
Dear Friend’s,
I recd your kind & welcome letter of Dec 10th to day & was glad to hear from you. The stamp’s were all right. Our regt has been doing picket duty about six miles to the front for the past eight days & we were just relieved & returned to camp to day. The weather is cold for this country. I can assure you. It makes a man shiver on a picket outpost without fire. these cold nights but there is one consolation there are no reb’s to pop a man over with an ounce of lead every time



Your’s truly
F.A. Pettibone
Co. G, 105 OVI