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Regiment: 4th Michigan Cavalry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures: Abraham Lincoln, James H. Wilson, Jefferson Davis
Hd Qurs 2 Brig 2 Div Cav Corps
Macon Ga. April 29, 1865
My dear Davidson
By a flag of [ ? ] I
am enabled again to send you a
few lines. I had intended to have
had a long letter ready for you
but on account of laziness am, as
usual, too late. I wrote you
on the 23d inst, but am doubtful
whether you received it.
We are here in the
heart of the defunct confedera-
cy, and can yet neither send
nor receive letters. and it is
not yet exactly safe for us to
venture alone beyond our picket
lines. Rather a strange sort of
lie we are leading now. Howell
Cobb + Genl Wilson hab-nobbing.
A rebel officer and your brother
amicably discussing the late war.
When we shall be home, I
cannot tell, probably not until
the expiration of our term of service.
Jeff Davis may think of going west
of the Mississippi, and we may
again be wanted.
Isn’t Lincoln’s death a terri-
ble calamity?
Lieut Heywood has just called
for my letter + I must close,
I am very well, Good bye
Yours Affecly
R.B.
Love to mother + Madge
[On Envelope:]
J. Davidson Burns Esq
Kalamazoo
Michigan
