C.W. Love to James M. and T. A. Love, November 6, 1861

Camp Alcorn at Hopkinsville. Ky.
Nov 6th A.D. 1861

Jas. M. & T.A. Loves:

Dear parents:
I wrote at Memphis but did not have an opportunity to mail the letter and did not send it at all neither have I had time and opportunity to write since I left there until now and not much of importance to write at this time.

We were hurried through in quick time from Memphis to this place traveling in open Stock Cars most of the time traveling both night and day in this condition sleeping as best we could on the cars living on molasses and bakers bread or hard bread the last of which is nothing more than a thin cake of flour baked hard -- I think there have but four or five died since the Regiment left Texas none have died in our company -- there are however a good many in the Regiment sick at the present time 3 or 4 in our company the is at least one third of the Regiment that have bad colds but there is hardly a man who would be kept out of a fight if one should take place we were ordered from Memphis to Clarksville Tenn -- We got to Clarksville by Steam boat down the Cumberland in the morning a while after mid. night and there was an order came there next day for us to march immediately to this place which we did in pretty quick time over a bad road expecting when we got here to get a fight -- but it appears now that there is not much prospect for one to come off very soon unless we go from here to find it and the Regiment are very desirous of a fight before the war ends this post is commanded by Gen. Tilman -- I have seen him and his conduct together with hes reputation here indi-- cate that he is the right kind of a man -- Terry: Reg. is at Boling Green 50 or so miles from here one of his companies attacked two companies of the enemy and hardly left one of them to tell the tale (So report has it) and it is generally believed here -- the is a strong enough force here now to cause Gen. Tilman to feel confident that he will be able to whip any number of the enemy that can come against him Two or three of our company were left at Clarksville sick and Uncle A.C.L. was left in charge of them they were getting well now and will be here soon -- I saw Uncle John a short time at Jackson Miss. -- he and family were well I also saw Walker Love and Mary at Memphis they were well -- the Camp East of this place and about a mile and a half from us has Meazles and Mumps they will no doubt soon be in our camp but there are not many who have not already had them

Direct your letters to --
C.W. Love
Capt. Moody Company
Col. Greggs Reg.
Hopkinsville Ky

Anything of importance taking place I will let you know if I am permitted to write

Yours in filial regard until death
C.W. Love

Love Family Correspondence. Special Collections, Burnett Library, Texas Christian University. Fort Worth, TX. (TCU Box 298400)