Corinth Miss July 9th 1862 
  	          Dear Wife 
I, again Sit down upon the ground 
to write you a line in Answer to your 
letter dated June 29th which I Rec,d 
Day before yesterday it found me well 
as usual & I hope this will find you in 
good health; I would have written sooner 
but we went out on picket guard 
yesterday and Returned to day at noon 
and this is my first Oppertunity; though I 
I have no Strange news to write more 
than common; If I had known that 
           have 
Mrs Burnett would not ^ herd from her 
                oftener 
man [crossed out] [illegible] I would have written 
to her myself though if he has had luck 
he is where She is before this time, and 
perhaps [crossed out] [on] they are on their Road home- 
we are having verry Warm weather here 
again for the last few days with no 
appearance of frost in the least But 
I think we will have Rain Soon for we 
         need it Badly 
you wanted to know if I done my own 
washing and cooking & who I Sleep 
As for cooking we have a man paid for 
cooking for the company at present, But 
any little Extra,s that we forage out 
among the Sesesh Such as potatoes 
Apples Roasting Ears; and Barn Pheasants 
Each Individual cooks his part there;of 
and is Satisfied; we have Some nice 
times out on picket for there we have 
a chance to talk with the inhabitants 
Some of whom do not hardly know 
what to think of the Yankees; Some 
of them think that the yankees want 
to free the niggers Some think that 
the yankees want to Rob them of all 
their cotton; one woman who had two 
Brothers and a husband in the Sesesh 
army Verry Earnestly asked me if we 
  like 
had Rail Roads up north ^ they have 
down here; the Majority of the folks  
around here Seem to wish their 
 
friends [crossed out] [of] out of the Sesesh Army 
for they Begin to think there is some 
danger even in fighting yankees 
I do my own washing though I do not 
wash as fancy perhaps as some of the 
Wisconsin ladies would do though 
I Boil them Every time I wash 
to Keep them free from Lice 
which infest the camps of 
all the Regiments that I have been 
in yet; as for Bed fellows I have 
Slept with Several of the Boys sinc 
         with 
I left Milwaukee But, ^ no [women?] 
nor niggers; at present I Sleep with 
John Kingston when he is not on 
guard and when he is I Sleep with 
Ben Greenman you wanted me 
to write whare Ben was he is here 
well and all Right; you wanted to 
know how Ike Odell Spent So mutch 
money [as?] for what he Bought I could 
not tell you though I Supose he's 
like Some of the other Green Boys 
thinks he must Buy everything 
inticing that he See,s and things 
are So dere here that it doesnot 
take long to Spend Twenty five or 
thirty Dollars and not get mutch 
for it at that; we lost another 
one of our men he died last Sunday 
his name was William Thompson 
he lived over near the Kickapoo 
I have not learned anything of the 
where abouts of Walt Odell yet 
[crossed out] [The Rest of the] Ed,n Crandall is 
not very well [crossed out] [illegible] he has not 
been Real Stout for Sometime 
though I hope he will Soon Recruit 
again the Rest of the Tiger,s are in 
Tolerable good Spirits I Believ I have 
nothing more of Interest to write this 
time  So Good Bye for this week 
Thos.J. Davis 
To Lucinda M Davis 
Fishomingo County. Corinth 
Miss July 11th 1862 
I commenced writing this 
letter two days ago but having 
So mutch other duty to attend 
to I did not finish it; a 
Soldiers Rest is uncertain & 
he knows not what minute 
he may be called upon to per 
form Some duty; So he has 
to take time as he can catch 
it; Sometimes he may not 
have mutch to do for three or 
four days then again he may 
be kept nearly Buisy for 
that length of time; we had 
quite a heavy nice Rain 
yesteday and last night 
and the air is Somewhat cooler to day 
I think Burnett will be at home 
By the time you get this if does 
tell him to be Sure and write to 
me there was a letter come here 
Directed 
to Burnett Since he left it was 
Opened and Read it it was from 
Mr Lowrie of Viroqua though 
nothing in it of importance 
Our Company got a letter from 
John Dickson the other day 
he and ten others of the Tiger 
prisoners ware at Cairo; Henry 
Cleary was with them they dont 
know whether they will be Set 
           be 
free or ^ kept in the Service to 
guard Prisoners they Say they 
have Seen Some verry Tough times 
and I should Rather think they 
   had 
Sam McMicheal; Gould [Hick?] 
ok Joseph Brightman and 
Captain Layne are yet held 
prisoners; they held all the 
Officers even down to corporal 
John Dickson was a Sergeant 
But he took off his Stripes or 
otherwise deceived them in  
Refferance to his position hence 
his getting away; tell Mary 
[illegible] Caulkins I will write 
her a long letter one of these 
times when I have time after 
I hear from her again Explain 
ing things in general as far 
as I do Such Business; So 
No More this   T J Davis 
To L.M. Davis 
Whitney wrote to will Cleary 
that Dick [crossed out] [Poll] Lowell  
was going to move Back 
to Ohio Bag and Baggage 
Oxen and all; if he does 
move back he is getting 
fooler, and, fooler, every day 
I though he meant to go 
out west and get him 
another farm what was 
[an?] farm; there is considerable 
Excitement here at the present 
about McClellan,s army 
at Richmond they have 
been having considerable 
fighting there leately; with 
considerable loss on both Sides 
I hope McClellen will Scoop 
the Rebels out Clean & Smooth