Camp At Abbieville Miss 
          December 5th 1862 
         Dear Wife 
I Rec,d [illegible] a letter from you and Hariet 
Dated Nov 18th and was glad to learn 
that the folks was well and that you was 
as well as could be Expected, I am as well 
as usual at present and I believe all 
the Badax boys are well that are with us 
now Ben Greenman is in the Hospital 
at Jefferson Baricks; we have been 
Marching again Since I last wrote to 
you we Started from Grand Junction 
on the 28th of Nov and Arrived here, 2, 
days ago we come upon the Rebels, 8, mile 
South of Holly Springs on Wolf River last 
Saturday; that is their Advance guard; 
we Routed them from there and Drove 
them into their fortifications 8 miles 
further South on the Tallahatchie River 
They had Heavy fortifications on the 
Tallahatchie but becoming afraid 
that we would Surround them and get 
in their Rear and cut off their Supplies 
So on Monday they got up and Skiddaddled 
and left their fortifications they are 
Retreating towards Jackson Miss I dont 
know whether they mean to make any Stand 
between here and Jackson or not; we are 
about (50) miles South of Grand Junction 
on the RailRoad; the Rebels Burned 
both [crossed out] [e] the Rail Road Bridge and the State 
Road Bridge on the Tallahatchie we will 
Remain here for a few days until we 
get the RailRoad Repaired So we can 
Bring up our Supplies and; Then I 
Supose we will march ahead if the Roads 
dont get too muddy; we have had considerable 
Rain for Three or four days past; last 
nigh we had a heavy Rain which wound up 
this morning with a Dash of Snow but 
it was all gone again by noon; I Supose 
you are having Some cold weather now 
in Wisconsin but we See nothing 
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I Send Hariets letter in This 
 
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hardly; that Tells us it is winter 
But I Expect we will have a good old 
muddy time this winter; We have 
not been paid off yet there is over 
five months pay due us now and  
many of the Soldiers are Anxious to 
get it as the State pay is Stopped 
There must be many Soldiers families 
that need money though there are 
Some families that would not Save any 
money if they got a hundred Dollars per 
Month; Hariet must not be So Jealous 
as to herself in peticular; She writes 
          She thought 
as though ^ I had Some great Spite or 
grudge towards her and thinks I 
dont want to Answer her letters I thought 
my letters would do you and her both for 
Hariet has never written mutch any way 
and I have considerable writing to 
do and a very poor way to do it and 
not mutch time to write in I Rec,d 
a letter the other day from Brother 
Isaac at Leavenworth he Said 
he had got well again he has taken 
to himself a Rib after the fashion of 
Adam he was Married on the 20th of 
last month he is Still acting ward 
Ward Master in the Hospital; I Also got 
a letter from Elisabeth She Said the folks 
was all well She did not Say anything 
about writing to you any more She Says 
She has to do all the writing for the 
family and there is considerable of it to 
do; So I Supose She neglects it on 
that account I have not Studdied up 
any name for that girl yet, I am afraid  
that it is such a nice girl that 
I cant Immagin a name pretty 
Enough without the Bible Dictionary 
So I will let it grow a while longer 
My paper is out and So am I 
     Yours as Ever  So good Bye 
T.Jefferson Davis 
           Lucinda M.Davis