Murfreesburo Tenn Jan the 19th /63
Dear wife
I take this oportunity
of wrighting you a few lines to
inform you that I am well
and harty and I hope you all
injoy the same Blessing I
received two letters from you
yesterday and was glad to hear from
you it being 3 or 4 weeks since
I got a letter from you it Seems
Strange that the mail is so iregular
but it is the same way with
other folkses letters So i gont complain [gont =dont?]
it wouldent do me any good if I did
we will have to put up with it I
Suppose I will try and right to
you evry week and you do the Same
to me and we will get them Some time
I got back here to the Batalion
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yesterday I was imployed in the
hospitle a few days taking care of
the Sick I dont know but I will
go back to the hospitle in a few
days the doctor Says he wants me
as Soon as there is a chance for me
it is the easiest plase i have had
yet you Said that you did not get
any answer from any thing that you
asked me I have tried to answer
every thing i think at least i intend
to I am glad to hear that mother
is with you I expect you See a
great many lonesome hours at least
I do I would give any thing in
the world if i was at home with
my family again But Julina that
thing is impossible at present So
we will have to wait for future
Events and trust in the lord when
the time Comes that I can get to
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my family again there I will
go to them with all posible Spead
there is no chance to get a furlow
now and to get dis charged I Can
not if I could get either i would
come I guess you had beter not
Sell any corn to pay the taxes yet
let it go a Spell I think I will
get Some money before long it has ben
four months Since any of the men have
got any pay they are making out pay
roles now that looks Some like it
if you can you had better keep the corn
to feed the hogs next Summer wait
a Spell any how tell the children that
I think of them all of the time I would
like to See them as well as all of the
rest of you you want me to tell you
what kind of company I have well
I have all kinds of company a man
Cant pick his company here we
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we have to go where we are Sent
and Stay where we are put and come
when we are caled there is all kinds
of people here but Sosiety is demorilized
I have herd but one Sermand preached
Since I left home but I dont
forget to pray and I allways think
of you all in my prairs I read
my testiment evry oportunity I get
tell mother I send her my respects I would
like to See her verry much I would
like to have you Send me 50 Cents
worth of postag Stamps I am intierly out
and cant get any in this Country
get them all in one peace and you
Can Send them in a letter you
can buy them at the post office I would
like to be there to eat Some of your
pies and potatoes and cabage and
pig meat you must have cooked up
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I rote the other Sheat so fool that
I dident have room to finish so i
will finish on this Sheat Strip
I would like to heare the next
time i heare from you that
you are keeping house and have
got your buckwheat thrashed and
potatoes Dug and corn taken care
of I will Stop righting for this tim
I must right a little to henry
right Soon and right a long letter
tell william walles I want him to
be a good boy and hurry and
learn to right So that he can
right to me I hant heard any
thing from him Since I left right
about him and what he is doing
Give my respects to all So good
by for this time yours in love
from Wm Culbertson Sen
to Julina Culbertson
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well Henry you may be
thankful it hant you that is
in the army you would not find
Mam here evry night to go to bed
with I Stand it first rait
here this far but i would like
it better if i Could be at home
rights we have plenty of hard
Bread and Coffy and Shugar
and pork and fresh beef we have
a drove of cattle with us all
the time Henry i tell you that
I am hungry for potatoes and i
want you to eat about ten good
Sised ones for me as Soon as you
get this and this winter when
you are eating pankekes think
of me tell Betsy i send her
my best respects and i would
like to see her verry much give
my respects to all inquiring
friends right to me Soon So good by
for this time your truly
Wm Culbertson Sen
to Henry and Betsy Oneal