Dear Husband

     I Received your kind & long Expected letter of the dated 16 last night By Mr Pullen you dont know how over Joyed I was to hear from you a gain for many long & lonely knights have I spent since I received your last letter I dont know why you dont get my letters for I have writen once & twice Every week since I left you But I hope some of them has reached you before this
     home affairs you seem to Be Concerned about our home affairs I think with the assistance of my Best friends I have things In a prety good Shape at home a gain taking everything In consideration I have Employed George Sheed to work on the farm he takes the clover field for wheat I furnish the seed he pays all the expenses of thrashing Boarding & so on & delivers half the wheat In the garner he takes the Summers crop In the same y way he commenced breaking up last week he Is very attentive In every respect he attends to feeding three of the horses during the winter John Thomas wrote an Obligation to this effect & had him to sign It his Father has moved out & ocupyes part of the house with Mrs Pucket until her crop Is all secured & then she moves In a house wear Leads
Pucket has writen to her to have the work all finished up In the best of style & he will pay all expenses he holds the place of first Lieutenant In the artilery

Mr Simpers Is Employed to work on the house he has the veranda almost finished
I wat you to Inform me whether Pucket was to finish any excpet the front fence If not I can employ Some one else to finish It up & let him go on with the house he Is to work at one dollar & 50 cts per day
     Fred Is working on By the Month as usual he Is breaking up the piece that Pucket had for wheat we have very little rain & consequently the ground Is very dry & hard I have setled up with John & dismissed him on quiet terms he Is now at Mr Pullens But with the work there was to do & the scarcity of help I knew It would be Impossible to get our crop taken care of If I did not keep one of them & then Fred Is more agreable every way than John he sold his mare for one hundred & 25 dollars they use Nell all the time plowing & she stands It well I have the hogs In the pasture near the well so they have plenty of water & they are fed twice a day
I heard the roar of Canon & musketry In the the direction of Owensbourough which lasted for an hour I can not tell with what result but the fireing was very rapid It commenced a bout 9 o'clock this morning
In the other affair that took place among the wounded was John Scammahorn Joel Shrusbery Anderson Carney he will loose his arm

as far as I know the most of them are getting better our whole country Is In a state of confusion all the Business houses are closed at 2 o clock every day for the purpose of Drilling they have been getting anew suply of Arms & are still looking for more I will enclose a scrap of paper which will give you a more minute account of the Battle I will send you some papers but I believe they do not often get through the mails
you say your S physician thinks your health will be suficiently restored to Join the Regi In a short time now I hope you will be extremely cautious In regard to overtasking your self In any way Remember my love If you should take a relapse after so severe a spell as you have had I would never expect to see you home a gain
But may those angls of mercy continue to hover around you a give you all the comfort & hapiness that they are capable of bestowing on such a worthy person as you are
It gives me the greates of pleasure to know that you have met with such unceasing attention during your sickness
& I feel truly grateful to them all for It
     the family Is all as well as usual Jane & the children sends their loveve to you

You affectionate wife
Minerva Thomas