Letter from
Leander F. Crumley
to his wife
Nancy E. Crumley
April 19th, 1862

Camp Vandorn Knox County Tennessee April 19th 1862

Dear wife I take the present opertunity of writing to inform you that I am well all but a small tuch of the diare but not bad and hope that this will reach you safe and find you all well William is well also I can inform you that I got your letter of the 13th a few minets a go I had just finisht writing you a bucket for not writing for I had wrote eleven letters since I come in camps one to Brother Jack and ten to White and had not got but one from you and a peace of one from mother and mary ann and I had got tired of writing with out geting no letters but as you have wrote I will write a gain and not send it you wrote that you wanted me to come home before I started from the Big Shanty but I have left there and is one hundred and seventy five miles from there or more We left there on the 17th at half past two oclock and got here on the 18th at twelve oclock Which made 22 hours on the way this is the prettyest country that I ever saw the country is covered in cedars from one foot through down and the fields covered with the beartifulls meadows of clover and the best wheat that I ever saw at this time a year wher the Rail road croses the Tennessee River it is between a quarter of a mile and a half wide we had a pleasent ride if you call siting on a rough plank a day and

(pg 2) night any thing for I was plase at the door of the box to keep all in on the way cant say how long we will stay here but I think not long for ther is fighting going on in the southern confedracy and some not far off yesterday I suppose from wat I here it was in eight mile of this place I have had good health all the time since I have bin in camps but some of the rest is down with the measels and mumps ther is thirteen we left at marietta in the hospital and some four more taken the measels and mumps since we come here E. C. Ledford N. Slaton J. T. Carter with the measls James Mullennix with the mumps but none bad off Ledford has the measls out good on him all the sargents is sick and first corprel so I have to attend to Ordaly place and ther is but one more corprel well and he is complaining some and if times don't change I will have my hands full I see no chance to come home shortly but I want to see you all badly you write that all is well and mother writes that Elick and the baby is sick I want you to write every week for you have no excuse for I know that you have paper and envelops and I sent you stamps by J. C. Bell I made a mistake in the amount that I owd Comer and Meaders it 1.70 cts each that I want you to pay and write back a bout it as I have to send it if you dont pay it Recieve my warmest hart      L. F. Crumley

submitted by Christine Crumley Brown

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