Franklin County: Jacob Miller to George Miller, December 24,
1864
Summary:
Miller describes the ship his regiment is guarding and says he wishes he was home to hunt and
fish.
George Miller
Decem 24 the 1864
Memphis Tenn
Dear Brother
I am now on the missisippy a short distance above the fort
garding a boat loaded with cotton wich is
under arrest we have been here on the boat about too weeks but think we
will be released in a fiew days and then i think we will go on a march to
intersept
[unclear: hood] he is retreating from nashville some saying he is coming to memphis i
wish he would there was twenty five thousand calvary & infantry left here last week i
think they went toward nashville to day is a fine day but thursday [illeg.] pretty cold
this morning i seen a little ice floating down the river is raising fast lots of wood &
all kind of things floating down there is a good all of shouting going on out toards the lines but dont know what it is for
yesterday they hung a man by the name of [unclear: Mc Klaves] he
was a spy they hung him in the fort about 4 oclock there is nothing
of any concequence going on there is an alarm gun fiering now to call the malitia together i
sopose we are going to have somthing
to do pretty soon from where i now write the guns [unclear: pound] the fort shakes me i
can hardly write they have some very large guns and when they go off it is awfull i wish i was up at the [unclear: tunel] setting loops i would feel
better satisfied then at preasant you did not mention if you had any
loops
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set up rail road this fall all down at kunkels & forge i always liked
it better up rail road i seen a good many rabits and squirrels today
in markit they ask 50 cts a piece for rabits the same for squirrels deer meat 25 pr lb everry thing high here aples
ar 10 a piece or too
small ons for ten cts cabage 25 pr lb it
cost me 75 pr week you only get a small piece for 25 they are now
shelling the rebs across from where we are we can see them plain from here. the shells hum when
they cross but cant see them if it was night we could see them i must
now close as i must relieve the man that has been on gard we get new
recruits last
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teusday they where all drafted men & substitutes they think
it rather ruff but cant be helped
No more at this time but
Ever remain your true Brother
Jacob Miller
Answer this soon and a merry Christmas or a happy New year as it will be New year before you get this
