Nashville Monday Jan 12 /63
      Dear Lucy
			I take my pen
in hand again to write you a few
lines to let you know that I
am all rigt and feell first rate
		      hope
after the Battle and ^ this will
find you the same I suppose you
will get a better account of the 
Battle from the news papers than I
could give if I should try our
company was not called onto the 
feild but we ware buisy all the time
we did not unsaddle our horsses for
six days and nights and ware on
the them a goodeal of the time
we ware keept on picket or scouting
& watching bridges ware in sight of
the Battle Field a part of the time
and in hearing of the guns all the
time we passed over the field two 
			        over

days after the Battle the dead ware
all buried along the road [Before?] we
passed the Rebles took more prisoners
than we did but there loss in
killed was a goodeal the largest
the Rebles did not calculate to
be whiped they had got winter
quarters fixed up very comfertable
but they had to leve ou front
line is out about six miles beyond
Murfeesburough and our camp about
two miles beyond that place we have
our tents and are comfertable
Jan.. 18th /63    we are camped nere
Nashville we have been out on a Scout
for a week back and have had a . .
hard time for it has rained and
snowed a goodeal of the time it has
frozen up now and seams like winter
for the first time I saw Brooks last
Sunday he is getting a better fast
John Blakeman died last sunday
he was in the Hospital with Brooks


I saw him a little while before he
			          s
died S. Stebins has got his di^charge
a has gone home I suppos I guess
Brooks will get his after a little
the last letter I received from
you was the 22 of Dec.. I supose you
have received my letters I have
written a number and shall keep
writing I have no more time to
write more now as I have a chance
to send to this office   .Angle is well
and is going down to see Brooks
to day my Health is first rate
Hope the mail will come befor
long    Direct to Nashville Tenn
			Your Truly
				Othniel