Sunday Afternoon

Galiton Tennise Nov the 9th 1862
Dear Wife
I take my pensil in
hand to inform you that I am
well at present and I hope these
few lines will find you the
Same This makes the third letter
that I have riten to you Since
I have got any from you I
dont know what is the reason
that I dont get any letters
any more but I dont get
discouraged yet I am in hopes
evry day to get one we are
thirty miles East of Nashville
garding railroad at present
the rebles has burnt all the
Bridges between here and Nashville
and bloed the tunel ful of
rocks it was all dun this
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week by the rebel Jeneral
Morgan General Morgan is caled
the most dangeros man there is in
the suthern Confederacy he knows
evry aker of this hole country
and he is doging around among
the hills and mountains and
when he can catch a Small
forse of men he will pitch on
to them and kill all he
can and take the rest prisnors
and then doge of some wher
Els it hant ben but a short
while Since he was in our
Camp in disguise and nobody
knew it til he was gon he
tried to take Nashville last wedne
sday but they was to much
for him he lost two hundred of
his men yesterday our cavelry
took twenty of his men about
three miles from here I dont
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think we will have a
batel with him our forses
are to strong for him and
he wont try us and i dont
think we can catch him for
he knows the country better than
we do I have no more kews
of any importance to right
this time So i cant right
much more if I had just
received a letter from you
maby i would have some thing
to right about Some times
I think you are Sick or
you would right but you
are well our regiment is
all well at present as far
as i know give my respects
to all inquiring friends and
right soon give me all the
poticulers when you right
right about the Children
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we have verry Singular wether
here it is dry and plesent
last friday it was rather Cool
& Spit Snow all day but
yesterday and to day it warm
and plesent it is cold
nights no more at present
Good by for this time
yours truly

william Culbertson Sen

to Julina Culbertson