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I will Send you Some flowers and a little Peach
as a curiosity from old tennesee
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      Pittsburgh Landing Tennessee   April 22nd 1862
 				                  Dear Wife
I Received your letter last week and was glad to hear
from you again and to hear that you was well I am in
tolerable good health at this time I have [crossed out] [illegible] nearly got over
my cold which troubled me for Sometime I would have
Answered you letter before this but I Just Started a letter to you
a few days before I Rec,d yours we are still here at Pittsburg
landing and I dont know how long we will Remain here
perhaps Sometime as our Reg,t has been pretty Badly cut up
I think we will be held back for a Reserve for Sometime
as we was put un in the advance in this fight we may
not be taken into another fight at all if [crossed out] [we] our forces
get them licked out Soon; uncle Sam has a verry large
force Stationed here. I have not heard anything from Jabez
Since I come here only I Seen a member of the 3rd Wis Battery.
who Said that they left Fosters Battery at Louisville and that
they was going to Lexington K.Y. to Exchange for larger
Guns he Said that Foster was going get 20 pounder Guns,
you wrote Sometime a go; to Know where you Should live while
Mr. Burnett went to Ills Perhaps you could Suit yourself
Better than I could tell you; So you get a good place
you Said you hoped I would not feel bad about what you
wrote to me I do not feel bad about it [crossed out] [illegible] if you can take
good care of yourself; I think that we will all get home
before colder weather comes again you wrote for me to
keep up good Spirits you need not get uneasy about 

about me getting discouraged for I thought of all this
Before hand I will not allow myself to think of getting
homesick I hope you may Still continue to forbear with
my absence and plase dont tease me to come home
which I dont Believe you will; there was a letter come here
yesterday for Sam Mc Micheal Burnett and I opened it
it was from Julia we thougt[crossed out][illegible]ht if ther was anything
Special [crossed out][in it] or valuable in it we would Send it Back She
wrote as though She was about discoraged and wished for
Sam at home again; I Really felt Sorry for her you
and Mrs Burnett must talk incourgeing to her Sam is
a prisoner of war in the hands of the Rebels I hope She
will not trouble herself too mutch about I think he will
          used
be well ^ and will be Exchanged Back [crossed out] [their] for some
of [crossed out] [our] their men that is in our hands as Soon as our Officers
can arange the matter Julia Mc wrote you had a hard Snow
Storm the 7th 8th of April [crossed out] [she] with a foot of Snow I have not
Seen any Snow or frost Since I left St Louis; I Shall try
    to write to you every week and I would like for you to
   do the Same.  I found quite number of old acquaintence
in Several of the Illinois Regiments that are here you Said
Mary [illegible] wanted me to write what kind of a Soldier Ike made
he come through the Battle all right and Said he knew that
he killed one Sesesh that tried to make a charge on him
Direct your letters to St Louis as you did before and
they will come all right     no more this time So good Bye
     Write soon				Thos. J. Davis
			To Lucinda M Davis