June 15th, 1862
Camp in the woods 4 miles south of Corinth(Note: This letter is by Sarah's brother, Samuel Wylie Cunningham)
Sarah dear sister, your letter of the 5th has just been received which I was very glad to get and hear you and children were well, and that you have not forgotten me, and that especially at the throne of grace your heart is more with the soldier than those that have no loved ones out in the army, and I hope the Good Lord will hear and answer the prayers of God's people in behalf of our land and country and grant an answer of peace, and that we will again be humans among the nations of the earth. Humans for which alone a nation wilst sin is reproach of my people. We have been at real hard soldiering since we came up the Tenn. River and most of the time we have been without tents for we had to fight our way from the time we landed until after the evacuation of Corinth. We generally would take 2 days rations in our haversacks and go out a few miles and drive in their picket guard and place ours, then return until 2 miles of our camp and establish arms at some good watering place and remain until we would get our tents, then advance and continued until after we took Corinth. By the way the last 2 moves we made we throwed up breastworks so we could hold our position. We were under the enemies fire some several times, but that God that taketh care of a sparrow letting it not fall without his permission hath spared my life. I hope for a life of more usefulness than I have ever lived before. We have not had our tents for more than 2 weeks until last night we had them sent to us and we have camped for a few days. We were some 25 miles south of this in pursuit of the rebs evacuating Corinth, but we did not come up with any of them, but a few cavalry in
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Cunningham, Samuel (Wylie)
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