Camp near Corinth
June 10th 1862

Dear Wife,

It is with great pleasure that I take my pen in hand to inform you that I am reasonable well at present and hope these few lines may find you all to enjoy good health and good spirits as I am.

I am sorry to learn that you are discontented but I can not help you at present out of your difficulty. I received your letter [of] May 30 and 3l day before yesterday evening, which gave me much pleasure to learn that you were all well. I am sorry to think that you have so much trouble there but think that if you had went and hurried up Robinson to have that note paid you would not have been troubled much by them. I had a letter from Father last Wednesday and he was well. The same day I got his letter we were ordered to report at General Nelsons Headquarters and we followed up the enemy who left Corinth the 30th May and we have been on picket guard most ever since and yesterday at two o'clock we got orders to march back to camp, distance about 36 miles and got back here about 2 this morning, and now we have orders to pack up our things and move camp at two this afternoon.

You think that the war will not come to a close very soon because they are enlisting more soldiers now. I think different as their Capitol is taken at Richmond. I think they will never fight any more as they are giving themselves up every day and they are burying their cannons.

You must not be downhearted if you have enemies there for here is he that will always think of you in your hours of trouble with as true a heart as ever beat, and if anyone twits you of my jealousy toward you, you need not trouble yourself for it is not the case. You want to know what will become or the poor soldiers wives. I would like to see or know what will become of the poor soldiers that have it much harder than their wives. You say that you wished that I could help you eat your currant pies. I have had several good messes of stewed huckleberries and wild plums are now getting ripe. I have not much more to write at this time as I will have to get ready to move and I ought and must write to father yet today and it will keep me busy. The boys are well. No more at present but remain your true and devoted husband until death.

George Kryder
To Elisabeth
P.S. I most forgot--I will enclose this in an envelope that was taken out or a secesh knapsack and I will send you a Confederate postage stamp

Direct to Corinth Miss,
Co. I
3 OVC
3rd Battalion
4th Division
as our regiment is divided into three battalions