Grand Junction Tenn Apr 27

 

Dear Wife and dear children i was happy to receive a letter from you yesterday and verry thankful to know that my dear little family was well I am well except blisterd feet caused by marching in just retwined to our old camp yesterday from a hard scout of 10 days. We had 5 reg of infantry some cavelery and 2 baterys of artilery we heard that there was some 2 or 3 thousand rebbels camped on the Tallehache river in Miss we thought we would have a fite with them but they skedadled when we got within 2 days march of them but we had 3 or 4 skirmishes with small bands killed 5 or 6 and took 28 prisoners then we took a circel around back and on our march toward home we captered a hundred horses and maby 4 or 5 teams and lots of smoked hams and after that we will have traveled about 2 hundred milds we will reach Lagrange tomorrow we will be on provo gard in town so we will have better and [faded]

 

O my dear Ruth i wish i was at home and [faded] mite go to doug Joneses or to Bar[faded] this and that i cant eaven get a furlo after being a faithful soldier allmost 2 years. but i must be resind to gods will and not mine and i have hopes of yet meeting my sweet little family again to spend happy days with them O continue to pray with me for my sake [remainder faded] /

 

cant write half that I would like to say this time for i must get ready for inspection we would have drawn our 4 months pay before now if we had not gone out on that scout but we will get it soon and as there is no chance for me to get a furlo i will express it to my dear Ruth. may god bless and protect you all give my respects to lol and John and all the rest

 

                                                in hopes of better days

 

                                                John G Scoville to his family

 

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            Ruth.

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