Describes his march from Helena, Arkansas, to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Transcription: In camp 10 miles from Vicksburg Feb 3rd 1864 Dear Father I sit down to drop you a few lines to let you know that I am well at presant and that I got a lettre to day dated Jan 24th 1864 Father we are a good ways from where we was a week a go Father I wrote you a letter the 2nd of this month We left Helena the 28 of Jan. We got to Vicksburg the 31st Vicksburg is a ruff looking place Father since I began to write We moved out about 2 miles farther there has ben a great many troops went out to day Father the weth
Describes his march from Helena, Arkansas, to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Transcription: In camp 10 miles from Vicksburg Feb 3rd 1864 Dear Father I sit down to drop you a few lines to let you know that I am well at presant and that I got a lettre to day dated Jan 24th 1864 Father we are a good ways from where we was a week a go Father I wrote you a letter the 2nd of this month We left Helena the 28 of Jan. We got to Vicksburg the 31st Vicksburg is a ruff looking place Father since I began to write We moved out about 2 miles farther there has ben a great many troops went out to day Father the wether is very warm down here one have not got any tents with us We have got had gruel[?] to eat on this march I expect that we will go to Jackson Miss. in a few days the report is that there is a bout 2500 rebs out there if so we will have something to do Father I have not mutch to write to night write soon your son David T. Massey Title: Letter signed David T. Massey, in camp 10 miles from Vicksburg, to his father [Nathan Massey], February 3, 1864 . 3 February 1864. Massey, David T., -1864
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