May 30th 1862 

Camp Near Corinth 

                       Dear Wife 

I once more Sit down 

to write you a few lines to let 

you know that I Still live and injoy tolerable good 

health and I hope this may find you well 

we are camped within three miles of Corinth 

and have been here about three weeks the longest 

time that we have been in one place Since we came 

from Milwaukee we have been Slowly moveing upon 

the Rebels for Several weeks and fighting between 	 

them and our pickets has been going every day for these 

    four weeks there was considerable fighting 

yesterday and day before with both Artillery and 

Infantry; yesterday the [?] Rebels Begun to Evacuate 

Corinth and this morning they Blew up their Magizenes 

and all left the place; our troops now occupy Corinth 

and the union Flag is floating over the places 

The Rebels Succeeded in getting away with the most 

of their property they Bured all the best Building 
in town together with quite a quantity of Artillery 

and and Supply wagons; being Determined 

to leave nothing that the yankees can make  

use of or Distroy. I wrote to you that we Expected 

a big fight or a big fizzle; So they have fizzled out as I 

was afraid they would and compel us to follow 

them up I am not mutch of Military man but 

it Seems to me that if our generals had done 

their best they might have traped the Rebels here 

and not let them get away I have not been 

over to Corinth Since the Sesesh left but I there 

is boys coming in from there every few minutes 

I think I will go over there to morrow and See 

what kind of a nest the Rebels had over there 

I dont know what [crossed out] [the] our next move will 

be whether we will chase the Rebels up or 

or take us back further north for the Summer 

this is getting to be a hard place for water. 

the Spring rains are about over and the ground is 

   fast drying up and all the water we got now  
we have to dig holes in Ravines and it is poor 

 and Scarce at that the Inhabitants Say this 

is a hard country to get water, in dry weather 

I cannot promise you when I can come home 

I will come when I can but I intend to take it 

as easy as an old Shoe untill uncle Sam gets 

through with me I Rec,d a letter a few days ago from 

Brother Isaac who is in the first Kansas Cavelry he 

wrote that he was in the Hospital in Leavenworth 

City awaiting his discharge on account of his lame 

leg which was crippled with the white Swelling 

I also got a letter at the Same time from Sister 

Elisabith from Illinois She wrote they was all well 

about two weeks ago I got a letter from David and 

Nancy Ingersoll they Said they was all well and 

that little Charlie was well and was going to 

School they got the five Dollars that I Sent to Charlie 

Walt Odell is in the Hospittal he is quite Sick 

though I dont think he is dangerous yet Ike 

Odell was quite Sick but he is getting better 
We have 9 men in hospittal here out of our company 

besides quite a number that has been Sent home 

Forsyth is in the Hospittal yet I Received a letter 

from you dated April 28th and I have not Rec,d any 

letter from you Since I have Anxiously been looking 

for a letter from you for three weeks but in wait [?] 

I begun to think that Something was the matter with 

the mail or that you was Sick if you are Sick get 

get Somebody to write for you I have wrote to you 

Regularly ever Since I have been here, I wish you to write 

often Burnett has Resigned on account of his health 

and will go home as Soon as we get paid off 

news has Just come into camp that [illegible] of general 

Popes Division have Returned from chasing the  

Rebels Bringing in Seven thousand Sesesh prisinors 

It takes the last Stamp I have to put on this 

letter they dont keep any stamps at the post office 

here and we cant buy them if I cant get any I 

will have to Send them without Stamps and let you 

pay the postage there		T.J. Davis 

                                              Lucinda. M. Davis