On board the Steamer Nightingale 
Sunday night 7 Oclock Jan 22/65 
 
Dear Wife 
I will write a few lines to night 
as we are Steaming up the Ohio 
River between Madison Ind. and 
Cincinnati we are now within 
fifty miles of Cin' and if we 
run all night we will be there 
before daylight: we had to tie up 
last night on account of the fog 
and to night the river is thick 
with floating Ice but Still we 
are traveling with moderate good 
Speed. We left Louisville Yester 
day about 3'O'clock we would 
have been to Cinti before now if 
we had run all the time. I wrote 
you a letter day before yesterday 
and mailed it at Canelton Ind. 
I will probably mail this in Cinti 
tomorrow. we begin to see considerable 
snow on the River banks up her though 
it is not verry cold for it has been 
thawing yesterday and to day. we had 
considerable rain yesterday while 
coming through the locks in the 
Canal at Louisville. 
we have had a reasonable good trip 
So far for the time of year but it 
is rather too cold for comfort for so 
many on the boat. The 23rd A.C. is 
one day a head of us they come out of 
the Tenn River they are going to Grant 
the 23rd Corps and our Detatchment 
will [illegible] about 25000 men Enough 
to help the Eastern Army to a considerable 
Extent: we have not Rec'd any mail  
yet or at least I have not but some 
of the boys have had letters from home 
as late as the 10th before we left 
Nashville  I will quit for to night 
  and will write more tomorrow before 
I mail this: So Good Night 
T.J. Davis 
Cincnnati Ohio 
   Monday morning Jan 23rd 1865 
 
Well we are at the wharf at Cinti 
this morning and it is Snowing quite 
briskly the Ice is getting quite 
  heavy in the River and we will 
probably go from here to New York by 
the Rail Road. but it may be several 
days before we get away from here as 
there is too may of us to all get 
Transportation immediately 
for 
I wish we was through ^ this is the 
wrong time of year for pleasure [illegible] 
in then north and it makes things 
Some what disagreeable where there is 
so many together; I have not been 
out in Town yet but I am going 
when I finish this letter but I dont 
feel mutch lilke getting on a drunk 
this morning. Well I believe I have 
nothing more to write this morning 
So good Bye	 	Thos. J. Davis 
     To LMDavis