January the 10 1863
Dear wife with pleasure I am pur
mited to drop youA fue lins
to let you no that I am still
A liv and on top of the ground
I sed that I wood Rite to you
as soon as the fite was over at
murfrees boro thair has Bin
A turbil time dow hear the
fite Comenst the day Be fore
new years A wends day and Ended
on friday it was A grate slouter
ouer los in the Suthern armey
is nine thousan wounded and
kild this is ouer on statement
ouer Regmant did not sufer
like others thair was A bout
seventy wounded and kild not
many kild Marien Piram and [1]
Bill Pritchet is missing tha [2]
was in the same Companey
that I am in I was not in the
fite at all on Sunday
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nite Before the fite commenst
Goodson Robber was helping the [3]
doctor take the names of thos whoo
was not Able to go in to the
fite and he Came to mee and sed
John you hav Bin Cick A long
time I dont think you ort to
go I will take your name and
sen you off in the morning at
fiv o Clock up to Chat A nuga
and I went and got to Chat A
nuga A Bout sun down and stad
tell next day A Bout sun down
and the doctor sent mee to daulton
in georgia and I stade thair tell
yesterday morning and I am now
with my Regmant and it is at
tel A homey thirtey mils this Cide
of mur frees Boro tha whiped
the yankeys But had to Retreat
as usuel on weds day the yankeys
wanted to Bary thair ded But
But thair Request was not granted
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But the Boys tells mee that A
heep of the ded yankeys was striped
off and flat Rocks laid on thair
belleys and on friday the yanks
helt the Battle ground and ouer
ded fel in thair hands and I Expect
tha will Rot on top of the ground
I dont no whair the next fit will
Be I sent you thirty dollars in [?]
[?] money By Frankling Parris
and A letter and for you to send mee
two pair of socks and A pair of sus
penders tena I want you to Rite
to mee as soon as you git this
letter and let mee no how you
All air and how you air dooing
and if you hav got your hogs
kild and at home and if you hav
sault to sav them and so on
tell harret Barrett that I hav
not saw John yet But I think
he is well and all Rite I think
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we will make ouer next stand at Brig
port 73 mils A Buv Murfrees
Boro I saw a power of negras
going thair yesterday to bild Brest
works I think the yankeys will
make us git A long out of
tennessee yes you hear mee
tena I send you A hair Bresh
for the galls to keep slick
hair and tha must let Brug hav
it to Bresh his Curls and you and
the children ten short peaces of
Candey sewed up in Ruperts
Aparn by halen frisbey to [4]
Elxanders tena I want you to
Eat sum of Candey and think
of me while you Eat it and
Pray for mee that I may retur
ne home to you all tell All my
friends houdey for mee tell
mother Eller houdey for mee I want
to see hur vary bad J W Reese to
Ct V Reese
Kiss my Boys and Reserv one for mee