Murfrees Boro 1862
ten see december the 27
Dear wife with pleasure
that I am pur mitted
to drope you A fu lins
to let you no that I am
Still on the mend I Rote
to you in my last let
ter how long I had Bin
Cick my dear I thout
I had saw you for the
last time I wanted to
see you and my dear Chil
dren O how Bad you dont
no you hav no idey you dont no
it has Bin fore weeks
to day sence I hav dun
Any dewtey I am still
mending and will Re
for dewtey in A fue
more days the times
is sley hear at this
time tha air fiting
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and has Bin fur two or
or three days and the news
was yester day that the
yankeys has druv our
troops Back seven mils
our loss up tell last
nite was one thousand
our Regmant is order to
Coock 2 days Rashings and
Be Reddey to march at
A minnets warning I am not
Able to go withe them
tena I sent you A let
ter by male the other day
But I expect this will
Beet it home I Rote Sary
Edmants one and I think
I stated in hur let ter
that I wood send you
fiftey dollars But I will
onley send you thirty
dollars By frankling
Parris he is on detail
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and I will send you more
By male or the nex one that
gos home from hear I
want you to send mee
two pair of socks and one
pair of sus penders and
A pair of glovs I hav
shirts Anuf unless I had
a yarn one I hav got pants
A nuf if I had A pair
of yarn slips I wood be glad
But I dont expect hee Can
Bring mutch for you
hee will hav A good deel
to Brin for his C[??] up the
River and if you hant
any thing Reddey he
Can tell you when
he will start Back and
you Can fix them and send
them doun to Elxanders
hav my name put on
Each pair an paper and
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sawed fast to Each
pair tena thair was fore
men shot and hung one
man by the name of gray
he had Bin A pilet for
the yankeys he was hung
or hung him self he jumpt
off of the gales Be fore tha
Cood nock him off and
William litterl was [1]
shot for Runing A way
from us at greenvill
he was A Brother to tom [2]
litterl he was in my
mess I saw him neel down
By his coffen and tha was
putin A hankerchief on
his hed and I left thinking
I did not lern the other
mans name the Babey Rupert
and Kiss the Boys and
tell the girls houdy
John W Reese
to Ct V Reese
send mee A letter
and A cak of shaving soap