March 26^th 1863

out on outposte Picket

 

Dear family I am well and as I wrote when on picket before I wil again I forgot part of my letter before I left out a sheat and did not miss it until I had mailed I will try and do better this time we are on front of our lines it is all quiet yet this morning there was some picket fireing last night we had a nice time last week on picket we had some skirmishing along the lines we were out 5 days the rebels came on our lines close to our camp one morning reported 13 hundread Cavelry our men gave them thunder by the acre they left in a hurry / our men found 33 dead Rebs on the ground and took lots prisoners we came back Sunday evening to Murfreesborro and are campt near town we have a verry nice camp all clean and smoothe as a floar and our streets are planted with green cedar shrubs it is nice as any fancy yard I think we may stay here some time yet it is expected the rebs will attact us here if they dont I think as soon as our foarts are finished we will attact them we have 11 forts under way all Rebeldom cant get us out of them when finished

 

the 10^th Ohio Cavelry is campt in ¾^th of a mile of us some of our boys have been to see them Brink is Capt of Comp D 2^nd Battalion John and Andrew Stoner / and Ben Morriss is in his Company and others north of Bucyrus I am going to see them some day soon I hante much to write now I will finish when I get back to camp tomorrow

 

I hante learnt any thing conserning furlows yet I live rite well now we can get light bread now but it costs I was so tired of hard tacks I will spend some for a change one small loaf costs 20 cts it will do 2 meals I have not had an apple this winter until last night I bought 3 for 25 cts they were good only strong of money we will get pay next month if we do I will try for a furlow from headquarters I can get a recommendation that I am to be trusted to come back some other regiments have gave some furlows /

 

since I wrote the foregoing we came back from picket and made a new camp in sight of town on a nice rize we are fixing it nice and planting shrubry all through but wood and water is unhandy I just got a letter from Dave McCochron and sent an answer I put a green stalk of corn in it      C Morfoot

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