Plains Crossroad   Tennessee   June 25th 1862

Dear Companion I take the present opertuity of writing to inform you that I am well at this time hopen these Lines will Reach you Safe and find you all Enjoying Good Health I am at this time 18 miles from Knoxville and Don’t Know How Long we will stay here But I Don’t think that we will stay Long we Come here two Days ago on the Expetion of geting to fight the Yankees But they Smelt a mouse and has Left and I here is making ther way over the mountians to Kentucky again we have two Bregades here and two a head of us and more Solgers gon up by Morristown and a Great many Cavelary here it is said that they is 14 regments of Yankees in heare But they have Left and I think we have as many if we was all to gether and it wouldent take us long to get together I Left William at Knoxville a Little sick But not Bad off he said he was able for Camp Duty But not able to march we have marched from one place to and other untell our Regment has But two hundred and one privet in it that was able to march at this time We left Knoxville and if we hold on a while Longer I think we will have no Regment at all for the 16th of July all over 35 and under 18 is going home and that will take half or nearly so that is left here and if some that is gone home Don’t get Back By that time I think the Regment will Disband and all go home and Join some other Regment (Turn over)

 (pg 2) Thomas H. Kimsey I hear is Dead he dide in Atlanta we have not Drawn any money yet and don’t Know when we will and we have two Reasons I understand for not Drawing one is that our officers hant got sence enough to make out there pay rolls and the other Reason is Dan Pickford is our quarter master and he cant give Security that is sufficent and he cant get the money untell he dose I Don’t think that we will Ever will have a fight here in East Tennessee But I may be Deseaved for we stand a good chance to be in one Evry Day But I think that when they dont Back out we will So I don’t think we will Ever will fight here more then Pickett fighting I want you to write me all the News there in that country how Crops looks and how you come on with yours and how wheat was and rye oats and when you can get a mess of Pamodeses and I will try to come home to Eat some with you I understand that Col. Phillips says that all that is here shall go home when the Rest comes Back that is gone when you Eat Irish potatoes and Beans just think of me and East some for me for I don’t think I shall get to Eat any this year if I don’t get to come home our Capt is gon and I Recon he is gon home But his Company dident know any thing a bout it untell we herd of him in Marietta and then we guest he was gon home Bill West and Bob Gabby Slipt off and went home and I don’t Know whether they got furlows or not So I must come to

(in margins) a close for this time write Evry week for I hant got no Letter in a Bout two weeks Direct to Knoxville So no more at present But Remains your Husband untell Death
Leander F. Crumly to Nancy E. Crumly

I have to send this with out paying the postage for I am out and out of any thing to Eat and wont Draw untell tomorrow and I shall be hungry by that time

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If F M Crumly is at home write to me how he has got with his pains I Don’t know whether he went home or to Atlanta But I think he went home all of Moors Company is gone But thirty one and half of them is in the hospatal sick in camps at Camp Vandorn   Tell Martha L Jackson that I have not got that Letter yet that Mary A said she was going to write But I will answer as soon as I do.