Wis Vol 
Head Quarters 18th Reg 
Camp Near Corinth Nov 2nd 1862 
          Dear Wife 
I Rec,d your letter this Morning 
dated Oct 26th and was verry 
glad to hear that you and the Rest  
of the folks was well I Re,cd a few 
lines from you three days ago dated 
Oct 16th mailed at Hockley 
we are now under Marching orders 
with our KnapSacks and Tents 
all packed and awaiting the orders 
to Start So I am Stealing thes few 
minutes to write to you: I do not 
Know where we are going But we 
have Six days Rations to take with 
us we may be gone a week or ten 
days and we may not be gone So 
long though you must not be 
uneasy if you do not get a letter 
as Early as common from me 
Tell Mother and John that I 
was glad to Receive their letter 
and I will write to them again 
when I get time I have not time 
to write mutch news this morning  
[illegible] So you must Excuse a Short 
letter this time; also tell Hariet 
to write too and I will write more 
in my next I have not Rec,d any 
letters from Sarah or Susan 
Since I wrote to you before All the 
Badax Boys are as well as usual 
I have told Ike Odell to write 
to his folks So Often that I have 
poor incouragement to tell him any 
more you cannot Brag on having 
all the cold weather in Wis for we 
had a Snow Storm here the 25th of 
Oct with about an inch and a half 
of snow and Several days of Blustry 
cold weather but it cleared up 
and we are having nice pleasant 
weather again with Some appearance 
of Rain today; you must take Extreme 
Care of your health and be a good 
girl perhaps ther is Better times 
coming One year ago to day I was 
cutting wood on the River and the 
weather was pleasant mutch like 
it is here to day we was mustered 
for pay again last friday we have 
not been paid yet there is four 
months pay due us the last day of Oct 
I dont know when we will get paid 
they have been Rather Careless about 
paying the Soldiers this fall but 
I think we will get it before a 
great while I must Bring my 
letter to a close write Soon Direct 
as before So Good Bye 
I dont know whether		T.J.Davis 
you can Read this or not    L.M.Davis 
after it gets cold