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Camp [ ?] Johnston, Four miles
South of Nashville Tennessee
Dear Lydia, I received your letter
of this 30th [ ?] for which you have my
thanks it was longer than usual, which
made it [that, thus ?] more welcome - When you get
through with your work I shant exercise
you with anything less than two shirts
and I see that you can write a very good
letter if you try, if you will only write as
you would talk you may rest assured that
it will not only be gladly received but it
will be interesting notwithstanding you used to
talk so much to me that I would pay no
attention to what you said. I can read it with
pleasure, and if I were with you I think I
should be willing to sit for one day at least and
hear you, if I would have the priveledge
I think we will enjoy this life when I get
home dont you, I am going to do everything
I can to make our life a pleasant one after this
war is over & I know you will
It would have been a [ ?] pleasure to me
to have taken supper with you with that bill
of fare that you mentioned. Our bill of fare
varies from hard tack, sow belly, & coffee to

[written at top of page] The firing is increasing, if anything happens
I will write again tomorrow - perhaps I ought
not to have written this, but dont worry