Sunday March 14th 1862    5 

   I [?] do not wish you to feel uneasy about me 

 

for I feel in hopes through the Kindness of 

Providence that I Shall get through and get 

home again Burnett did not happen to be 

in the fight as he Said down at the River and 

did not have time to get to camp till after the 

fight commenced and then he did not Know 

where to find us for our army was fighting 

all over the woods for five or Six miles 

around and when you get this you will 

know that I was not Killed or else I could 

not [illegible] write nor I did not happen to get 

touched though Several of [?] our Boys got Bullett 

holes Shot in their clothes I would have 

wrote to you before but every thing has 

been in Such confusion that that I did 

not Know hardly what to write there 

is a great Many Soliers the most folks I 

ever saw togeather before, from all parts 

of the united States I Received a letter 

from Brother Isaac to day he [illegible] was still 

at Leavenworth and was well 
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I have no letter paper So I am writing 

 

this on the leaves of a book that that 

I found after the battle and I have no pen 

and Ink So I have to write with a pencil 

after you Read this letter you may may [?] [illegible] 

one of the Viroqua papers have the other 

two leaves to publish but Keep this one 

that is if they will Return them again 

it has been very wet [?] Since we came down 

here it has Rained over half the time the 

Leaves are getting quite green the peach trees 

have Shed their bloom and the apple trees 

are in full Bloom and the wild flowers are 

plenty in the woods write as as Soon as you 

get this    Direct St Louis Mo 18th Regt 

     Wis Vol Company, 6, and it will come on through 

where ever the Regt is Stationed at 

If I had had room I would Send you some 

flowers But my letter is too large 

    So Good bye for this time 

Thomas. J. Davis 

Lucinda. M. Davis