Corinth Miss July 18th, 1862 
   Dear Wife 
I Sit down once more to write you a 
line to let you know that I am in 
tolerable good health trusting this may 
find you well I have not Rec,d any letter 
from you this week if I had known I 
Should not got one before this I would have 
written Several days ago though I am 
Anxiously looking for a letter from you  
Every day when the. Mail comes in 
there has nothing unusual happened 
Since I last wrote you the weather 
continues quite warm we had a verry 
heavey Rain here night Before last 
and yesterday the first good rain we 
have had for over a month but Still 
it does not Seem to cool the air Scarcely 
any; there is Rather more Sickness in the  
Reg,t now than there was two weeks ago 
Alvin Caulkins has not been verry well 
for Several days the first time he had 
Sick Since he has been here though 
        Serious 
nothing ^ I hope Ailing him now 
Bill Downie got a letter from his father 
to day he Said Burnett and his Woman 
had got home; Ed Crandall got one to 
day from Sarah She Said that Burnett 
had not got home yet; Downies letter was 
dated July 10th and Sarahs July 9th Sarah 
Being away from home I Supose She did 
not know he had got home tell Burnett 
to be Sure and write to me, Ed, Crandall 
is getting quite Smart again and So is 
                    have 
Ike Odell; I ^ not yet heard anything from 
Walter yet, I think he mus be in Quincy 
Illinois in the general Hospital if he is 
not dead I Believe the Rest of the Badax 
boys 
^ are as well as usual those that are here 
I Rec,d a letter from Jabez this week it 
was dated July 1st he Said that he was 
at Cumberland Gap [Team?] and Expect 
ed Soon to March on to Knoxville where 
there was plenty of Rebels he did not Say 
they had been in any fight yet 
though they had chased the Rebels 
away from Wilsons Gap they Run 
without fighting; he Said he was well 
he Said he had Just got a letter from 
you and Mary, I got another letter this 
week from Brother Isaac at Leavenworth 
Kansas he had not got his Discharge 
yet though he was Expecting it Soon; he 
Said he was well as usual his letter was 
dated July 4th he Said they was firing 
Salutes with their large Siege Guns 
while he was writing though nothing 
Extra ordinary transpiring; I do not 
hear anything from Levi Allen lately 
I understand that the folks had a  
good time at Newton on the 4th 
I am Really glad to hear of good 
Interest the Citizens take in the 
wellfare of our country and the 
Easteem with which they hold the 
Sacred Rights Bequeathed to them 
By their Revolutionary Fathers 
There was a letter come here for 
Burnett Since he went away it 
was from James Lownie I Opened 
and Read it; there was nothing of 
peticular Interest in it or I 
would have Lent it to him 
I wrote Back however to Mr 
Lownie in behalf of Mr Burnett 
though I Expect Burnett was at 
home before the letter got there 
I have no Special News to write 
this time Our Cavelry is Scouting 
through the country all the while 
and are picking up a few loose Sesesh 
that are stragling Around, and once 
in a while they have a Squabble with 
Some of the Sesesh cavelry and loose 
[in?] few of our men; But Such is war 
Some folks think that the Rebels 
will collect in force again and try 
to Retake Corinth But I dont think 
they will try Soon Thos.J.Davis 
         Lucinda. M. Davis