Corrinth Miss

 June 17^th 1862

 

                                    Dear father

                                                            I take the pleasure of writing a few lines to you to say to you that I am in tolerable good helth I have bin sick for some time. I hope these lines may find you all in good helth. I received your letter a few days ago an was glad to here from you it is verry warme weather here now last night we had a good rain an it is som cooler to day then what it has bin as to the water in this country it is not good as a general thing but the water we have now is tolerable good. I cant tel how long we will stay here but I would suppose not long. as to my self I would like to leave here I think that I would have my helth better. I dont think that I will have good helth as long as we stay here. the rest of the boys has their helth verry well so fare tho I dont no how long they will have good helth thare is som of our men that are sick and I think it / is on the acount of the water an country in general it is verry warme here in the day an verry cole in the night an that is verry unheltha. I would like to be at home a while until I got well an stout a gaine but I dont seeing any chance to com so I will have to do the best I can I dont think that the war can stan verry long I at least hope so. rite to me an let me no how long you think the war will last and let me no how your corne crop looks an if your wheat is good or not

 

I must tell you som thing about the crops in this state as fare as we have bin the corne is about waist high the wheat is not good thare is no cotton planted here that I could see but I could see lots of old cotton laying around the gin mills going to waist an lots of cotton burnt thare is not much corne planted in this country an what corne is planted here is distroyed and every thing els our armey has made roads through their farms an their fancing burnt and I cant see how they can live what few people are left you can see a grate many houses here that you can see no body but a few blacks / som times you see white wimon and children but no men an ast them whare their men are som will tel you that their men has volenteered in the rebel armey an som will say that their men was prest in the rebel armey. the people in the north are bound to support them thare has bin one steame boat load of provision bin sent to this plase to feede the sufering people in this state they have ast general Halack for provision that they ware suffering that their men was prest in to the rebel armey

 

I want you to rite to me as sone as you get this letter an send me som postage stamps for they are hard to get here

 

            when you rite direct your letter

                        pitsburg landing

                                    Ten

                        22 Ind Vol Co (I)

 

                        I remaine yours truly son til

                        deth     Joseph Taylor

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