(13th 1862) 
Camp Near Corinth Miss September 
       Dear Wife 
I once more Sit down to write you a 
few lines to let you know that I am 
as well as usual and hope this may find 
you in good health I have not Rec,d a 
a letter from you for over a week, So I 
thought I would write again Robert 
Mc has Rec,d two letters from his wife Since 
I had one from you, he got one from his 
wife this morning dated Aug 31st the 
last one I Rec,d from you was dated Aug. 
23rd & 24th which contained a letter from 
Hariet to me and a day or two after; I Rec,d 
another letter from Susan Wilson dated 
Sept 1st I answered both of them; you wrote 
That you had Rec,d the money I Sent you from 
Bolivar: So in my last letter I Sent you 
ten dollars more but I dont know whether 
you will get that as not as they [try?] that 
they Open many letters at Cairo for Investigation 
we have not been paid off yet but I 
Supose we will be paid before a great while 
for our time is up for pay now I Rec,d 
a letter the other day from Sister Elisabeth 
She wrote that they was all well She said 
She meant to write to you She Said She in 
tended to have written Some time ago but 
Said She had So mutch writing to do that 
that She had neglected you; I Recd another 
letter from Brother Isaac yesterday he is 
ward Master at  Leavenworth Kansas 
and wrote that he was well I have not 
               more 
Rec,d any ^ letters from Jabez and I dont see 
See any account of their Battery in the papers 
I hear that there is Some fears intertained by 
Some in Wisconsin that [crossed out] [the] Indians will get 
in there but I do not apprehend any danger 
for I think they will soon be checked 
Three or four days ago we Recd orders to 
[illegible in original] keep in Readiness to March with three 
days cooked Rations on hand and two days 
Rations uncooked Some thought that 
we would be sent up in Kentucky and 
   Some thought that our generals 
     was Expecting an attack on this place 
by the Rebels and wished us to be Ready for 
a determined defence; there is Some 
troops leaving here and Some coming in 
there is Some Sesesh around here but 
whether there is Enough of them to Risk an 
attack on this place or not I cannot tell 
it will Require quite a Strong force to take it, 
At this time However the Rebels ar making 
a desperate Struggle to whip out our old 
troops before our new ones can get into 
the field E. Crandall is Still in the 
           in Town 
Hospital ^ I have not heard from him for several 
days he was Running around then; Ike Odell 
is Still in the Hospital gaining Slowly he is 
able to [Rat?] around Town also; Alvin  
Caulkins is well he Rec,d a letter from 
home to day Dated Aug 31st 
I have not Rec,d any letter from Burnett 
yet and have given up the Idea of getting 
any I shall not Send word for him to  
write any more 
I have nothing very interesting 
to write this time and you must Excuse 
bad writing as I am quite Nervious 
to day and do not feel like writing 
[crossed out] [illegible] your letters generally come quite 
Regularly So I will not grumble I think 
I Shall get one from you tomorrow 
or Next day; Our Soldiers here are 
Anxiously waiting for [crossed out] [for] the new 
troops to arrive from the North So that 
we can double teams on them and Scoop 
Mr Sesesh out Some think that we 
will be obliged to Evacuate and leave 
Corinth but I think our generals will 
try to hold unless approached by a very 
heavy force of Rebels; the weather continues 
quite warm [crossed out] [illegible] in the daytime but the 
nights are quite cool we are mutch in  
need of Rain as we have not had any for 
Several weeks [crossed out] [A] Be a good girl and 
take care of yourself and write often 
I Remain yours as Ever    Thos.J.Davis 
Lucinda.M.Davis