Camp near Corinth, Mississippi

Tuesday evening, May 27^th, 1862

My Dear Wife:-

Having the chance to send you a note I hasten to address you a few lines.  I wrote to you yesterday and have nothing new to write to you except that I today saw your uncle Montgomery and Thos. And Isaac Jones, James Han, Dudly Mayberry, Albert Jackson and several others that I am acquainted with.  They are all well but have had a very severe march across from Batesville, Arkansas to Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  Isaac Jones is driving a team.  He has had good health all the time he has been out.  They have suffered a great deal for provisions.  I hope they may see a better time hereafter and I do hope they may never see as hard a fight as the one they had at Pem Ridge.  You will tell your grandmother about my seeing them.  They will go entirely on the left I think.  They are in Jeff C. Davis’ division.  It seems to me that Corinth will soon be entirely surrounded.  O when will this batter be over.

The weather is quite hot now.  I hope that this matter will be settled before the sun gets much further north.  Those three papers received today.  Thanks.

Hoping to hear from you quite often, I bid good bye.

William A. Smith