No. E.

		Camp. Davidson. March 30th /64
Dear wife
	       I now seat myself to
write a fiew lines to you to
let you know that i am well
at present and hope when 
this reaches you it will find
you enjoying the same blessing
we have had some cold weather
since i came here but it is
a getting some warmer now
we have to drill very day 
in the forenoon and in the
afternoon and the officers has
to drill in the morning about 
one hour. but the colonel is
gone away now there will be
some big times here i expect
	Sam Shaw and lem
is tight nearly all the time
sam has been in the guard

house twenty four hours allready
and lem has not been in
camp since night before 
last and i dont know when
he will get back. but the provost
guard fetched fourteen from town
to the guard house this morning
which will be court martialed now
soon. lem is detailed to go in
the band but if he does not
behave himself a little better he
will lose his place there, they
have just got their instruments
                           m
and want to com^ence to practice
and if he does not stay in
camp they will get some one in
his place. i have sent two 
papers to you and have two 
more to send and i want
you to keep them and put
them in a book one of our
boys takes them and he said
if i would send them all
home he would give them to


me after he read them and i
told him i would, he says
he is comming up there sometime
and wants to read them and
think over old times
		Apr 2nd 1864
	I will now try and finish
my letter since the company have
gone out to drill it would be
quite i sight to see the soldiers
here when they are out drilling for
you can see about three thousand all
at one time, sam got punished
when he came back to camp he
had to carry a stick of wood twelve
hours out of twenty four and two
more of the boys of our company
was served the same way, i have
been on guard twice since i came
back here they do not put the
new recruits on guard much but
they have to drill, the captain did
not say a word to me because
i did not come back any sooner there



there
is some of the boys that have
not got here yet and i guess
they do not expect to come back
again it is nice weather here
now the spring birds are singing
and the frogs make a great noise at
night. now i must close for my
paper is not ruled on this side
write as soon as you recieve this give
my respects to all inquiring friends
 	from your affectionate husband
			           Wm. Eaegle

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