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Letter from
Leander F. Crumley
to his wife
Nancy E. Crumley
November 12th, 1862
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
submitted by Christine
Crumley Brown
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