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Pochontas Tenn Dec the 11th 1863 Dear father and mother I once more have the pleasure of addressing you with a few lines letting you know that we are all well at present and hope these few lines may find you all the same. I was sorry to hear of you being sick but I hope before this reaches you, you will be well again. It has been some time since I wrote to you so I thought this morning I would write you a letter. I don't know when I will finish it perhaps today and perhaps not for three days just as I find anything worth writing. I generally have to write you about forty letters before I can get you to answer one . We get all from Almira and Mary but I like to hear from you [?] and a while I think you could spend time enough to write us one by one anyhow then we would excuse you for a while I don't want you to write when you are not able but a letter from pap would be very acceptable and cheering just now. I know what your excuse is but the girls will give way to let you write if you want to your excuse is the girls write enough but we want them to write and you too occasionally. So pitch in dad and give us one. The weather here has been rainy for several days past but today it is clearing off and has the appearance of fair weather. The guerrillas have all left here some crossed the Rail Road and eyin the country by Bolivar and Jackson while the others got cut off and are down in Miss the expedition has returned they was unsuccessful the road is clear the trains runs through daily thru from Corinth and then from Memphis We get mail each day but we don't get letters from home that often there is always a larger crowd of soldiers around the Chaplains tent every time the mail comes the Chaplain is our postmaster
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Pochontas Tenn Dec the 11th 1863 Dear father and mother I once more have the pleasure of addressing you with a few lines letting you know that we are all well at present and hope these few lines may find you all the same. I was sorry to hear of you being sick but I hope before this reaches you, you will be well again. It has been some time since I wrote to you so I thought this morning I would write you a letter. I don't know when I will finish it perhaps today and perhaps not for three days just as I find anything worth writing. I generally have to write you about forty letters before I can get you to answer one . We get all from Almira and Mary but I like to hear from you [?] and a while I think you could spend time enough to write us one by one anyhow then we would excuse you for a while I don't want you to write when you are not able but a letter from pap would be very acceptable and cheering just now. I know what your excuse is but the girls will give way to let you write if you want to your excuse is the girls write enough but we want them to write and you too occasionally. So pitch in dad and give us one. The weather here has been rainy for several days past but today it is clearing off and has the appearance of fair weather. The guerrillas have all left here some crossed the Rail Road and eyin the country by Bolivar and Jackson while the others got cut off and are down in Miss the expedition has returned they was unsuccessful the road is clear the trains runs through daily thru from Corinth and then from Memphis We get mail each day but we don't get letters from home that often there is always a larger crowd of soldiers around the Chaplains tent every time the mail comes the Chaplain is our postmaster
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