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Regiment: 2nd Michigan Cavalry
Battles Mentioned:
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Head Quarters 2nd Batt.
2nd Michigan Cavalry.
Lebanon Nov 22nd 1862
Dear Father Munfordsville
I take this opportunity
to write a few lines to you to
let you know how we are gettting
along. it has been a long time
since I have heard from home the
fact is our Battallion is not with
the Regiment now and we have not
received any mail Since we left New
Haven. we are now at a place called
Munfordsville and will probably stay here
all winter I hope so because we have
very comfortable quarters & a pleasant
camping grounds we have new tents and
our company has divided into four Squads
and each Squad looks out for themselves
we calculate we have got the best Squad
of the four. we have got the best cook
Eleven men in a Squad and two
meals a day onley. but they are clippers
I tell you chicken pop pies and all.
Sorts of nice fixing we get our corn
ground & draw some flour now. I think
if we stay here all winter we shall
get along finely. it has been nearly
five months Since we have drawn
any pay we have been expecting
it evry day for a long time I dont
know what we would have done if it
had not been for poor money
there has been any quantity of Mich
igan money here & it sails just as
well as the best kind of money
for chickens and Sweet and Irish potatoes
Apples, pies & cakes. the boys just came
in with a bag of Apples & a bag of
Potatoes & 1 ½ bushel of dreied Apples.
my health is that of the best and
Lew is in the same fix. Chancy Hayes
is on the gain he does no duty
yet. Alex Darrow is well and getting
fat. Chandler & Wing are in the
Hospital yet they was the last time
we heard from them Chan said he
expected to get his discharge. I received
a letter from Frank Hooker telling of
Grand fathers death and all the news.
Frank dont think of enlisting again
does he has Jack Champion enlisted
yet we dont hear about them lately
Bill Greff is another one. the most
of our new recruits kinder gave out
it is rather to tough work Soldiering
they say. I will except Leck Darrow for
he stands it first rate. we went out
a foraging the other day with major
Edward Potter an Ohio man he things
the michigan boys are all right and
they think he is the same I reckon
I saw his name on his
[ ? ] Jack
and I was a going to claim him
as some of my kin. well I think
it is near time I was bringing
my letter to a close. I would like
to have you send me some more
postage stamps and Alexander Darrow
has sent for a box of things if you
could get a good pair of buck skin
Gloves and send them in with his
things I would save a considerable
for gloves here cost from two to three
Dollars a pair & it is getting rather
cold weather. We had a little snow
last month one night none since
and no mud yet to speak of
our camp is on the back of Green
River a splendid, nice, stream, the
Rail Road Bridge at this place is some
127 feet high and 80 rods in lengths
Bert Spaulding says he remembers your
parting words the last time he saw
you and he says he has kept it
as well as he could. five my best
respects to all the Homer people and
write as soon as you get this.
From your Son.
Charles H. Potter
Munfordsville.
Ky.
