Letter to sisters

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Written from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Letter regards John R. Hurley's health, news that Vicksburg, Mississippi has fallen, and life at camp.

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Chattanooga Tenn July 11th 1863

Dear Sisters,
I seat my self to write you a few lines to let you no how I am getting along. I am well and hearty and in good health only my foot is right sore yet I don't have to do any deauty nor hant since we have bin here. It is cloudy and looks like it was going to rain it has rained evry day since we left since we left Shelbyville untill yesterday. I want to see fair weather as bad as I ever did in my life. I hant seen Jef yet but we here from him evry day he is not very sick from what I can here. We hear that Lee has bin whiped in Pensylvania and Vicksburg has falen and the soldiers are all in low spirits if that is all. So I am afraid we will be whiped but the yankies cant whip us for they cant catch us. If they come down here I think we will run to Atlanta and then to Montgomery. I believe I had rather fight a little than run so mutch. We are camped about a mile and a half from town close to the railroad where we can here the cars whistle all the time. I should like to get on some of them and go home but I am afraid it will be a long time before I will get to go home. Me and Mat is going to make some apple pies for dinner. We had some yesterday we can get green apples here and we get right smart of shugar and we make splendid pies. One of our men left us yesterday and hant come back. I am afraid he had gon home but I didn't think he would disert us he seemed like a very fine man he has got a brother here in the regiment a lieut. He may not be gon. He tok Mat Halls watch to town with him and sent it back by a Lieut. that went with him. Well I can't think to write so I will close. Will Strother sends his best respects and says he will write to you all before long so nothing more.
J.R. Hurley

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