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Andrew F. Davis papers, May-December 1861

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The box of goods sent to the Hospital in my care is in the charge of the Surgeons of the Reg. and since they arrived I have had no opartunity of Seeing Dr. Bond. to get a receipt for them as he was left behind at Louisville to attend to the sick that was left there and has not come forward yet but as soon as he does come I will get it and forward it immediately.  Geo. Rinehard is in the Hospital with camp fever but not verry bad, and I believe he is all the one in our company from Union Co. but what is able to be about although several are not verry well.  Crist and Keelor are both on duty again.  I was to visit the 36th Ind Reg. on Saturday night last and saw a great many of the Union Co. boys who all appeared well and hearty except John Coombs of Roseburgh who has been verry sick with the meazles but was Some better. You asked if our Liberty boys ware among the rude ones at Louisville which is a question I hardly know how to answer as I do not Know what you would term rude. The most of them enjoyed themselves as best they could while there and more than likely some of them ware inclined to be a little wild and it was unfortunate to many that pay day come while they ware so close to a large town but if the boys ware a little wild the people should not look at it in a light of too much condemnation for they had been in a wilderness as you might call it, all summer and if when they do get into a civalized community they Should be a little boisterous there should be proper allowences made as colts when they are let out of the Stable after long confinement are very apt to Kick up their heels, and be jolly and a lot of young Soldiers are not unlke colts in many respects.  I hear that it is reported about Liberty that the Regiment become almost entirely demorrelized whilst there, but I will contradict the assertion for when the orders were given to march forward the ranks ware as full and they stood the march better than any Regiment in the Brigade And just say to the friends of the Reg. for me that when the time comes the 15th will fully Sustain its self. demoralized or not.  We have to work harder since we come into this camp than we ever have since we have been in the Service. We have constant drill 7 hours evry day and that takes almost all the daylight there is these short days and in addition to that the Officers have to Study the tacticks and recite

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The box of goods sent to the Hospital in my care is in the charge of the Surgeons of the Reg. and since they arrived I have had no opartunity of Seeing Dr. Bond. to get a receipt for them as he was left behind at Louisville to attend to the sick that was left there and has not come forward yet but as soon as he does come I will get it and forward it immediately. Geo. Rinehard is in the Hospital with camp fever but not verry bad, and I believe he is all the one in our company from Union Co. but what is able to be about although several are not verry well. Crist and Keelor are both on duty again. I was to visit the 36th Ind Reg. on Saturday night last and saw a great many of the Union Co. boys who all appeared well and hearty except John Coombs of Roseburgh who has been verry sick with the meazles but was Some better. You asked if our Liberty boys ware among the rude ones at Louisville which is a question I hardly know how to answer as I do not Know what you would term rude. The most of them enjoyed themselves as best they could while there and more than likely some of them ware inclined to be a little wild and it was unfortunate to many that pay day come while they ware so close to a large town but if the boys ware a little wild the people should not look at it in a light of too much condemnation for they had been in a wilderness as you might call it, all summer and if when they do get into a civalized community they Should be a little boisterous there should be proper allowences made as colts when they are let out of the Stable after long confinement are very apt to Kick up their heels, and be jolly and a lot of young Soldiers are not unlke colts in many respects. I hear that it is reported about Liberty that the Regiment become almost entirely demorrelized whilst there, but I will contradict the assertion for when the orders were given to march forward the ranks ware as full and they stood the march better than any Regiment in the Brigade And just say to the friends of the Reg. for me that when the time comes the 15th will fully Sustain its self. demoralized or not. We have to work harder since we come into this camp than we ever have since we have been in the Service. We have constant drill 7 hours evry day and that takes almost all the daylight there is these short days and in addition to that the Officers have to Study the tacticks and recite