As it has been some time since I wrote you last as I have had no time to write or send letters out I wrote you some time ago but have not sent it out yet but I will to day I suppose you will see by the papers that Hood has took the back track and is trying to tear up the track or throw Thomas off from the sent But he cannot quite come it We have taken a good many guns and prisoners of late but he has gone a little to fast

I suppose he has gone back the same way he came We have lost no men on this pull so much good luck for us I saw H Reece in FrankIin he is wounded in two places the leg and side I think he will get along fine He looks quite poor but he had no care his wounds was not dressed for 9 days He is the only one we know of out of the 13 that was gone We took 2 pieces of artillery and a small train on a mud road they were stuck and the rebs spiked them with red cedar wood I believe we have taken 62 pieces of artillery and I do not know how many prisoners I saw Wm Foster yesterday

I look to go into winter quarters soon if we do this winter at all We have had the worst roads and wether that I have seen since I enlisted It was just like getting into a morter bed with shoes on and just knee deep so you can judge how we looked after a days march I wish you wold send me a pound of tobacco by mail as soon as you can There was a good many of us got out of the union as we call it getting mad
Well I will close good by write soon

H E Randall