Lexington Jan 26

 

Dear Emily

                        I your letter to nigt which found me almost well so that I the sargan put me on duty this morning I dont feel intirly well yet but I am gaining fast I will be entirely well in a day or two if nothing happens in a day or two you want to know wether we have shelter or not we have good tents to sleep in they are good as log cabins in my way of thinking they dont leak but they are not very warm in very cold weather but we dont have any very cold weather here / we have a small sheet iroron iron stove and plenty of wood but it must cost goverment a pile as wood is worth six dollas per cord and green at that but we have plenty of it so we are comfortable is raining to night you want to know wether we have snow enough in ky to make sleighing there was about six inches fell the other nigt a very unusal thing in this state it did not last only a day or two but it stopt the cars from for one day or two so that I did not get your last week the probality is we will going farther / in a short time to hold some place in Tenn but dont know for yet for certain that is the report. I am not very particular if it will only end the war. I am ankious to get home but I dont that I shall get home before the first of may you want me to keep up good courage I want you to do the same but I suppose that you can do that well enough you say that Jo has sent me papers evry week I have never got but any papers from him but once that was last week and there was three papers in one / package well I have not been in a battle yet and may not but wont say for certain but I hope that I shall not see a battle. well we have got a new second Lieut and of course he has got at least one nigger to wait on him which makes two we have got in the company and we are going to have a new captain in a few days our captain has gone home sick and will probaly not come back there is a good deal of electioneering for promotion but I dont think I will except of the office but good bye for the present       William

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