Jans the 8th Ad 1862 [1]
Alaasona Tenn Wm R Jones to Mary F Jones
Dear wife it tis with pleasure that i seat
my self to let you now that [i?] am well
an hopen these few lines will find you injoyen
the same like blessing faney i am in beter
helth than i hav bin in a long time my dear
wife i hav seen a heap sence i wrote to you
be fore i hav bin in one of the bigest batles
that has bin Fought it last a bout fourteen days
wee was in it seven days an then had to retreat
forty or fifty milds wee warnt a fighten all the time
but wee was under the bum shells whitch was very
dangers the wrest went up on sunday i went a monday
wee stade till saturday knight our brigade had to
guards woods batery it was one of the best Baterys i
ever saw wee dident get in now reguler batle till
friday knight Eavening my Cumpney went onn picket
in sight of the Enemy wee had to Charge on thim
threw a open feel tha shot at us all the way tha
was hid behind a fennse wee went in two hundred
yds of thim wee got behind a house an shot at thim
tha kiled Zade sudoth an woodeded five others tha [2]
Cosen Lewalen yerbey was shot threw the knee [3]
an the Docter cut it off an left him at murfrees
Murffreeboro i espect that the yankes has got him
Faney i shot seven times i taken as good ame as
i wood if i was agoing to shoot a squirl it twas
an affful thing to widness i dont now how
maney that is missen in the Rediment Capt
Edens hant bin herd off Adgent Adgident
Leelon hant neether an fifer Parker hant nother
an severl others sow i will quit that for this
time
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Faney i lost my knapsack an all of my Close
besides [what?] i had onn i had an two shirts [4]
two par of Drawsers two par of socks i will draw
Close if i can you needent to bee oneasey about
mee as long as i hav money to by C[l]ose i hav
the chance of senden this leter by hand to Fayette
[?] an hav it maled to you you needent to write
tell you her from mee agane i dont now what
hour wee will leave her Faney i got two leters
from you to day i was glad to her from you you
dont now how gl bad i want to see you an babe
i hope that i will get to go home before long
i think that our side is a bout whirped tho i cant
tell i her that Mississippi is a going back in the
younen i herd that Peter Gilpen an L C Wimbley [5]
is wounded Wm & John is bowth well Mat Norris
is tollerble well Selton & Ciney is Complanen
i write this to let you know that none of us
was Ciled nor taken prisners i will write as soon
as i can i hant got now [mine?] to write at this time
tha is sow mutch confesusen her i will write
all the newse next time the reporte ses that ther
was fifteen thousan Child an wounded on our side
& twenty five thousen of the enemy in never saw
but few ded men i will quit for this time
by requesten you to write to as often as you can
pray for mee an i will try to do the same good
by for this time tell i you her from mee a gane
tell all of the conection hody for mee & hug
an kiss my babe for mee i will write as
soon as i can may god bless you is my prair
Wm R Jones to Mary F Jones & friends
hody for you an Jimey Wm R Jones