A xerox copy of this letter was obtained from Bruce Nance of Nance's Jewlery Store, Chickamauga, GA. in February of 1990. He had obtained it from a friend in Atlanta. It is unknown where the friend had obtained the letter. A copy was supplied by the Chickamauga National Park visitor's center staff.

Sept the 18th 1863

Georgia Camp out at Lee and Gordons mills

Ensign Chubb

Sir

it is with pleasure that I sit down to inform you that I am well and hope that this will find you the same
I received your letter of the 24th and was glad to hear you was well   The reason that I did not answer it sooner was that we was on the march and I had not time to write since I last wrote to you
The weather has been dry and warm  we have had all of the corn and potatoes and peaches and apples that we wanted and we have had good times on this march
The country is midling good for corn and potatoes but the wheat is not very good  the flour is black and not good  it is the greatest country for sweet potatoes that I ever saw and they have another kind of sugar cane   it grows abou that the kind does in Ohio but it is sweeter and the top is different   it goes in a thick bunch   I would send you some seed but it is not ripe
thare is plenty of rebs in this part but they have went with old Bragg and he has cleard the track but I think he will not run very far before he will get stoped
you must not katch (scratched over) catch all of the oposoms this fall  the weather is midling cool to day and it makes me think that the folks in the north have some of it to     in the camps that we run the rebs out of thare was nothing but corn bread that we could see for they left some of it and there thhar has a great many come in our camp and that is all they have to eat   there has _____ about three thousand deserted old Bragg since he left Chattanooga and they are coming in our lines at the rate of five hunderd per day and they are tired of the war and they say that they are tired and will not fight any longer
I will give you some of the prices    it takes the little sum of four Dollars to buy one pound of cffee and tobaco is worth $4.00 Dollars per pound and a common cotton handkie chief is one Dollar and everything els is in porpotion     if you you think it is hard times up north it is twice as hard down here
so I will bring my letter to a close  farewell to one and all

James P. Ramsey