??Lynchburg, Va.
Aug. 17th, 1861Dear Uncle,
It is with great pleasure that I take the preasant opportunity of writing you to let you know how I am getting on. I recd your kind letter 2 days before I left Camp McDonald & was glad to hear you was all well. I recd that money you sent & shall feel under great obligation to you for it & expect to send it as soon as again as I have not more than I want. I drew $8 at Camp McDonald & have $15 now with that you sent me.
We left Camp McDonald on the 10th & reached here on the 14th. We passed through a great many towns. We got to Knoxvill Sunday at 11 o'clock in the eavening. We all inquired fro Bronlow(?) but the citizens said he had not been seen in Knoxvill in a month. We did no see many people, No body seemed to bea out of doores. All the houses were shut up.
I saw Milligian Quillian & his two boys in Dalton. I saw some the greatest corn & clover fields along the road I guess of any in the whole Confederacy & moore fat cattle, horses, & mules than I ever saw before. Lieut. Price has got here & I recd your letter from him & was verry glad to hear from you all & to hear you were all well expect Aunt Nancy with a sty on her eye.
I am still orderly & expect to bea as long as the company wants me which I believe they are all saddisfied with me & if I wanted to give it up he would be the last one ceartin.
We are stationed at Linchburg, 1 1/2 miles from the depot near the fair ground, a beautiful situation. Linchburg is an old town & a pretty place but rough & broken, the climate cool & pleasant & I guess healthy. There is a great many troops stationed about here. Hundreds of troops are going on to Richmond daily. We do know not how soon we will bea called from here but I am ready to go any where to searve my country or forward our cause.
The company are all well except some cases of the mumps & all saddisfied I believe. So nothing more at preasant but remain,
Yours truly,
A.J. Reese
Write often as anything is news from home.
P.S. Tell the children & Aunt I will answer their letters tomorrow or in day or two.
A.J. Rees
Transcribed and submitted by
Ann Reese Cranford
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