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Regiment: 6th Michigan Infantry
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures: Ambrose E. Burnside, Nathaniel P. Banks
Camp Butler
Newport News
March 2nd 1862
George Grape
Dear Sir,
I take the opportunity of writing you a few lines to let you know that I am well and in good spirits and I hope that you r too. We are going to start for ships tomorrow and then up the Mississippi to New Orleans and we will perhaps stay there until we go home. We are going on the Constitution. The 4th Wisconsin and the 20th Indiana and Mims Battery is going with us. We shall perhaps see some pretty hard times. When the boat came up here tonight the Rebels fired at it three times but they could not connect. Two of them struck in the water and one of them lost it in the air. And I think that tomorrow morning when we go down the river they will try it again. I hope that they will. Dear Sir, I think we have lost more good officers to Burnside, don’t you think so. I think that he will have Norfolk soon too. General Banks is going across the Potomac and we are going to New Orleans. I think we will have them all our own that is all I can think of now
Write soon,
Henry Loss
Fortress Monroe
Co F 6th Regt Michigan
