Monday June 16th 1862 

   Well as you Sent me two Sheets of 

paper I Supose you meant for me to write 

on both of them and Send them back that 

does not take me long after I commence 

   Walter Odell is Still Sick in the hospital 

and I have not heard from him Since he 

was taken there, Ike, is getting better Ike 

has Spent about all of his money and he 

has not been paid a week yet, Several 

of our boys was Sent away to St Louis or 

Some other place to a hospital last week 

E. Forsyth and Jim Williams was among 

the number; Bill Downie has got well and 

has come back to the Regiment again; Bill 

Cleary has got about well of the Jaunders [?] again 

So you can tell Mary that She need not be uneasy 

about him; I Re,cd another letter from, Ills, 

the Same time I Re,c,d your last one; it from 

David Ingersoll he wrote that they was all well 

he Said that Little Charlie [crossed out] was Blowing the 

     Fifi[e] [?] while he was writing 
this is another hot day the Sun beams 

down through these tents So hot [crossed out] the in 

the middle of the day that we Sit around 

under the Shade of the trees where it is more 

cool; we go out on picket about every week 

we was on picket a week ago yesterday 

and I Expect we will go out again in a day 

or two; the way we do on picket Several 

Regiments go out at a time and [crossed out] [illegible] three men 

are put on a post or generally at a tree Some 

thirty paces apart one man on a post Stands 

Sentinal at a time they Relieve Each other 

Every two hours, Each man Stands two hours 

and off four; when we Start out we take 

one days rations in our Haver Sacks consist 

ing of ham and bread or hard crackers [crossed out]as 

which ever we may have at the time and we 

tie up Some ground coffee and put in  

our haver Sacks and when we want to 

Eat our grub we Build up a fire and 

take our tin cups and boil Some water 
And make coffee and Broil our ham 

So we live as Independent as wood chucks 

and when we want to go to Sleep; if it is 

raining [crossed out] [illegible] or damp weather we bend down 

a bush and Stretch our Rubber Blankets 

over it and thus have a waterproof tent 

..[crossed out] [illegible] This forenoon John Greenman and 

Henry Allen of Springville come over to 

Our camp from the 8th Reg,t Hank got 

wounded on the 9th of May but the wound 

is about well now and he looks hearty; John 

Greenman is also hearty they Say that the 

boys are generally in good health with the 

Exception of Jim Berry of Springville they 

Say he has been unwell for Sometime and that 

he has [crossed out] [illegible] Resigned and is going home Soon 

George Esler Just landed here to day from 

Milwaukee; he has been there in the Hospital 

ever Since we left there untill now he has 

been Sick for a long time but he begins to 

look quite well again 
This is Monday afternoon and we are 

having quite a nice little Shower of Rain 

But I am afraid we will not have enough 

of it; we Should have a good Rain for it has 

been Sometime Since we have had any rain 

                                                   well 

before; I am getting pretty ^ Climated to 

this country now for the first month or more 

after I came here the climate did not verry 

well agree with me but now the boys Say I 

am getting as fat as a Bear and I know 

that I feel mutch better, I will tell you 

how I do to keep healthy I am careful 

not to Eat anything that does not agree with 

me and I dont Drink mutch bad whiskey 

I take my Regular Sleep; and I Exercise 

Some Eevery day by walking around if I dont 

have duty Enough to Exercise otherwise 

I Bathe or wash myself all over two or three 

times a week and keep my under clothes clean 

write Soon So good Bye be a good Girl till I 

See you   To Lucinda. M. Davis    T.J. Davis