Nov 12th 1862
Camp Near Vancy Station Tenn

 Dear Companion

It is with greate pleashure that I again seat myself to inform you that I am well at present Hopen these Lines will reach you safe and find you all well and doing well I have notheing strange to comunicate to you at this time more then we have had more rest since we come here then we have had for some time past but not more then we stood in need off for we are all like Broken Down horse all stiffend up and some of us has been swelled up so we look like we was full and fat but the most of us has got over that I have looked evry day for a letter from you since I came back from the Gap But has not got any yet But I still live in hopes that I will hear from you shortly as it has been some time since I have got any letter from you and I am uneasy and shall be untill I get a letter (turn over)

(pg 2) I can inform you that our Regment has been paid off for five months and twenty seven days we got our money last night I drew eighty five dollars and ninty cents and would send you some money if I had any body to send by But only one man can get to go home out of the Regment and that is Lieutenant Roberts of Lumpkin and I don’t Like the man well enough to send money by him for it is Reported here that he stold a Preachers boots and if he done that I don’t want him to tote money for me I will send you money as soon as I have any chance if I cant get to come and bring it my self but I think I shall come before Long for the confedracy ows me a furlow that I am intitiled to one I expect we will leave here in a few days but wher we will go I cant say at this time we are still lying out taking the wether like a parsel of hogs but the solgers wont put up with that

(pg 3) sort of fair much longer this winter for if they ant Better provided for they will all desert and go home two went home last night and they are leaving every day and will unless they are better treated then what they are I want you to write to me as soon as you get this and direct to Knoxville and if I laeve here it will follow me and write all the News there and how much corn you made and I want to know if you have enough to do you or not they has been two of our company dide since we started to Kentucky Robert Abernathy and William Allen dide on Thursday the 6th of Nov at Rutledge and there has been several sent to Atlanta to the hospital there E. B. Blackburn D. W. Suggs D. W. Jackson J W Stoval John V Sims F M Pilgrim and there is several complaining here in camps A K Stover is sick with fever N M Freeman and several others complaining and if we don’t get shelters shortly

(pg 4) I look for all the Regment to get sick if not to die I want you to take good care of what you have made for I fear that it is going to be harde worke for the people to Live next year for corn meal sells here for two dollars and half per bushel J. P. Bruce starts home this morning to carry money for the company and I send you sixty dollars by him two 20 Dollar bills and two ten Dollar and I want you to get Bills of that size for some has sent large bills that will be hard to get changed I kept 25 dollars to use my self and I have to buy me some shoose here for less then ten dollars per pair be as savin as you can and do the best you can untill I come home and I will come as soon as I can get the chance so I will come to a close for this time by asking you to write as soon as you get this Good Bye for this time   L F Crumly             
                                                                                                              to Nancy E. Crumly