Jan 28th 1863

   Terre Haute
                Ind
 Dear Bro Jim 

Your welcom letter was received in good
time but not haveing a favorable oppor
tunity to write sooner it has been delayed til  
present.     We are haveing good times here consider^ing
the times    very mudy but fair over head til
to day   since noon the wind commenced to
blow the clouds rise the lightening flash the thunder
roll and rain fall to no great extent.     but the
thick clouds covered the sun til it is almost
as dark as night
Tomorrow morning we are looking for
the 31st Ind Regt to be in terre haut as a
great many of them have reenlisted, but cannot
tell wether they will come or not.    The people
are makeing a great fixup for them     they
powerfully excited over their arriveal.
that       On new years day the weather was so cold
that it would freeze a persons eyebrows full of
frost and lashes together in such a manier that
it was inconvenient seeing.  The mark in the thermom^ter
was 24 degrees blow zero the coldest ever known
in this stat.     There were several frozen in their
beds.     others too numerous to mention. stock