Tennessee Jefferson County June
14th 1862
Morristown
Dear Companion I take the present opertunity of writing
to inform you that I am in common health at this time hopen these
Lines will Reach you Safe and find you all in Good health I am at
this time 42 miles above Knoxville at Morristown we came here night
Before Last at midnight and the Rigment is gon on to the Cumberland
Gap all only the Sick and give out I have marched tell I give out
and Stopt a few day to Rest and then I shall go on to the Regment
they is several of the Regment here and five of our company my self
James L Cantrell, John L. Cantrell John H Smith Daniel W Jackson
I Left FM Crumly R Abernathy the Dooleys Sims all the Ledfords at
Knoxivlle and some of them will get to go home on a furlow and I
think FM Crumly will get a discharge Before Long for he Cant hold
out in camps and take the marches he takes here William M Jackson
is gon on to the Cumberland Gap if he hant give out on the way But
he was Like my self he was wore out a marching J C Bell is gon on
with the Regment and Seems to hold out well So fare there has Been
Several furlowd Latly and I shall try for one as soon as I can get
to Draw money Enough to Carry me home But I Don’t know when
we will Draw for the Day has passed that we was to Draw and none
Drawed yet we went to Charleston and Stade Two or three Days and
drawd no provisions only what we Bout with our own money I went
on a Scout while I was there to Georgetown and as I came Back I
found a true Southern Lady for she filed all our Canteens with milk
for nothing which was the first milk that I have Eat since I Left
home I want you to have some milk in the water cool Ready for me
when I come and Be preparde to make a pot of mush for supper and
Buns and potatoes for Dinner the next day you and Emily must do
the Best you can and I think me and Marion will Be at home after
while But it may be winter first But I hope not for I want the war
to Close soon so when I come I can come to stay Learn the children
to work So they will be some help to you and tell them when I come
I will Bring them something and when I com and if they ant smart
I wont give it to them I have saw six or seven sacks of Coffee this
morning But it comes high one Dollar & twenty five cents per
pound I want you to write often as you can I am Looking for a Letter
Evry day and shall untell it comes when you write write to Knoxville
and it will follow us for I Cant Say how Long we will stay here
But hope not Long for I am getting tired of Scouting these mountians
and I am not all that is in the same fix for we have scouted untell
we have 25 in our company able for Duty and if we hold on we wont
have any in a short time But I shall Keep with the Regment as Long
as I can so no more at present But Remains you Husband untel Death
Leander F Crumly to Nancy E Crumly
Write Evry Week and fail not
Crumley family papers transcribed and contributed
by
Christine Crumley Brown