Clark, Hank S., fl. 1861-1865 to Wash

Suggests that when writing him that he should send two letters each by different cables so that one is sure to arrive. Writes that while he is still sick with a cold he has improved significantly. He was wounded in a recent battle but does not think it will do any good to recount the details of the victory as Franklin has probably read about it in the papers. Writes that there are hundreds of civilians from the North who came to the battlefield to pick up shell fragments for mementos. Describes a thicket where a charge was made and how all of the trees, even small saplings, have musket ball marks on them. He has several secessionist articles that he would like to send but they are too large. Among the items he has from the rebels are a French rifle, a frog sticker, and a tent. He expects to hear "stirring accounts from the vanity of Nashville [Tennessee]" as a force has just moved up the river in that direction. Written at Fort Donelson