Camp Near Nashville
                        Aprile  the 9  1864

i have got but two leters from father sins i bin here one month 
today  we ar Still lying in the State of tenasee Near the sity 
of Nashville but i dont think we will Stay there much longer for 
we ar giting the horses now and i think as Soon as we git hours 
we will leave  

the weather is warm here and It is Showing evry Prospect for Sumer  
the Peach trees is in full bloom and the fields looks quite green 
and the boys is lying all in the Shade to keep from the Scorching 
Sun    

father Said he bougt that farm of Barningers itold him to move on it 
and farm it Wright and to put Some lime on them fields wen he plows 
them up and then farm them to make the most mony of them  i Sopose 
father is living at the new farm and i hope that he will live in 
Peace and not quarl with the new neighber Charles mets ihope he Sends 
a Couple of Stamps evry time he rites as they ar hard to get here 
henry got aleter from his wife yesterday and he Cryed to go home and 
hiram and me lafte at him

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End Notes:

Mr. Earnest, Sr., bought the farm of Israel Berninger with the money John
sent home so he would have a farm of his own after the war. He moved onto
it and did farm it. The farm is still in the Earnest family today.

"hiram" is Hiram Parker, another private. "henry" is also another soldier,
but has not been identified yet. Both, though, are friends from home.