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Camp Wickcliff Ky. Jan 31st 1862
Mrs. Sarah Davis
Your long and interresting letters of the 21st Inst come to hand this evening accompanyed by the one from your Brother Mark Also one from the Ladies Soldiers Aid Society and also one from our friend [Wm Van?] all of which were gladly recieved and egerly perused. As are all letters received from dear friends at home. Serring and Burgess received 2 letters each so you see our mess had plenty of good news from home. I wrote you a letter a few days since in which I stated that I had a stone bruse on my heel which I am happy to say is now convalessent. And by the by the the boys have had a great deal of sport at my expense over my Stone bruse. My health is good which is the case with the most of the Liberty boys. A.J. Calkins is still in Hospital but is nearly well. Some of the other Union County boys are complaining but none are so bad but what they are going about. Hat Smith is the worst off of any of them and if he is not better by tomorrow he will have to be sent to the Hospital. I understand that the news was circulated in Liberty that I had the smallpox and that you was verry uneasy about the matter and all I have to say on the subject is that it a false rumor. That dread disease I am happy to say has almost become entirely extinct here as there has no new cases made their appearance and 5 out of the 7 cases are getting well and 2 died. I am glad to hear that [Newt?] got along with the measels so well and I only hope that Orilla and Nan may both be as successful and get over them as easy Major Bennett was here to day and is verry sociable He says Sam Finch will start home in a day or two. He has got a disease I guess he has the consumption. I am glad to hear that Mark is so well pleased and satisfied, and I see he has a promotion. to be sure it is a small one but it goes to show that he stands fare with his officers and to be that way a man must attend his duty faithfully and that is the way for a man to get along easy in the service and if a man has hard times in his company 9

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Camp Wickcliff Ky. Jan 31st 1862 Mrs. Sarah Davis Your long and interresting letters of the 21st Inst come to hand this evening accompanyed by the one from your Brother Mark Also one from the Ladies Soldiers Aid Society and also one from our friend [Wm Van?] all of which were gladly recieved and egerly perused. As are all letters received from dear friends at home. Serring and Burgess received 2 letters each so you see our mess had plenty of good news from home. I wrote you a letter a few days since in which I stated that I had a stone bruse on my heel which I am happy to say is now convalessent. And by the by the the boys have had a great deal of sport at my expense over my Stone bruse. My health is good which is the case with the most of the Liberty boys. A.J. Calkins is still in Hospital but is nearly well. Some of the other Union County boys are complaining but none are so bad but what they are going about. Hat Smith is the worst off of any of them and if he is not better by tomorrow he will have to be sent to the Hospital. I understand that the news was circulated in Liberty that I had the smallpox and that you was verry uneasy about the matter and all I have to say on the subject is that it a false rumor. That dread disease I am happy to say has almost become entirely extinct here as there has no new cases made their appearance and 5 out of the 7 cases are getting well and 2 died. I am glad to hear that [Newt?] got along with the measels so well and I only hope that Orilla and Nan may both be as successful and get over them as easy Major Bennett was here to day and is verry sociable He says Sam Finch will start home in a day or two. He has got a disease I guess he has the consumption. I am glad to hear that Mark is so well pleased and satisfied, and I see he has a promotion. to be sure it is a small one but it goes to show that he stands fare with his officers and to be that way a man must attend his duty faithfully and that is the way for a man to get along easy in the service and if a man has hard times in his company 9