To Mary Milroy From RH Milroy Dec 26 1864

              Murfreesboro Tenn 
 
Dec. 26th 1864 
 
My Dear Mary, 
 
 
 
	Yours and Ellas of the 27th 
ult. and yours of the 16th inst. are recd.. The 
former was recd on the 21th inst by the first mail 
that came through after the Rebs left. The latter 
was recd on the 24th inst. I am much pleased 
with Ellas improvement in writing spelling and  
composition. It would not make her Ma  
feel bad I would say that Ella writes fully as 
 well as she does and will soon be a long ways ahead  
of her in this lady-like accomplishment. 
 
 
 
I wrote to you about a week ago and promised you 
you the next time I wrote to send you a brief 
history of my fighting about this place. but  
I has so many letter to write and so much to attend  
to that I have not yet had time to write you the 
historich letter I promised. I recd an order 
yesterday to go back to Tullahoma with two 
Regts. and a battery, but recd an order this evening to  
send one of these Regts to Gen Thomas at Pulaski 60 miles  
west of this place.