Tazwell Tennessee  August 14th 1862

Dear Father & Mother Brother & Sisters

I once more imbrace the present opertunity of writing to inform you that we are well Hopen these Lines will find you all well we have not received any Letter from you in a Long time and only three from Nancy Since the first of June and I Begin to think that I wont get any more we have three Deserters in our company this week G. B. Dover William Allison & John White they left here Last Monday to wash ther Close and they have not been herd from Since So I think they went home to get them washt We had a Little Battle here with the Yankees the 6th of this month We was not in it But our men made them Rake out in a hurry We Killed Several of them we found thirty or forty Dead on the Field and they yankess hauld of three wagon Loads of Dead we had (12) twelve Killed on our side and a Bout thirty wounded we had But one Killed in our Regment and two wounded one wounded in our Company By the Name of D.E. Wade Slighty the Ball cut the skin on the back of the Left hand and through Both sides of his shirt and one side of his wescot cuting the skin on his Breast and after wardes was Knock Down with a bum shell But not Bad hert he has Been Doing Duty all the time since I Don Know the other man I Don’t Know But he was but slightly wounded and the man that was Killed was By the Name of Nations he Belonged to the Habersham Company he was shot through

(pg 2) the head I have got over the Jandice again and I feel as well as I Ever Did But is Short winded yet Williams come to the Regment Day Before yesterday he is well But weekly yet I have not much to write at this time more then we all see hard times here in the army but I hope that it wont be so all ways but it looks Like that we will Eat out this Country so nothing But starveation is Certin we are halling in Rosoniers Evry Day and at this time we have to go six miles to get them and it is taken comfields Clean so the people hear will have to suffer if they Don’t Leave this Country for the provision is not making for the people to Live on if the army was not hear Lieutenant John W. Meakes has got a Discharge and is going to start home to night or in the morning and as the mail is unsertin I thought I would some and send by him I hear that the mail has not gon out from here Since the Battle But don’t Know how true it is But I Know that we get no Letteres here in camps I want you to take this Letter up and Let Nancy hear it Read as I am So Scearce of paper I cant write a Letter to all at this time and tell her that I wrote to her two or three Day a go and will write a gain in a few Days give my Best Respects to all the Neighbors and tell Mr. W A Warwick that I will write to him as soon as I can get some paper and he must Excuse me for not writing no sooner So no more at present But Remains your sons untill Death

LF Crumly                                    To Hardy Jackson
WM Jackson                                 and Family

(in margin of pg 1)
Tell Nancy to Do the Best she can untill I get to come and I Don’t Know when that will be But I shall come as soon as I can after I Draw money if I Ever Draw any but I see no prospect any now   L F Crumly

 

Crumley family papers transcribed and contributed by
Christine Crumley Brown

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