Vicksburg Miss. Nov 26^th/63

 

Dear Mother

                        I have not had a letter from you in a good while so I thought that I would write you a short letter and see if you would answer it. We left Natchez on the twenty six of Nov for Vicksburg we arrived here all safe and sound. The weather is very pleasant warm day times and cold nights I would like to be to home to day so I could spend thanksgivin with you and the rest of the folks. I persume that you have got a better supper then we have we have got cold beans and warm bread just/ come from the Bakers and it is sour at that but it will do for a soldier to eat. We have got a very good camp but expect to leave soon we are under marching orders now               

 

                                                                                                I expect but dont know where we will go.

 

The rebles are very thick between here and Natchez we loaded our Battery on two boats fired a fiew shots at some secesh cavalry and landed sent some infantry a shore and captured 15 prisnerors and cut a niggers arm off with a peace of a shell/

 

it is getting pretty near dark and I will have to quit pretty soon because I cant see to write this is not much of a letter I will try and do better the next time. I did not write so much for the letter but I wanted to send some money home

 

                                                            My health is very good and I hope this will find you the same. I wrote to Mary some time ago have not received no answer yet I will put in $65.00 60.00 in this letter if you get it you must tell me the next/ time you write to me

 

                                                this is from your

                                                            Son George Wood

 

Friday morning

Mother our fourlough boys have just arrived this morn I received those things that was sent by Pope just what I wanted.

 

                        I am a going up town to express this home to you

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