No 32
      Nashville July 19th  /63
 Sister Emma
                  Good Morning
How do you do this morn
I hope you feel as well
as I do and wish you
were as well as I am I
never felt better (bodily)
in my life. I read
Georges letter day before
yesterday and will answer
it in a few days if nothing
happens. yesterday we got
our pay I made that
allotment work very
well this time Sam
Rothwell wanted to send
home $20 so he let me
have the $20 and when
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your Father gets the draf^
he may pay the $20 to Mr
Benjamin Converse for
Sam and that will make
it all right. You know
I told you that he
might send me what was
left of the other $20 after
paying Clark for the boots
and Mrs Johnson what I
owe pay but now I have
got plenty so he need
                                          d
not send any. I understand^
that the draft has not been
sent yet that is neither
one of them we have
got in this state that is
the way that they [illegible]
us the Interest on several
thousand dollars for [crossed out] [a mon]
a month is no small [illegible]
and it in all probability
goes into the pay masters
pocket. Has your Father
got that paper that I
sent him to fill out
when I get that back
then I can draw all my
money. The other day we
general review by Gen.
Rosecrans there were
six Regiments of Infantry
and one battery out he
is a is a many every bit
of him he is none of your
stylish officers he was
dressed very common had
on a lite colored hat
he spoke to the boys as
he passed which no other
               ever
Gen. has^   done since we have
been in the service.
He asked one of the sargen
-ts where the men ought
to shoot when in battle
the sargent told him
below the waist band the
Gen. said shoot at their
         and
shins^  break their knee 
pans. he rode around over
the field smokeing his 
cigar just as though he was
at home. I dont wonder
that his troops all like him
There are all kinds of stories
afloat one is that old Rosy
said we would all be home in
3 months another is that the
paymasters says the next time
he pays us will be in Detroit
but I dont see it the news
is very encouraging now..
                       when
to be sure but^  the fighting
is all done we are not home by
any means. but my sheet is
full so[crossed out] [o] I will stop write as
often as you can and oblige your

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brother James