Corinth Miss.
		    Jan 24th 1863
Dearest Darling Emma.
			    Your last
very Kind &. loving letter came
to hand at Memphis_ a day or two
Since Just as I received orders to
come to this place.
		       My Own Promised
Bride.  I am sent here by Genl .
Hamilton; on an Important Mission
     I was the bearer of dispatches from
Hamilton to Genl's. Dide; Smith;
[Sauman?] , and Sulivan, I return to Memphis in
the morning.
			    Loved
		Oh! Dearly ^ Emma,
			                      How happy would
Mark be could he but see His Own Dear Emma,
     Yet, I Know you love me dearly. and I am
Satisfied.  Yes contented.
			       You are so Noble. So affection-
-ate. Sometimes I feele unworthy, of you _ But I
will try, and make you happy. Oh! we shall be
so happy wont we dearest.
			        In regard to
your going with Jim Gowdy I can see nothing


wrong in it. I am perfectly
willing you should Keep
Company with _ any friend
     You Know what I mean
by saying Keep Company.
   If you love any one else
though. I shall be Jealous.
	But away with jesting.
  I can trust you any where. Always use your
own discretion and Mark will be satisfied.
	You enquire about that letter
I wrote to Hattie Wilkinson
	Well when we took the
Rebel Fortifications of Price
on the Talahatchie _ River _ I
saw one of our boys reading a
letter which he picked up
inside _ the [worKs?] _ This letter
purported to come from
one Girl to another the
letter was signed by Miss Hattie
Wilkinson _ I enclosed the
letter to Hattie writing about
twelve or fifteen lines _ She has
answered the letter &. stated as
I supposed    That it was written
by some namesake of hers

    Dear One. I must close for
the Col is making up the Mail
and I want this to go, today
	When I get back to Memphis
I will write to you again
     Take good care of your
health _ how does your Mother
prosper? Love to her. Respects
to. John's family.
		      I am the
Guest of the 7th Illinois Regiment
where I have some friends  It
rains &. is very disagreeable.
	Write to me soon.
		        Remember Mark
Loves you Dearer Every day
		I Remain
		       Your Own Promised
				Mark