Bridgport Alabama

Nov 12^th 1863

 

            Dear wife tonight I will write to you again to let you kno I am well and harty and hope you are well I received one letter from you and one from Jef this week I am sorry he is sick of his bargin he hante saw the Elephant yet I was in the same fix at first I could stand it 5 years if I had no family I am used to the hardships now he will like it in about 6 months well Mam if the repoart is true the rebs have got them selvs in a nice fix the news is Burnside and Shearman have got between them and Richmond so there supplys / ar cut off if that is so the Confederacy is gon up we hold the tennisee line they must come under soon it is supposed they are leaveing the vacinity of Chattanooga Yesterday we see some every day deserters and yesterday 100 East Tennissee men came up as recruits for the 2^ond Tenn Cavelry they brung there horses along wo unto the rebs that runn on them 1^st and 2^ond Tenn Cavelry they are harder than our men on the rebs

 

well Mam I feel so well satisfied I dont kno what to write to think we are back from the front not that I am affraid to be in front no we have been in front ever since we have been in the servise but the rest we / have and are building comfortable houses and have no picketing to do each one is one day on gard in 6 we have wood handy and the river only about 100 feet from my door my house is warm and nice and my comrades are tip top fellows and enough to eat and new clothes to wear I expect pay soon too you asked if I got my watch Yes. it dont do verry well it stops occasionly. about the Office you spoke of there is none vacant higher than mine our old orderly is drawing his pay as Orderly of Co C then we have 2 Lieutenants one at home one here a Captain but commanding Co H he at home so it goes I am alone here I have no bigbug to leg for me or I might have been up all I got was / for shame sake the whole Company was for me as Lieutenant in place the one we have he knew nothing at first and has held his own prety well in fact none of us knows much we kno enough to form a line of Battle on any shape but for fancy drill we cant come in for we have not had the chance

 

I must close all I have to say keep courage if gods will I will be home some day never to leave you again to go to war if I get through safe I dont regret my time and hardships no more

 

                        Farewell again

                                    Charles Morfoot

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