Letter in possession of, and generously contributed to this website by David James.

Letter transcription & explanatory notes by P. Davidson-Peters (2004).
Any errors are therefore the result of my own deficiencies and interpretations.

Brackets indicate uncertainty of word

Camp Whitcomb
July 06, 1846

Dear father,

David has just got permit from the Col to go home and I will trouble you to send me by him one hundred Dollars in gold if you can send it when I was [ ] last week, I was of opinion that I would need no more but when I came back I found that the bank would not accomodate the officers and I had to divide what money I had with me with our company officers.

William "Harrison" Harry Daily was born in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana in 1819 and was the eldest child of David Wise Daily and his wife, Mary A. (Shirley). He was a 1st lieutenant, Adjutant, of Company I of the 3rd regiment and was mustered in on 22 June 1846 at New Albany, Indiana, by Colonel Samuel Churchill. Transferred to staff, Harrison was mustered out 24 June 1847, at New Orleans, Louisiana.

D.W. Daily was father of Harrison Daily. He was born David Wise Daily in Charlestown, Indiana on 16 August 1798 and was the son of Philip Daily and Mary (Wise).

David is brother of Harrison and son of David & Mary (Shirley) Daily. He was born in Charlestown in 1827. He was mustered in 3rd Regiment, Company I, 22 Jun 1846, at New Albany, Indiana as Sergeant, by Colonel Samuel Churchill, and mustered out 27 Jun 1847, at New Orleans, LA, by Colonel Samuel Churchill. On 26 Jun 1851, he married Mary Ann Parker, the daughter of John C. and Nancy. David and Mary Ann were the parents of Fanny, Harry, Mollie & John C. Daily.

Camp Whitcomb - located at New Albany in Floyd County, Indiana, five Indiana regiments were formed at this rendezvous point in 1846-1847 for service in the Mexican War. The first 3,000 men departed for active duty under Brigadier General Joseph Lane during July 1846.