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In Camp near Collumbia Tenn April 1st 1862 Mrs. Sarah Davis Dear Wife Yours of the 27th ult. come to hand this evening and was. joyfully received as it had been some time since I had heard from you. I am glad to hear that you and the children and I am happy to say that I am still enjoying most excellent health. I last wrote to you immediately before marching from Nashville. We Started at 8 Oclock on Saturday and have been marching evry day since. and are now 44 miles South of Nashville and as the heading of this shows we are now near Collumbia, We have been passing through as fine a country as ever the sun shown on as it all appears as rich and fertile as a garden and the beautiful and costly mansions of the planters which appear on evry hand will have to be seen to be appreciated or at least it would take an abler pen than mine to describe their beaties. We do not see many of the Whites as we pass these fine plantations. as they are none of them verry favorably impressed with us yankees as they choose to call us but evrywhere as we pass. the habitations the fences and steps are ornamented with the Chattels. ranging in age from the Old grey headed Uncle Tom down to the wee infant in its mothers arms, and it is nothing uncommon to see from 20 to 50 little Wooley heade urchins perched upon the fence gazeing in wonder and admiration as we march by. We do not see as many men in proportion as we do of the women and children. I think it more than likely they are kept more in the back ground. But one thing is bound to be acknowledged by all unprejudiced minds who see them and that is that they universaly as far as I have seen them are well fed and well clo-
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In Camp near Collumbia Tenn April 1st 1862 Mrs. Sarah Davis Dear Wife Yours of the 27th ult. come to hand this evening and was. joyfully received as it had been some time since I had heard from you. I am glad to hear that you and the children and I am happy to say that I am still enjoying most excellent health. I last wrote to you immediately before marching from Nashville. We Started at 8 Oclock on Saturday and have been marching evry day since. and are now 44 miles South of Nashville and as the heading of this shows we are now near Collumbia, We have been passing through as fine a country as ever the sun shown on as it all appears as rich and fertile as a garden and the beautiful and costly mansions of the planters which appear on evry hand will have to be seen to be appreciated or at least it would take an abler pen than mine to describe their beaties. We do not see many of the Whites as we pass these fine plantations. as they are none of them verry favorably impressed with us yankees as they choose to call us but evrywhere as we pass. the habitations the fences and steps are ornamented with the Chattels. ranging in age from the Old grey headed Uncle Tom down to the wee infant in its mothers arms, and it is nothing uncommon to see from 20 to 50 little Wooley heade urchins perched upon the fence gazeing in wonder and admiration as we march by. We do not see as many men in proportion as we do of the women and children. I think it more than likely they are kept more in the back ground. But one thing is bound to be acknowledged by all unprejudiced minds who see them and that is that they universaly as far as I have seen them are well fed and well clo-
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