Camp near Fredrickesburgh Dec 16 1862

 

Dear sister

I thougt that i would sit down a fewe moments and write you a fewe lines to let you kno that i am well at present thare has ben some change here since you last heard from me last thursday morning we wey started by the roar of cannon and wey orderd to be readdy to start at 8 oclock but we wey keept here all day till dark and wey ordred forward went about half a mild and wey ordred back friday morning we started for the city went as far as the bridge and staid all day till night and then crossed to the city the canonade was awful to the roar was harder than any thunder storm that you ever hurd we / wey quartred in main street i and some of the rest of us pulled down a picket fence and sleep on it till we got coald and then went into a cellar the city is in ruins it tore to pecies with shot and shell saturday was a hard day for our troops about 10 oclock commenced the dreadful dayes work they the troops wey ordred forward and the artillery wey sounding like thunder the roar of rifles and crash of muskets was awful to hear our brigade was not called in to the fight till dark and then we wey on the write of the center and the fight stoped before we had a chance to fire Sunday thare was not mutch fighting on neather side once in while a gun from us or the reabs 

 

Monday we expected would be another day of hard work but it was not thare was not mutch fiting and at night we wey ordred to leave the city i came acrost at 11 o'clock and the troops wey a crosing all night the reabs are strongley fortifide on the other side and no infantry that we have got can start them i hear that they all a going to get the big gunes from the first artilery and seige them and that is all the way that they can do as i see thare is not one killed or hurt in our rigment as i kno of the 15^th is in our brigade they lost 1 killed and 2 wounded the 27 was badly cut up and so was all of the regiments that wey in the fight / i dont kno what they are a going to do now but they will make some diffrent move probaly soon i will give you more of the particulars the next time for i have got to send this in before 4 oclock and i dont kno as it will go then gorge and frank did not go acrost the river i got the rappers and drawers that was scent me from wethersfield this morning

 

i got a letter from aunt sophia and one from angeline but they wey riten some time ago i have not had one from home for some i have not had one from Jon for a long time / and i have rote him too or three you can keep let them all see this and i will write as soon as i can to all of them i have got a box of butter that was scent from rockey hill by mrs. washer to hur son and he is in the hospital and the boys gave it to me georges box has not Frankes box has not come yet but i think it will in a fewe dayes write as soon as you can i will write a gane soon so good by till next time

 

from your brother M Culver

 

keep this letter and all the rest of them that i write for i want to see them when i get back i hant got time to write any more now give my respects to all buck town and every body else

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