[Written kitty-corner on top of Scan 1]

Please to write a little longer litters

	Head Quarters Co "A"
		Camp Boone Feb 8th 1864
        Lucy
		I received your letter
of 27th last night it found me all
right a lazing away time we are
camped four miles from Chattanooga
just over the Tennessee line within
two miles of Lookout Mountain
betwen that and Mission Ridge
and close by a part of the Battle
field of Chickmanga Frank has
gone out thare to day when the
rebles ware drive back from Mission

Ridge
^ our men found lots of our dead
lying on the old Battle Field killed
more than two months before and
they are some unburied yet
but dead men dont amount to
much down here you would think
so if you could hear the remarks
that I have heard when passing
by some of their dead the last
scout we ware out on we killed
a number some of Company "A"
done it to for we had the advance
a reble corporal was shot from his
horse and fell side the road
he was lying on his face when
our Boys come up one of them dismounted
and turned him over (he said he
wanted to see if he was not
playing possum) another seeing his
strip on his arm said thare would 
be a chance for promotion etc etc
it dont give me the same fellings
it did once to see dead stile I

do not like to see them for thare
is hardly any one whether Fedral or
Reble but what leves some one to
think of them now you need not
have unpleasant dreams over what I have
writen perhaps it would of been just
as well if I had kept it to myself
(in next to your last letter you
said look well to your enemies
I dont think I have any very
bad ones. for your sake let me
know what you mean so I can
be on my guard I am afraid
that all of your friends are not
quite true hope I am mistaken
if thare is anything wrong let me
know it and I will try and
make it right guess if I ware at
home I could make it all right
I'd try you may bet on that)
I see by the way you write that
you are in hopes the war is agoing
closed soon well I hope it will


I dont think thare is much prospect
though but hope for the best no
telling what the year will bring forth
Henry Hack is married well good luck.
to him its (better [buissnes?] than soldiering
I guess) but never mind the war
wont last always or at least I hope
it wont talk about nice weather
you will have to come down to
Georga to see nice winter weather
sunshiny and warm every day I am writing
in my tent without any fire and
it is comfartable Jim Delaforce is at
work the next tent to mine a puting
up a Chimbly for the nights are cool
and one needs a fire we have no
commissioned officers with us and
Company "A" is under my Administration
I make things run [levle?]
we have lots of Mich boys here the
10 & 11.. 21 & 22d Int are nere here only
a part of our regiment are in camp now -
a part being up most to Knoxville on
courier duty Remember me to all your
folks tell Hatt I am all right
and ask her how she is Yours Truly
			Othniel