Clifton Tennessee
May the 14th 1864
Dear Mary,
I address you again from this point I thought when I last rote to you that I would be in
the front before I rote again. But we are still here in Clinton we have been waiting for
the fleet to arrive from Paducah with the balance of the troops for this expedition they
arrived this morning 12 boats loaded with troops and I suppose we will start for Pulasky
or Huntsville soon. We have no news here there was no boat come up the river since we came
till this fleet came and we have had no news from Biloxi.
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The 23rd IND came up with the fleet this morning. I saw Thomas and he told me you was
going to stay in Washington county. I have rote 3 leters to you and directed them to
Botley Hamilton County. The wether is getting extremely warm here we are in the Iron
country. Here there is iron works all around here and the iron piled up along the pike
like cord wood. We are camped on the pike leading from Clifton to Pulasky we will have a
good pike road to march on to Pulasky. I think we will start as soon
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AS THE TROOPS GET OFF THE FLEET. Thomas came through on the cars to Cairo. It did not cost
him a cent to come I am glad. You are going to stay in Washington County I expected to get
a leter from you when the fleet came but no leter came for me. I want you to write soon
and let me know how you are getting along and tell me if you sent that money to your
father or not. Your Afectionate husband.
W.C.Morgan
Letter to Wife Mary E. (Townsend) Morgan