Click here for this soldier’s biography:
https://micivilwar.com/authors/burge-caroden-s/
Regiment: 2nd Michigan Infantry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures:
Arlington Heights Oct. 9th
Dear Mother & Sisters:
I hasten to
drop you a line ere the
mail goes. We are still
in camp all safe. We
[ ? ] caller away to
battle as I expected when I
write, but after being kept
in hourly expectation all
the week we are still
here. I can only drop a
line this time, I will try
to get one to Sout Jackson
by next Friday.
Your Son & brother
Caroden.
I suppose we shall get no
pay till this campaign is over.
When we left Alexandria
I packed two blankets an
overcoat & left them there with
the Co’s thing. The overcoat is
an officer’s overcoat. I traded with
Eldred & got it & camp Lyon. Church
used to have it & his mane is on the
back of the lining. C. S. Burge
Keep the grape vine till When you
plant the vine take the wax off
the lower end and put a potatoe in its place. Be
sure and plant it as to the
[ ? ] you
know best. I send too a persiminon and
some seeds. Plant the seeds in the spring.
You may give two or three of them to Ursulas &
Elmon.
There is also a part of a leaf from
the Magnolia planted by Washington. If you
could varnish it it would always keep
its color.
Your Son Caroden
