State of Tenn Marion Co Aug the 29 /62
Dear wife i once moore im brace the opportunety
of wright you afew lines to let you now that
iam well and i hope these few lines will find
you in Joying the same potion of Gods blessing
ihav alittle newse to wright we hav had a
fight clost her it come off the 27 our men
whoop thim bad and run thim off and
left every thing on the batle field wee
cild 45 of thim and idont now how many was
wounded wee onley lost four that ihav herd
of won was child two drounded one was misen [1]
tha dont now what become of him thim
two was drowned by crosen over two thim
after knight mee and 22 more of our Co was
down at the River gardnet I herd the Canon
plane I saw the flash from the canon when
tha wood shoot tha comenst a litle befour
day fought tell one oclock the next morning
it tis estimated that wee got betwen 10
and twenty five thousan Dollars worth
of Property from thim tha warnt none
of our Rediment in the fight that I now
of the yankeys is all aleaving this potion
of the Country to wards Gnashville i think
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the fight was on Batle Creek about seven
milds of from wher iwas wee had to guard
a fery to ceep any purson from crosen or going up or
down the river it twas Rankens feary I hear
that Jenerel Morgan has giv thim two whoopings
Last week in Kantucky and got avast quanty of
stuff from thim and Jenerl Price has got
posesion of Huntsville the yan keys burnt
up the most of thar Goverment stourse
in this last fight ijest come of picket
dewty this morning ilike to [???] very [2]
muth for wee did not hav s[??????]
wee was out twenty four four [????]
at atime tha is two Co to g[???????]
and the River Capt F Odgdo[?????]
Lt T Hudgens is plast at the [??????]
Bridge and three left at Charl[????]
down at Shelmount we an[??????]
Makoy tha say that the i[????]
hant got nary Lieutenant [????]
Colonel wrote to aman [?????]
the name of upiten bu[??????]
of the ofis nor Major Sta[?????]
sow ireckon that wee [?????????]
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Wm R J To M F Jones
Mrs M F Jones my Dear Wife it dos my
Poor litle sole Good to hav the Blesed
privolidge of wrighten to you for i now it tis
Satesfacttion to you to her from mee for
that reason it dos mee sow mutch good to
wright to you iwill do any thing in my
power that wood bee any satesfacttion to
you in this world or the world to com i will
tell you about the [foon?] odgdons pickets [3]
had [??] the river the other day tha was a
[????] down the river in a yall tha
[????] him to come to thim he sed [4]
[?????]nd turned like he was coming to
[?????] padle bacwards to the bank
[?????] he was a giten out five of
[?????]et him but he got away
[?????]w whether tha hit him or
[??????]a got afine cote worth fifteen
[?????]llars and a fine par of boots
[?????] litle tricks the union
[???????]her but i think that
[???????]leave her or joine the army
[??????] four long for tha air d[???]
[??????]han the yankes is tha
[?????]ies her the yankeys wong hav thim
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W R Jones To M F Jones
My Dear and affection Companion it has bin
along time to mee since i parted with you
but you seem jest as nye to mee as you ever
did in the world and ithink that it twill
all ways bee that away as long as i ceap my
sences and i now that it twill bee the same
way with you the batle was at bredgport
in slid of ball Creek i hav not Got
nary leter only one from you yet i hav wrote
one to pap two to Fayette i think long of the
time but wate with pations tell Gran pa
and Gran Ma hody for mee tell thim to
pray for mee when it goes well with thim
ihope that i will bee prepared to meete thim
in heven when i leave this trublesom world
tell pap and mother pet and haty to wright
to mee i wood bee lad to her from aney of thim
tell Elizebeth that A T is well tell hur
to wright to mee J R Shelton is tolerble
well Fania i want you to Chiss my Sweet
babe for mee and hug it to as often as it
can bear it direct you leters to Chattanooga
and the tha will come to us any wher wright
often as you can and i will do the same amen
Wm R Jones To M F Jones and friends