Millikens Bend La; April; 25th /63 
   Dear Wife ____ 
I Sit down this afternoon to answer 
your letter bearing date of Apr 5, 6, & 8th 
which I Rec,d this morning and was 
verry glad to hear from you as I have 
not had a letter from you for nearly 
two weeks before; we moved from 
Providence back to millikens bend on the 
20th and our mail was detained Several 
days on that account I Shall look for 
another letter from you in a few days 
I Expected Several letters to day but I 
did not get any but yours; The weather 
is getting quite warm again and the green 
foliage in the forest look like mid 
       m 
Sum^er in Wisconsin; you Said you 
had Rec,d; Ten Dollars that I Sent you 
in a letter of March 14th I Supose you 
have Rec,d the other ten that I Sent you 
in a letter Since last pay day and the 
by Express 
Sixty I Sent with Robert ^; before this time 
I was glad that the last Ring I sent 
you got through without being broken 
when I get leisure perhaps I will make 
another one; you Say that Baker is 
Selling his wheat and intended to pay them 
Notes when he gets money enough together 
but Says he cannot get Government 
money; That I must confess is a Singular 
Idea to me; for there is plenty of United 
States money in the country and it can 
be procured Just as easy as any other 
good money; and he can get it if he 
feels so disposed, and if he will not 
pay you united States currrancy or coin 
though I do not Expect coin for coin is 
hard to get now without a large premium 
but if he will not pay you Gov,ent 
Notes I do not wish you to Receive a 
Dollar from him; for the Notes of 
these Individual and company Banks 
are verry uncertain Stuff to keep on 
on hand in these times of money 
fluctuation; Be Sure and Remember that 
The Notes draw Interes from their date until paid 
    [crossed out] [There has] Several of our Transport 
Steamers have run the Rebel Blockade 
at vicksburg 
^ lately with good success having I Believe 
only lost one or two boats out of 15 or 20  
that went past a large number of 
our Troops have gone around by way 
of Richmond to Carthage ,25, miles 
Below Vicksburg: A Report come in  
here last night that our forces had 
captured the Rebel Gen, Hindman 
and fifteen thousand Rebel Troops near 
Carthage it is Said they were coming 
down from Arkansas and was Trying 
to cross the River to Reinforce Vicksburg 
I do not give it as the truth but it is 
believed by many; I have not seen 
Jabe Since we come down from 
Providence I think the Battery is 5 ,or, 6 
miles below here; you Say that Jabe 
wrote that he would be at home by the 
middle of April on Furlough I think 
his prospets for furlough was rather a 
vain Delusion; I dont expect a furlough 
Nor I dont think he will get one until 
The Siege of Vicksburg is Decided 
and probably not then I would 
like verry mutch to go home on a visit 
[crossed out] [he] if I could consistantly but I would 
rather the war was over before I went 
So I need not come back, I am better 
Satisfied to Stay in the army this 
Summer than I was last though I have 
not yet fallen in love with Dixie; 
We have Marching Orders; we are going 
out to Richmond tomorrow our Col, 
Says our Regt will be stationed there as 
provost guard Richmond is Ten miles 
from here on the R,R, from vicksburg 
to Monroe; with this letter I send you 
some of my Machine poetry; New father 
Abraham a Burlesque on copperheadism 
I have not time to write a verry lengthy 
letter to day though there is nothing of 
great importance to write; this leaves 
me as well as usual write soon Direct 
as usual	       T.J.Davis 
    To LUcinda. M. Davis