Tenn
	    Camp Near Lenoir Station
	                        June 4th 1865
      Dear Sister
	             I take my pen
       in hand to write you
    a few lines. I am well and
  hope this will find you and
the rest of the family well
you will See by This letter
that we have moved our camp
The Regiment are all Together
now under The Commmand of
Maj Standish. Col Trowbridge
Commands a Brigade Lt Col
Smith is home on leave of
absence we are camped in
a nice grove but not very 

handy to water it is a
beautiful Country around 
Here and we are close by
The Railroad on the borders
of a nice little village our
Officers are making out
pay rolls now for the months
of March and April There is
talk of going to Louisville
Ky where we are to be reviewed
and paid off but I hear so
many rumors that I hardly
know what is going on but
I hope to be at home before
long. when you write to me
just please leave off the Sergt
to my address for I am relieved
from that kind of Duty at
my own request for I have had
responsibility enough on my 
shoulders for a year and
half and some one else

    get The praise and pay
   for it now I go where
I please and come at my 
own call I received a
letter from Father to day
which I will answer soon
give my respects to all 
Enquiring Friends and
accept a brothers love
               From

	   Wm Dggett

Direct to
    [Knoxville?]