Murfreesboro Tennessee

May 31^st 1863

 

Dear Mother I take the present opportunity to address you a few lines hopeing when you receive them you may be enjoying good health.

 

            I have got one or two letters from you since I have wrote one and as I cant get any one member of the family to acknowledge they have heard from me at all without all I write is addressed particularly to them and nobody elses name mentioned and I am a going to commence this evening and write to every body that I think would like to hear from me if we dont get marching orders before I have time

 

I like soldiering better everyday and I am afraid if I had an opportunity to work I would be too lazy. I never allow to go in to the regular service but when I get out of this I am a going (if things dont go on smoother at home than they ever did before) to go to mexico and join the gurillas / or else our rangers on the frontier I know this thing cant last more than one year longer anyway.

 

            my health has been very good for a long time with the exception of a cold now and then. I weigh 190 lbs. I have never yet experienced much inconvenience from my broken arm. I have got a new horse or sorrel mare about twice as big as old Jack and just the action and disposion of old black kitty uncle milt used to have and keeps good wind on a five mile hard ride

 

it is raining this evening the first we have had for some time past and the roads has been very dusty I have saw Ben and Phil Nicholas several times I believe every body of our acquaintance that I have saw here are well our brig have all got Spencer rifles they shoot 7 times and are a very nice gun

 

Give my respects to grandfather and Mother and all of the folks and write often

 

Yours Affectionately

Geo. W. Young

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