Atlanta
Sept the 13 /64
Dear Wife
I will try and write a fiew lines this evening in receipt of yours of August 28th. It brought verry good news. I am verry glad Matie is getting better of her deafness and that Mother is some better. You say you think you will weigh 150 again. I hope you will for you know I shal do some smart huging when I get home. You seam to think I wont live to get home. You want to know what I think about it. I dont believe a person dies till thier times come. You think a man stands a poor site to live that has to fight. I know it is a dangerous place but there is more dies with dissease than killed by bullets. I never felt or thought I would be killed in battle. Our boys have fell some killed some wounded by my side but it never frightend me much but that is the time a man thinks he will be killed if ever there has. Three men died of dissease since the 27 of August in our co. That is more than has ben killed in our co this sumer. I am well and hope to be and return home which I think I will. It would be foolish for me to think diferent. You dont seam to be willing to have me reenlist. I guess I wont reenlist being you hate to have me. You neadent be uneasy about that. I guess the fighting will be all done within a year. Every thing looks favorable now. We have fought over the best fighting ground there is in Georgia. Sherman can shove this this army into the gulf coast just as fast as he pleases when he gets ready to move again and that will be soone. I think we will have a long winter campaign. We are so far south now that a winter campaign can be caried on verry well. The 60th regt NYVS are going to Chattanooga tomorrow to escort through some paymasters so we will soone get our pay. Uncle Sam owes me 23 dollars on my clothing bill this year. Dont you think I have ben pretty saveing. I wont get it this payday. We moved yesterday. We are now verry near on the south side of Atlanta. I have got up a verry good tent and a good bed. The best I have had since I have ben out. I built a bunk and then filled some sacks with cotton and it is a good bed. I cant sleep as good on a board or pade as I could when we first came out. It wears on a person to sleep in that way so long. I never shall forget how good I slept when I was home. Cotton is as plenty here as straw is north and verry nice to. I wish you had a lot of it. I got the paper and envelopes to day. They was mailed Sept 3rd and the letter August 31. I have got a Chatanooga paper. I will try and do it up in this letter for you. I was verry glad to get the writing materiel. I will write often now if old Wheeler dont cut our communications again. It is getting late. I guess I have writen about enough. I send my love to you. I want to see you all the worst way. I hope this will find you all well. Good buy. Kiss the children for me.
Chas Engle