Pioneer Corps 3rd Div 15th A.C ____________ 
Birdgeport: Alabama: Dec 11th 1863 
Dear Wife  
In accordance with my usual custom I Sit dow this 
morning to write you a few lines to Inform you that my 
health is as good as usual: and I truly hope this may 
find you in good health: I have been writing patiently 
for Several days to get another letter from you but it has 
not come yet; the last letter I Rec,d from you was dated 
the 15th of last month and I Rec,d a letter from 
madison Severeal days ago dated the 30th; your letters 
Seem to come verry Slow of late: they Should come here 
quicker than [crossed out] [i] to Memphis for there is R.R. communication 
from here all the [crossed out] [y] way to; wis; we are Still at Bridge 
port but we will probably not Remain here long: it is 
Said we will go from here to Huntsville: the wether is 
quite pleasent here for winter but 2 or 3 days ago we had 
Some verry heavy rains and as a matter of consequence 
made the roads quite Juicy the mud here is not more 
than .14. inches deep on an Everage but up towards 
Chattanooga tis said the roads are quite muddy 
[crossed out] [so] but the mud is drying up quite Rapidly and will 
Soon be ready for another rain [illegible] we will soon begin to 
look for a letter from Robert if he dont forget me 
[Written upside down on top of page] 
I will send you Brother Williams likeness it was taken 4 years ago 
 
when he gets home the boys in the company are all 
in their usual health? John Lippin of Co. K 
formally of our Co; Died on the 8th Inst he had Deserted 
at Memphis and went home; and was arrested there and 
Sent Back to the Reg,t; he was a man that was verry fond of 
whiskey and while he was up north I Supose he got an 
overdoes of it he was unwell when he got back and it 
finally run [crossed out word] into the Typhoid fever 
I dont think we will do mutch more hard marching this 
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winter; at least I hope not for they have kept ^ Joging pretty 
well this fall: there is not mutch news to write from 
here. all is comparatively quiet in the Neighborhood 
of Bridgeport and Chattanooga: I have Recd but few 
letters lately; it Seems that Something is wrong Somewhere 
The last accounts; Report the Rebels leaving Knoxville in 
a mutch greater hurry than they went there and if they 
dont watch their corners Some of them will get hemed 
Sherman is in command of the forces that went from 
Chattanooga to Knoxville: the Rebels in this part of 
the country Since their defeat at Chattanooga Seem 
quite chop fallen and down at the heal; I was on 
guard last night and I feel too drowsy to write so you 
will overlook a Short letter I will write more when 
I get a letter from you. I Remain Ever Truly you 
     Unworthy Husband	T.J. Davis 
              To L.M. Davis