Taswell Tenn August 10th 1862

Dear Companion

After some delay I imbrace the present opertunity of writing to inform you that I am well at present hopen these Lines will Reach you safe and find you all well I got here to the Regment yesterday and Found the Boys all well But J H Taylor Robert Westmoreland they are sick But not Dangerous I would a wrote Before Now but I was at Locus Grove Camp and our Regment Left and would not Let any go But what thought they Could Doubl quick So I was Left there and I would not write untill I herd from the Battle our men got in a Little fight on the 6th of this month and taken 60 prisners and 3 peasees of artilary and we Killed 35 men that we found on the ground and the Yankees hauled off three wagon Loads of Dead through Taswell we Lost one man in our Regment in the Habersham Company By the name of Nations and two slightly wounded one in our Company and I don’t Know what company the other Belongs too the man that was wounded in our company is By the name of Wade he Lives in Rabun County he had the skin cut on the back of his Left hand and a hold cut throught his wescoat skirt and the skin marked on his Brest and after wards was Knocked Down with a Bum shell But not hurt so but he Jumped up and tride it again the yankees that we taken prisners says that if a Batry was in hell and the Georgians was orderd they would charge it with a Barlow Knife our Capt Moore was the first man that fired a gun and the Last in our Regment we taken a Good many Cooking utencels provisions Knapsacks &c I have not got But three Letters from you that has Been wrot since June come in and I want you to write as often as you can I will send you and you mother a Receipt to make Shugar and surup
When the Cane is Ripe Enough for two thirds of the seed to look Black and one third still green it is Ready for work take one gill of lime and pour a half gallon of Boiling Juice with it in a Earthern vessel let it stand as much as half an hour then when you git your juice Ready one half point of the lime water in ten gallongs of juice and stir it well and let it stand a half an hour Before you put it in the pot have the pot as clean of Rust as possible and greese the pot well with Lard for salty greese won’t do then start it to Boiling and take off the skim that Rises at first and when the thick skim is off make it Boil so fast that it wont make any more skim for it wont make suger if it is not Boild and if you skim it all the time it wont make sugar when it Begins to thicken put in one table spoon full of Lard and Boil it to 238 degreese of heat this will let some molasses Rise and the sugar will settle to the bottom for to make surup 228 Degrese of heat will Do to make Sugar that will not drip boil til you can take a little of it as hot as you can beare it to your fingers and put It between your tteh and when you can tell that it has a candy appearance when you can first Begin to Discover that there is a tough substance Between your teeth it is then Ready to take out and in warm wether it will turn to sugar in a Bout a week when it is first cool it is a soft candy but will turn to sugar make it boil in a rage all the time you must not let it cool down but kook in a puff all the time You must do the best you can untill I come Home and I don’t know when that will be tak good care of the Baby

(in margin of 1st page) So I must come to a close for this time so no more at this time but Remains your Cinser husband untill Death   L F Crumly    To Nancy E Crumly