Midle tennessee Retherford
County murfrees BoRo
novemBer the 10 day 1862
dear wife with grat sats
faction I am purmit ted
to Rite to you onst more
in forming you that I am
well and hoping when those lins
Cus to hand tha may find you
and the Children Well an doo
ing well tho I no tena you
hav had A Bad Chance to doo
well tena this is the fifth
letter I hav sent to you cence
I hav Bin hear and I Cant hear
from you any more it gos
mitey hard with mee not
to hear from you and my
dear lit tle Children God
Bless thair harts I wood giv
my intrust in this suthern
Confedercey to See you and
them this Eaving and Kiss you
All tena how Bad I want to See you
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tena I hav Rot to you lots
and Cood Rite A week if I
Cood git A letter from you
I hav not Bin in A fite yet and
I dont want to Be if I Can keep
out on fair turms tho I was
in hearing of sum shooing
with the Canons the other day
our Boys went down to nash
vill and opend A fiar on them
and the yankey opend A fiar on
them and mad them git with
A los of two kild and ten woun
ded I hearn the fite tho I was
thirty mils off we hav A
heep of gard dutey to doo and
I was on gard the other day over
in town and our Caverley Bro
ut in 8 yankeys and two ne
gros tha had caut them
near nash vill tha Brout
them Close to mee and hand
ed them I tuck A good
loock at them
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tha had on deep Blue B
roud Cloth Coats and pulleue
Cloth pants tha was nise looking
men loocked like tha had
Cofffey to drink whair
tha Cum from I will tell
you how I felt when I Cum
home I Rote to you in my last
let ter that we was orderd to
Coock Rashings we did not
mov But we air orderd to Coo
ck three mor this Eaving I thin
k we will go this time
But I dont no whair to But
I thin we will git one hundr
d and twntey six mils near
hom up to Chat Anuga
how glad I will Be tena
thair is A heep of Sickness
hear with the Brane feaver
we hav lost thirteen men
out of this Rigment Sence
we hav Bin hear mils snider [1]
is ded he died yesterday
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Send word to his wife if
you Can he died with A Brest
Complant and ten Run A
way last nite out of this
Rigment and
tena thair is sum of
worst home Cick folks
hear you ever Saw the
vary ons that has Bin in
for this thing old Bueal is
in pur suit of us and no
dout But we will hav to
git from hear it is now
nine aClock in the nite and
I am on gard to nite I will
hav to Report Back at the gard
house in A fue minits tena
I will send you A letter
Ever Chance By hand I Can if
I Cant hear from you Shal hea[?]
mee as long as I liv I send you
ten dollars in this letter
I no you need it John W Reese
kiss my Boys to Crist V Reese