Everhart, Jesse, Letter, 1864, 1913 (C0467)

              
			Atlanta Georgia, August 6th/64

Dear Sister Sue,["Dear Sister Sue" underlined]
		Having an opportunity this evening
of starting a letter to you, by underground railroad ["railroad" circled]
I concluded to write and risk the possibility of its 
reaching its point of destination, as I have the liberty
this way of writing unrestrained.  Dear Sister as 
some time has elapsed since you heard
from me, and from the fighting that has been
going on you may have some uneasiness about 
me but I have so far escaped unhurt. So much
for luck. I have often thought I was born lucky, 
and I think it is a good thing or I would have
had my head shot off ere this. but this thing of 
Battle, there is certainly something magic about it.
to see the escapes a man can make convinces
me that a man will live untill his time ["s" in "times" stricken through]
comes, under any and all circumstances, And should 
it be the fate of me, for mine, to come before this
cruel war is over, (and I am returned) to my friends, I
hope you will think, I went supporting a good and 
holy cause, though I have never had any fears of that 
kind, I have always felt like I would ["like" stricken through] live
to the end of this war, and then return home to 
see out, and Priss[?], & all other Dear friends
that is left behind.  Sue to attempt to give you
a history of my adventures since I left, ["since I left" written above "I suppose"] I suppose would more weari