Head Quarters 27^th Ind Vols

Tullahoma Tenn Nov 8^th/63

 

My Dear Pa

                        Being at leasure I thought I would write you a few lines It feels like winter here set in for good to day as it has been very cold but I have my house up and am occupying it & I feel like I am at home. When night comes I build a good fire and then can set by it and enjoy its pleasant blaze Every thing around here is well sheltered from the wintry blasts We have good sheds for our stock and plenty of forage taken from the farmers in the vicinity so we are not stinted by Government agents but can have what we want and that is good We are living very well we can buy butter at 25¢ potatoes 1.50 So you see when such things as these can be bought we can live very well I received a short note from Dr Alexander a few days since in which he said he would call and see you before he came to the Regt I hope he has fulfilled his promise as he was to start to the Regt the 6^th He is a splendid man / and one who has given me a great deal of good advice and I hope I will not disappoint him in the bright future which he has laid out for me I have not yet heard from Terrell I cant imagine what can be the matter with his letter I do not feel at liberty to forward to him any recommendations until I hear whether they would be entertained I see by the papers that the new Regts are filling very fast I know Ind is never behind any state. Now is the time to support the Government for I think the Rebellion is dieing very fast Look at their armies where are they to recruit them from We have more than half the territory in which they formerly recruited their armies We will soon witness the total overthrow of their power west of the Missippi and the total distruction of the large trade which they have been carrying on with Europe When this is done the rebellion has received the hardest blow yet given Your letter of the 1^st is the last I have received The paymaster went down the RR to day I think we will get paid within ten days I will be able to send you well on to two hundred dollars which I suppose will give you plenty to opperate on in the way of wood choping if you want to lay more than that in wood to winter over let me / know and I can forward you one or two hundred more as you may say I think there is nothing to be lost by investing money in wood at one dollar I would be looking around for another horse and a wagon to procure as soon as spring opens I think an early crop will pay next spring judging from the prices this fall Lt Lyon has resigned at last he has allways been a drag to the Regt He has done but two days duty since he has been with the Regt We will loose several more of our officers in a few days Capt Burkit is still very poorly but he will recover it is thought since Col Cobane left here all of our Brig have had to change their position but our Regt this is a wonder for when any part of the Brig had to move it was allways was our fortune to be the part Lt. White is post Adjt and Capt Williams is Provost Marshall for Col Colgrove at this place I have not yet heard from Ann and I have not had a word from Cousin Lizzie since I came west I can not imagine what has caused her to stop so suddenly she used to write me every week Do you ever hear from Uncle James I have not heard from him since I came in the service Write and give me all the news My love to Ma & the Children & Uncles Family

 

                                                                        Affectionately your

                                                                        Son      Will

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