Head Quarters 18th Reg,t 
   Corinth Mississippi Sept 28th 1862 
Dear Wife 
I Sit down to write you a few lines in 
Answer to your letter which I Rec,d this 
Morning bearing date of Sept 21st & 22nd 
and was verry glad to hear from you and to 
hear that you was well; I am as well as 
usual [crossed out] [though] The weather is getting considerable 
cooler and we are begining to get out fall 
Rains; it is Raining to day though not verry 
hard; I like to See a reasonable portion 
come but when there comes a little too 
mutch it makes the muddiest Roads here 
that I ever Saw in my life; We are Still 
at corinth doing picket duty Since we 
come back from Inka I was on picket 
every other day for over a week; It is 
thought that the Rebels are fishing around to 
to try and lick us away from Corinth 
though I do not think they will undertake 
it unless they have a verry heavey force 
Ed Crandell and Ike Odell come back 
to the Reg,t yesterday Ed look quite well 
but Ike looks quite delicate yet but is 
considered out of danger; Ben Greenman 
has had the Rheumatism for Several days 
though he is able to hobble around and he 
is now Sitting and talking to the Boys 
about Runing the Old Threshing Machine 
many of the boys are getting tired of war 
and would Rather Run a threshing at 
home than to help thresh Rebels for 
uncle Sam; But there is one consolation 
for there is many Rebels tired of Threshing 
for Jeff Davis and if they could conveniently 
do so many of them would abandon the 
Machine [crossed out] [illegible] and quit the Business 
One of our company is getting his dis- 
charge made out to day his name is 
Stokes from Kickapoo he was fifer; 
we had general Inspection this morning 
we have Inspection of arms the last 
Sunday in Every month to See that we 
have our guns and all our accoutrements 
 All in good order and that nothing 
is lost; We have not had our pay yet 
But our pay rolls was Sent in a few days 
ago So I guess we will get our pay the 
fore part of Next Month; I am glad that 
you got [crossed out] [your] another payment from the 
State; they Should be more punctual 
in paying Soldiers wives than they have been 
for Some of them I supose need it verry mutch 
I am glad that you have agood place to 
live and I am glad [crossed out] [illegible] that you are So 
prudent in Saving your money but I do 
not wish you to deny yourself of anything 
nesessary for your comfort for the purpose 
of Saving money; but I know that 
many of the Soldiers wives Spend more 
          than 
money ^ is Realley Nesessary 
I Supose that the Boy you Spoke of, will 
of months 
be around in the course of a couple ^ from 
now on [crossed out] [illegible] Somewhere there abouts; 
you must try and take care of yourself the 
best you can. I would like to be with you 
this winter; but under the circumstances 
I dont Expect to do So But I hope you 
will get along well without me until 
I Shall get back home again I am not 
homeSick but [crossed out] [illegible] a person does not know 
the comforts of home and friends until 
they are kept awhile from them [crossed out] [illegible] 
I have not mutch news to write this time 
I have not Rec,d But one letter Since I 
wrote to you before that was from Brother 
Isaac he is Still at Leavenworth ward 
master in the 7th ward in the General 
Hospital he wrote that he was well 
I Begin to look for a letter from Susan 
and Sarah; I wrote to Susan and 
Hariet before I went to Inka though if 
Hariet has gone to wis, She may have 
Started before the letter got there if She 
comes tell her I wrote to her and Susan 
together my paper is about out 
and I must quit for the present 
    So Good Bye For This Time 
T.J.Davis 
      Lucinda.M.Davis