Atlanta
Oct the 23 /64
Dear Charlotte
I seat myself the eve to write a fiew lines in answer to yours that I recieved yesterday. One was mailed the fourth and the one the twelfth. We hadent had a mail in some time. I was verry glad to hear from you once more and that you were enjoying good health. I am well with the exceptions of a cold. I took cold yesterday. We are having cold weather. There was a frost this morning the first I have seene this fall. It must be verry cold up north now. We got pay the other day. There was a lot of us let the paymaster take our money. He will send you a check to draw the money. I gave him your name and post office address. I sent $120 dollars. I guess it will be all safe. It will be some time before you can get it. I think about four weaks. I hope not longer than that. I wish you had it now for I know you nead it. I drew $124 dollars. I will put two dollars in this and you may send me a ream of writing paper. If I had a lot(?) of it here now I could sell it for at least $10 per ream. If you will send me some I will sell what I dont want and send you all the proffits. Send the best you can get. We cant buy good paper here. Poor paper is worth 50 cents a quire. We have to go to East Point every day after railroad iron. We drive the rebels away and tare up the track to repair the road the rebs tore up in our rear. You dont seam to know yet where you are going to live this winter. I wish you had a good place. It is now most winter. It is to cold for you and the children where you are now. You will all take cold and get sick and die in that house. If you dont want to go to Greens you may go where you think you can get along the best and easiest. I am anxious to know where you are going. I have got my new house up and most finished. I have got the best I have had since I have ben out. I hope one year from now I will be home and ceeping house with you. I havent got but eleven months more to serve. Time is wearing out pretty fast. Good courage from us both I think will bring us together again. You have it as hard as I do. I have some easy times and some pretty hard times when on a campaign and in battle but when in camp I have it easy and you have hard times all the time. I must close. My head aches. My cold is all in my head. I am as snotty as a sheep. I hope you are all well. I will send you four dollars. I want you to have all my wages. My love to you and all. Kiss the children often for me. Good buy.
Charles Engle
I will write an extra next time. I got the string. Mine is the bigest. I will tell you all next time.