William M. Cloer wrote this letter from Morristown, Tennessee to his friends at home on June 24, 1863. He mentions recent Yankee raids in Tennessee, specifically those made during the push towards Knoxville, stating that "the yankees has made a nother rade in Tenn and has done a good deal of damage and is gon back they commenced at Knoxville and come up to in 15 miles of this place and burnt 2 bridges and a great deel of other damage." Cloer writes that he is on his way to Cumberland Gap, where he expects to arrive in three days and join the other members of his regiment.