Jenuary the 25 Camb near murfreesbo

Dear Brother I take mey pen to inform
you that I am Still in good helth and
that I haf reseaved yor leter of the 25
of Dec on the 13 of Jenn I am glad to hear
that you ar well agane But I am mutch
Soro to hear of the Deth of Benadicts
Schildren. you Say you intent to guit
merit [1] and you wont to know what I
think about it I think it woot be a
pordey good thing porviding you Can
guit a goot Woomen or girl but look
out dont guit a Scolding Wife
you Say Tims ar most to hard I think
tha haint So hard but whot you
Can Soport a wife you inwite mea
to yor weten but I think I wont bee
abel to atend Mother Sas mey
Shar of Sausitches [2] ar thar yet that
I must git them tell her that I
will bee glad if I Can Com bey
next fall you want to no witch is
mey girl So you Can invite her that
is more then I know myself I hafent
maid eney Chois yet but I will sent
you my likenis that you Can let
the girls See it meby you Can find
one hoo will take a likenin to it
v ar Still near murfreesboro everey thing
is quiet the revels I sopos ar about
fifty mile from hear at the egg of the
Tennessee mountins Som Thinkes
tha will Stand us another fite thar
[page 2]
if tha doo. I think it woon bee yet
for a while v hat pordey hard times during
the batel it Comenst to rain the day v
left ouer old Camb and was rainey
till after the ba[t]el over tentes was left
back So v hat to take the rain it raint
one nite while v war on the batelfield
that v Coot Scarsley find a drey plais
to Stand and Ceep out of the water and
mud the revel Cavelrey got back of us
and toke ouer provishion wagons
and burnd them up so v ditent git
Scars eney thing for fife days I heard
Severl Say that tha Saw Sever[l] boys
eat hors flesh I hird Severl Say
tha woold give 25 Cent for a Cracker
however I hat to eat till v droat
agen. I toke more then the rest along
I expected hard times but v haf goot times
agen v haf plandey now the boys
Stript the ritch farmers intirley when
v got hear tha tak ther meat out of ther
Smok houses toke ther Chickens gees hogs
and evereything tha Coot find
I must Close for this time take good
of this likenis as it was taken on my burth
day potit with mey old one if gos in the
Same Case if not bey a new Case I will
pay for it tell mea wether it got home
without beeing broke or inchert
Derect yor leter as yothel to the Secont devishion
but leaf out the nomber of the bregate for it has
bin Canged from your brother Jacob Uhl