home before spring

	Camp F[?]ett nov 4 1776[?] Dear friends how do you all do this morning I am prety well I thank how do you do I believe thare is not much fighting going on at present that I know of I am a fraid that Gabe Sanders will never see home he groes wrose all the while Charley Wells is not able to do duty he has got the rhumatism in his leg so bad he wants you to work his land tax for him if you would I got two papers from uncl Edwd yesterday the Col. says that he will bet the best horse that he has got that we will all go home in the spring. some of the... - end of page 1 -	Woe, woe, to the traitorous children of Mars; Who chalenge this bird, with his banner of stars; We will teach them this lesson, that truth and the right Are ever Triumphant, and must win the fight.
	...boys will go to their long home before spring if we hav to lay on the ground all winter. we hav to lay on the ground in cloth tents old bray[?] lost a great many of his men when he crossed the Ky mountains the snow was 10 inches deep on the mountains and his men were so badly clad that they died on the way. you may look for something at the express office in Marshall before long I must close for I cant think of eny thing at presant this little pin is for Sady you must write as soon as you get it hav they drafted yet W.O.W - end of letter -

edited by Peter J Wait, 9/17/03