Please send clothes. Some local boys have been killed or wounded. Some have deserted, but he does not approve of such action. November 4, 1863. Still need items from home.
Action is quiet now.
December 3, 1863. His unit has fallen back from Missionary Ridge to Tunnel Hill, Georgia. Lost some men near Ringgold, Georgia. He would like to come home, but will not desert like two of his friends in order to do so. December 7, 1863.