I think I shall not mail this for a day or two as I know as I know that the creeks between here & Pilot Knob will be swolen so that he mails cannot pass in safty & I do not wish you to miss getting this for I have neglected to write to for a few days longer than I intended.  I wrote to Cy, Stewart  Father & Jenny a few days ago I suppose you will hear by them or more likely you will read what I  wrote as I have an idea that you will want to read any thing that emenates from the pen of your humble husband  Now my little wife you must excuse me for this foolish way of writing for I write just as ideas come into my mind & it may sometimes sound to you as not very interesting.  But it seems that I can write with such freedom to you  I know that if any thing should be uninteresting you will look over it   The last I wrote you was from St. Louis.  I was then verry much disappointed. I learn since coming down to camp that the Dewey boys were mistaken, the leave of absence was for Charles Dewey Robert Dewey & L A Garrett.  how they made the mistake is more than I can tell as I am satisfied they wished me to go with them, but strange as it may seem to you I am glad I returned, why?  Because as you are aware there will sometime in the course of human events be a vacancy in our Co by the resignation of Gregg,  his papers were sent to headquarters "not correct" & I returned,  It was thought by all that, about the Saturday after I left They
