John Belton Bishop

Civil War Letter submitted to Journeys Through Jackson by JCGS member Lois Heun.

Dear wife when I study the condition of my wife and children, and the condition that I am in does seem that if it was not for that little hope I have after death I don't think I could stand it one day. You don't know how glad I would be to see you and talk with you one time more. I've have prayr in our tent of a night. I have read my Testament through since I come here. I feel determined to serve my God let what will come. Dear wife remember me in your prayrs you haven't been out of my mind since I left home.
Goodby
[John Belton Bishop]
[Ed: Bishop died in a hospital in Richmond in 1864.]

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