Davis tells his wife that her letters do not reach him regularly like they did when he was at Corinth, and reports less illness amongst the regiment in the spring than in the winter. They have been experiencing cool weather and rain storms that have damaged steamboats docked near them. Davis says that his regiment has been playing April fool's jokes on each other all day and they are now owed five months' pay. The Army is making preparations to take Vicksburg and Davis is anxious to see the city leveled and to be done with it.
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