Nashville Tenn.  Feb 16 1863

Dear Mother,
                                  in ansewer to your i
received your letter with the greatest of
pleasure in the world. i drather get one
letter from you than a hundred
dollars in my pocket and i wish you
wood rite me more than you do let i tell 
you it made the tears come for the first
time sense i left home. it seems that i was
talking with you all that night long
i am not very well i am in the fever
here i am geting a little beter than i
have. i think i will not die yet  (?)
while i will try and keep (?) up till i
get to see you again i may get a
chance to come home to Columbus Ohio
in a short time guarding prisners
on the boat and if i do i will try
and come home and you and the
folks that (?)  (?) as your (?)
2.
is in the hospital and has been 
very sick I tell you he is a little 
better i went and seen him yessterday
for the first time in two weeks
 i went out to the regiment and had 
to come back here i could
not stand it out there so they
sent me back to this old
? againthey are a going
to have another big fight 
out her i dont't think that
 I will be able to do out there
but if  i can i am out and 
do my best but i think  that
the doctor won't let me go for
 some time i hope this war
will be over in a short time
all most every body thinks
this will be the winding up 
fight fi our men whip them
and i think that they will
they are gitting reinforced 
every day i think that they will
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git their bely full of  it 
this time i hope so far  
ours  getting tired of this
this kind of liviing this life
meant is what kills more
than anythingelse the
rest is very well here
this place i want to get
set down to your table
you wood think that i had
nothing to eat since i left
home i tell you that i dont
look as fat as i did when 
i sent that likness home 
i am run down way (?)
but i will sure come up 
again i hope that i can
git to go (?) this (?) 
as guard and i will 
come home if i hafe to run
away and stay a day 
or two (?) i must close
my letter (?) in (?)
by sending you good
by and rite soon
as you git this  you
rite
    i remain yours
        Truely Son
        John Large
       Nashville Tenn
     to 



Nashville, Tenn.  Dec 22 62
               Dear Freinds  
                       in ansr. to 
yours this ev'ing  i got your letter and 
was glad to hear that my money got home
safe and i hope i can send you some
more before long and if you don't want
to use it you can put it in the bank
it dont make to much differnce if 
they dont pay the same back
you can take it and use it
if you want to  Comm(?) in
Weleon(?) i must  Christmas is amust here
and before you will have a good 
time thare i should like to be
thare with you  i think that Samy
will soon be at home he is taken 
with that pane in the side
again and he says that he
will come home  i am not very 
well at present but i think that
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get along all rite  i wish that 
i could get in the hospital
i wood come home i would  take 
a frentch pass and come rite 
home  i was sorry to hear that
marion was sick  i want her to
kep all rite till i get home
i have no news at present
i rite a long letter
in a day or two and let you
know how Samy  gits a long
i want you to send me sum
postage stamps  we cant get
any here  if i could i
wood not send for any so 
i must bring my letter to
a close  give my love to all

i remain yours truely
John Large  to
   C and S Large


    Hartsville Tenn
            November  13 1862
 Dear friends  i sat down to 
let you know that i am (?)
fine yet and i hope these
few lines may find you
all well as it (?) sure
it is or hard thing to get
a letter from here  we
are t-feet in with the 
rebels  so that it is hard 
to get any male (?)
before it will soon be later
to here from you  i wood 
give all most any thing 
to see you but it is
no use in talking about
that is a doubtful
case for some time
i dont think that thios
war is no more over now
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than it was when it first
began  i don't think that
it will close in five
years  i dont care if 
it never close i think
that i can stand it 
as long as they can
but i wood like to see
home once more and see
the girls  i wood like to 
see (rumley ?) and  go to a
dance and have a good 
old time once more  i
think that i shall see
it some time  i have not
mutch to say
acount but i 
shall set down some 
of these days and
rite you a good long
one  Samy is well
and all the rest of 
the boys (?) is there
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there is a good many
of them taken prisners
i hope they wont git
me i should not like
to be taken  we have
sevral little fits with
morgan  we made him
git out here in a
hurry the other day
but they have got
purebred horses i tell
you  i must close
no more at preasent

i remain yours truely
       J Large
    To C. S. Large
      derect your letters this way
   J Large  3 O V
  Louisville  Ky
   care of Col. Zahm