Letter from
Leander F. Crumley
to his wife
Nancy E. Crumley
May 10th, 1862

Camp Vandorn   Near Knoxville Tennessee    May10th 1862

Dear Companion it is with pleasure that I imbrace the present opertunity of writing to inform you that I am well at present more then a coulf of the measels Hopen these Lines will Reach you safe and find you all well I have Been verry week with the measels But have got as stout as Ever and feels as well But the coulf still stays with me But not as Bad as it was our Rigment is out on a Scout and has been for 11 days and I Dont Know When it will Be in But I think that it wont Be Long tell it will come Back to Camps we have had the Luck of Loosing three of our Company By Death and Sorrow that it is we cant send them home But there is no chance to get a transfer at this time and if the transfer could be got what they is of the Company here is not able to make up the money to send them the men that is Dead of our company is Pendleton J. Okelley he Dide Last Wednesday at atlanta with the Brain Fever and Rubin Morris & D J Dorsey Dide yesterday at the hospatal with the Relaps of the measels and Both wanted to Be Caried home But it is out of our power with out our Rigment was here If our Captain was here he would fix to send them home But he was not here so they was Burried to day in Decent Coffins in the Church yard at Knoxville Our Rigment went from here to the Big Creek Gap and sent back for all the Rest of the Rigment that had got able to go and they Left here yesterday and I underdstand that they are ordered to the Cumberland Gap Thomas Dooley Left here yesterday with the Recruts for the rigment and Got Back to night he taken the sick headache and they sent him Back and they sent Milton Nix and John and Wiley Cantrell come Back to gether

(Written down left side of page: I never heard whether you got the paper I sent you or not and Envelope and postage Stamps and my Buger you never have wrote anything a Bout it whether it Nawd out or not.)

Milton Nix had the measels and thought that he was well But the measels Broke out on him as thick as Ever and John & Wiley Cantrell has Both had the measels and was so weak they Give out and come Back to night I want you to write and Let me hear from home one time more it Look hard that I have wrote as many Letters home as I have and Cant get to heare from you and the Children I had give out Ever writing any more with out I could get a Letter from home But Daniel B Young said this Evening that he was to get a Discharge in the morning and he would take all the Letters that any of us wanted to send So I thought I would try you with one more and see if you would write I have Looked for a Letter tell I have got out of all hopes of Ever geting one I have got But Two from you since I Left and all the Rest of the Boys gets Letters which makes me think that you Dont write I got a Letter from Ruth Duckett to Day stating that all was well and that Henry & James had got home and I herd from Green Walters to Day and all was well Charles and Daniel Walters is here in camps they Belong to the 40 Rigment they is Several Rigment of Georgians here and Glenns Rigment from georgia come here to day I want you to write with out fail and write how many Letters you have wrote so I can Tell whether the mail is Rong or you Dont want to write and if you want me to hear from you I want you to write Evry week and then I will get some of them the Last Letter I got from you was Dated the 13th of april if Young Dont go home I will Send this By mail so no more at present But Remains your true Husband untill Death

To Nancy E Crumly L F Crumly

You mustent think hard of the way I write for I am Badly pesterd a Bout Letters so Kiss the Baby for me

Direct you Letters to Knoxville Tennessee in Care of Capt Moore 52 Rigment Georgia Volunteers

submitted by Christine Crumley Brown

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