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Andrew F. Davis papers, January-October 1863
01_1863-05-07-Page 01
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Murfreesboro, Tenn. May 7" 1863 Mrs. Sarah Davis My dear wife Yours of the 21 of April come to hand three days since but I have been to busy to answer it until tonight. There is no news of importance transpireing in this Department of the Army but the news from the Army of the Potomic is cheering enough in todays paper to do for both Armies. And I must say that I think the Union cause now looks more cheering and hopeful than it has at any time since the commencement of the Rebellion, as evrything is going favorably with our arms in all the departments of the Army. I see that the butternuts are becomeing quite bold in some places in the north, the Centreville and Dayton Ohio raids for instance but I am pleased to see that the Arch Traitor Vallandingham has been arrested by Order of Gen. Burnsides which I think is a Step in right direction and one that should have been taken two years since I hope to God they will send him up or to Ft. LaFayette. The health here is still good. The weather has been quite rainey and cloudy for Several days past. It has not rained hard any of the time but still enough to make it quite mucky and disagreeable There appears to be a rivalry going on between the different Regiments here to see who will have the nicest camp. And they have made large requisition on the cedar thickets in the neighborhood for to get evergreens to decorate the quarters. Four days since our Regt. went outside of the picket lines about two miles and remained all day as guards while all the teams of the Brigade ware engaged in hauling cedar brush. and now there is not a tent in the whole Brigade but what has from one to ten little cedar trees planted
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Murfreesboro, Tenn. May 7" 1863 Mrs. Sarah Davis My dear wife Yours of the 21 of April come to hand three days since but I have been to busy to answer it until tonight. There is no news of importance transpireing in this Department of the Army but the news from the Army of the Potomic is cheering enough in todays paper to do for both Armies. And I must say that I think the Union cause now looks more cheering and hopeful than it has at any time since the commencement of the Rebellion, as evrything is going favorably with our arms in all the departments of the Army. I see that the butternuts are becomeing quite bold in some places in the north, the Centreville and Dayton Ohio raids for instance but I am pleased to see that the Arch Traitor Vallandingham has been arrested by Order of Gen. Burnsides which I think is a Step in right direction and one that should have been taken two years since I hope to God they will send him up or to Ft. LaFayette. The health here is still good. The weather has been quite rainey and cloudy for Several days past. It has not rained hard any of the time but still enough to make it quite mucky and disagreeable There appears to be a rivalry going on between the different Regiments here to see who will have the nicest camp. And they have made large requisition on the cedar thickets in the neighborhood for to get evergreens to decorate the quarters. Four days since our Regt. went outside of the picket lines about two miles and remained all day as guards while all the teams of the Brigade ware engaged in hauling cedar brush. and now there is not a tent in the whole Brigade but what has from one to ten little cedar trees planted
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