It was sent by Captain January; he belonged to the Twelfth Tennessee, of which Colonel Watkins was lieutenant-colonel.
The weather is very beautiful here, and the flowers in the garden are in full bloom, and the apples are getting ripe.

I have gathered a small bouquet, which I will put in the letter; I also send by Uncle Jimmie a tobacco bag, and a watch-guard, made out of horse hair, and a woolen hood, knit with my own hands, with love and best respects.
We heard that you had captured a flag at Atlanta, and was promoted for it to corporal.

Is that some high office?
I know you will be a general yet, because I always hear of your being in every battle, and always the foremost man in the attack.

Sam, please take care of yourself for my sake, and don't let the Yankees kill you.

Well, good-bye, darling, I will ever pray for God's richest and choicest blessings upon you.
Be sure and write a long, long letter--I don't care how long, to your loving and sincere JENNIE.
THE BRAVE CAPTAIN When I got back to the Alabama river, opposite Montgomery, the ferryboat was on the other shore.