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Andrew F. Davis papers, January-October 1863
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Murfreesboro Tenn Feb 25 1863 Mrs Sarah Davis Dear wife Some 5 or 6 days since I wrote you a letter and closed it by remarking that we had to go forageing the next day. Well we went starting at daylight. The weather was clear and warm in the morning and bid fare to be a nice warm day. So we all (or nearly all) left our overcoats and green blankets in camp as we knew we would have a big days march before us, but alas the old adg. come true in this instance when it says that many a bright and cheerful morning turns out to be a dark and stormy day, For about 10 Oclock A.M. it commenced to rain and continued to pour in perfect torrents all that day and night. We went 12 miles and found plenty of corn to load all of our wagons (150 in number) and was ready to start back by 2 1/2 Oclock P.M. Five miles of the way was dirt roads which had a bottom but by the time our train and artillery passed over it it was a good ways down to it. When we got within 3 miles of camp it was entirely dark and we had to go through a Swampy piece of woods to get to camp and
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Murfreesboro Tenn Feb 25 1863 Mrs Sarah Davis Dear wife Some 5 or 6 days since I wrote you a letter and closed it by remarking that we had to go forageing the next day. Well we went starting at daylight. The weather was clear and warm in the morning and bid fare to be a nice warm day. So we all (or nearly all) left our overcoats and green blankets in camp as we knew we would have a big days march before us, but alas the old adg. come true in this instance when it says that many a bright and cheerful morning turns out to be a dark and stormy day, For about 10 Oclock A.M. it commenced to rain and continued to pour in perfect torrents all that day and night. We went 12 miles and found plenty of corn to load all of our wagons (150 in number) and was ready to start back by 2 1/2 Oclock P.M. Five miles of the way was dirt roads which had a bottom but by the time our train and artillery passed over it it was a good ways down to it. When we got within 3 miles of camp it was entirely dark and we had to go through a Swampy piece of woods to get to camp and
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