Camp in front of Corrinth Miss

                                                                                                            May 25^th 1862

 

Dear Lieut

                        I received your letter this morning which was written after you arrived home. I was glad to hear that your Journey would not Prove of any Serious injurey to you. I hope that you will soon be able to return to the Regt. I am Glad to hear that you had a Furlough for Genarl General Halack has ordered that all Men and Officers that are away from these Regiments without the proper papers will be reported as Deserters. Both you and Potter are reported as Deserters and your pay ordered to be Stoped but the Col and Major think that you will be all right if you have a Furlough but they will do all in their Power for you so will I do Every that I can I told Col Smith this Morning that it must not be so reported he has made a Statement to General Sherman Setting forth the facts you had better take your Furlough to a Justice of the Peace and have him make a Copy of it Certified to and Send it to Col Smith forthwith

 

                                                                                    I am well except my knee knee that is very Lame and so much that I have been ordered to remain perfectly quiet as it needs absolute rest I am glad that the trunk has been found but must regret say that I am sorry that their should be any trouble about it. I received a letter from My Wife this/Morning Stateing that she went down to Se you and talk with you about as She very naturaly would, or the Same as your Wife would if I had come home. It Seemes that your Wife is not at all Sattisfied about the trunk. I am Sattisfied that your Wife got all that belongs to her in the trunk, and I am not at all pleased with the Remark that your Wife made that perhaps She had got all and perhaps not. You Cer Certainly know weather She did get all that you sent and I think if you did know you should have said so at the time. I cannot but think your Wife Insulted my Wife if they I have no more remarks to make about it at Present.

 

                                                                                    Browning I want you to look up William Stevens Isaac B. Seely of Painville Isaac S Traves Sanford A. Penny of Painsville John C Hart Miflin Ashland Co. and Jackson Smith William H Vaughn of Rock Cleveland or Rockport and John W Winkler and George Winkler of Wooster Ohio and all others that you can find Go to Mans Clothing Store and get me a Chea two Cheap pair of thin Pants and one Coat of the same kind Something I wrote for some clothes for Summer but I will have my Wife Make them or get them made. Much love to Gat and Begolow Write soon Kind regards to all there is know news were

about two miles                                              Fraternally yours

from Corrinth                                                              Henry Richardson

                                                                                    Capt Co E 54^th Regt

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