May 9^th 1863 Camp

at Murfreesboro Tennissee

 

Dear wife I received your letter just now of the 1^st and on opening it lo and behold I finde sis looking as natural as a bean and some stamps. so I cant help but write whenever I get a letter if I hante any news to write well Mam I am well and harty I am getting fat I believe i have got big calves on my leggs and sollid I am much heavier than I ever was I dont kno my weight now I weighed 5 or 6 weeks ago 154 i will weigh considerable more now but it takes my money rather fast to live well here / I cant stand the temptation of pies cakes apples potatoes and good things generaly as long as I have money if that is goan then I can live on Uncle Sams grub for we have plenty of it You say you want another picture I will get one next week if we are here I expect we will go on outpost Picket soon again then we stay 5 or 6 days the picture of sis is verry good but not as well taken as yours we cant get them kind here this is a poor concern in a tent I will do the best I can I am affraid my coat and things I sent wont get threw I hear they open all Boxes from the army and take out all government clothing if they do curse such government / they wont hall our things we cant carry all we must give them away to the niggers or throw them away Mam I was over to see alf McKiney yesterday and he was here yesterday he is quit a man still and but little to say he is teamster in the 4^th Regular Cavelry he has one year to serve yet he sais he is goind to Bucyrus when his time is out and bring Dan a mule he has one of his own a nice one that is the one he is to give Dan

 

2 Oclock our Regiment has all gon a swiming to Stoneriver I was washing this morning at the creek near camp and I washed myself so I did not go the sun is verry hot and lazy folks like shade /

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