I have finally received a copy of a copy of the original letter Adin Sasser wrote to his son. The date is August 20, 1864. I will send a copy, along with his marriage licence and other documents to to Robert Earl Woodham and any one else who send me their address. It is not a excellent copy but it is readable.... Don Sasser ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- August 20, 1864 Dear Son I take the present opportunity of writing you a few lines to let you know that we are all well, hoping this will come to hand and find you all well. I left the post of Pittsburg last Monday morning to attend Circuit Court between Dickson Sasser and the Common Wealth and the case being laid over by the Common Wealth. I came on home next day for the first time since April. I received your friendly letter that you sent with K.D. Wyrich’s letter and the letter you to James Waggoner. Him and Jo Waggoner left today on their way to Redbird. Jo’s case was continued, some few people was threatening to mob him but the excitement is not so great as I expected. Some of them evil men and seducers is tired of Lincoln. I was glad to hear from you all and I was glad to hear that you was with kind people that is willing to pay you a living price for your labor. You wanted to know the price of Mountain Yoke of cattle. One hundred to one hundred twenty five for no. 1 Yoke of cattle. Though some times you might get a small yoke for fifty or sixty. I thank you for our friendly admonition but I don’t know how to do any better now. I am working for the support of the family. I have nobody to help me. Eli is going to school now, but I don’t know whether he will stick to it or not. I have to go back and leave them. I have not raised any thing this year and of course have it to buy. I get sixty dollars every month and is the best I can do under my present condition. Louisa has no book to go to school. Little Jo is as fat as ever, but we have no home to go to that we can say is our own. I got a letter from Thomas Sasser dated the 5th of August. He is still at the same place and doing well as could be expected. If you want to write him, direct your letter to Nashville Tenn. He says he thinks he will get to stay there till his time is up, and then he is coming home. Lord grant it may be so. Jim Waggoner will bring your things up here in a week or two and take his mother home with him. He told me this morning to scroll a few lines for him. They are all well and he has just been to London and is on his way home. You mother and the children have plenty to live on though everything is very high, but corn crops are very good in this neighborhood. Wheat was indifferent, but if the people are not robbed of their corn there is no danger of starvation, yet the leaders are trying to rally the voters for Lincoln, but some of them will not hear. Now is the most critical time and the most dangerous time since the war commenced, but there is no use to predict what us coming but every eye can see and every ear can hear the times is getting worse, and the people are going back into heathenism and barbarity and if this thing goes on four years longer where will we all be? The health of this county is tolerable good , the connection are all well as far as I know. Though I hear of some flu and some fever. Give my respects to Kate and them two little babies and if we meet no more in this world lets us all try to be ready when the summons comes to meet in a better world. Where the rattle of drums and the roaring of cannons and tongues of lairs can never never disturb us anymore. Farewell Adin Sasser