Nashville Tenn January 7th /63
Dear wife
I take the opertunity
of wrighting you a few lines to
inform you that I am Still injoying
the Blessings of life and health and
I hope you all do the same it has ben
some time since I have herd from
you I am verry anctious to hear
from you but our mail connection
has ben cut of again for two weeks
but the Bots has got to runing
to Nashville I dont think Morgan can
burn burn the river up if he
can the railroad I suppose you
are anctious to hear from me and
this is the first oportunity that I
have had for two weeks as we
have had a verry busy time here
for about that length of time
we have had a verry har[d] battle to
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fight at Murfersburrow it ended last
Saturday night after six hard days fighting
I was there last tuesday after noon and
wednesday morning I dident have a hand
in the fight but I done the duty
assined to me I was Coocking for our
detachment and the wagon train
with provision and bagage was ordered
back to Nashville and i am here yet
we had to fight our way back part
of the time old rosy was to much for
Bragg this time but I expect he will
follow him up and thrash him
again I saw Linas Stevens that day
we went on the field also I saw John
lepper I tell you that there was some
hard fighting done there that morning
I left the balls fell like hail around
all around where I was one six pound
ball came so clost to my hed that
i felt the wind of it vrry planely
there was 4 or 5 hundred wagons in
the squad and the rebles throwed
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Canon balls and shells in amongst
us so as to cripple the teems so that
the could capture the provisions but
the sliped up on it there was an
awful Slaughter of men but the amount
is not asertained yet I hant seen
John Parker for two weeks although
i passed within 50 yards of the regiment
the day we left the Battle field but
I dident know it at the time
I think he is all right yet as
near as i can find out that
Brigaid was not ingaged in the
fight i dont know how long
i will stay here I will right
to you soon and you must do
the same when you right to me
Direct to 1st Batallion Pioneer Brigaid
Army of the Cumberland in care of
Lt E Gleason Give my respects to
all inquiring friends and kiss the
the children for me So good by for
this time your afectionate husband
Wm Culbertson to Julina Culbertson