Stevenson  Jackson Co. Ala
		February 10th 1864
Dear Sister Mary
  Your kind letter of the 31st arrived here
yesterday   I was glad to hear from you   I
think the young folks are driving business
I guess they are getting married to escape
the Draft but they may get slipped up on that
and I hope they will for they are only
cowards.  and it would do them good to
come down here and live a while say long
enough to wean them from their mammy
and it would take some of them I think
a long time to get weaned on hardtack
and Pork.  Oh, how I would like
to feed it to some of the Pompey
boys.
  For I think they are no better to fight
and live on such rations than I am but
never mind   one year and a half is gone
and the next will not be long going
by then if I am spared.  I can be
among them but never will they be equal
with those that have fought for their
Countrys.  the true soldier will shun
them and so they ought to be shunned
for every man is needed that is fit
to shoulder a musket.  I despise
the thought of such.  I can say that
I never have been sorry that I
enlisted when I did for I have been
lucky so far and I feel sure I will
be until my time is out and that will
be before long.  This war will not last
longer than next spring   that is a year
from now.
  if it does that length of time I
think next springs' campaign will
tell the story   we are preparing for heavy
fighting in this part of the Army.  General
Grant is getting large supplies to the
front   the railroads are kept verry
buisey   since I sat down to write this
there has been seven trains passed and there
is five or six more to pass within a
half hour from now   I tell you it
jars us some for our hut is only about
two feet and a half from the track   when
your letter came here I was mixing up
some dough for shortcake   I had a
Rooster in the kettle boiling   I tell you
we had an old fashioned supper that
night   I do not think I will need to
get married when I get home   I can
keep house myself.
  I recieved a letter from Lib the
same day that I got yours.  she said
they were all well   I wish I could have
a letter every day while I am here for
next summer I presume I will get but
little mail   I received those postage
stamps you sent me and they come in
time for I was out   I sent the last one
to Sarah a few days ago   I think
while I am here you had better send me
about half a dollars worth at once
so that I can have a plenty to take
with me when I leave here.  tell will
and Sam to write   I will send home money
enough by and by to pay for all the stamps
you send me.
I will close for present.  Write as your 
affectionate Brother
			J.A. Morrison
M.A. Morrison		   Good Night