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I suppose this is Sunday
although it dont
Seam much like Sunday
at home, we are quartered
in an old Birch Building
and I am up in the third
Story the Boys are buisy
cleaning their guns for
tomorrow is in Inspection
and things have to shine
I dont fell much 
like writting and
am going to stop
you need not think
that I am forgetting
you because I dont 
write oftener I dont
no but I might as
well well for I dont
See much prospect of
the war closing (write often
wont you)   O.E.G

      Murfreesboro Tenn.. Oct 11th /63
    
    Lucy
	  once more I take
my pen to write you a few
lines not in answer to anything
I have received the last letter
from you was Sept. 26th I answerd
				t
it the Same day thare is a deta^c-
-hment left here from our Brigade 
to wate for horses we stoped here
the
^ 7th expect to go to Nashville tomorrow
how long we shall have to wate
thare cant tell thare is no horses
for us & we have to wate untill
they can be bought we aint in

no great danger of getting
hurt while hear. I tell you it is
dul busyness this having nothing
to do and if anything will make
me think of home this will talk
about getting used to war so that
one dont want to go home I
dont believe anything in it it's all
nonsence.  likenough you would
like to no what brought us way
back up here after our army was 
drive back to Chattanooga the
Tenn.. River was our front and the
cavalry had to watch it to keep
the Reble cavalry from crossing and
getting in our rear our Brigade was
sent up to Washington about 40 miles 
above Chattanooga on the River to
watch a ford thare thare is but
a few places whare they can cross
the scecond night after we got
thare a cittizan come in to camp
to tell us the Rebles ware crossing

at a ford nere his house we ware
orderd out of course and it proved
true for they had crossed with
about ten thousand we only had
about three with us and of course
we had to be getting out of the
way. we fell back towards Chattang
and wated for reinforcements which
come that night the next morning
we started after them we have
had a good many fights withe
their rear guard on the seventh
our forces captured three hundred
prisoners & four peices of artilry
they come in here the same night
a hard looking mess I tell you
the rebles burnt one of our
wagon trains on the 8th only 400
of them loaded withe clothes and
rations but that dont amount
to much for Uncl Sam.. is
able to get more we have been
rather short of rations some of the time
				over


long back three days ration
having to last us seven potatoe
patches and all eatables suffer at
such times it has been so that
we could get plenty of fruit
it is most used up now
I left Frank & Gust.. in camp
nere Chattanooga the 2d and have
not heard from them since nether
of them ware well enough to come
but ware well enough to be
around        Rosecrans is makeing
another forward movement has got
his front line out as far as it ws
before the last Battle thare is large
reenforcements being sent here from
the army of the Potomac Jo Hooker
has gone to Chattanooga with two
crps of Intfanty artilry & Cavalry
thare is no end to somebody
is a going to get whiped down
that way I guess it will be the
Rebs.. time will tell the Boys
from the Potomac are putting on a goodeal
style & one would think they had done all
the fitting to here them talk I guess they
will get over it.   Othniel