[1862 

   Pittsburg Landing Tennssee Seven Miles out April 28th  

 

I Sit Down to write you a few more lines to let you know 

that I Still live and in tolerable g ood health hoping this 

may find you well; I have been looking Several 

days for a letter from you but have not received an answer to any 

letter that I have written to you from here this is the 3rd letter 

that I have wrote to you from here but I think I will get one in a 

few days; Robert McMichael; Orderly Sergeant Carter; John White; Bas [?] 

Mungon [?]; Ike Newell [?] and Several others arrived here night before last 

they got through all Safe Robert Brougt Several letters for the Boys But 

he did not have any for me I hope you have g ot the letters I have wrote 

to you Since the Battle as I Supose you woul be Somewhat uneasy 

until you heard, Walt Odell Rec,d a letter from Jabe to day it was 

dated April 6th he was then at Lexington K.Y. he Said that they would 

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Start for Cumberland Gap ^ in a few days he Said he was well, he did 

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not Say that ^ had Rec,d any letter from me; Several of the boys have Just 

got letters to day the first that [illegible] of them have Rec,d in answer to letters 

they have written Since the Battle; Some had become uneasy for fear that 

our letters had not been Sent out we have moved our Camp out out Seven 

miles from the landing towards Corinth; we are in the 6th Division and 

will be in the Reserve in case of an attack; instead of the advance as we were 

before; there is all kinds of gas and gammon [?] talked through the camp 

it makes matars [?] a Sensible Sick to listen to the Different Reports that 

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is afloat every day Some think that the Rebels will Soon attack ^ again 

and Some think that they will Soon Evacuate Corinth and leave and it is 

hard to tell what will happen as Soldiers and company Officers Know 

but little of what is transpiring outside of our camp if the Rebels 

do not attack us Soon from the movements of our army we will soon 
attack them for there is Bound to be a Big fight or a fast foot 

Race here before many days Buell is trying to get Beauregards army 

Surrounded if he Succeeds in doing it there will be a pretty hard 

fight or Else no fight at all But Beauregard is an old Fox and 

and undestands Sharp [?] tricks as well as the Best of our Generals; 

But if we could Suceed in Spikeing the Sesesh army at Corinth 

it would tell a bad tale on Rebeldom I would would give 

all the Boots I have and throw in my old hat if the thing could 

be did Several of our company are Sick at this time one of our men 

from Kickapoo By the name of Starbuck died last night he was not 

very healthy when he enlisted. E. Forsythe has been quite Sick but is 

getting better he feels verry bad over the death of his child 

Several of our Sick taken away to day to Some hospital Burdette 

Fletcher was one of them he has not been able for duty Since 

he had the Measels; I Believe all the rest of the Badax boys 

are tolerable well Burnett Sent his trunk home to day or 

Started it I dont know whether it will ever get throurgh or not 

I Sent my fiddle and three blankets and Some clohes in it 

though I Believe he sent it to Illinois so that Mrs Burnett 

would See to it when She went down there  Robet Mc 

Said that you was going to Stay with his wife a while I Supose 

he meant when Mrs Burnett had gone tell Mrs Burnett 

there is a prospect of a Rite Smart Chance of peaches 

down here in Tennesy this Season we Just Rec,d this Evening 

a Report that New Orleans had been taken by the union forces 

my paper is about out and I must Stop for this time 

So be a good Girl until I See you Good Bye 

write often			Thos. J. Davis   To 

Lucinda. M. Davis 

good bye Sis