oct the 29 1862 Wm R Jones [1]
Louden Hospitle Tenn Mrs Mary F Jones
Dear wife it tis with pleasure that i seat my
self to drop you a few lines to let you now
that i am still mending i hope that i will bee
well in a short time i go any wher that i please
in the Bounds of the Hospitle an eat any thing
that i please i eat apples every day of the best
cine i get thim at a sent a peas Faney if i could see
you i could tell you moore in one day than i could
write in a week i could tell you jest how i hav bin
Fannia i hav bin very sick with the new Money i was
taken with a hard Cill an a sever pane at my hart
whitch i feel the effects of it yet i hav Got the
worst Caugh i ever had in my life tho it tis a heap
beter at this time Francis i hope these few lines
will reach you an fine you an the wrest all well
i reseaved your cind an affecttion Leter bearing date the
sept the 30 you dont now how glad i was to her from
you an budy an the wrest of the famley but i was sory
to her that you had the janders but was glad
that you was geten well i shall lisen to her
that my sweet babe will take thim i hope
if he dos tha wont hurt him very bad Faney
i am seten a lone in my bed room wher now body
will pester mee i am all the one of my Co that is her
but tha is severl of our Redgiment her mee an Cosen
John south beds to gether wee sleep very warm
wee hav had some very Cole wether her it
Coments snowing on the 26 befoore day an snowed
all day long an i had to come from Knoxville down
her it twas very cole but i had my over cote
an vest i nuver was as glad to get any thing as i was
my overcote i gotet two days befoore the snow
Brother william braught it to mee when tha
got back from of that march he was all the
one that come to see me while tha was at
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Knoxville i thought a litle hard of some of thim
for i thout tha could a come Wm onley stade five minets
when he come it twas nerley dark i dident get to
talk with any of thim a hardley i was sent from that
hospitle down her it tis 30 milds write on the Tenn
River i seen the most of our Co when i got of the
car i was with the sick an was hitch to the trane
that our Redgt was on if i had nowed it i wo in time
i wood hav got on with my boys an come down her
the i could a herd all a bout thar trip the boys
was all well when tha past her speaken a
bout the snow tha hant bin frost anugh her to
cill the leeves Faney you needent to send mee
any moore close now for i hav a nuff to dew mee
till Christmust i sole my ole uniforme Cote for
5 dollars Francis i far a heap beter in the Hospitle
than in camps i dont hav nothing to do i wish
tha wod let mee stay all winter or go home one
i mutch ruther go home but i dont hav any
idy of going home before Christmus if i do then
i wood bee glad if i node i wood get to go then
i hav sined the pay role her i will draw two
monts wages before i leave her Francis my love
i want to see you & babe the worst that i ever did
in my life it seems to mee that i never wood
get tired nor sleepey if i wa was with you Tongue
cant exspress my feelings to wards you you hav all
ways seemed moore lik an angel than a human your
kindness to wards mee has bin sow grate it seemes
like it tis moore than i could bar to haf to bee
absents from you for you an babe is all i crave to
hav on this earth in my presants may god bless you
is my prair for crist sake when you write send it
to the Redgt for i wont stay long a nuff at one plase
to get leters tha ar gon to Murffreburough [3]
Good by my love tell i her from you or write a
hody to all Wm R Jones To Marey Francis Jones