Uhl4

Transcription: 

Martch the 5 Camp near Murfreesboro Tenn
Dear Brother I will lut you kno that I am
Still in goot helth and that I haf
reseaved yor leter of the 18 on the of Jenuarey
on the last day of aprel febuarey I think it was a
long time acoming I understand you haf left
yor old S[t]ate and went to the State of materey [1]
money I weasch you and yor Wife goot luck
peas helth and prosparety and hope to Sea
you all Soon you Say you haf bot the old
plais I sopos fother will Stay in one part
of the hous you wantet to no about our new
recroots tha haf Com about a month ago
tha was at Bolinggreen a long time ower
Compeney got 22 of them John Snider is mey
betfello his Brother Sam got merit to this
winder [2] Doctor lee is hear too I tolk
asket him about you hea Set he
nothing to doo with the Examening
and that if you hat State in the
hospitel a while longer you wood got
yor discharge the[y] Sed that ther was
Severl Complains mait to the Docter Saing
that he left Someney go that war not Sick
he then got mat and Set that he wood
poot them in the hospitel first awhile
and trey them I haf sent you a leter on the
24 of febuarey in witch I told you about the
money I haf Sent I will tell you in this [g?]one
So if you wont git the other So you kno about
it v was pait on the 24 of febuarey I Sent
one hundert dolars to Bucyrus to Capten
[page 2]
Kellers father whare you got money before
if you git the money rite Son so I kno
whether you got it you will be at home farming
after this So I think you wood haf time
to doo a litil on the [Ceola?] farm if in yor
plase I wood plow it up erly before the
old grownd gits drey anuf to plow and So
Barley on the old pard and oatce on the new
pard then you Coot plow it up next fall
and Sow it in Wheete for if you will
rent it out you will get very litel of it
thar is nothing mutch going on now hear
v hat alitel fun with sum revels a few
days ago v went out a few mils after
Corn thar was Sum revels ahors horsback
[?????] that tha wood take ower wagens [3]
[?????]tite ther horses in the woods and Com
[????] [Sn?]eaking up thinking if tha Coot not
[????] whip us tha wood fall back to ther [?]
horses but about the time tha wonted to
run back ower Cavelrey hat got between
them and ther horses then tha was in a pordey
fix ower infentrey in frunt and ower Cavelrey
on ther back Sum run away a goot meney
was kild and wondet about 4 hundert
was taken prisner and all ther horses
v lost but a few men I must Close
for this time I remain yor friend
and Brother Jacob Uhl

Derect yor leters as folers
Jacob Uhl Co. C. 49 o.v.I. Secont
Devision via Nashvill Tenn

Footnotes: 
  1. materey money = matrimony
  2. winder = widow
  3. damage in left margin
Date: 
March 5, 1863
Collection: 

Author(s)

Unit: 
Co. C, 49th Ohio Infantry
Rank: 
musician; private
Residence (County): 
Crawford County, OH

Recipient(s)

Name Variant: 
“Dear Brother”
Residence (County): 
Crawford County, OH

From

From State: 
Tennessee
From Municipality: 

To

To State: 
Ohio
To County: 
Crawford

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Gemma Bellhouse
Transcription Date: 
June, 2010
Proofer: 
M. Ellis
Proof Date: 
July, 2010

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