Letter to sisters

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Written from Shelbyville, Tennessee. Letter regards John R. Hurley's health and life at camp.

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English

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Shelbyville March 11th 1863

Well Puss Lize and [H] I seat my self to write you a few lines to let you no that I am well and hope to these few lines will find you injoying the same. Jess is right smart sick he has bin sick two or three days. The rest of the boys I believe is well. It is very fine weather here now it is fair and warm it looks like I ought to be at home and ploughing these prety morning but I am afraid it will be a long time before I get to plough. We are living very well here now we get plenty to eat and have plenty to do to keep us in good exercise we don't have to mutch to do though. I don't recon you said I must get a discharg and come home in april maby I will I don't know yet, but maby I will try if I keep as hearty as I am I don't want no discharg because I would have to come right back and I had as well stay while I am here but I would like to be at home these prety days. Tell Tom and Jimey I say I think they are large enough to come to the war now and I think they had beter come for they are neded here now I expect we will have to fight before long if it stays fair we have bin under marching orders about two weeks but we may stay here along time yet. this is a very prety place here while it is dry I don't care if we stay here as long as we stay in the war. I must close you must write to me. I don't intend to write any more untill you you write to me again. I have wrote three or four and have not got but one. So nothing more.
J.R. Hurley

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United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Personal narratives—Confederate
Confederate States of America. Army—Alabama Infantry Regiment, 39th
Correspondence

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