Midel Tennessee Reeders Vill Dec 9 1862

My Dearley beloved Wife I one more
time take the oppertunity of Riting you
a few lines to inform you that I am as
well as common at this time hoping
that these few lines may find
you all well & doing well we have had
2 ½ days hard march through the Snow
& Ice I Rote to you that we had put up
winter quarters I Rote your letter on
thursday and we left on Sunday we have
Stopt in 40 miles of Nashvill but we
wont Stay heare long I doant Sopose
we will take up winter quarters attall
this winter fure Jest as Soon as it
Snows we will have to Start it Snowed
on Saturday & we had to Start on Sunday
nite we was marcht out on the Side
of a hill to camp whare the Snow
was ankel deep we Raket away the
Snow & Burnt fence Rails & we though
Rested well the next day the Road
about 12 was about ankel deep in mud
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you never Saw no hard times in your
life we havent had agrain of Salt cence
away long last month we have to eat
our beefe & Bread with out Salt & you may
no that wheat Bread & Beefe is a pill if
we could git bacon it would Sorter do
I havent much to Rite at this time
I have a good oppertunety of Sending the
the letter as far as Mareyetty by hand
& I thought I would Rite a few lines
to let you no that we have moved
but Back you letters the Same way
you have bin doing fur thare is no
post office at this place as I no of
I will let you no in the next letter
whare the post office is thare is a heep
of gorgia boys a deserting & going home
but not meny out of our Regt & if it
was not for the Sake of my children
I would not Stay one day longer heare
under the treatment we are gitting in
one month longer if tha doant git
better half of the troops in Tennessee
will be gone home or quit the armee
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fur I had a damd Site Ruther be Shot
then to be put apon So by a pack of
damd Scoundels Selling our Rashings
& bying brandy & being drunk half of
there time & Capt Weaver had got to
be a purfickt damd tyrent to the compney
onley a few that he takes in with
him the last time we drawn Salt I
was on duty & my mess was not thare
& tha never gave them eny & I went
to the Sargent for it in a very mild
manner & he blesed me that if I was not
thare to git it I would have to do withe
out & the Capt up hill [1] him in it
& I gave them a few dames & would a
tride him a few but the Capt orderd
me under arest but tha never dun
it & it was well tha dident because I
have got as much hell in me as I
can hold I want to come home worse
then I ever did it may be that I will
be spaird to come home Some time but
old master will have it to kirb my
temper if I do & if I live to git home
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& Some others dose I will have Revenge
you doant Rite wither the children is
lerning eny or not I want to now how
tha are giting along I am giting along dam
bad my Self we have come heare to
drive the yankeys from Nashvill & I
hope we will do it & if tha would treat
me Rite or half Rite I would not mind
giving my life to Save the contry but
in place of the head men trying to
whip the North tha are Speculating off
ove the South & punshing the Solders
til tha ant abel to fite if tha are
willing if I was to Stack my gun & Say
I would not Sirve without better treatment
tha would 99 out of ever hundred Stack
with me all tha want is Some body
to make the Start but I tuck an oath
that I would Sirve my contry & obay my
offersers & I intend to do So as long as eny
body Stays in lines & then I will Stand a
while by myself Rite Soon no more at
present onley Remaines your most derrest
H.. W.. Robinson to Elisabeth Robinson
Margret & all the children