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Andrew F. Davis papers, May-December 1861

23_1861-08-28-Page 01

Camp Elk. Water Va. Aug 28th 1861 
Mrs Sarah Davis 
Dear dear wife 
This has been a flush day for me in the letter line as I. received 4 by this evenings mail, also the Herald of Aug 21.  One from yourself of Aug 21s.  One from Newton of the 19th One from Wm. Van of Aug 21st and one Anonimous letter which I send enclosed in this with the enquiry of you if you know anything about it and if you know who wrote it and I want to Know how much of it is true.  I do not like the tenor of the letter for I see nothing in it for a man and particularly a warm friend as he terms himself to make him ashamed to sign his full name.  I cannot for the life of me Study out who he can be.  You cannot immagine the joy and pleasure that it gave me to peruse the other 3, particularly yours as it does me a great deal of good to know that my dear wife takes such sensible and patriotic view of our troubles both national and domestic and it makes me feel more like a man than if you was repineing and whimpering all the time and it makes me nerve myself the more to make myself worthy of such a wife.  The most poignant news is in regard to your Cough but I live in the fond hope that after your Confinement it will leave you entirely as you remember that you was the same way to a certain extent before McKee, was born.  I am sorry to hear of the death of the little dog and I think a small dose of Arsenick put in a few of the Peaches and Pears would not be much out of the way as it is a good way to kill dogs and that is where I class such scoundrels.  I received as I said before a quite lengthy letter from Van, and in a note enclosed he said he had filled a full sheet more but after he had written it he thought it would disgust me to read so just tell him he must

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Camp Elk. Water Va. Aug 28th 1861 Mrs Sarah Davis Dear dear wife This has been a flush day for me in the letter line as I. received 4 by this evenings mail, also the Herald of Aug 21. One from yourself of Aug 21s. One from Newton of the 19th One from Wm. Van of Aug 21st and one Anonimous letter which I send enclosed in this with the enquiry of you if you know anything about it and if you know who wrote it and I want to Know how much of it is true. I do not like the tenor of the letter for I see nothing in it for a man and particularly a warm friend as he terms himself to make him ashamed to sign his full name. I cannot for the life of me Study out who he can be. You cannot immagine the joy and pleasure that it gave me to peruse the other 3, particularly yours as it does me a great deal of good to know that my dear wife takes such sensible and patriotic view of our troubles both national and domestic and it makes me feel more like a man than if you was repineing and whimpering all the time and it makes me nerve myself the more to make myself worthy of such a wife. The most poignant news is in regard to your Cough but I live in the fond hope that after your Confinement it will leave you entirely as you remember that you was the same way to a certain extent before McKee, was born. I am sorry to hear of the death of the little dog and I think a small dose of Arsenick put in a few of the Peaches and Pears would not be much out of the way as it is a good way to kill dogs and that is where I class such scoundrels. I received as I said before a quite lengthy letter from Van, and in a note enclosed he said he had filled a full sheet more but after he had written it he thought it would disgust me to read so just tell him he must