Page 1 July 20, 1863

Camp At McMinvi-
lle, July 20th, '63

Dear Mother: Yours of the 12th inst.
has been received. It found me at M
cMinville, Tenn. I was glad to receiv-
e a letter from you, as I always am;
but having received none for a long
time from home, my interest was dee-
per than usual to read what you
had to say.

I like this place pretty well. We are
blessed with a plenty of rations, but
not with our baggage, some of whic-
h would wo be qute serviceable at pres-
ent. The most of the boys have no b-
lankets here, they preferring to do w-
ithout them to carrying them for
their service. We have our shelter
tents here, which together with our