Near Galladin Tenn

	Tenesee Sept . the. 8. 1862.
Dear Brother I take my pen in hand
to write you a few lines & to answer
your two letters of the 9. & 17. of Aug.
which came duly to hand. we were
glad to hear from home as we have
had none since the one that you
wrote to Corinth. which I recieved &
answered at Stevenson Ala. we are
both well. we are at work building
a bridg on the Louisville & Nashville
R.R. about 25 miles from Nashville.
when I wrote to you last we were
building boats at Stevenson Ala.
      built
we wrote one hundred boats. About
the time we had them done the rebels
came there. So we tore them to pieces. &
a few days afterwards we left the place.
we came all the way from Stevenson
to Nashville afoot. as we had to guard
the wagons. we marched both day &

night so we had rather a tiresome march.
we came from Nashville to within 
three miles of here on the cars.

  Bowling Green    K.Y.   Sept the 12. /62
Dear Brother. I again take my pen in
hand to finish my letter. which in consequence
of our having orders to march to this place
as quick as possible I was unable to do before
we have had a hard march. the last day
we marched 30. miles. we are both well
but rather tired. with the recent long 
marches we have made we do not know
how long we will Stay here. but I guess
it will not be a great while we expect
to go to Louisville from here. but we do not
know where we will go. we have received
no pay yet. but we expect it every day.
I was pained to hear that Father &
George have been sick. I trust that they
will be well before this. the weather
is very warm here & we have had no
rain in a long time so it is very dusty

there is a very large body of troope here
& more coming in every day. it does
not look much like the wars being over
very soon yet. I have nothing more to
write at present. when you write to me
		     Co. F
direct your letters to ^ 1st Regt Mich. Eng.
& Mech. Louisville K.Y. from your Brother
		Allen. Campbell
Bowlinggreen Ky. Sep. 12. 1862
Dear Brother
	           I take this opportunity of
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writing you a few lines as Brother was wri^
to you and wished me to add a few lines
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also. I presume you will be somewhat surpris^
at our location at present as I myself am. I
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do not See the necessity of this retrograde moveme^
as our lines were not pressed by the enemy at
any particular point and we held the Rail Roads
to the rear of our position. but still I do not know
it may be a Strategic move. and it may be
one of necessity. but I hope they will not give us
such another march for a while. we have
marched all the way from Steveson except Sixteen

miles that we rode on the cars. I tell
you that our Regiment will ride if any 
does wherever we go we have the best Regiment in
the Service in my estimation and if it was not for
the difficulty about our pay would get along fine
however I think that we will get our pay more regular
after this. we are both well at present and enjoy ourselves
first rate. this long march has been rather rough on
us all but a few days rest will set us all right again
there is a large body of troops at and around this place
and all are on the march northward. I do not see
where they are all going we have heard some talk
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of the rebels advancing on Cin^nati and we suppose that
we are all to fall back to the line of the Ohio to await
reinforcements. if we keep on in this way in a
few months the rebels will have gained the day. I
do not see what our Generals are about. but I guess
that the most of them do not care much what
happens so long as they can line their own pockets
the Secesh are loud in their praises of "Buell" throughout
the Southern states and say that he takes as good care
of their property as they could do themselves. and it
is the truth. and a shame it is. if we have to guard 
the property of of rebels who are fighting against us
and respect the goods and chattels of our enemeies we
may as well give it up at once. we have tried this
fatherly policy long enough and find it will not
answer and why we should continue it is a
mystery to me. we hear that that there is great
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excitement in michigan about this drafting and I supp^
it is so well it will thin the men out of michigan
pretty well. I advise you if you know when you are
well off to stay at home for this Soldiering is rather a
rough business. pray do not fail to write often
and tell the rest of our folks to do the same. give
my best respects to all. and hoping these lines will
find you all in good health I will Say good By	
		Ever Yours
				Alex Campbell