When we meet again August 31st 1862 My deer wife I take my pen in hand this Sabbath morning to inform you that I am wel and feel beter [sic] than I have ? long time and I do hope that these lines will find you enjoy the same blessing. [illegible] here I would like to know this morning how you are all a doing. I have not heard anything from you since I have bin here. I have wrote four letters to you with this one I wil just say that we have plenty to eat and to spaer we are divided of to twelve in a mess. Our meg are all good [illegible] boys. Our cook is a good one. He is a dutch man. Gorge is not very well. I was at meeting last night. I am a going to meeting this morning at eight o'clock. I expect it will be a good one. We have orders to form a ling just now to hold a prare meting. I must be of [off]. Good by for a little seson [session]. Sunday evening I wil just say this evening my goof friend and companion that I have bin very lonesome and unease today as many people as there is here from the fect that I cannot here [hear] nothing from you and my deer children. It seems as though I cannot content myself no way today. Some of the soldiers friends are a coming in continually and I could not help looking all day for some of my friends. There is some women here on a visit at the time and it is no disgrace for a nice woman to come to see there [their] friends. I would rejoice to see you here but if I could get letters from you at the time I could be hapy I have made considerable progress in the divine life since I have bin here. I was at speeking meeting this morning at eight o'clock. There was about thirty spoke a word for their master with warme feeling and teers running down their cheeks and the peacher arose and told them that they must close in time for preaching at ten o'clock and he wanted to know how many more there was that would use if they had the priviledge and there was about thirty more rose to there feet. My pen is so bad that I cannot hardly rite. I want you to send me two or thre [sic] pens in a letter. I bought twenty seven sheets of paper for ten cents when I first come back and three envolopments with stamps on them for a dime and one pen and holder for five cents and that is all that I can get until I can get mony. We have the promise of our mony next Tuesday. It is reported that we wil leave here next Wednesday. They say that we wil go to Kentucky. I sent some pirtys? In the last letter. I wil send a little book in this letter. Tel phebe jane that I said she must be good girl and not forget me. I cannot say more at present. Good by my good wifei must turn my mind somewhere else a little while Joseph E. Jones