No 33
      Nashville Aug 2nd /63
 Sister Emma
                 Good morning
How do you do this morn
I am well and I wish
you were as well then
I would be all right
I read yours and your
Mothers letter this morn
-ing was very glad to hear
from you as I always
am it is the only letter
(except the one that George
wrote me) that I have
had in a month or more
if a letter does any one good
it is a soldier. but I suppose
the folks are too busy to
write letters. I have not
got much to write about
I wrote all the news to
George the other day. However
I will try and fill one
sheet if it is not quite so
interesting. We have about the
same duty to do every day
and not having any change
in duty does not give much
to write about when we
were marching we had some
thing new every day. You
spoke about your cherries
being ripe they are all
gone long ago here yester
I saw melons that they
said was ripe I saw one
that was two feet long
I should think and
eight or ten inches in
diameter is cost two dol
-lars every thing costs that
we buy here milk ten cts
per quart every thing is high
but we have access to the
best place to buy such
stuf the market house can
get fresh stuff any morning
(except sundays). all kinds
of fruits and vegetables and
meats all it wants is the
money and a little labor
to live every well. money
will buy most any thing but
health and happiness.
You know how I feel because
of your sickness better than
I can tell you all I can
say is to keep up good
courage and hope for the
best as long as there is life
there is hope. [crossed out] [I will]
with a good afternoon I
will close for the present
I will not ask you to write 
to me for I know you are
not able. tell EJ when
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you see her that I wan^ 
her to write to me oftener
Clark to. I get rather
lonesome some times seeing
the other boys reading their
letters and go so long without
one my self. tell your
Mother I am very much
obliged to her for writing
to me. I see no way at
present of repaying
your folks for half their kindness
to me. no more at present
from your brother James