Civil War: Confederate Soldier's Letter on the Siege of Petersburg

Civil War-dated ALS signed “E. W. Jones, 59th Ala. Regt.,” one page both sides, 8 x 13, August 17, 1864. Handwritten letter from Petersburg, Virginia, while under siege. In part: "The enemy is still sieging this place & how much longer they intend sieging Petersburg I am not able to say. I sometimes think they are going to put up winter quarters in front of Petersburg. I hope they will not. I am getting mighty tired of this place. I have been in the ditches for the last two months & how much longer we will have to stay here, I am not able to say. Everything is quiet in our front except the usual amount of Sharp-Shooting & Mortar Shelling which takes place during the day. I have this far been very fortunate. I have not got a fight yet, though I don't know how long it may be my call to receive a wound or killed yet." In fair condition, with split intersecting folds, heavy soiling and staining affecting legibility of portions of the text, and fading to portions of the ink.