Coshockton Ohio 
    July 16th 1865 
Dear Wife 
    I will attempt this 
    wet Sunday afternoon 
    to Write you a few 
    lines to let you Know 
that I am Still in the land of the 
living and have not forgotten you. 
I Expect you begin to feel uneasy 
about me by this time as I have not 
written to you Since the 21st of last 
month . I left Cincinnati the next 
day after I wrote to you and went 
to Washington City 
Perhaps you will wish to Know what I 
went to Washington for. Well I will tell 
you: in the first place I believed that 
on account of my health I was entitled 
to a discharge from the Military service 
I made application to our Doctor for 
an Examination and he refused to pay 
any attention to me. in the 2nd place 
the Col about the Same time put me under 
arrest without any cause and had me 
on Extra duty for Several days 
I then determined to go to Washington 
myself and See the President and See 
if there was no way that I could get 
a medical Examination. So I went to 
Washington and remained there about 
two weeks but the President remained 
in his room Sick and I could not get 
to See him: So I have got this far back 
and I have not yet made up my mind 
whether I will return to the Regt or not 
for if I Should go back now I would 
probably be court martialed and mustered 
out without any more pay and another 
thing I never wish to See our Doctor or 
Col while they are officers in the Army 
I am not afraid of any punishment they 
may inflict on me but I will never be a 
Military dog in time of peace to come at the 
whistling of a few bigoted despots who 
   have more impudence than common 
 Sense and who are to humanity a Stranger. 
Probably I have did a rash act but I am 
too Sensative to bear abuse for nothing 
I have not made up my mind what 
I will do if I do not go back to the 
Regt I will probably be home by the first 
of Sept   : I will write to you again 
in course of a week: in the mean time 
you need not be uneasy about me 
     I Remain as ever your affectionate 
     Husband As Ever 
To L M Davis		T.J. Davis 
PS. Excuse bad writing for  his ink 
is verry bad		T.J.D