Davis' regiment was sent to find a band of Confederate guerillas that were burning crops and pressing citizens into the Confederate army. After Davis' regiment left Bolivar, Confederate forces attacked the remaining Union soldiers there. Davis had not heard the particulars, but did know that the Confederates had attacked based on incorrect information and were beaten badly and that the Union forces at Bolivar took six hundred Confederate prisoners. Davis closes his letter by updating his wife on the condition of a few family members and friends, and asks her to not settle any of his debts while he is away.
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