Co. C. 18th Regt Wis Vols 
 
Vicksburg. Miss Sept 1st 1863 
Dear Lucinda – 
       	I Sit down this afternoon to write you 
a few lines So that you would get a line from 
me Every week any how my health is about the 
Same as when I wrote to you last 
           ab 
The wether continues comfort^ly cool yet 
though it is quite warm in the Middle of the day 
I have no news of importance to write to day 
I will Send a letter to you Mother in this you 
can Read it and Send it to her the first oppertunity 
I wrote her all the news So I will not write 
mutch to you this time: I don't want you to 
look for me home until you See me coming 
But if I get a chance I think I will come 
 	within a month and a half or two months 
I dont want you to think that I Slighted you 
Because I did not write more to you; Henry Cleary 
is getting Better and will Probably be discharged soon 
I asked Will Cleary about that Overcoat but he did 
not Say whether he would sell it or not 
  Well you must be a good girl until I write again 
Sometimes I almost wish you had not sent me your 
picture for I have to be looking at it Every day 
and it makes me want to come home worse than 
I did before 
I Remain your,s Ever and anon 
   Thomas.J. Davis 
 
Lucinda.M.Davis