Pioneer. Corps. 3rd Div 15.A.C 
      Jonesboro Ala Jan 15th 1864 
Dear Sister 
I Sit down this morning to 
write you a few lines in answer 
to your letter dated Dec 27th which 
I Rec'd two days ago; I was verry 
glad to hear from you and to hear 
that you was in your usual health 
my health is about as good as usual 
            am 
though I am not verry tough I ^ Still 
Troubled more or less with Rheum 
atism and Dyspepsia but I still 
Do my Share of Duty as the Detail 
comes around my health is how  
ever considerable better than it  
was when we cain up to Memphis 
from Vicksburg; I have not heard 
from William since we came 
back from Chattanooga on the 4th 
of Dec his Regt was then about 
half way between Bridgeport & Chatt
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 any so I will frank this and send the 
   Stamped Envelop you sent me 
 
I Stoped and Staid all night 
with him and cousin [crossed out word] 
Aaron Davis they were both well 
and talked of Enlisting in 
the Veteran Service but I advised 
Will not to do it; but I have [crossed out letter] not 
heard from him since; We have 
had verry cold wether here since 
New Years that is for this country 
the ground has been frozen for two 
weeks so that Wagons and Teams 
would not break through in the 
muddiest places but it has been 
getting warmer the last two days 
and begins to look like the 
opening of gentle Spring in Ills 
and probably in a few days more 
that wagons cannot find any  
bottom in the roads; we left 
Stevenson Ala the day before 
Christmas and on Christmas 
day and the day after; we 
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     I am out of Stamps and cannot get 
     postage money inside: I lost the 
  
Traveled muddiest roads that 
I Ever saw in my life and with 
out rations at that the boys 
thought it was a rough old Christmas 
party; many poor mules gave 
completely [crossed out word] out and could not 
be brought along and they were knocked 
in the head and left on the roadside 
we layed over at Larkinsvill 
a week and spent New Year we 
had more to Eat New Year's than we 
had on Christmas I had fresh pig 
and Roasted Goose and plenty of 
Hard Tack and Sow Belly 
We are about 75 miles west of Chat 
on the Charleston & Memphis RR 
and 8 miles East of Huntsville 
my Reg.t the 18th is at huntsville 
and I have not seen any of them since 
the 20th of last month when you 
write to me again dont [crossed out word] write 
the 18th Regt on it at all for your
letter went to the Regt at Huntsville 
and was sent to me from there by 
a Teamster and I was probably a 
week later in getting in consequence 
Several others that I have told to 
change Directions have Directed them 
the same as you did and they all 
go to the Reg.t and I have to get 
them from there; we are now at 
work build ing a RR Bridge over 
flint River and when we get it 
finished we will go on to [illegible] 
and probably Stay there the rest 
of the Winter; Well I have not 
time to write a long letter to day 
I will write more when I hear 
from you again 
I Remain as Ever 
     Your Humble Brother 
Thos.J. Davis 
To G.W. & Elisabeth Ditto 
           write Soon