Lookout Valley
                       Nov. 30th
                                   63
Dear Sister
   Your kind letter of the 18th has just
come to hand and it found me on Picket
and well as usual while the most of the
Regt. is and has been fighting for
the past 6 days   the first fight they
had could see them from my Picket post as it
was on the side of Lookout Mt.   that 
was the 24th   we lost out of our Regt. that
day 11 killed and about 50 or 60 wounded.
There was one killed out of our company
and 7 wounded.  Milton Frank is the only
one of the Pompey boys that was wounded
in the first days fight.  Jas. P. Frost was
wounded the 3rd days fight and I heard
today that we had 3 more killed
since they left the Mt.  The Regt. must
be pretty small now for when they left
camp there was only about 200 men and
I don't think they will return with half
the number so far as I can learn.  There
was none of the officers killed but considerable
many wounded   6 or 7 I think and
amongst them was Colonel Barnum
he was shot through the arm.  The
first day it is not very bad   I think that
I was pretty lucky that I did not
have to go.  John Pollock and D. Orr
was on Picket with me.  we now hold
the Lookout Mt. and have driven
the enemy about 30 miles so take
it all in all it has been a verry sucessful
battle for us  We have taken a great
many prisoners and 60 peices of
cannon I think
This is the last battle that will
be fought in this part this winter.
     Dec. 1st/63
  As I had not time to finish
this yesterday I will try to do it today
I hear no more news from the Regt. as
yet I do not know when they will return
but I expect before long   I have been
on Picket since the 22nd and all the shelter
we have is some pine bows sat up to
break the wind and all the rations we
draw is one and a half crackers a day
from the government but I find plenty
I went out with D. Orr twice to get
something to eat and one day I shot
a year old heifer and brought it in and
the other day I shot a 4 year old and
brought it in and today Dave has gone out
after some flour and meal so you see we have
to take or steal all that we live on but I
dont care
how we get it   if we can have a plenty
when we first came out here   I bought some
but that dont pay.  They charge 10 cents
for 4 little caned biscuits.  That is
pretty high and I have paid as high as
25 cents for a little hocake as big as
my two hands made of meal and water
with no salt or any thing else in it.
I presume you would not eat it at
least I know that I would not if
I was at home but here I can eat
it and call it good.
   Well Mary I will close for present
I got those postage stamps   when you
write again send some more as I cannot
buy them here   Write as soon as you
receive this   from your affectionate
Brother        J.A. Morrison
Mary A. Morrison