[illegible] Milwaukee Wis Jan 30th/62 

     Dear Wife I wrote a letter 

to you 2 days ago but as Some of 

the Boys are going home to day 

on a furlough I though I would 

Send along a few lines to let 

you know that we are all well 

    I could got a chance to go home 

to day, but I thought that I 

would not be the first to got 

home sick   Burnett and myself 

will be apt to go home on a 

furlough in a bout 2 weeks 

if nothing happens more than 

I know of at present    Ben 

Greenman Levi Allen Henry 

Clery & Robert McMicheal 

is all going on a furlough to 

day – Burnett Received his 

   Commission last night of 

2nd Lieutenant of the Badax 

Tigers 
you [illegible] and Mrs Burnett 

try and Enjoy yourselves 

as well as you can and dont be 

uneasy about us nor get the Blues 

yourselves; the weather is quite cold 

to day but but it is Clear and nice 

overhead; we have good Sleighing 

here now and I saw a man 

            by 

improving it last night ^ riding 

in a Small Sleigh Drawn By two 

large Newfoundland dogs 

  I have not Received any letter from 

you yet But I am looking Every day 

for one. I believe I have nothing 

more to write this morning So good 

Bye for this time       T.J. Davis to  

Lucinda M. Davis