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Rivers and Rails
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Page 45 of 63
Burnsville, Mississippi
Monday morning, Sept. 29th, 1862
My Dear Wife:-
I again have the privilege of addressing you in answer to yours of the 17th to 22nd inst. I have wrote several notes to you lately which I hope you will get in due time. I sent you a note in Lucinda’s letter yesterday. I hope you will not defer writing on account of not getting letters from me, for you may be sure that I will write at least once each week, when I possibly can and if anything should happen and I can’t write, there is others that would write to you without delay.
I was not aware where the 35th Regiment was till you tell me that it is at Nashville, Tennessee. I had heard that Thomas McConnel was better. He looked very bad when I saw him at Jacinto on the 21st of July.
Mrs. Hendrickson landed here last night from Vandalia. She started from home last Thursday morning. She and her husband have gone to Corinth today.
You seem to dread for me to go east. There is no place that I had rather got than to the east.
When we was at Decatur, I was in hopes that they would take us on to Huntsville, then through the north part of Georgia and up into Virginia, about Cumberland Gap or farther up towards Wheeling (see map).
I do not know how the matter will terminate but you may expect to hear some wonderful stories about the matter. I think most of the commissioned officers will resign and go home. I can not blame them if they do, yet that will not make the matter any better.
I think we will move to Rienzi in a day or two, then the matter will come in to focus.
Captain McDonalds health is improving a little. I think he will try to get home as soon as he is able to go.
I reel rather unwell today. I have been troubled with tooth ache for some time and yesterday I had a tooth extracted, which as thrown me into a slight fever. I hope to be better in a day or two. I hope you are enjoying good health. I will expect another letter from you in a day or two in answer to mine that I wrote to you from this place about ten days ago.
For the present you will excuse me.
William A. Smith
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