Grand Junction Tennessee

                                                                                                            Jan 15^th 1864.

 

My Dear Fannie

                        Something is going to happen as true as you live, for an event has taken place so uncomon of late that it seemes almost a merical. I have this day received a letter from you dated Dec 27^th 1863. and Fannie dear I regret to say it is the only one I have received from you in nearly four weeks, what do you think of that? is it not to bad. I know it is no fault of yours, for I am confident you write very often, and then my little Fannie would not neglect one whome she has every reason to believe loves her so well. Fannie do you know that if I had hold of one of your ears I would give it a good pull for writing such a letter as you did the last time you wrote. you said that you did not know but I was tired of corrisponding with you I had been silent so long. I guess you must / have been joking, for I believe you have to much confidence in me to believe I would do so without a proper cause and then not without an explanation. You know that in the army I am not so situated as I would be at home, and especially when we are on a campaign. often when I have an opportunity to write, I can not do so for want of material. we frequently have to leave all our baggage behind us and take only just what we can carry on our backs, and are for weeks sometimes where we have no mail communication. so Fannie dear you must make great allowances for me while I am soldiering but rest assured that while I live be I far or near there is only one who possesses my whole affections and that one is my dear little Fannie.

 

            Since I wrote you before there has been some changes in our Regt. the Companies that were mounted have been dis-mounted and we are now all on foot again. the horses were all turned over again and my horse (the General) was turned over with them. I felt very bad to see the little fellow go. if I had been situated so that / I could have sent him home I should have done so if it had cost me six months pay. but he is gone and there is no use whining I am a soldier and must submit. Now Fannie I am going to tell you some news which I suppose you will not consider very welcome. the Col. called all the officers up to Head Quarters to day and told us as follows, That in about three days our Regt and Brigade would be moved into Memphis where we should stay a few days to make preperations for a long trip either to Texas or to Mobile Ala. probably to Texas. is not that rough on us. I am afraid that we shall get so far from home, that if we live until the war ends, we shall never find our way back home again. I hope if we do go south that we shall go to Texas on the account of the climate. I will write you again from Memphis and will perhaps be able to give you more of the particulars. Glen- has just come in and says wind up my letter as it is time to go to bed. he sends his best respects to all. I have got to go on Picket tomorrow and shall be up all night so I guess I will close. Now Fannie dear write soon and believe me yours only,

 

P.S. My love to all                                          Frank M G

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