Rienzi, Tishomingo Co.,
Miss., June 16, 1862.
We are camped here enjoying ourselves grandly. As our
brigade is scattered over a line of 50 miles we just pitch our headquarters in
the quietest spot we can find independent of the command. There are only two companies
now out of the 24 within 8 miles of us, and all we have to do with any of them
is to send them orders and receive their communications and forward them. In
the heat of the day we read and lounge in our tents, and mornings we go to the
creek and bathe and then ride a dozen or so miles to keep our horses exercised.
I have a clerk, too, for my copying, etc., so I'm a gentleman. Evenings I visit
generally some of the half dozen families within a half mile of us of whom I
borrow books and in return furnish them with occasional papers. We have
splendid water and my health is perfect. This is the healthiest part of the
South.
SOURCE: Charles Wright Wills, Army Life of an
Illinois Soldier, p. 105
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