Oct 14th 1862; well I thought I would write a few 
more lines as I did not write mutch of a letter before 
we Started Back to corinth the Next day after I wrote to you being 
the 10th and arrived here the 12th and I have not had time until 
now to write and I have Several letters to answer now 
one to my Brother at Leavenworth one to Sister Elisabeth one 
to Sarah McLain and one to David Ingersolls Mother and 
Sister I got a letter from them a few days ago the folks was well 
little Charlie well and going to School David had gone to war 
or was in Camp at Peoria they Said they had Recd a letter from 
you and was going to Answer it; they Said they would like 
verry mutch to See you: Sister Elisabeth wrote that She Rec,d a 
letter from Brother William he was taken prisoner in 
Middle. Tenn and was Released on parole [illegible] he was 
at Nashville when he wrote I have not had a letter 
from him for over two months; I have not Recd any letter  
from Jabez yet; we Just heard last night night that there 
had been a heavey Battle in Kentucky Between the forces of 
Gen, Buell and the Rebel Gen Bragg and that Buell had 
whiped the Rebels Badly and taken all their Artillery and many 
Prisoners we have not heard the peticulars of it So I dont put 
mutch confidence in the Report until I hear more about it 
Our men had quite a time Jayhawking on our last March and I thought 
Some of them was Rather too hard hard on the Sesh we found many 
of of the houses deserted by their owners with their furniture left 
in the houses and chickens Geese Sheep Hogs cattle mules and 
Horses left on the place; all of which was Eaten up and Destroyed 
in Many cases; One morning Our Boys Stoped at a house to get Some 
water and a woman come out and threw Some Lime and soap 
in the well the boys kept on Drawing water She finally got an 
Axe and cut the well Rope and let the Bucket to the Bottom 
The man that Belonged to the house had Shot at one of our men 
that morning So the Boys thought they were carrying the Joke Rather 
far So they Set the House on fire and Burned it to the ground 
One of the 15th Michigan Boys Stoped at a good looking farm 
House and asked the woman of the house for Some milk; She 
informed him that She had not a drop of milk in the House 
He told here that he See plenty of cows on the place and he knew that 
She had milk and Said he (putting a Bundle of Straws under the 
corner of the house and pulling out a match) and if you dont 
give me Some I will Burn your House down; Becoming Scared 
She Said for gods Sake dont Burn my house and I will 
give you all the Milk you want; Rather a Novel way I Should 
think; to Bring a Woman to her Milk; In the late fight our 
Reg lost about forty men in Killed wound and prisoners 
Three of the Tigers Started North daybefore yesterday morning 
They were Calvin Morley and Sebastion Baltz of Viroqua and 
Ben Greenman they have all been unwell for Sometime I think 
they will be Sent home before long; Hariet thinks I was too bad to 
Scold her So I do not know what I have written that She takes as 
Scolding I have only answered her own propositions; I have not 
[crossed out] [not] tried to get ahead of her [crossed out] [or out] as She Says, or [out?] Blackgard her 
either for that is not my Style of corespondence; though I Supose 
I could hold my hand if I wished to Engage in it She did not write 
mutch for me to Answer tell her to write again We have not Rec,d our 
pay yet Write soon 
Lucinda.M.Davis	T.J.Davis