Co C, 18th Regt; Wis; Vols 
     Glendale: Miss: Thursday; Oct. 8th 1863 
    Dear Lucinda 
I Sit down to write you a few lines to let you know 
where I am and how I am getting along; well we left 
Memphis on the 5th Inst; and arrived at Corinth by Rail 
Road the Same Evening we Remained all night at Corinth 
and marched from Corinth to this place on the 6th and 
morning I was detailed to go on picket So you see I have 
not had time to write until now; Glendale is 8 miles 
East of Corinth; on the Rail Road between Corinth and Inka; 
We had been down about Vicksburg So long that I never 
Expected that we would get back on our old Stomping again, 
there is considerable difference between the climate here and at 
Vicksburg: but it would have been full as pleasent to have 
remained at Vicksburtg this winter; but this is as far South as 
I wish to Spend another Summer; I hope I will not be 
not be compelled to Spend another Summer South of Wisconsin; 
Though it is quite likely that I will; we have not had any mail 
Since we left Memphis; So you See I have not had any letter from 
you Since I wrote on the 4th; the latest letter I have Recd from you 
was dated Sept 16 & 17th I Expect another letter form you as Soon as 
we get a mail; my health is not verry good I am considerably 
Troubled with the Dyspepsia and Rheumatism again the nights 
are getting quite cold which makes it worse on my Rheumatism 
It is Said that this part of the army is going to Repair the Rail 
Road from here to Chattanooga to Open Supplies to Rosencranz 
from Memphis; So probably we will Remain on the line of 
this Road all winter; at present the cars only Run to Inka 
the distance from here to Memhis is 1,0,1 miles and it is about 200, 
miles from here to chattanooga So it will be quite a long Road to 
guard when it is opened clear through   : The most of the boys 
in our company are getting quite Stout again: those that were 
left at Vicksburg Sick have been Sent North and will 
probably go home on Sick furlough; I hear that Mr Moody 
was at home and had got worse and was not Expected to live. 
Well Lucinda I Just Rec,d a letter from you dated Sept 23d 
the mail come while I was writing : I was glad to hear that you 
was well; I Supose that Silvie is Eleven months old to day 
it is nearly time that She Should begin to think about 
walking : but as a generl thing verry fleshy children do not 
walk So young as others do that are more lean; but I 
Supose that She will begin to walk probably by the time 
I get home; I See in the papers as I predicted some time 
ago; that further Issuing of fuloughs has been Suspended 
for the present; and I dont think they will be Renewed 
this Winter; So you See that my furloug for this fall has 
played out unless I play off and get home on a sick 
furlough; how would you like for me to come home that way 
I certainly takes a long time for letters to go from Vicksburg 
to Wis; they will go from here quicker than they would from 
Vicksburg; but they will not go from here so quick aS they 
did last Summer for  then the mail went from corinth 
to Columbus by Rail Road; and now the mail must 
go to Memphis and then go up the River from there 
I Rec,d a letter to day from Brother William but it was 
written on the 16th of Sept three days before the Battle of 
Chickamaugua; So I dont know whether he come through 
Battle all right or not I See in the papers that the Division 
that he is in was considerably cut up and Scattered: I am 
Still anxious to hear from him I will write to him to day 
I understand from one of your letters that Jabe was at 
home I understood [crossed out] [illegible] from your letter that; Jabe 
and his wife and you went over to the Store and got 
weighed; and I thought it Strange that you did not say 
Something more about him; I burned the letter or I 
would get it and see: if you wrote it by mistake; or I read 
it by mistake; Well my paper is about out and I must close 
I Remain Yours for Ninty days; or Over 
               T.J.Davis 
L.M.Davis