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Regiment: 7th Michigan Cavalry
Battles Mentioned: Fisher’s Hill, Virginia
Historical Figures: Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman
Camp Russel Feb 23
th 1865
Dear Sister
I have waited
a long time in vain for a
letter from you but I am
satisfied you have not neglected
to write so long as this This
is the fourth letter I have
written to you and have
not rec but one in return
that was dated Nov 13
th/64
and you spoke about sending
some papers I have not rec
a mich paper from any body
since I left the state I am
well and feel as well as could
be expected under the circumstances
to day we drawed two hundred
and fifty rounds of catriged
a piece so to be ready to meet
Lee if he feels disposed to
give us a call when he
leaves Richmond if he should
be luckey enough to escape
Grant and Sherman for
a little longer but he
will have to come to our
[ ? ] sick before many
[ ? ]
Collumbus and Charleston
sings to Shermans musick
already you spoke of young
Speinger I am acquainted
with him he is well but
complaines of his folks
not writing he says he has
written six letters some
and has not rec one from
there I was out on one
raid we rode one hundred
and twenty miles in
[ ? ] we capt twenty
five rebs and thirty horses
no one
[ ? ] only with the
cold it was a dreadful
cold time I
[ ? ] one of
my feet a little one man
only went six miles with
us and turned round and
came back he
[ ? ] bath hands
so they peeled all over he
belonged in our company
we went from here
[ ? ]
[ ? ] cumberland gap then
turned west and went
to Edingburgh and back
to Strassburgh and over
the old battle ground of fisher
hill our men had a hard
time at that battle but enou
gh of this I have got a splendid
horse he is a coal black 8 years
old and will weigh about
twelve hundred he will beat
rack or gallop is a very easy riding
horse we have had a very cold
winter here it is some
warmer now it is raining
and I am on gard was
on Pickette last Saturday
and Sunday we go out
at ten oclock one day and
back the next at the same
time we are on post
twelve hours and in the
reserve twelve it is not
much work to stand
Pickette here I think the
war is nearly plaid out
when you receive this
I will have half of my
time served and not
seen much fiting yet
and hope there will not be
much more for me to seee or
any one else not in our country
William Hasting is first
Serj of my co he is a going
home on a furlow of 20 days
he will be in Tecumseh some time
next week he will go and see
Alfred he will Mr Boyds
at Albion I wish you could
see him he would tell you
all the news. I must close
[ ? ] love to all write often
direct L A Hall Co I 7 Mich Cav Washington
DC
