think I can get one from John Boone (?), 



a good one for eight dollars. I am going 



to see him day after tomorrow. He has 



two. He said he would sell me one for 



eight dollars. It will take all the money 



I have but one dollar and fifty cents. 



Catherine, I don't expect to start 'til 



the tenth of next month. Captain 



Anderson is not 'til then. He says we 



will all go together. Catherine, I am 



sorry that I did not stay longer with 



you, but I did not know they was going 



to stay so long. Catherine, I think 



you might come up and see me before I 



start. If you do come, fetch me five dollars 



and them watch keys and a box of 



caps and if Wesley will take a dollar 



and a half for that locket fetch it. 



Catherine, don't think that I run off 



on purpose to keep from staying with 



you. I want to see you mighty bad. If 



I had known they was going to stay 



so long when I first came up here 



I should have come back there. Catherine, 



if you take the notion to come, start 



as soon as you get these lines. I seen 



Harelson about that salt. He said 

 it would be here in a few days. Catherine, 

 Elliot Collins wife is dead and Columbus 

 Spurllng's wife and child is dead. I 

 Shall look for you, whether I see you 

 or not. If you come, start as soon 

 as you get these lines. I must come to 

 a close by saying I remain yours 

 truly until death. 



C. D. Epps 



Mikes and Peters is all well as 

 far as I know. Peter has not started 

 yet. I do not know when he will. 

 Mike said it might be that he would 

 stay 'til his captain goes. His captain 

 is at home. 



C. D. Epps 



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/Jis 



