Head Quarters 18th Reg Wis. Vol. 
Camp Near Grand Juctin Tenn 
    November 6th 1862 
      Dear Wife 
I Sit down this morning to pencil you a few lines to 
iform you that I am as well as usual and Trust 
this may find you in good health; we Started from 
Corinth on the 2nd of this month being 4 days ago and 
    west 
     			                     a distance of forty miles ^ 
Arrived here at Grand Juction Night before last ^ and 
we are camped two miles South of the Juction at nice 
Clear Runing Creek Something that is not very common 
in this country we had quite a hard trip on account of So 
mutch dust which in many places was Shoe top deep 
and when the wind would Blow we could not See but 
a few Rods distance; we held Election on the 4th while 
on the Road; Robert Mc was one of the Judges and I was 
one of the Clerks; We are concentrating our forces here from  
Corinth Bolivar and Jackson for the purpose of making 
an attack of Holly Springs 18, miles South of here where 
the Rebels are fortified, we are getting quite a large force 
here but I Believe the Rebels will Evacuate Holly 
Springs before we pitch onto them for I dont Believe 
they will Stand us a fight unless they have a heavy 
force and are well fortified; Some of our men went 
out foraging yesterday and they Brought in all the 
fresh Beef & pork, and Sweet potatoes that we could use 
and a considerable amount of chickens 
Turkeys and Honey and in fact many [crossed out] [of our] 
of our men will take anything they want that 
they can get hold of around the Citizens 
    farm houses; this is a better farming Country 
here than it is about Corinth but the products of 
the Soil [crossed out] [illegible] quickly vanish when the Yankees come 
   was 
along; when our Brigade ^ Marching as Rear guard 
for our Train every few Rods we could See a hog 
Skin or Beef hide laying by the Road Side that 
our troops ahead of us had Killed; We had quite 
a wind Storm last night and it was quite 
cold but it did not Rain but little; we need Rain 
very bad to Settle the dust I have not mutch 
News to write to day I wrote to you the day we left Corinth 
I Just write this to let you Know where I am the is 
Some talk [crossed out] [illegible] that our Brigade will quarter this 
winter at Columbus, K.Y I hope they will perhaps 
they will Keep us marching Several weeks yet 
Before we go into winter quarters I am obliged 
to write this with a pencil and I dont know  
whether you can Read it or not 
     I will close for the present; write Soon 
Direct as before 
      From Your Most Ob,d Servant 
 
Thos.J.Davis 
             To L.M. Davis