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Camp near Nashville Tenn
March 28th 1862
Mrs Sarah Davis
My Dear Wife
It is now 1 Oclock in the morning and I have been verry busy all day and tonight I was sent to Nashville on buisness, and have just returned and as we are going to march at 8 Oclock in the morning, I will have no other time or oportunity to write to you for several days. consequently I rob myself of sleep to write to you.  Day before yesterday I received your letter of the 13th which you wrote while at Wm. Van, which made me feel both glad and sad. glad to hear from you and sad to hear of you and Orrilla both being sick and also verry sad to think that circumstances seemed to compell you to take the Step you had concluded to take.  Last night I received yours of the 18th which had a tendency to cheer me up to a certain extent as it told of the good health of all of you  But I am truly sorry to hear that you had to part with the Cow and that there was a prospect of your haveing to give up the house as I had hoped you would remain there until I returned home again, and I cincerely hope that you will not be obliged to move and that you will think better of it and conclude not to. 
I hope that long before this reaches you you will have received the money I sent you and now I think we have got the thing started so that you will not be compelled to seel any more of your meat to buy other necessaries.  It is the general opinion that we will soon get our next payment.  We march in the morning Southward and are taking 8 days rations with us. but I think we will make a halt at Collumbus about 411 miles south of here.  Cap Patterson is still away and Lieut McKinney is lying sick so that I have evrything on my hands now which gives

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Camp near Nashville Tenn March 28th 1862 Mrs Sarah Davis My Dear Wife It is now 1 Oclock in the morning and I have been verry busy all day and tonight I was sent to Nashville on buisness, and have just returned and as we are going to march at 8 Oclock in the morning, I will have no other time or oportunity to write to you for several days. consequently I rob myself of sleep to write to you. Day before yesterday I received your letter of the 13th which you wrote while at Wm. Van, which made me feel both glad and sad. glad to hear from you and sad to hear of you and Orrilla both being sick and also verry sad to think that circumstances seemed to compell you to take the Step you had concluded to take. Last night I received yours of the 18th which had a tendency to cheer me up to a certain extent as it told of the good health of all of you But I am truly sorry to hear that you had to part with the Cow and that there was a prospect of your haveing to give up the house as I had hoped you would remain there until I returned home again, and I cincerely hope that you will not be obliged to move and that you will think better of it and conclude not to. I hope that long before this reaches you you will have received the money I sent you and now I think we have got the thing started so that you will not be compelled to seel any more of your meat to buy other necessaries. It is the general opinion that we will soon get our next payment. We march in the morning Southward and are taking 8 days rations with us. but I think we will make a halt at Collumbus about 411 miles south of here. Cap Patterson is still away and Lieut McKinney is lying sick so that I have evrything on my hands now which gives