Camp in the field La Grange Tennessee
                                        Nov.. 23rd 1862 

  W-C- Jones-

                 Dear Sir Your letter and your     
Stamps wer received last evening and
could not of come in a better time---
I would like to write you a good long
letter today but I cant think of any thing
to write about-- I presume you are aware
of our movements down here and it
would be useless for me to attempt to
tell you what we have done or what
we are going to do  However we wer marching
on Holly Springs which was held by [Price?]
and 40,000 Rebels but unable to Stand the
showers of Yankees that were coming down
they have Skedaddled and prospects of our
engagement there has subsided--There is a
large Army here though nothing of importance
is going on--there has been a general inspection
of troops our Brigade passed in Review yesterday
We have 7 Regiments in  our Brigade [-iz?]--the
20^th 30^th 31^st 45^th 81^st 111^th and 124^th Illinois Regiments--
we have a large brigade now and it looks a
little like old times to see us all together--
I presume there is about 6000 in all probably
not so many--