Bridgport Alabama

Decem 23^d 1863

 

Dear wife I received your letter with the fishooks Monday 21 and a letter from Eliza Mcreary and won one from Cal. P. Wiley yesterday I was busy tailoring this morning I have just washed dishes swept house repoarted my guards put some beens on to boil for dinner then write I am well but now mad them tarnel beans upset and the steam made the ashes fly all over the shanty however all right again well them hooks and lines is just the thing but the river is too high now and has been the last 2 weeks the pionears dont catch any now so I fear I cant do much since the rainy season has / commenced I wrote in my last about a furlow well it has started the Official rounds it started from our colonel last Friday and I think it has passed the Brigade and Division or it would have been returned ere this the Lieut thinks it will go all right the Aplication attends the furlow stateing the causes and grounds why I ask a furlow I shall begin to look for its return by Saturday or Sunday next but these Officers are in no hurry unless they want home it may lay 3 or 4 weeks among their hands or be lost as one did of Co. E. takeing all these together it is just a chance if I get one so dont count too much if it comes I come thats all well I will tell you what we are doing here we have 24 men for guard every day from the Regiment 8 on at one time / some on the pontoon bridge and some at the Railroad bridge one at each of the gates of the foart the gards at the foart are to keep any person from tearing away any planks or timber at the gates to keep teems from crouding in to fast at the pontoon no soldier or citizen can pass over without a writen pass sined by the Brigade commander at the railroad no one is to pass but the workman at the bridge I dont have to do any duty but call roal detail guard or any detail from the Co see to drawing rations and ishue clothes and take their receits for them I am better satisfied than I have been yet just Fred and I have our house each sleep alone We have no fus to bother us and plenty to eat such as it is I would like to have a Christmas roast but nix nothing but hard tack coffee beans and sowbelly now / if you eat any turkey Christmas just eat my share if my papers would come back in a reasonable time and be approoved I could reach home in time to smell the pot of Newyears dinner I will close this now and wait for further developments and still

            remain Yours              Charles Morfoot

 

                        To E Morfoot

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