Co.C. 18th R.W.V 

Vicksburg July 17th 1863 

                                Dear Wife 

this morning I Sit down to write 

you a Small Epistle to let you 

Know that I am as well as usual 

trusting this may find you well 

I have not Rec,d any letter from 

you Since I wrote you on the 13th 

but I will Expect one in two or  

three days the wether [crossed out] [is] has been  

pleasant for the past few days 

neither Extremely hot nor verry cool 

we are Still here at vicksburg doing 

guard and fatigue duty; such, as 

Repairing forts and Loading provisions 

on the Cars for our troops at Jackson 

The most of Grants Army are at Jackson 

now; the Rebel Gen Joe Johnson has 

possession of Jackson but Grant 

[crossed out] [is] has got him about surrounded 

and Johnson is in nearly as bad a fix 

at Jackson as Pemberton was at 

                                           vicksburg
Johnson has as near as we can Learn 

about forty thousand troops, Some 

of them he has got from Braggs 

army and Some from the Potomac 

If we can Succeed in capturing 

Johnsons Army the Rebel Army of 

of the South west will be about 

give up; then Braggs Army could 

Soon be utterly routed or Captured 

[crossed out] [Our Seems to be] Our Army in the East 

from what we can learn have been 

doing good business with Lee,s 

Army lately in Pennsylvania 

Our army here are now looking with 

great Anxiety for the [illegible] all of [illegible] 

Meade,s maneuvers in the East 

Our Army here has begun to grant 

furloughs to the men to go home 

Tom Decker will will Start 

home on a furlough tomorrow 

Capt Layne Started home on a sick 

furlough night before last 
Only one from a company is 

     allowed a furlough at a time 

and in 15, days another one [crossed out] [with] will 

get a furlough So it will require 

a long time for the whole company 

to get home at that rate I have not 

made up my mind yet to come home 

this next fall; Some think the war 

will be over in Six or Eight months 

If I was sure the war would end 

between now and nex Spring I 

would not come home untill I was 

Discharged [crossed out] [it would only] [illegible] 

I would like the best in the world 

to go home but it would only be 

an Aggrivation to me to go home 

and Stay a couple of weeks and 

then turn round and come Back 

But if I take a notion to come 

and can get a furlough I [crossed out] [will] 

think I will come in Sept, or October 
I hope you will try and Enjoy yourself 

the best you can and take care of your 

health; I know you must have a great 

deal of care and Anxiety on your mind 

but I hope the is a better day coming 

when Rebellion will cease and the 

union once more Roll Smoothly on the 

Wheels of Liberty and Husbands and 

wives Rejoin in the family circle 

and in the Society of friends; where 

Military [illegible] Law will have no affect 

and where the clashing of Steel and 

the Roaring of fire Arms will not 

be heard 

We[?] then will think on bye gone days 

   And on future days Rely 

   For hours of peace and pleasant rest 

      For Silvie, Sis, and I 

                                        Write Soon 

              I Remain as Ever Yours 

                                                       T.J. Davis 

                        To. L.M. Davis
[1863] 
 
Mrs Lucinda M. Davis 
     Springville Badax  
                   County 
        Wisconsin