Carter Station Tenn August the 2nd Dear Friend yours of the 25th of July came to hand this morning I was some what surprised to learn that you had not got my letters for Jackson I wrote from and again from Louisville and then waited for an answer
Graves, Ira – July 18, 1864
Near Franklin Ten July 18, 64 Miss Clara in ancer to one of the 12, cold icy breezes must bee swimming in youd distent streams July suns can not melt thoses ice cakes away
Wasson, John – July 15, 1864
Carters Station, Middle Tenn. July 15th, 1864 Dear friend I take this opertunity to acknowledge the receip of your kind and welcome letter of the 4 of the month. I am well as usual and was laying the the shade of a large tree when the cars brought me three letters among them yours. It is one of the graitest pleasures that a Soldier engages is to get a letter from friends at home. But you spoke about how I spent the 4 of July I will tell I sent in Chattanooga the day was verry warm. Some of us went up on Lookout Mountain.
Potter, Charles H. – July 12, 1864
Camp Sumpter Georgia July 12th 1864 Andersonville. Dear Father & Mother. Knowing that you are very anxious to hear from me & to know whether I am dead or alive I thought I would write a few lines this morning & a few it will be for I am not able to write much & am not permitted by the confederates authorities to write only a few lines. hoping this will. find you all well & in better spirits than myself. I have written home several times & got no answer. the news here is scarce I saw six of our own men hung yesterday inside the stockade it was good enough for them they deserved it sure. they were hung for killing & robbing some of the prisnors here in prison. our prison is a large stockade. our grub is corn meal & bacon
Graves, Ira – June 28, 1864
Jun 28 /64 Acworth Georga Dear Clara how hapy I was yesterday to receive your letter and will try to pen a few lines in return we halve left the front
Wasson, Thomas – June 15, 1864
Carter Creek Station Tenn June the 15th 1864 Dear Mett I take up my pen to redeem my promise to you If you never get this I suppose the crime will be none the less but it will be some consulation to have a clear concience
Graves, Ira – June 1, 1864
June the 1 /64/ Dear Clara I once more write to you it has been a long time since I halve hird from you but trusting that you ar well yet and enjoying your self good.
Graves, Ira – May 21, 1864
Georgia May 21 /64 Dear Clara I thougth that I would write you a few lines we ar in the field once more and halve past threw a few more fight and still I live
Wasson, John – May 8, 1864
Warren Station State of Georga May the 8th 1864 Dear friends I take the present opportunity to send you a fiew lines to let you know that I am well at this time we ar now within 8 miles of Dalton and in line of Battle we have seen skirmishing with the enmy now for 4 or 5 days and I think about to morrow a General set to will take place
Graves, Ira – April 30, 1864
Cleveland Tenn April 30 /64 In the field Miss Clara your last letter came to hand the 26 but being of on a scout I did not git it for two days and then I sit down to ancer it but had only commence it when I was called a way on duty
Fargo, Daniel T. – April 21, 1864
Voucher No. 395 Paid the 21 of April 1864 Daniel T. Fargo Capt 2nd Mich U.S. Cavly From 1 of Jany 1864 To the 24 of Feby 1864
Rosegrant, Ithmar – April 19, 1864
Cleveland, Tenn April 19, 1864 Dear Friend I will take the present opportunity to write you a few lines. I received your letter about a week ago and it found me well and I hope that these few lines will find you the same. It has been a long time since I had heard from you and I had almost given up looking for one.
Potter, Charles H. – April 16, 1864
Head-Quarters, First Cavalry Division Dept. of the Cumberland April 16, 1864 General In answer to your telegraph of April 14th I have the honor to state, that the Commanding Officer of the 2 Mich is being applied to for information concerning Robert Charles Potter Co F of that Regt, returned for answer that there was no man of that name in his command.
Potter, Charles H. – April 8, 1864
Head-Quarters Cavalry Depot, Camp Smith Nashville, Tenn, April 8 1864 Mr. Potter Dear Sir: In all this time I have been unable to learn any more facts concerning your son Charles I have heard several times from the Regts and written in particular about him but can learn nothing satisfactory. Hempstead, Orderly of our Co (now a Lt) writes me that he has heard nothing more of him.
Graves, Ira – April 1, 1864
Cleaveland [ ? ] Tenn April 1st 1864 Miss Clara I received your last letter and thought as I had nothen to do I would ancer it I am glad to hear that your ar all well. I am afraid that I anthan will halve a hard time for the first start
Wasson, John – March 28, 1864
Cleveland East Tenn March the 28th 64 Dear Uncle Your letter of the 10 inst. came to hand being oly 7 days on the road I delayed writing till I found out how the regt was going on the vetran enlistment I think they will go home as a vetran regt in a short time
Wasson, Thomas – March 9, 1864
in the field by back of New Madrid March the 9th/64 Kind friend I received your letter of the 16th last Wednesday, the day I got here which I was glad to get but I have not had time to answer it untill now. This will a good time a coming there is no direct comunication untill we take the town untill our gun boats gets down here which we espect every day.
Wasson, Thomas – March 1, 1864
Franklin Tenn, March the 1st 1864 As it is Sunday evening I thought that I would answer your letter of the 1st and 8th which I received at Murfreesboro but did not have time to answer it until now. It is a fine evening, the moon is shining bright. The weather here is generally wet. It rains more than half the time so you can guess that it is nice living out of dores.
Potter, Charles H. – February 11, 1864
Camp of 2nd Mich. Cav. near Mothers Ford East Tenn. Feby 11th 1864 E P Potter Esq Dear Sir Yours of the 20th alt was rec’d last evening. I should have another to you long eve this but we have been almost wholly without mail facilaties since the affair of Dec. 24th untill within the past few days. I have written to Capt Johnston or Major Dickey at every opportunity and have explained fully to them the little I could learn from time to time regarding Charley under the supposition that with the poor facilaties for writing they would be better able to decipher my letters
Wasson, John – February 2, 1864
Camp near Marysville East Tenn, Feb the 2nd 1864 Dear Uncle I received two letters from you on the 31st of January bairing the date the 25th of November and the 14th of December in boath of whitch I found a complaint of my not writing to you any, now this is the first time I got a letter from you in 11 weeks
Scott, James P. – January 29, 1864
Office AAQM H’d Qrs 4th ac Jany 29th 1864 Col: I have the honor to report the number of animals at these Head Quarters for which I require forage. Viz
Graves, Ira – January 22, 1864
Jefferson Co Jan 22 1864 Miss Clara your letter I received and was glad to hear from you it had been a long time sence I had hird from you owing to being so fare
Wasson, Thomas – January 12, 1864
Waterloo, Ala Jan the 12th/1864 Kind friend: Yours of the 3rd was duly received on the 19th and should have been an- swered before. We started on the Campaign after old Hood, but the weather was so intensely cold that it was impossible to write, infact the only way that we could keep from suffering was to go into our tents and cover up with our blankets. As we were camped close to Nashville, there was very little wood to be got.
Potter, Charles H. – December 22, 1863
Marshall, 22d Dec 1863 E. P. Potter Esq My Dear Sir, I am in receipt of a letter from the Adjutant General of the date of the 17 stateing that Charley [ ? ] has been seen forward to the commanding officer of the Regt