March 7st 1864

March 7st 1864

Dear Father my ink had hadly dried on my letter when we received ordirs to report on the front lines immediately. So we made the necessary preparations and move off as Soon as posible and after Staying out there two days we have returned to our old camps without any fight, the excitement arisen from a cavelry raid made by the yankie cavelry. They wase badly whiped and driven back like Sheep. We are exspecting the Spring campaign to open in these quarters Soon.
Nothing more

Yours
Bud

P.S. the case of Small pox that I spoke of prove to be a very bad case. It has been seened to the hospital, no one else has taken it yet