Baltimore Maryland 
      Jan'y 31st 1865 
   Dear Lucinda 
  I will write you a few lines this 
Evening to inform you that I am as 
well as usual and I hope this may find 
you well. We left Cin'ti on the 27th and 
arrived at Pittsburg Pa about 3.O 
clock on the 29th we were well Rec'd at 
at Pittsburgh and given a good Dinner 
by the Citizens Pittsburg is mutch of 
a Business City there being a great 
many Manufacturing Establishments 
there and the People Seem verry loyal. 
We left Pittsburgh at half past six 
O clock on the evening of the 29th and 
arrived here in Baltimore this morning 
at 4 O clock. Baltimore is a mutch 
nicer City than I Expected to find 'the 
Streets are Kept clean and the Buildings 
look neat the most of which are made 
of Brick   Balimore is a larger City 
than Cincinnati containing over 
Two Hundred Thousand Inhabitants 
and it being a Sea port City its 
Commercial Business in times of peace 
have been verry considerable 
We come through Columbus Ohio and 
we Stoped there Several hours and I 
went out and took a look at the 
Capital Building which is a magnif 
         State 
icent one 'it is the best ^ Capital Building 
in the U.S. We also came through 
Harrisburg the Capitol of Pa it is 
quite a nice Town but the State House 
is not So good as that of Ohio 
We found plenty of Snow all through Ohio 
and Pennsylvania but by the time we 
got here there was but little snow and to 
day being the warmest day we have had 
Since we left Nashville what little snow 
there was here most all melted off 
to day: To night we are in good Bar 
ricks at the west Edge of the City and
we have orders to Start for Anapolis 
tomorrow morning at 8 O clock and 
there we will probably take Shiping 
for Savanah Ga. We did not go to N.Y. 
as we Expected We Expected to go to 
N.Y. until we got to Harrisburg Pa. 
there we Rec'd Orders to Report to 
Anapolis M.D.   I have not Recd any 
letter from you yet nor I dont Expect 
until we get through it is a month ago 
to day Since I Rec'd a letter from you 
and I believe that is the longest I have 
been without one Since I been in the 
Service Except when I was at home with 
you then I did not care for letters 
Oh I must tell you: There has been consid 
erable talking about peace for the past 
few days: and to day we had a telegraph 
dispatch from Washington to the Affect 
that Jeff Davis had Sent Two peace 
commissioners to Washington and that 
they had got as far as Fortress Monroe 
The News in New York caused Gold 
to fall from 2,20 to 204  I dont want 
you to think that I believe that the 
war will be over in a week or two and 
that I will be at home for in the first 
place the news wants conformation, and 
the next place: if it is true: The comm 
issioners may want better terms than we 
will give them and go back without 
peace: But I Believe that peace is not 
far distant and that we can whip 
peace out of them in from three to six 
months But I will be glad as well as 
the whole country to see peace come as Early 
as possible and as McCawber Says we 
will wait patiently for something good 
to turn up. Well my paper is about 
out and I must quit for to night. I 
will write the Next oppertunity 
Direct. via. New York 
I remain Ever Your Obedient Husband 
Thos .J.Davis 
 
   To Sis. | Kiss Silvie for me