Camp near Rappahannock, May 5th 1862 Dear Father: I received you kind letter of the 28th of April last night and was glad to learn that you were all well at home. I received a letter from Jesse a short time since, and he did not say anything about Susan being unwell. When I wrote to you last, we were on the Fredericksburg railroad six miles northeast of the city. On Friday last we marched to where we now are.
Byrns, William – May 4, 1862
Camp Butler Newport News Va May 4th 1862 My Dear Florence Your letter came yesterday + I only delayed answering because I was to negligent to write last night-
Foreman, James A. – May 2, 1862
Friday Afternoon Camp Winfield Scott May 2 Dear Dollie What a short letter you wrote me and yet it told all that I could wish, [ ? ], that you were nearly well and that our dear boy was getting so healthy and tought again
Wasson, Thomas – May 1, 1862
Harden Co. Tenn May the first 1862 Kind friend, Your letter of the 19 reached me at Hamburg Tenn about the 25th of April but I did not have time to answer it until now. I was glad to hear from you. I am in good health now, may this find you the same. The weather here is fine. It is like summer. The plumbs are almost as big as a gun ball.
Potter, Charles H. – April 30, 1862
Camp Hamburgh Tennessee April 30th 1862 Dear Father I do not know as I can find anything to write about this time but I will write a few lines to let you know how I am getting along, the boys are all well what is left of them.
Rowland, Oran W. – April 29, 1862
Lawrence April 29th 1862 My dear Patriotic little Aunt, I should not wonder if you would be somewhat surprised to receive a letter from me bearing the above date but nevertheless here I am and there is a very fair prospect of my staying here for some time to come. I am home on a sick furlough. I have got the rheumatism so that I am almost entirely helpless. Have been so for three weeks and as yet am getting no better.
Cole, Emmet – April 27, 1862
S.CA. Beaufort, April 27th, 1862 Respected Father, Today being Sunday and not having a great deal to do I will write a few lines to you. I am well with the exception of a sore throat. I hear that you have been very sick which accounts for your not writing to me any oftener. I have never received but one letter from you since I have been in the army and you don’t know how glad I was to receive even one
Byrns, William – April 27, 1862
Camp Butler Newport [ ? ] Va. Apr 27 1862 Dear Florence Your letter of last Sunday only reached me last night. I suppose I should have written then but as the Paymaster came by the same boat
Bunyea, Chauncey – April 1862
Camp Widewake Near hamden Virginia Dear father and mother i now sit down to write you a few lines to let you know that i am well at present and hope these few lines will find you all the same we was a week and one Day a coming
Foreman, James A. – April 26, 1862
Camp Winfield Scott April 26th My Dear dear Wife can you forgive me the miserable grumbling letter I wrote you last week but I felt bad and cross that I could get no letter from you when I had had them so long and regular. but I see that I found fault without a cause for day before yesterday I received the first letter you wrote me
Benton, Thomas H. – April 25, 1862
Camp at Falmouth, Va. opposite Fredericksburg, April 25th 62 Dear Father: When I last wrote to you we were on the railroad near Warrington Junction. On last Monday morning we started for this place. We marched about five miles that day, and it rained all night on Tuesday.
Smails, James H. – April 24, 1862
Camp Parkhurst Murfreesboro Tennessee April 24th 1862 My Coz Iunnice You have doubtless, ere this given up all hopes of my answering your letter. I do think you have very good reasons for supposing so at least for it is so long since I received your s that I have almost forgotton the contents. You must pardon me this time and hereafter I will answer immediately.
Clark, Gardner B. – April 23, 1862
Near Yorktown Va. April 23rd 1862 My Own Mary I staid off Picket to day because I wanted to write to you for two days I have volunteered for duty on the lines. and shall go every day for the rest of the week. Yesterday I had all the fun one could wish for in the shape of shooting at and being shot at by Secesh. I had a good chance and were withing sixty rods of them.
Winchell, Edward A. – April 22, 1862
Camp Scott near Yorktown Tuesday 22 April 1862 I commenced this letter last Saturday but have not had a chance to finish it until now. Sunday we had to go on fatigue. It rained real hard all day but that made no difference. We had to shovel all day so at night I like the rest of the boys were soaking wet and to top it off we had to go out on picket at four o’clock Monday morning. It rained hard a good whole of the day and the night so you see we had quite a pleasant time of it for a couple days.
Stowell, C. B. – April 20, 1862
Hudson April 20th Friend Willie As I have been to church this forenoon and intend to go again this evening I will devote part of the afternoon to the pleasure of writing to my old friend Willie and it may be the rest to an other friend by the same name living about thirty miles away.
Clark, Gardner B. – April 20, 1862
Near Yorktown Va. April 20th 1862 My Mary. I hardly know where I am this morning. but from the firing last night and every few moments now conclude our Camp is not is still within range of a powerful and well entrenched enemy. Our Co. is for the present attached to Gen. Smiths Division. He is the man that last Sept. said he wanted no S.S. under his command.
Fisher, George W. – April 20, 1862
Catelets Station on the Orange + Alexandria R-R-[ ? ] April 20th 1862 Dear Sister I now seatings of to write you a few lines to let you know that I am still living I received a letter from you some time since while on the march and I did not have time to answer it before we are now camped on the banks of a beautiful stream called Cedar Run
Potter, Charles H. – April 19, 1862
Steam Boat Sam Gaty Mississippi River April 19th 1862 Dear Father I received your letter last monday morning and was very glad to hear that your were all well. I should have written before but being on the boat I could not send it off.
Winchell, Edward A. – April 19, 1862
Camp Scott near Yorktown 19 April 1862 Dear Brother Add It has been such a long time since I wrote to you that you supposed the mail was stopped but it has not been I am wholly to blame. I suppose I might make an excuse if I wanted to tell a lie but I could not with out for I have had plenty of opportunities but have let them all pass thinking I would write the next day
Foreman, James A. – April 17, 1862
Headquarters Camp Near Yorktown V.A. Fifth Reg’t Michigan Volunteers, Comp D April 17th 1862 My Dear Why is it that I have not heard from you lately are you sick or anything verry bad happened to you or paul + our little girl. the last that I heard was from Lib announceing that Paul was verry sick.
Clark, Gardner B. – April 16, 1862
Camp Near Yorktown Va. April 16th 1862 My Mary. Still no fight simply throwing a few shot to range the guns. By Christmas (I dont say next Christmas remember that) you may expect the news “Yorktown is ours.” One more S.S. shot this morning. No knowing whose turn it will be next.
Benton, Thomas H. – April 16, 1862
Camp near Warrington Junction, Va. Apr. 16~ 1862 Dear Father: I received your letter some days ago and have not had an opportunity of answering until this time. We I wrote to you last, we were at Bristoe Station, about ten miles further back. We came here on last Saturday, and have a very nice campground on the banks of the Cedar River.
Barker, George H. – April 16, 1862
Camp near the Battle Field Apr. 16th, 1861 My dear Mary I am seated on a knapsack and trying to write a few words to my Sweetheart dear Creature & excellent Wife. You see Mary I am learning a new style of writing or rather I indulge in the use of a variety principally useing the “jog hands? with now and then a sprinkling of the square hands with now and then a spicing of the “Old fashioned round hands,,
Burge, Caroden S. – April 14, 1862
Camp of Mich. 2 Near Yorktown, Va April 14 1862 Dear Sister: I rec’d yours the day after reaching this place Perhaps I did not do right in waiting for you to ancwer mine before I wrote to you again, since you have so many cares. But it is passed.