Mechanicsville Va. June 25th 1862 My Mary. You will see by the date we have been again on the move. Last Saturday we came back to this place there being SharpShooters enough at Fair Oaks. Gen McCall is in command here
Stearns, Waldo A. – June 23, 1862
Camp of the Wisconsin 2d, Opposite Fredericksburg, Va. June 23, 1862. Cousin Elisha: I was both surprised and delighted to hear from you. Your letter * deserves an immediate answer and it shall have it. You wish me to write a military history of our various meanderings up and down the walks of life since you have been an inmate of southern prisions. Were I master of as ready a pen as yours I might do it, but I shall do as well as I can.
Benton, Thomas H. – June 22, 1862
Fredericksburg, Va. June 22nd 1862 Dear Father: I received your letter of the 16th and find you are still under the impression that we are at Front Royal, under Banks. We are not, nor have we been. When we started to reinforce him, we did not go any farther than Haymarket.
Byrns, William – June 22, 1862
Camp near New Bridge, Va. June 22nd, 1862 My dear Florence, As I wrote you in my last from near Gaines House that perhaps we would move our camp, my suspicion proved correct, for at 3 the next morning we were ordered to move. We only went about 2 miles N.E. of Gaines
Clark, Gardner B. – June 21, 1862
Grand Rapids June 21st 1862 My Own Loved Gardner, Once more I seat myself to [ ? ] with a loved one although it is only with pen, ink and paper it is much better than in way and I think we should be very thank full that we have this privilege.
Thayer, Wheelock – June 21, 1862
Camp Lincoln June 21 1862 Dear Friend It is a long time since I heard from you & some time since I wrote. Tell the folks that when we get in a different place that I will write to them for it is most impossible for me to write here for we have to go on picket most every day & get up two or three times a night if there is alarm given.
VanValkenburgh, George W. – June 20, 1862
Camp of 23rd Mich Inft Glascow Ky June 20, 1862 Dear wife I received you letter of the 8th in due time and it was thankfully received I can asure you I have neglected writing to you for a long time I have not writen but one letter before this sence I have ben at this place
Booth, Henry W. – June 20, 1862
Camp near Richmond June 20 1862 Dear Cousin you must excuse me for not writing to you before for I have had all I could attend to lately. How is all of the folks at home I am well at present
Byrns, William – June 19, 1862
Camp near Gaines Farm Va June 19th 1862 My Dear Florence Still no letter from you. Worry with waiting I will delay no longer. We are today back to our old camp.
Ervy, Albert – June 18, 1862
Friday Camp 12 June the 13 /62 Dear Friend Arabel This pleasant afternoon thinking of home and friends thought perhaps you would like to hear from me and I know that I would like to hear from you I am well at present my wishes are that you may be so blest with the same enjoiment
Byrns, William – June 15, 1862
Gaines [ ? ] Va June 15th 1862 My Dear Florence, After looking long + anxiously for a letter it came last night. Today is the Sabbath the peaceful holy Sabbath + it seems more like Sunday
Potter, Charles H. – June 14, 1862
Camp Near Corinth June 14th 1862 Mississippi Dear Father Mother Sister & Brother I take this opportunity to write a few lines to you. there is two letters on the road now that I have not had my answer from you will get them before this of course the boys are all well as can be expected for such hot weather.
Franklin, Luther – June 14, 1862
1st Camp near the battlefield Fair Oaks, Va June 14th /62 Dear Parents I was happy yesterday to find that the mail contained a letter for me from home but happier to hear you were all well I have not done any duty since the battle
Fox, Perrin V. – June 14, 1862
Bear Creek Miss. June 14th 1862 My Dear Ida Yours of the 28th + 29th ult. and 2nd ult. came to hand within three days. They found me very busy as I am foreman in the construction of the bridge over Bear Creek, which our forces burned to prevent communication of the rebels with the east. It is 300ft. by-two spans- the abutments 19ft. High above the water- which is from 5 to 16ft.
Burge, Caroden S. – June 13, 1862
Kalamazoo June 13 1862 To the Family and Friends of C.S. Burge. The sad news has reached us that our friend and classmate has fallen in battle. For this event we were not prepared. Knowing him well, which was to love him well, we reluctantly parted with him a little more than a year since.
Benton, Thomas H. – June 12, 1862
Camp opposite Fredericksburg, June 12th 1862 Dear Father: I received a letter from you last night dated the 26th of May, and while at Warrenton I got two of your letters and a paper. The mail to us has been very irregular. We have received but two mails since we left Fredericksburg two weeks ago, and I have not had an opportunity of writing to you except a few lines at Catlett’s Station.
Byrns, William – June 12, 1862
Camp at Gaines Farm near New Bridge 7 miles from Richmond, Va. June 12th, 1862 My darling Florence, Although I have only received one letter from you since we left Portsmouth, I will not stop writing. We are still at the old camp we first made when coming to this region.
Potter, Charles H. – June 10, 1862
Hd Qrs M. V. C. Near Boonville Miss. June 10th 1862 Dear Father It has been a long time since I received your last letter and augut to have answered it before but could not on account of our not being in our own Camp for a long while.
Byrns, William – June 10, 1862
Camp near New Bridge Va June 10th 1862 My dear Florence Here still + with no Prospect of a speedy movement. Our Division is quietly encamped + aside from picket duty + working parties have little to do.
Stowe, Frederick A. – June 8, 1862
No 49 Camp near fair oaks Sunday June the 8 1862, My Own Dear Henrietta, I must write you a few line to day, nothing particular has transpired since I last wrote. we were startled this morning by hearing musketry to the front, it did not last long. our brigade was under arms awaiting orders. there was some artilery fireing.
Coombs, Eber M. – June 6, 1862
Nashville Tenn June 6 /62 Dear Sister i received yours of the first to day and was glad to hear that you were all well and that our folks were a doing well i hope they will continue to do so.. i shall in the hospital for som time and mabe all summer for the docttor there is no use of sending men out in the sun to to do duty that cannot sand it i just as leaf say here
Tyler, Cyril H. – June 5, 1862
Fair Oak Station Va Thursday, June 5, 1862 Dear Father I have a little time and will let you know a little more about the action. I have been over the battlefield and its awful to look at. Casey’s Division was surprised and there is heaps of dead horses and dead men all through the camp and commissary stores been destroyed.
Franklin, Luther – June 4, 1862
Camp on the R.R. one mile from Savages Station Va June 4/62 Dear parents I now take this opportunity of writing a few lines to you to let you know that we have again met the enemy + as before our Regt. badly cut up. Elbridge received a flesh wound in his leg near the thigh
Franklin, Elbridge – June 3, 1862
3d [6/3/1862] I have wrote until I am tired. I sent home $20 last pay day & would have sent five more if Elbridge had not been at the hospital & I not knowing how long before he would get his pay