Bradly County Tenn

Charleston Tenn     June 10th 1862

Dear Companion I imbrace the present opertunity of writing to inform you that I am well But verry sore yet from my march and I hope that when this Reaches you it will find you all well we Left the Big Creek Gap on the 8th and got here yesterday at night William and Several of the Rest give out on the way from the Big creek to Knoxville I think they will get in to Day they Dident get to Knoxville (in) time to take the train all the sick that is able to travel will get furlows for thirty days I Cant Say how Long we will stay here But I Don’t think we will Stay Long I have Wrote you a Long Letter But Did not put in the office as we had orders to march while I was writing but I will Send it on and this with it the Letters that you sent a bout the money that I sent to you By J. C. Bell has come to hand Day Before yesterday with a Brade of your hare in it which I was verry glad to get I have come a cross some more of my Kind folks here in the war two of my second cosens Sons of Abraham T. Crumly from Harrelson County Ga they are in the 40th Ga Regment and I have saw a great many people here that I am acquainted with But I had rother see the people in White and them at home then any Body Else when we Left the Big Creek Gap we Left to go to Chattanooga But when we got to Low Den we heard the yankees

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was gon So all the Brigade went Back to Knoxville But our Rigment and it come on here to the Bridge a Cross Hiawassa River where the Yankees (or Tories) burnt one and was Hung for it
F M is well But Like my Self Broke Down a marching I Recon that after the sick all gets furlows and come Back that the Rest of us will get to come home you must Do the the Best you can untell I come and I Cant say when that will Be But I Hope it wont be Long for I want to see you all very Bad I am at this time seventy miles nearer home then I was at Knoxville I got a Letter from N. W. Jackson the same time that I got your that you sent about the money I sent you and warrens was wrote 2nd June and he said he had not got no Letter from G M & A T Jackson since 17th March I have wrote them two Letters and got none S. R. Merritt got a Letter the 8th June from Andrew Merritt and he said they had Been on a Retreat for three Days and G M Jackson was in the hospatal Richmond VA but did not say what was the matter of him when you write a gain Direct your Letters to Charleston Tenn Some thing over 140 mile Nearer home then I have Been at one time Since I Left and I hope I wont get any furder off then I am untell I get to Come home tell N. W. Jackson that I will Right to him when I rest I would a wrote sooner to him But Did not Know Wher to write too So no more But Remains your husband untell Death                      L F Crumley

                                                                    Nancy E. Crumly