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Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott
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Letter from Isaac & Walter Witherell to their mother,
Eupemia (Scoon) Witherell
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Camp in Lookout Valey [Tennessee]
Friday, January 1st, 1864

Dear mother I shall have to Wish you a Happy New Year with my Pen this
Time but I hope the next one will bee In some other way.  I hope that
long before this year is out that peace will be declared and this
thing brought to a close and I think it will.  We are well at present
and hope yare the same.  We have had very bad weather down here for
the last ten days raining most every day and very cold yesterday.  We
were musterd for pay and it rained and was very cold but last nite was
a snifter I tell you what we had all we could tend to our tent blowed
down when it was raining very hard and we both grabed hold of it and
held it untill it stoped blowing and then nailed it down and went to
bed but I we want very sleepy for we didnt go to sleep very soon and
when we did we could not sleep for it was so cold so I got up and sat
by the fire untill I got tired of that then went back to bed and as
soon as the bugle blowed we got up and it was snowing a little but it
was to cold for that and it quit

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Wall as Newyears and the fourth of July only come once a year and if
we cant celebrat them when they we must take some other day.  We dont
have much to hold newyears with but we have a nough such as it is for
breakfast we had shoulder beef and flour gravy and that is very good
you know.  Yes we had tea and coffee it is so cold today that our
canteens freeze up standing within four feet of the fire but it wont
last long.  to morow we move into our new camp and I hope that it will
be warmer than it is today.  I rote to Jim robinson to day.  Gorge
libby is comming home on a furlow.  Bill price is better now and all
the rest of the boys are well.  Colonel Faulkner has got back to the
regiment again.  I cant think of eny more to write this time.  I shal
send my diary home as soon as I can rieit of with ink.  it is going to
be very cold to nite give my love every Body. good By
From your sons in the suny south
rite soon as you can


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