Headquarters Second Brigade,
First Div., Seventeenth Army Corps,
Vicksburg, Miss., Oct. 14, 1863.
My Dear Wife:
My last advices to you have been from Natchez. Since then, I
have hurriedly changed my base. How long I shall remain here will depend upon
other moves and circumstances. You must not suffer yourself to be worried for
me if many days at a time elapse without intelligence from me; of course,
communication won't be continually interrupted. I left very pleasant and
luxurious quarters at Natchez, and some good and kind friends, to come into the
field and the bivouac, soldiers' fates, and we make the best of it.
SOURCE: Walter George Smith, Life and letters of
Thomas Kilby Smith, p. 339-40
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