W.M. Robinson

Letter from W.M. Robinson to his wife, submitted to Journeys Through Jackson by JCGS member Dave Robinson.

Cumberland Gap
6 July 63
Dear wife hit is with much plasure this evin that's to anser your kind and ____ letter which came to hand this morning and to her that you an the children was all well an doin well. I was glad to her that you had got your wheat cut and in the shock tho I no that you had a hard time to have hit done. I would drother abin at home but I could not nor I don't know when I will. I just have got in of Picket this morning. I have been out twinty fore ours and tha was the hard as storm of rain and thunder and liting as all most ever I saw we was thare in hit and just had a blanket spred over us and bushes and sticks to ly on. I am as well as common at this time my helth has bin tolerbel good for the last three weaks tho I have not had my helth fore some time till thye last weak or too. I want you to try to have the wheat thrash and I don't want you to sell none of hit for I don't think you can spare any of hit fore I don't know when nor how you will make any more. I want you to have as much of the ry as you can git and Wheat too at my place as you can as som of hit is thrashd try to at hit away I want you to have some ry seeds.
I want you to git WA Robinson to try to get the Wheat thras for you when he can tell him to be shore to not fail to have hit thrashd and I want you to have the straw put up and fail not. Rite to me What you had to pay for cuttin your wheat and if hit is good I want you if you have to pay out money for work let the Confederate money go. I want you to not let that state money go keep hit. Capt R A Edmonston is going to start home in the moring and I will send you 35 dollars by him. I want you to do the Best you can for your self and I will do the same. Rite to me if you have sole all of your bacon. Keep enough to do your self. Rite to me how your corn looks and if you think you will make a good crop. Rite to me whether you git the letters that I send. Rite me oncte a weak. Tell WA Robinson that I wold have rote to him but Short time. I will rite soon. I must close at this time so I will add no more. I still remain your loven Husban till death. Tell Mother and the girles _____ me for not ritin to them. Tell them to rite to me. Give my love to all the friends ____ and allso fare well. I wood like to se you an the children one time more to play with them.
W M Robinson
[Ed: Robinson was captured at Cumberland Gap, and like so many of the North Carolina 62nd, was incarcerated at Camp Douglas. He died there in 1864.]

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