LaVergne Tennessee June 1^th/63

                                                                                                Dear father

 

                                                                                                your letter of may 28^th just came to hand and read & now I sit down to answer it. I am well & harty as usual John Baker has been taken to the Hospitable at Nashville his Discharge is being made out but hasent been returned yet to him I got a letter from John yesterday stating he was well as usual the news from Grants army are cheering if reliable We are in hopes we will not have to serve three years I think we will be at home in 28 or 29 months at least if we are spared

 

I was truly glad to hear from home once more and to hear how you was getting along with the farming and the news in general there has been a depot built here and also an express office at this place. We expect the pay master here before long

 

I have $40 dollars now and probly will Draw $26 the next time then i will send you some money if we Remain at this place. before when we was paid it was uncertain about sending money as there was no express office nearder than Nashville and we had to trust money in the hands of some one to express it for us J Turner /

 

 

Lavergne Tennessee

June the 1 1863

 

                                                                                                            Dear cousin

I was hapy to hear from you once more and to hear that you was all well and harty

 

            well cousin i have nothing of importance to right to you this time. I will just say to you that i should like very well to see one of them Buternut Brestpins I have never saw one of them yet altho i am some Distance from home, i am sorrow to hear that the girls is getting so Bold as to wear Buternut Breastpins. But i am hapy to hear that the union girls is pulling them off. i should like to a been there and help to pull them off. enclosed you will find some confederate money give out one of these Bills to silence turma if she is not married yet and one to Katy Johnson tell Katy to right a letter to me. Becky if there is any of the Boys there that is a feard to go in Defence of their country tell them to stay close to their mammas and take a jerk out the Tity ocasionly

 

so i will close by asking you you to forgive written

 

answer so no more

            Right soon—                                                                           F. E. Byler

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