Camp of the Third Mich Calvary Jackson Tenn May 20 1863 Aunt Sophia: Your letter of the 11th has come duly to hand last evening and with my usual punctuality and unlike my most respected Aunt I hasten to send a speedy reply to it. Now you need not take this as a rebuke for not answering my letters more promptly than you did the last one for I dare say they are answered as soon as their contents merit and circumstances will permit.
Painter, William – April 15, 1863
Head Quarters 22 th Michigan Volunters Nashville, Tennesee April the 15th 1863 Dear Wife I again take they opertunity of writing you a few lines to let you know that I am Still in they land of they living We left Kentucky on they 14 of April I saw they Eighth Regiment and they Second and They Seventeenth and Twentyfith Michigan Regiments I met with a good maney of my Old friends in they 8th
Clark, Gardner B. – March 16, 1863
Camp of Instruction First Reg. U.S.S.S. Washington March 16th 1863 My Own Loved Mary: Another 16th of the month has come. as I was back to night over the events that have taken place since then. and the scences of that parting has nought but sadness fills my heart. in this I do not mean the Country at large but my own prospects
Clark, Gardner B. – February 8, 1863
Camp near Stonemans Station Army of the Potomac Feb. 8th 1863 My Loved Mary. Once more of a Sunday eve I trace my Soldier thoughts on paper to my own Mary at home. Wondering what she is doing and if she thinks her “Soldier” will escape unharmed another eighteen months.
Dickinson, James Dewitt – January 25, 1863
opposite Fredricksburg Jan 25/63 Dear Aunt I received your most kind and Welcome letter last evening and was glad to hear from you and to learn that you are all well Your letter found us all well except Charles He has got a verry bad cold & can hardely speak but we are in hopes that it will soon be better for the weather is not as bad know as it was last week
Durand, David J. – January 18, 1863
Camp 20th Mich. Near Strawbury Plains Tenn. Monday Jany. l8th 1863 Dear Brother John I Recd two long letters from you night before last. One was sritten Dec.l3..and the other Dec 30th.. I tell you I was glad enough to hear from you. The mail is great while going and coming too. But I guess it all gets thgouth Safe.. I was glad to hear that Harlen had got their.
Clark, Gardner B. – January 16, 1863
Camp near Falmouth Jan. 16th 1863 My Own Mary. We are on the eve of another move. whether it is an advance upon the Enemy or a move to more wood is more than I can tell.
Johnson, Lafayette F. – January 10, 1863
Head Quarters 9th Mich Cav Camp at Mopey Creek Jan. 10th 1863 Mrs Betsy Rowe Dear M[ ? ] Yours of the 23d Dec. 1863 was recd to day I am sorry if you have not herd of the [ ? ] of your son [ ? ] this for I caused to be writen to you a letter about Dec. 29 th your son went through to Knoxville with a dispatch to Gen Burnside from Cumberland Gap during the siege of Knoxville
Reynolds, Robert – January 1, 1863-January 19, 1864
Tuesday, January 13, 1863.
The credulity of woman
on the subject of being
loved, is very great; they
often mistake a common
liking for a particular
regard, and on this
foundation build
up a castle in the air
and fill it with it
with all the
of their bright hopes
and confiding loved
and where some start-
ing fact destroys the
vision they feel as if
the whole oration were
a blank to them, and
they the most in
of woman
It is safer to be very
on the subject
of being loved; but if
you do make the
mistake, take all the
blame to yourself
and save your
by if you cannot
keep your heart from
loving
Clark, Gardner B. – December 28, 1862
Camp near Falmouth Va Dec. 28th 1862 My Own Mary. I love to receive your letters after the labors of the day are over. They do me more good. then I can sit down and read them. and enjoy them. And perchance answer them.
Clark, Gardner B. – December 18, 1862
Camp near Falmouth Va. Dec. 18th 1862 My Own Mary. The Battle is ended. Burnside defeated, and we are back in our old camp. What do the people say. Who’s to blame. Is it the soldier in the ranks. were they cowardly. Far from that. their bones that even now lie bleaching through the Streets of Fredricksburg and up to the very muzzles of the Traitors guns.
Whitworth, William G. – December 15, 1862
Washington City Dec. 15th Dr Father & Mother I find myself in the Capital of the United States. We reach here Sunday morning at day light pretty well tired out. I assure you though our journey was tedious we had some good times. for the weather was Beautiful. We left G. R. Wednesday morning 9 oclock Our first stoping place was Toledo, Ohio We reach there that same night 12 oclock they march us in to a Forge Depot and had our canteens fill with hot coffee.
Byrns, William – September 25, 1862
Camp at Blackfords Ford Md. Sept. 25th 1862 My Dear Florence Two of your letters came this morning. The first mail I have received since leaving Washington. I know you must have written.
Byrns, William – September 23, 1862
Camp Morells Division Bank of Potomac Sept. 23rd, 1862 Dear Florence, We occupy the same ground that we did when I wrote you a day or two since. I will stop ad tell you of the great battles in this vicinity.
McBain, Duncan – September 10, 1862
Washington Sept 10 /62 Dear Friend Elisa Fisher I received youre kind and welcom letter yester Day & your likeness & Glad was I indeed I looks tip top all those that saw them said they looked good I think so I am afraid that I shal loose them I hope to live to take them and I home Well Elisa I went throug some danger sence I herd from you
Benton, Thomas H. – August 14, 1862
Cedar Mountain, Va. Aug. 14th, 1862 Dear Father: We are now some forty miles from Fredericksburg, at Cedar Mountain, the late field of battle. We arrived here on last Monday night after two days hard marching. On the evening of the first day we crossed the Rappahannock River at Ellis’s Ford, wading up to our middle. That was Sunday. On Monday at 3 A.M. we again commenced marching, and marched upwards of thirty miles to this place.
Byrns, William – June 15, 1862
Gaines [ ? ] Va June 15th 1862 My Dear Florence, After looking long + anxiously for a letter it came last night. Today is the Sabbath the peaceful holy Sabbath + it seems more like Sunday
Byrns, William – June 10, 1862
Camp near New Bridge Va June 10th 1862 My dear Florence Here still + with no Prospect of a speedy movement. Our Division is quietly encamped + aside from picket duty + working parties have little to do.
Byrns, William – May 4, 1862
Camp Butler Newport News Va May 4th 1862 My Dear Florence Your letter came yesterday + I only delayed answering because I was to negligent to write last night-
Burge, Caroden S. – April 14, 1862
Camp of Mich. 2 Near Yorktown, Va Apr. 14 1862 Dear Mother: Here we are before Yorktown & have been lying here since the 5 What I supposed to be only to change position proved to be a general advance. We wise two days in marching here (a distance of 24 miles).
Burge, Caroden S. – March 17, 1862
Camp Michigan, Va. March 17, 1862 Dear Mother: We are under orders to march at 9 this morn. Of course it is not to Manassa’s, as that is evacuated The report is that our Division is to march to Alexandria
Tyler, Cyril H. – March 16, 1862
Camp Harpers ferry Mar 16th, 1862 Dear Father I am in Harpers ferry all right & tight & tough, having a good time there is three brigades here in town. we are quartered in houses some as nice [ ? ] as I ever saw they were evacuated by the rebels
Loss, Henry – March 2, 1862
Camp Butler Newport News March 2nd 1862 George Grape Dear Sir, I take the opportunity of writing you a few lines to let you know that I am well and in good spirits and I hope that you r too. We are going to start for ships tomorrow and then up the Mississippi to New Orleans and we will perhaps stay there until we go home. We are going on the Constitution. The 4th Wisconsin and the 20th Indiana and Mims Battery is going with us. We shall perhaps see some pretty hard times.
Everett, Robert A. – March 1, 1862
Camp Michigan Fairfax Co Virginia March 1st 1862 My Dear Parents Once more I have the privelages of addressing you. Since writing my last we have been unusualy buisy. Measles have continued to increase