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Andrew F. Davis papers, January-October 1863
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Murfreesboro Tenn. March 30" 1863 Mrs. Sarah Davis My Dear wife I have received two letters from you since I wrote to you One of the 20th & one of the 23rd inst so that I guess that none of yours are now behind. I wrote 2 days since to the children in which I answered a few of your questions. Yours of the 23rd come to hand yesterday and I am much obliged to you for your kind advice and encouragement, and to hear that your health is so good, and to hear that you got the note liften without any more trouble.and taking the letter altogether it make me feel 10 years younger than I did one week since I am glad to hear that Henry Husted is getting well again By the way the boys here think that Henry Pierson has taken the job of cracking the Butternuts about Liberty and then Subed the job out to his boys. It is now March 31" I did not get to finish this yesterday so I will do it now. I was over to the 31st Ind. today and saw several of the boys from about Billingsville and they are all well. They are not very well pleased with McCluny being their Captain as they Lieut Smith should have had the place as they think he nobly earned it. This is the last day of grace for the deserters to come forward and join their Commands or be severely dealt with and large numbers are proffeting by the offer and when the train arrived today there was several hundred got off and commenced hunting up their Regts, The provisions which are being accumulated here are all being moved inside of the fortifications. You would be surprised to see the piles of it that is here. There is one pile of crackers which alone is as high and larger than the Courthouse in Liberty and there is as large quantities in proportion of evrything els which it take to make up a soldiers rations. We have provisions of evry kind in abundance and want for nothing
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Murfreesboro Tenn. March 30" 1863 Mrs. Sarah Davis My Dear wife I have received two letters from you since I wrote to you One of the 20th & one of the 23rd inst so that I guess that none of yours are now behind. I wrote 2 days since to the children in which I answered a few of your questions. Yours of the 23rd come to hand yesterday and I am much obliged to you for your kind advice and encouragement, and to hear that your health is so good, and to hear that you got the note liften without any more trouble.and taking the letter altogether it make me feel 10 years younger than I did one week since I am glad to hear that Henry Husted is getting well again By the way the boys here think that Henry Pierson has taken the job of cracking the Butternuts about Liberty and then Subed the job out to his boys. It is now March 31" I did not get to finish this yesterday so I will do it now. I was over to the 31st Ind. today and saw several of the boys from about Billingsville and they are all well. They are not very well pleased with McCluny being their Captain as they Lieut Smith should have had the place as they think he nobly earned it. This is the last day of grace for the deserters to come forward and join their Commands or be severely dealt with and large numbers are proffeting by the offer and when the train arrived today there was several hundred got off and commenced hunting up their Regts, The provisions which are being accumulated here are all being moved inside of the fortifications. You would be surprised to see the piles of it that is here. There is one pile of crackers which alone is as high and larger than the Courthouse in Liberty and there is as large quantities in proportion of evrything els which it take to make up a soldiers rations. We have provisions of evry kind in abundance and want for nothing
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