Knoxvill Tenn

January the 3^th 1864

 

Dear Sarah I again seat my self to rite you a few lines to let you know that I am still a live and well and I hope when toes few lines come to hand they will finde you & our little girl & all the rest of the folks engoying the same great blessing We are still leying hear and I havent any idear when we will get to go back to our battery and if we could get our letters I wouldent care if I never saw our battery again for we are seing better times than we ever saw before

 

I would like extreamly well / to hear from you but there is no chance for that untill we get back to our battery

 

            We have had a few days of very cold wether but we havent had any snow yet. the boys in the frunt are seing a very hard time for clothing and Rations are very scarce

 

I am getting more ancious evry day for the war to close but still I have no rite to complain for my helth is as good as any man could ask for & I am as fat as a hog and I havent any thing to do but cook my grub eat drink and be mery and sleep as mutch as I pleas but I dont know how long it will last so far we are liable to be ordered out any day /

 

I expect you would like to know how I spent New Years day. Well I can tell you it was rather dry times their is 6 of us boys to gether hear and we have got our quarters in an old stable to our selves we built our fire in the middle and set around it and eat our bread and meet and drink our coffee, that is all we get, and laugh and talk of the good times We expect to se next New years I trust the time is drawing nigh when we can return home to our dear familys and friends

 

I will now close for this time still hoping to remain yours truly, Wm Forder to S A Forder

 

God bless you is my Prayer /

 

Dear Father & Mother

I havent any thing of importance to rite to you at this time but I will say to you I havent for got you my Prayer to God is that he will bless you and Prosper you for your cindness unto me and my dear little family

 

I hope the day is not fare distant when I can return home, o wont that be a happy time when we can meet to engoy ourselves but I must close for this time hoping that God will take care of us to meet again I hope to remain yours truly Wm Forder to

G & C Hubbard and family

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