My Dear Mary.
I promised to give you
a full history of the late opperations
under my command against the
rebel forces in the vicinity of Murf-
reesboro. I believe I have written you fully
about every battle in which I have been
engaged since the beginning of the war.
I wish to continue to do so not only for
your satisfaction but that our children
& descendents may have a private history
from my own pen of what events of import-
ance I have passed through and what services
worth remembering I have rendered my
country in this Her second birth.
I saw orders both from Gen. Thomas &
Rousseau on the evening of the 29th of
Nov. informing that I must go to Murfreesboro
with all my forces at this place. March
through with my wagon trains, after sending
Handwritten; 49 sides of writing, most sheets are double folded; white stationery with light blue lines
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