No 11 Fredrickburg V[a] Jan 4st [1863]
sunday moring
Deare Wife I writ a few Lines to Let
I am well or my Cought has Got
A Good deal better I think them
Pills Losingers done me a Good deal Good I.
Should like to have the rest of them
I. Should like to have some CouGh
Candy I. doint Care how much for
I. Could Sell it and make a trifel
I doint Care how much Chees you
Send for that would fetch a good
Price I Expect we Shall move to
morrow. how I Should like to be to
Home to day to have a Good time
to day. they Say we are Going to
Baltmore but I doint no but I
but I doint think we Shall
Stay heare we hav to Go three half
Miles for warter three miles for
Wood they Cart it we have Goe
To Load it and fetch out the
Woods on our Backs Geart Logs
for the Cooks
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We some times Git Break and make fire
In frount of our oun tents we Can Git
Brush by Going about a mile had steued
Beans for dinnir tasted verey good I am
All out of money I have ben living on Otis
And others I owe about one dollar. thll
Tell Mrs Clevery she mist send me a
Pound Buttur to a Poor soldir the 10 cts
you sent me I Bouth BouGht that flour
I BouGht 25 cts worth of sugar about a
Pound s half and made some flippers Put
In some years and made three Good meals
New years I. spent the day In Eating hard
Tack and Salt Poark and no money I
Shant spend so much though I
Feell Better for the Chang I had Pie to half
one for 18 cts I. Bet you would not eat
It at all is it not horid to Be tied up so
Ferd. Barns. Bill Dyer Tom. Cook Tom
MecGill. Left us for Parts unnone but
I had be rather with rigt. Let what will
Come I. may be to home as son as they
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I doint think they will dare to
Come home. Francis has be Pronoted
To sargant. some smart. C. Dumbar
To first sargant .or. ordlery in the Place
Of Lamson killed. Charley does very
Well. I think you had better send
the Box if you Canot send it futher
then Washington then when we Git
them we shall Git quicker. for I
Want the Boots or I Shall have to
Git another Pair of Shoes. it is very
Morodert weather hear wind south
Feels like rain I did not think we
Should have such Cold wether hear
they Called it the suny south
I thought you would write as soon
As you Got that money the Pappers
We say ar redy and wiling to fight but
It is not so they are all sick of it
old soldirs to and think it is wrong
I hop it will be settled this winter
I hope you will send the box alone and
if we Git in to winters quarters I shall hav Good
time
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I must Close this foolish
Letter to Git it to maill
Good by All
Give my respects to all
How is Mother has She Got
Well
James Pratt
of the 35 rigt 9th Armey
Core. 2d Brgad Willcox
Division

Poor Soldir