Bulls Gap, Tenn Sunday Evenin Nov the 15^th 1863

 

Well mother i take my seat to write you a few lines to let you know that i am in bully health at this time & all the boys are well that you know i believe the wether is cool and cloudy it rained all day yesterday an last night but we were in our little dog tents & i slep as sound as if i had been at home up stairs in a good feather bed wel ill tel you my travels since we left Greenville we got marching orders on the 6^th and started down the railroad towards Belew Springs and burned 2 railroad Bridges arived at Blew Springs about 1^oc at night after marching 8 miles on the railroad so we laid down on the ground untill morning next morning we took up our line of march for Bulls Gap where we arived about 3^oc P.M. went into camp at Gen Willcocks head quarters C^o B is detached from the Regt as head quarters guard we have a much nicer time here than if we were with the Regt we donot get very much to eat that is we donot draw verry much but then we havent / been a day without fresh pork or mutton so for we Cap Mull just lets us forrage as much as we pleas for he is just the right kind of a man presizely for a captain som of the boys are out now a forraging they will fetch in something good to eat i expect pap and tobe are nerly done a gethering corn you never wrote whether the corn was good or not but i heard that corn was verry light out there on account of the frost i received yore letter on the 4^th Nov and answerd it on the 5^th i will try and find & write to you evry week if i can or as often as i can some of the boys have drawed a new uniform but i donot need one yet i have bought me a watch worth $2,00 to be paid at pay day. i confiscaded this old railroad legger and thought it would do to write home on verry well any how nomore at this time but remain yore Soldier son Bart

 

to Sarah A Dooley Bethany P^o Park C^o Ind

 

B W Dooley Bulls Gap Tenn. Co. B 115 Regt. Ind Vol

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