Sunday Eavening

 

Camp Wood            January the 18^th.62

 

            My Dear Brother and Sister and Friends I again take my pen in hand to wright a fiew lines to you to Let you know that I am Well at presant and as fat as Ever and I hope when these fiew lines come to hand they will find you all Enjoying the Same Blessing Well Will I Received your Cind leter on friday Eavening and I was very glad to hear from you. You think it does you a heep of good to hear from me but it does me a heep more good to hear from you I got your leter Just a fiew Minutes before wee Started out on picket for friday Eavening was our time to go on picket gust as wee was forming the Companies to Start the Long Roll was beet in the Other Regiments then you aught to have Sen then Runing Evry way and falling in to their places in a hurry and it was not long till wee all was on the way Rejoising as well all thought to the batle field but when wee got over the River wee found out it was a fols a larm Some of the Regiments come back to Camp and some staid out on picket Our Regiment was one that staid it was a verry wet bad knight Our Regiment was billed as a reserve close to the Green River Bridge I had to Stand Sentinel guard on the Pontoon Bridge it Rained verry near all Day yesterday and last knight it is the Mudyest times hear you Ever Saw there is so mutch halling Done hear that Every Road but the Pike is so bad it is allmost impssable for foot Soldiers to get a long wee have not had any verry Cold Weather yet this Winter wee have had two litle snow is all wee Do not have to Drill Mutch now wee have Company Drill some times and bad weather wee Dont Drill Any I will tell you how many Steps long the Green river RR Bridge is I walked over it yesterday it is 550 steps long and averag as high /

 

All the way over as that one at Crawfords ville as the highest part of it they have got Brest works on the other Side of Green River that a fiew Men can whip 3 times their number I help Work at them One Day Well Will you said you wanted to know why Old Buckner was whiped out. One reason is that he has never give us a Chance wee had to stop at this Camp and fix the Bridg so the cars could hall Our purvsions and since wee have been hear the Secesh has toren up a lot of the Railroad track and thrown trees a Cross the R. R. and has blown up a tonal about 15 Miles from this Camp Wee Cannot Move any further than the tonal till it is fixed but I dont know when wee will Make a nother Move for they are looking for to be atacted Evry Day for they are all around Old buckner and he is bound to fight prety Soon or give up he has a lot of 30 and 60 Days men that Says they will leave him as Soon as their time is Out. You said you wanted to know the partickulars about our Shooting Match their was 100 rifle muskets coming to the Regiment and they agreed to shoot for them 6 Companies of us their was 12 men from Each Company I and Jim was Chosen with the rest and both of us made our Shots Count a mong the best well I hant got time to tell you all a bout it it is the hilliest country hear you ever saw and the porest people. well Sarah you said you wanted to know how long the war would last I am not able to answer your Question now but wate till buckner is whiped and afiew more of the big batles fought I thank you very mutch for sutch a big leter Well I must now come to a close so good by hoping to remain your ever affectionate Brother A. Forder to W^m Forder and S. Forder

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