Pioneer Corps 3rd Div. 15th A.C 
Chattanooga Tenn Sunday July 3rd /64 
        Dear Lucinda 
I sit down this afternoon to write 
you a few lines before we leave this place 
we are going to start for Kingston to 
morrow Our Regt and the Pioneer 
Corps is going to guard the Division 
Wagons through it will probably take 
us eight or ten days to go through 
we have not had any mail since I 
wrote you last our mail has been 
sent on to the front and we will 
not get any more mail until we get 
through which will be sometime yet 
I begin to feel considerable better 
since I left Huntsville I am 
going through with the Corps we 
will not march more than ten or 
twelve miles a day: the weather 
continues quite warm though we
have had several showers of rain 
during the past week. Blackberries 
are now getting ripe here and we 
have picked all we wanted since 
we have been here and early apples 
are getting ripe but there is not 
enough of them to be any object: I 
could get to stay here in the convalescent 
camp if I wanted to do so but I would 
rather go with the corps So I can get 
my mail once [crossed out word] in a while – 
I dont know as I will have a chance 
to write any more until we get through 
but I will do so if I have an opper 
tunity there will be three of Co. C. 
left here H. Baker P Mooney and 
D. Caulkins they are unwell and will 
not be able to march; there is no 
war news of interest since I wrote 
to you before; there is still more 
or less Skirmishing going on every 
day: we are camped about two 
miles from Lookout Mountain 
there is an Officers Hospital on top 
of it: I should have went up there [crossed out word] 
for curiosity but it is too warm for 
such an Excursion of curiosity. One 
year ago to day Pemberton and 
Grant held their consultation pre 
paratory to the surrender of Vicksburg 
and I dont think I shall ever forget 
that time it was full warmer weather 
than we have here: I dont think we 
will have mutch of a Celebration to 
morrow but probably Sherman may 
give Johnson some music by way 
of amusement; well as I have nothing 
more of Interest to write I will close 
write soon Direct as before 
I Remain As Ever Yours Truly 
            T.J. Davis 
     To     L.M. Davis