Click here for this soldier’s biography:
https://micivilwar.com/authors/chalker-george-n/
Regiment: 26th Michigan Infantry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures:
Troy New York
Sept the 6th, 1863
Dear Father and Mother
I have just received a good letter from you and I was glad to hear from you. But I am
sorry to hear that father was sick but I hope that this will find him better. You said that
he was out of his head some of the time and he thought that I wouldn’t notice him. He
must not think that but that’s nothing. I am well and so is the rest of the boys. Father, if
you haven’t got any money and you can’t get any help, promise them the money and as
soon as I get my pay, I will send you the money to make it all right. I will send more
than I did the other time. How is your corn this fall and your potatoes? Have you got
any buck wheat and how much do you think you will have? Ma, how was the pie plant
this season and the garden in general? Have you got any onions or not? I should like a
good mess of them now. They would taste good if ma cooked them. Oh, I can see
everything at home. It seems so at least to me that big stub stands there yet but it will
come down this winter if I live. I guess so. How does the cattle look and the horses and
sheep and how many hogs have you got and how many have you a going to fat this fall
and how many sheep is there of yours and how much wool did you sell? What did you
get a pound? How much did it come to? Did you get the box of clothes of mine, what
was there in it? The new blanket that was in it was mine. The old blanket was Lif’ s and
all of the blankets was mine. Lif sent nothing but some cloth. Take good care of the
little cup. I have drunk many a cup of coffee in that. Tell father to wear that over coat
when he wants to. Take good care of that rubber blanket and do not burn it. It’s a good
one. The draft is all over here. We won’t stay here long. The third and fifth Mich
Infty is here in this place. I must close soon. Please excuse all mistakes and bad
spelling and write. I have got lots of stamps. I got them stamps you sent to me. No more
this time. Best close
This from George
To Father & Mother & sisters and all.
Troy, New York
Locke Ingham Co, Mich State.
