Raycide Mosher Civil War Letters

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Dear Sister Clarrissa Mosher,

I am in my tent to day not able to work but I think I Can write a Fue linds to you and I want you to write to me not make a fooll of your Self. Setch a little note dont mount to a hill of bens that you wrote to me.

I want you to Set down and write a long letter and as for the reading Part I Can read them furst Rate. Our Capton is a first Rate man His name is J .W. Williamson He lives to Grandrapids when he is to home we have furst rate order her the Sholders like him him furst rate The Contery is new here thare is not Meney Settlers here they are not very Smart people thare is plenty of negroes Here and wenches we have not had No truble here yet with the gurrillies The Cavelmen have taken Some Prisners but they did not fite much We have mooved Sence we have ben her We mooved a bout Seven miles. we Are a bout fiftey Six miles north West of North Nashville

Clarrissa go down Suller and Get a mess of potatoes boil and boil them for me and send them to morrow morning for breakfast For I am get ing hugery for them I have biscuit and suger to eat The Suthners Coll them rite Smart potatoes But they are the Sweet potatoes They are most all gone now Every thing here in the South is very hie but we have plenty to Eat and we have Magords Farrend to Cook it. If Ostin is a hanging A round the groserys he had better Went to the war with me For I think that he wood Stand It better then I will you had better giv him another going over And like a nuf he will go to work If they dont eney won Come after Them Cloes keep them. I dont See How they happon to make the mestake I do not think of eney more to write at present.

You must rite as soon as you Get this with out delay and Send them postage Stamps

Direct to your letters in this Way and it will will Come thrugh with out fale.

Raycide Mosher.

Co. A. 1st Regiment. Engr Mech=

Nashville, tennessee,

in Car of Cap. J.W. Williamson