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Camp 20^th Regt. CV.

Atlanta Ga, Sept 20^th 1864

Dear Wife

I received your letter dated Sept 4^th the day before yesterday was glad to hear that you were all well it found me well and am the same to day and I hope when this reaches you it will find you and the children all well.  I dont know what you will do with Edgar I guess you had better try to get a place for him to live some one that can govern him and make him toe the mark if Garrison Gates would take him and keep him give him his board clothes and schooling and be master of him I would let him go there or to any other good place have them take him and not alow him to come home for one year fetch him right to the checker but while he is at home make him chop all of your wood do not hire a stick cut for he and Frank can do it and not hurt them at all when I was of Edgars age I worked for a liveing and it wont hurt him to do the same; you spoke in your letter of the 4^th about plowing up the mowing and also back of the house I think you had not better do it for it would be likely to wash bad let that part be till I come home then if I think best to do it  I will be there to attend to it  I had another letter from Georgiana got it the same day that I got yours she wrote that she wanted to go to Meriden to school this winter  I do not think it advisable for her to do so and I want you to see that my wishes are complied with this winter for through the summer she has had her own way.  I think that she can learn somthing  yet to the district school and if I am fortunate enough to com home in a year from now and she is a good girl and behaves herself like a lady then I will see about her schooling at this time while I am in the army  I do not feel able to send her away to school, I have not got my pay yet but the talk is that we are going to be paied off before long  I have got my check and will send it in this letter: It will be a little help to you:  I found in your letter a photograph I see you did not write a word about it but I know the old gal as soon as I put my eyes on it  I think it a very good picture thank you for it  I did not expect any thing of the kind will try and take good care of it and I hope you will try and keep the origonal all right for another year then if nothing happens I hope I shall have a chance to see how that looks, you thought you was wise once when you bought the nutmegs that was well enough but what money you have got in the bank I think is as well as you could have done with it how much have you got there: I must close for this time lots of love in this letter for you Lucinda  From your old A.C. Smith

Shall write to Ella in a day or two wrote to Mother Brainard today

I should like some postage stamps for I have not got one got to borrow one to put on this letter

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