To Mrs. Lyon.
Booneville, 25 miles south of Corinth, June 4,1862. —We marched until midnight last night. I don’t know what we are here for or where the enemy is. I am very weary. I have not been in camp for over a week, yet I keep well. It is singular that the rebel army has twice as much sickness as we have, and they are accustomed to the climate and we are not. I saw Spud Smith, who told me all about you and the pets. It was a great comfort to me.
