Co. C 18th Regt. Wis Vols Inf 
     Washington D.C. June 2nd 1865 
         Dear Wife 
I will attempt this afternon to write 
you a Short Epistle in answer to your 
to your letter Dated May 25 which I 
rec'd on the 31st which [crossed out] [is the quickest] 
came the quickest of any letter I have 
rec'd from you for a long time ; it does 
not take long for mail to go from here 
to Wis: My health is as good as usual 
and I feel considerable better after 
recruiting up from our long March. 
Well we are Still encamped near the 
the Capitol City and where we can 
get news fresh from the War [illegible] 
every morning  . I have been nearly 
all over the City and have Seen agreat 
things that I have wished to see for 
a long time. I have visited the Capitol 
the Patent Office: the Treasury Department 
the Washington monument Gen. Taylors 
Residince: and the White House: or 
the Presidents Mansion. and also 
Fords Theatre where President Lincoln 
ws Assassinated: Yesterday was 
the day of fasting and Prayer and the 
City wore a verry Solemn appearence: as 
nearly all the Business houses were 
closed and all the public and most 
of the Private Buildings were Draped in 
mourning: You said in your letter 
that you heard that Shermans army 
was coming home and you would 
not send your picture until I come 
home. You must not look for me 
too soon: it may Several months 
before I get home: but I have no 
Idea of staying until my time is 
out. We will leave here tomorrow 
for Louisville K.Y. Where we will go 
           we 
into camp and ^ will be mustered 
out and Sent home from there: when 
our time comes: but we will have to 
wait patiently until they get to us
I will Send you a couple of Washington 
papers that will give you more news  
   than I can write 
   You are certainly not more anxious 
to see me come home than I am to 
come; but it will not hurry the matter 
one minute to be impatient about it 
So I mean to be Just as careless about 
it as possible for I think I will get 
home before a great while: 
And then we will begin to think of 
living like married folks for the 
first time: and as you say I think  
that we both may have profited 
   by being Seperated So long and 
  I will 
I think here after ^ appreciate a good 
home: a gentle Spirited; kind and 
Loving Wife: better now than I otherwise 
would and I see no reason why we 
should not Enjoy our selves as well 
as any other folks in the world if fortune 
  favor's us with a comfortable living 
and good health
all the men in our Reg't that their 
time Expires before the 1st of Oct next 
were Mustered out of Service day before 
yesterday but they have not been 
paid nor have not yet started home 
for they cannot get Transportation yet 
When you Write again Direct your letter 
to Co C.. 18th Regt Wis Vols. 2nd Brig 
4th Div 15th A.C. Louisville. K.Y. 
Write Often and I will do the same 
   I must close as I am on guard to 
day and my time is limited 
     I Remain as Ever Yours 
 
T.J. Davis 
 
L M Davis