William Ervin (Butram)Bertram
The following letter is from William E. Bertram (Butram) to his wife Martha
Corinth, Mississippi
May 10th, 1892
My dear wife,
I this evening drop you a few lines to let you know that I am well. Your father wrote to me that you had a fine girl. You may name it Tennessee. That will be the best name I can select.
I want you to remember me in your prayers. I have thought that it was on your account that I have been preserved through the mercy of God.
I think there will be a chance for me to come home. I am not going to desert. I am going to come home honerable or let by bones bleach on the field of battle.
So I will close by subscribing myself your friend and husband until death.
From William E. Butram
To Marthy Burtram