Camps Bouen Meridian Miss Oct 8 1863
Dear Capt
I Recd your leter By Lt. Anderson
and was glad to hear from you but by your
leter & anderson I learn you to be in rether
a panful condition I am sorry it is So
for I know thay are a great many things
going onn in Macon that are very Disagreeabl
With you and a man of your pluck It must
Be miserabl that you have no Beter a
Way of helping your Self than you doo I
think If you was with co B you
Be Obeyed mutch Beter than you are in
Macon no doubt you wold Be mutch
Beter pleased your self I hardly know
what to think about our Hoam folkes
Turning out to Derleckting and incouraging
Dissertion from all acounts thay are but
very tru Patreotical citizens in Macon
M[??] who I thought coold of helt to South
untile the last hav lost all faith & say
come hoam Ch and lete evry thing go
[??am?] union man & Bel[?] it is right
you Spok of men Disserting tha[?] you
was not thinking off I was Surprised so
very mutch for I can tell you I doant
[page 2]
think thay was a Loyal Soaldier among
them Co B was in the fight and did
hur duty all foght like herows but P Mason [1]
jos Meton E Talant was cut prety bad th[??] [2]
Low poor felow hardly got to fire a gun until his [3]
Branes was Shot out Serg West came very nigh [4]
Being Capturd too or three times again he will
go Before in spit of the Devil Capt we don
a great deal harder fighting at chickamaga than
Murfreesburr Jo Mason Reach campes and [5]
appears like he will mak a great deal Beter Soolde[?]
than Peter Did Co is small But Beter
men doant walk than the oal part of co B
John Lov John Henry por felows was severly [6]
wound But I am in hops Both will get
well thay was Both dooing thear duty But I
cant Prase One mor than a nother all don
well except the above names and But Al [7]
Runn lik the very Devil from the start
Capt I hopt you will soon Be Relievd and
will have the plesur of meeting your compy
we wold Be glad to see you at any time but
if you had a forurfician to rout and Rile th[?]
D D Long I wold Rether you wold Stay for
I know you wold Delight in Dowing So
Excus my short and Bad leter Henry moor is coming hoam on
furlow and I am agoing to send it By him wright soon and often
to you sincer friend & wil[?] m[??] W T Tippett