A very nice gentleman[ related through Corn, Capps, Buckner and Roberts families] has taken the time to transcribe much material on Revis Family from Madison Co, including this letter which is part of the Federal archives and used in the North Carolina Civil War Documentary by Yearns and Barrett: Marshall, Madison Co North Carolina July 20 (?) 1863 H.W. Revis: Dear Husband: I seat myself to drop you a few lines that me and Sally is as well as common, and I hope these few lines will come to hand and find you well and doing well. I have no news to write you at this, only I am done laying by my corn. I worked it all four times. My wheat is good, my oats is good. I haven't got my wheat stacked yet. My oats I have got a part of them cut, and Tom Hunter and John Roberts is cutting today. They will get them cut today. I got the first letter yesterday that I have received from you since you left. I got five from you yesterday, they all came together. This is the first one I have wrote for I didn't know where to write to you. You said you hadn't had anything to eat. I wish you was here to get some beans for dinner. I have plenty to eat as yet. I haven't saw any of your pap's folks since you left home. The people is generally well hereat. The people is all turning to Union here since the Yankees has got Vicksburg. I want you to come home as soon as you can after you git this letter. Jane Elkins is living with me yet. That is all I can think of, only I want you to come home the worst I ever did. The conscripts is all at home yet and I don't know what they will do with them. The folks is leaving here, and going North as fast as they can, so I will close. Your wife, till death Martha Revis Lynne Revis