Near Atlanta
August the 24 /64
Dear Wife
I will once more try to write a fiew lines to inform you that I am well. I received yours of the eleventh day before yesterday. Was glad to hear you were all enjoying go health. I am getting fat as a bear again. We have ben here over a month now. I dont know how much longer we will stay but I suppose till the rebs leave Atlanta. They hould out pretty well this time. It has ben verry quiet all along the lines for three days. I am afraid it will break out new one of these days. Some of our cavelry have ben around Atlanta. They came in yesterday. I guess they had a pretty hard time. We are having verry fine weather here now. The nights are quite coole. I wrote last weak for some paper and envelepes. I hope you will send them as soone as you can. I have borrowed two sheats of paper and I havent got but three or four envellops left. It is the first time I have ben out but this campaign is so long I have got out. If I had money I could buy some. There is a sutler came up yesterday. He charges fifty cents a quire. I guess you can get it for less in Binghamton. I hope they will pay us soone. I heard they had paied the Army of the Potomac. You say Matie is poor. She cant be verry well. I wish you would see a good doctor. Perhaps he could do something for her deafness and give her some thing to improve her health. I would like to see her verry much. I guess she would know me yet. I dont think Johnie would know his pa. I am anxious for the time to come that I can go home and get acquainted with my children. You say John Travis is home. He done well. He was slightly wounded the 20th. Sergt Hazard is home to. He left us sick at Dallas. I dont know as I want a furlough. It costs to much. These hard times I couldent get eney unless I was wounded. If I dident have good care I would try and get a furlough. I hope I wont be wounded. If we lay here much longer this years campaign wont amount to much more. It will soone be winter. 10 months more and my time will be out. That will soone pass if this cruel war haint setteld by that time. A man will be better off in the service than out. Good buy. My love to you dear Charlotte.
Charles Engle
You neadent send me eney more pepper. We draw some but the potatoes are plaied out. We dont get eney. I am sorry. They are a good raition.