camp cumberlan ford  Ky 
  May the 24th  1862
Mr B B
  Sir  I seat my self today as it is raining to drop you a few lines to let you no that I am in 
tolerable health and hope this will find you and yours all rite  now we are camped here at 
the ford of the cumberlan River 14 miles from the cumberlan gap where the Rebels is well 
fortified  our Regment has ben here near 4 months  we have ben up to the gap 3 times  
we took up 2 canon once and Bombarded them one half day  we skermished round one 
day and come Back to camp  I have learned what it is to have Bum shels throughed clost 
to me  them Rebels would as soon kill a man as not  we had not said a word  Now I can 
inform you that 7 of our Regments and a large train of Wagons and lots  of mules with 
packegs and 15 canons started to the gap day before yesterday  tha went a few miles and 
was ordered to stop and remain thare  yet I cant tell what tha will do  our Regment and 3 
others here has not ben ordered yet  I am sorry to inform you that our Regment is in a 
bad fix  we cant muster over 300 men I guess  You have herd that Leroy Inman(1) was dead  
I tell you that this thing of solgering is not the thing that it is cracked up to be  mules cant 
stand it long and you no tha ought to stand more than men  thare is some talk of our 
Regment going Back somewhere to Recruit there health  our men is scattered from here 
to Indiana at different hospitals  we have ben marched through Rain and snow and mud 
enough last winter to kill the oldest man in the world  I think it would Worsted unckel 
Jessee Potts  so no more on this  turn over and read  
Now Mr B B edmison thare is a judgement against me in your cort of a bout 44 Dollars  
the stay will be out some time in June  I have got the money to pay it off and thare is a
man here that I can send it home by but he is not going for a week or two  if the stay 
runs out I wont you to have them to hold on awhile and not execute the Widows property 
for the money will be shore to come  When this comes to hand Write to me if you pleas 
and if you dont pleas Write anyhow  Yours truly
		David S Morgan to B B Edmison
		Direct your letter to camp cumberlan Ky 49 Regment Indiana Volunteers 
in care of captaain Ritter co g

* as always, I do not correct the spelling or change the text.
(1) Leroy T. Inman, Company G, died at Cumberland Ford, April 20, 1862