Dec the th 21 1862
Murfreeboro Tenn Wm R Jones
To 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 a mending i hav got amost well
i think i hope these few lines will find
you & James bouth well my loving wife
i havant any newse to write that wood
inter wrest you mutch tha ant now fighten
a going on at this time that i now of it tis
sed that the yanks was avackuaten
Knashville surposed tha was a going to
Mississippi an our men are a leaveing
her as fast as tha can tha air Twenty thousan
orderd a way from her to go to Miss i dont
now wether wee will go or not i exspect
wee will hafto stay up her some where
i dont ceare wether i go or not i am easey
any wher that is as well at one plase as a
nother unless i was at home if i was
thar i wood stay as long as i could i am
as tirerd of the as aney body you ever
saw but i hav now notion of desurten as
long as i can kep from it i will hafto
bee punished bad furst [1]
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My Dear an affecttion wife i can in forme
you that i hav jest Reseaved your cind an
welcom leter baring date Dec the 13 O my
love you dont now how glad i was to her
from you an to her that you & Jimey was well
my love you dont now how glad i am when
i her from you & her that you keep well
for you was sick sow mutch last year
O my love tha is now one nowse how i feel
about Paps Famley i wish tha was at
old Fayette tell this wore ends fer
the Enemeys robs or punish him an his famley
but i feel lik the lord wood bee with
thim i do hope an pray that tha ont bee [2]
interrupdted at tall i feel like tha was
a part of Gods holey people i hope tha
will pray to our god to bee spared from
all danger that may come before thim
in unfrendley world my love i fer that
thay will bee a heap of hard fighten yet
before it ends i fer thay will whirp us
out if tha do the quicker the beter i think
it cant bee mutch worse then it tis now
i hope turn over on the other side of the paper
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Marey F Jones you sed that you wanted
mee to send mee you word who i sent that
twenty dollars by an what Co he belong
to he belong to Capt Ogdon Co H he lives
about 3 milds before low fayette his name is
James waldon tell pap to go after it crose
the river at Knicals tha can tell him at
the first house on the other side of the river
i exspect that he had to go home by the
waye of Columbus Miss Faney i was sarey
to her that R Gilpen has to go of i dont
now what will become of Elizebeth she
is left alone with out she gose to the
old man gilpens to live & and i now that
she wont want to go thar faney sed that
Mother wanted to now wether wee wanted
any blankets t[e]ll hur that wee can
get thim her wee hav got a plenty to
do us a good while yet tha ant a going
to pay us any Clothing money if wee
get any thing wee will hafto take close
you needent to make mee now more close
now for i hav a plenty to do a good while
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Francis you sed that you wanted to
now wether Tim Madose gave mee a par of
socks or not he sed none was waring out i
got a par from him mine was all but one par
he was a going home & i told him to let mee
hav a pare and for him to tell you to give
him a nother par in the plase of thim i got
the socks if you dont let him hav a pare
i will give him a pare when he comes to
camps tell lizy that F A is a mending
I howel is beter tha bouth has bin bad
of Wm & I I B is bouth well uncle mat
R Salton is well R Clemonds is well Wick
Brown was her this mornning he is well
Faney give my best Respects to all the
Conecttion & in quiren friends & Reseaved
a potion your self kiss my sweet Babe for
mee for i dont hav now idey when i
will hav the chanc of it O that [I could?]
get home on time moore to see you all it
wood dew do my poor soole good tha is
severl desurted from this Redgiment faney
i rote to you that the yanks had taken jeff
Ramsey an severl others [wagens?] tha got a way
sow good by my loving wife for this time
Wm R Jones to M F Jones God bless you is my
prair