Gordonsville    September 3, 1863

Dear sister I seat myself this morning to inform you that I am as well as common hoping these few lines may find you well. I am in the Hospital at

Gordonsville, Va.  I have been here too das an I stade at hanover Junction too das the brigade left Fredericksburg an the doctor sent all that wont able to martch to the hospital at the junction an then we were transferred here an have bin expecting to go to Linchburg, Va evry day but haven’t got off yet if I can get to Linchburg I will try to get to Danville an then I will try to get home I hope we can get off tomorrow this is the first

time I ever was at hospital and for a ?? better then

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I expected I wold  ?? get a plenty of ??? an loaf bred an coffe an vegetables snap beans an ?? an tomaters stude peaches, ??? I am as harty as I ever was in my life all that is the matter with me now weakness an I am very poor but I am a mending up very fast if I can’t get to Linchburg I am a going back to my Regiment in a few days if I had come to the Hospital when I first took the ???? I would not got so Poor an weak  but I stade with the regiment an did not have nothing I cold eat till I was about perished out and marching

an drilling so mutch but I am about well of it now.

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I havn’t got a letter from you in most a month if you right I don’t know whatis the reason I don’t get the letters when you right ??? direct your letters to Gordonsville, Va ,

general hospital ward “G”but I reckon you had better not right till I right agan for I reckon I will go to Linchburg Before meny days and then I will right agan an I will right in a few days if I sta here give my love to Uncle John folks tell Lucy An Judy to right me wind whare John Guthrey lives now an how Rufe is a getting along An his little boy

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Tell Rufe I think he might right to me if he wold I wold be very glad To here from him I hope it won’t be long till wee all can come home for I amso tired of this war but it don’t look like it will ever stop now so I most come to a close you most excuse bad writing for this is the wirst pen I ever saw but I reckson you can read it Martha you will Hafta pay for this letter When you get it for I Can’t get no stamps so nothing more.

W.L. Leott

Martha F. Leott