Elk River Tenn
             July 17th 1863
Dear Friend O.G. D.
                              I see
yours last night and was
glad to hear from you I am
well and I hope this may
find you the same and your
family also I have had a 
hard march I cant tel you
mutch about the march but
I will tel you how and where
I spent my fourth it was in
and on the sholes of Elk
river we had hard work on
the third and did not get
to lay down until ten oclock
and we was all wet at that
for we had forded the river
twice that day the water was
up to our arms and very

cold and to cap out it rained all
day and we had to make road all 
day for the ammunition to pass so
you can judge that we was some faced
out and in the morning of the fourth at
three oclock we was aroused and hurried 
to pack our blanket and two eat our
breakfast which was a plate of cold boiled
beans and no bread ( we was out of rations and
had to pick up sutch as we could find) and
                    in
then we fell^  marched to the river and
and forded it at sun rise cold as ever
then we commenced our days work
on the sholes which was a swamp
we built corderroy about three miles
at noon my diner was a small peace of
corn bread made of corn meal and water
and a small piece of fresh beef about
enough for an old cat and that was
in a mud hole for high ground was
sunk there and we eat between
showers for it rained most all day
at night we had waddled through

the mud and camped on high
ground after we camped the baterries
fired the national salute of 35
guns and thus we laid down and
was soon a sleep you can bet we
was in the march 15 teen days and
the day I have just described was
a bout like the rest but we all stood
it well for we was often old Brad
and pepered him in the rear once and
a while maken him [nip?] up leaving
his [commissaries?] behind him we are
now at the R.R. bridge that goes over
the river it will be done about a sunday
night we have built 4 wagon bridges
a crost the river within 2 miles so
we shant half to ford the river any
more you are excused for not writing sooner
but I was disapointed in not rec any letter
from that I will not write any to hur
this time but I will send hur my face
and see if that dont fetch a letter
from hur I have not hurd from any

eather of the boys in some time the last
I hurd from the [Lute?] he was in Louisiana
I hope he is home by this time the rig
I think is at Franklin but I have
not  hurd from Chas so I am not
cirtain I have not seen Pirkins I
would like to see him I am well suited
the way you let on my place for I
think that garret will take care of
my ordered I would like to have the
ten are acres attached to my twenty
and would give all it was worth when
I get home but I dont want to buy
it now while I am here for I can
do well with my money what little
I have I suppose you had a good time
the fourth I hope you all enjoyed
your selves as well as I did I dint
think I ever enjoyed my self as
well before in all my life for I
never but I must bring my letter
to a close this time write soon I
am as ever your friend 
Direct to   George H Price
                  Co. E. Rt.
                 Pioneer Corps
                   Elk River
                     Tenn