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Regiment: 22nd Michigan Infantry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures: William S. Rosecrans
Nashville, Tennessee
Julye the 1 1863
Dear Friends I take my pen
to let you know that I am
weel and injoying good
health, and I hope you are engoying
the same blessing. I receved
yours of the 19 every thing
is quiet as Nashville but
thire is sum hard fighting
at the front. general Rosencrans
is a doing sum good fighting
he has taken 6000 prisners besids
drowning 500 hunderd thire was 600 prisners came
in on the train last night
and 60 officers thire will be more in tonight
We are staiond heare to
do garsion duty in town
but I don’t like it for it
is hot in town I should
rather be on picket it would
be culer I have had good
health sence I camen heare
this is a plsent plase. thire was one
brigade left heare night
befoure last for the front
to reenforse Rosey (Rosecrans) we expect
to mosey back on the old
Camp groung by the fort
so we will be were
we will get plenty of
peaches and apples. Thire has
ben lots of rain the last
ten days the river has risen
so the boats can come
up to this plase. I want
you if you have to come
in the army to get in
this regment for your
time will be out wen
myen is and it is a good regiment
I have promoted
to a Corpral so I wont
have to stand gard
more. I belive I have
as friends as ny
boy in the Company. I should
like have good lerning but
I can wright good a nuff
to be a Corpral I am
getting so that I like to
be a solder I want you
to send me a copey of
Capital letters that I
can practice them. I will
get my likeness taen
if I can. It is a hard
thing to git a chance
for I am on duty everey
day. Tell Presley that
I should like to have
him to answer my letters
I have nothing more
to right at present
If you intend to
enlist, send me
word, but I would
not advise you
no more at present
but remane youre
brother
Nelson Hopkins
