CAMP TROWBRIDGE 

Milwaukee March 17th 1862 

Dear Wife 

I Received your letter Last friday evening 

and [crossed out] [was] was glad to hear from you and 

to hear that you was well but Sorry to hear 

that you had been afflicted with a bad 

cold I have been [illegible] Reasonably well 

Since I came back; untill a few days 

Since I have had quite a bad cold and to day 

I feel quite unwell But I think by taking 

good care of myself I will Soon get rid of it 

you must be careful and not Expose your 

Self to colds  Burnett is going to Start 

  home to day So I will Send this By him 

I Shall not come home this time for it is 

too Expensive for the Short time that 

I would be allowed to Stay 
we have orders to leave for St, Louis 

on the 27th of this month; I wrote to you 

that I had Rec,d Some letters from Ills 

and would Send you one but I forgot it 

when I done up the letter I have Rec,d 

two more Since I wrote to you I got 

one from Brother Isaac at Leavenworth 

and one from my Sister in Illiois I will 

try to Send them to you this time two from 

My Sister and one from Brother Ike and 

one from David Ingersoll Brother William 

is in St, Louis perhaps I may have a chance 

to See him when I get there; you must 

[crossed out] [try] [?] be a good girl and try and do yourself 

all the good you can; go to School all you can 

Learn your grammar well Study Dictionary 

      and proper 

Practice writing and using good ^ Language 

Practice Originality By Studying and 

[crossed out] [and] writing compostions of your own 

Learn to write peices well and correctly 

even on Subjects of little importance; 

write long letters to me; if you do not 

have verry mutch News to write 
 Originate Something from your own 

       Resourse composing Something on Some 

good Subject that most Interests you 

And try to take pride in your own merits 

E. Forsyth Returned here this morning he is 

not verry rugged yet but he Says that he is 

improving fast; I Supose it is un nesessary 

to write about the doings of our Regiment as 

Burnett will tell all the peticulars 

I Sent that letter to Jabe but have not Received 

any Answer from him, [illegible] there was two of 

my cousins in the Battle of fort henry and 

fort Donaldson they were from Illinois 

and and quite number of friends and 

acquaintences; I believe I Shall not write 

any more this time So good Bye for [illegible] 

this time write Soon; tell me if you tried 

to get any money from the county 

Thomas J. Davis 

      Lucinda M. Davis