Camp Muddy Creed
Oct 26th/63

Dear wife

I avail myself of the present opportunity to inform you I am well. I recd your letter yesterday which gave me much satisfaction, as I wanted to hear from home very much. I would like to be at home the best kind.

I am worse homesick than I have been since we have been in the service. Going home has spoiled me, it only makes me want to go again. I dont expect I will come home anymore this winter. It the Yankees dont get us all it will be a less matter. They came in 2 miles of us last Saturday and burnt the blue su1­pher springs. We pursued them but could not overtake them. The captured some of our pickets again last week & 7 head of horses, making 13 head horses in all captured in two weeks. Bill Monk was captured of our Co. This is a very dangerous country to pickett as the country is full of toryes that have gone to the enemy. Yesterday there was six yankees seen in 2 miles of camp. We sent 25 men out to try to capture them. The only got an overcoat & knapsacks from them. They made there escape. They taken the woods like Indians.

Take good care of your feed for wrntiring is going to be high this winter. Make Crock feed them hogs good, feed them what they will eat now and get your corn husked as soon as you get done seeding.

You wanted to hear from old Morgan, he is mending very fast and can travail further in a day than any cammel that ever trod the deserts of Arabia. I have been offered the pitiful some of $400.00 for him since I got up to the regt. Which nearly insulted me.

The boy are all in fine spirits and good health & get plenty to eat. I had a fine piece honeycomb this morning for breakfast, I didn't steal it though. Nothing more, I will come home again the first opportunity. Write soon.

Yours & c
I V Reynolds