Camp Near Tune[l]hill Ga
March 2the 1864 
Dear Fother
I now size the
present opportunity of writing you
few lines to enform you that I
am still numberd among the living
and in verey good health hopping
thes few lines may come safe to
hand and find you all enjoying
the blessing & I have but little neuse
to wrigt to you at this time all
tho they has ben a greadeal of
excitment up her the yank has
ben in three miles Dolton We drove
them back to thair old stomping
ground We skirmush with them
most ever day the day that I got
up with the Regt it wos order out on the
point we skirmush with som none
of our Regt got hert we have verey
hard time of standing picking up
we standing picking about ever outher day
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well Fother my horse stand it
verey well all tho he has the thumps
when I ride hem a rite s[m]arte it
takes good horse to stand it when
the Regt git in stanpeed a man is
in mush danger on old pore horse
as he is when is fiting yank that is
when their chaging then or it is worsh
when we ar retreting so no more of that
James out on picket now he is
in good health now the helth
of the army is verey good it in fine
spirits
spirits our rashing is verey short
now ever thing in the eating
line is bout got out of the this
part of the world now We git verey
plenty for our horse is now
that is corne git but fodder
so I come to close for the preset
you must excuse my speling
and Writtig your tru son J. J. Rogers