Big Shanty    April 13th 1862

Dear Companion it is with pleasure that I embrace the present opertunity of writing to inform you that I am well at this time Hoping these lines will find you all well I have nothing of importance to write at this time We are still here and dont know when we will leave at this time We were mustered in service yesterday and received our bounty today and I have paid N. W. Jackson what I owe him and as I have paid him I can't sent you but (30) thirty dollars at this time But if I make a trade that I expect and Shall, I will send you some more before long I have got but one letter from home yet and that is all the letter I have got since I have been in camps I want you all to write often

(pg 2) as you can I want you to pay A. J. Comer (75) seventy five cents for me the things that I got Before I left and I want you to go to C Meaders and pay him (75) seventy cents and get some cups and saucers he promised to keep for me at (80) eighty cents and what you need you get As for paying debts, I think you had best not pay no more than what I have wrote for you to pay I want to know if Marion has swapped horses yet or not and if he hasn't you may do as you please with Ball  I shall send two song balets in this letter We have got our uniforms I got coat pants caps shirts draws and shoes it all costs me ($15.80) fifteen dollars and eighty cents of the clothing money and if I had not a drawd none it would been five months before I would (go to the 13th page for the Balance of the Letter)

(pg 3) of Drawed and Clothing money and we were ablige to have uniforms I cant say when I shall be at home But I think the chance Bad a bout geting furlows at this time I want yo to write me all the news in them parts T. A. Dooley is geting well very fast we have some sone sickness in camps ther is some seven or eight sick in our company with mumps and measels and one case of the feaver Ther has bin eight deaths in our rigment but non in our company Tell F.M. Crumly to do the Best he can with you and I will satisfy him for it if I live and trade for you

(pg 4) when you cant trade for your self I shall go to Marietta the first chance and have my likeness taken if I can get a pass from Capt Moore Tell Henry and Merrida to be smart and I will fitch them a knife a peace and tell Jane to nuss Warren good and Keep him quiet and I will fetch her a pretty Bonnet when I come home and I want you to write to me how you are geting a Long and how the nabors all is I want Marion to write to me as often as he can I would write to him to day but I have wrote all I have to write at this time So I will come to a close by saying you have my warmst hart untill Death

Leander F. Crumly
To Nancy E. Crumly