In the spring and early summer months of 1862, Huddard discusses his marches through Tennessee and tells his father that he is anxious for a fight.So far I am pleased with the country but not with the people for more than two thirds of them are secesh. He asks his father to send stamps, money, and shirts. On April 16, he mentions the stench of dead bodies still on the Shiloh Battlefield. But Huddard believes that the two armies will soon meet again. The pickets of the two armies are within sight of each other and there is no telling when the fight may commence, he writes following Shiloh.