Camp of Instruction Nov 3rd 1861 My Darling Mary; A kiss and perhaps a dozen for you to night. at any rate if I was with you. I would try to see how a kiss would taste. the two months and a half that I have been here without a single one seemes more like the same number of years
Potter, Charles H. – November 3, 1861
Camp Anderson Nov 3d 1861 Dear Father I received your letter last night [ ? ] 22nd it has been a long time on the way I should think, it was opened by the same person that opened the other one. we are all well yet there has not one of us been sick yet only hank & I got hurt by the horses the other day
Burge, Caroden S. – November 1, 1861
Fort Lyons, Nov 1st/61. Dear Mother: I rec’d yours yesterday. I am sorry you had not received my letters, as I wrote intending you should get it Friday. In my last I told you what things I should want.
Gaylord, Oliver C. – October 31, 1861
Camp Anderson Oct 3 Ist/61 My Dear WifeI am enjoying good health and hope this may reach you and the little ones enjoying the same blessing We have made much progress towards getting ready to move since I came here last The first second regiment got their uniforms before I came back
Clark, Gardner B. – October 30, 1861
Camp of Instruction Oct 30th/61 My own dear Mary: I feel somewhat lonesome this eve am thinking of old times and scenes. what times those were the three years my home was with you almost daily your face was before me
Potter, Charles H. – October 29, 1861
Grand Rapids. Oct 29th 1861 Dear Father & Mother It has been a good while since I have writen to you and so I guess I will write a few lines to let you know that we are all well for there is nothing new I told you in my last letter that we was agoing to leave but we got sliped on it so now I cant tell when we shall leave
Foreman, James A. – October 28, 1861
Fort Lyon Oct 28th My Dear Yesterday morning I thought I would write you a great long letter and as good a one as I could but we have so many shirks our company that I had to go on guard
Morey, Albert – October 25, 1861
October the 25, 1861 Head Quarters Washington DC Camp benton maryla land Dear mother I sit me down to answer your leter that I recived this morning and was very glad to hear from you and to hear that you was well and doing well I am well at preaseant I hope these few lines will find you the same I will tell you some news perhaps you will hear of it before you get this
Winchell, Edward A. – October 24, 1861
Hunting Creek Oct 24th 1861 Dear Bro Add, I received your letter in due time and having time this afternoon I thought that I could not pass the time to better advantage than by answering your letter I was on picket when I received your letter and that is the reason why I did not answer it before we went out on Sunday and was not relieved untill Thursday.
Laskey, Uri F. – October 22, 1861
ELLSWORTH Camp Arlington Oct. 22./61 Dear Mary Your very kind Epistle came to hand last night and it was interesting indeed to hear from Old Wisconsin William has got the measles and is quite sick. I read you letter to him last night he had one also from near home which I had to read for him
Potter, Charles H. – October 21, 1861
Grand Rapids Oct 21st 1861 Dear Father I take this opportunity to let you know when we shall leave the Lt Colnel told us at the breakfast table this morning that we should leave on wensday we will get our uniform to day there is nothing new here
Potter, Charles H. – October 21, 1861
Grand Rapids Oct 21st 1861 Dear Mother I take this opportunity to inform you that we are a going to leave here on wensday next the report is that we shall go to Kentucky but I dont know for certain whether we shall or not I am in a hurry this morning for I have got to go on guard in a little while
Burge, Caroden S. – October 21, 1861
Camp Near Fort Lyon, Oct. 21st 1861 Dear Mother & Sisters: To-day it is just three months since the great battle of Bull Run. It is six months tomorow since I first put my name to the muster-roll.
Clark, Gardner B. – October 20, 1861
Grand Rapids Oct 20/61 Dear Gardner; I have just got home to night and found a couple of letters waiting for me they came last night I received that pictur and the fold dollar and thank you very much for them I do not think the pictur is a very bad one, although I have seen better.
Fisher, George W. – October 20, 1861
Headquarters 2d Regt W.V. Camp Tilinghast Co B V.A. Oct 20th 1861 Dear Sister I received your letter of Oct 15th yesterday + I am very thankfull to hear from you so often I am well as usual and hope this will find you the same
Potter, Charles H. – October 19, 1861
Grand Rapids Oct 19th Dear Father I received your letter this morning and was very glad to hear from you the boys are all well and in good spirits there is some 24 of us on guard to day on guard to take care of horses we have to take our turn as well as the rest we have got some of our clothing
Clark, Gardner B. – October 18, 1861
S.S Camp of Instruction Berdans U.S. Washington Oct 18th 1861 Dear Mary: A few words to you this morning it rained all night and is pretty warm now. that picture I send with this I could not help looking cross the artist tried his best to have me get that scowl out of my forehead
Rowland, Oran W. – October 18, 1861
Lawrence October 18th 1861 Aunt Sophia I have just recd your welcome letter an hasten to answer it. You say it was my turn to write. Perhaps it was but I labored under the impression that it was not. But that makes no difference. Concerning that picture you scolding was all in vain as I had one taken and should have sent it in a few days. So you see my promise was not broken. I am home on a five days furlough. Will be in camp on the twenty second of this month, where for the present you may direct your letters.
Fisher, George W. – October 16, 1861
ONWARD 1776. Oct 16th 1861. TO VICTORY Headquarters Camp Tillinghast 2d Regt. W.V. Co. B Dear Sister I received your letter of the 7th last night, + was glad to hear that you were all well, I am well at present and hope when these few lines reach you they will find you the same,
Byrns, William – October 15, 1861
White Oak Bottom, Md. Oct. 15/61 Dear Florence, I don’t know but that I should not write so often but as times life grows dull in this camp camp, reading matter is scarce & I can do nothing but drive dull excess away by writing. Now ain’t that a good introduction? Won’t you feel honored by it?
Potter, Charles H. – October 14, 1861
Camp Anderson Oct 14th ‘61 Dear Mother I now take this chance to write to you to let you know I am getting along. I am well and so is all of the boys at present how does Ella get along & harvey and all of the rest I dont know when we shall leave here they talk some of sending us to Detroit to stay untill the second regiment gets ready
Black, John C. – October 13, 1861
Washington, Mariadain Hill Oct 13/61 Co. B. 8th Regt Mich Inft Mr John N McDougall Dear Sir We have moved to the seat of war we started the 27th Sept from Fort Wayne Detroit on the steam boat to Cleveland & the cars from there to Pits burg & the cars from there to Harrisburg & ther to Baltimore & then to Washington
Potter, Charles H. – October 11, 1861
Grand Rapids Oct 11th Dear Father I arrived here all right it cost us only 2 cents a mile on the rail road we cant find out positive when we are a going to leave at any rate we shant leave ffore next thursday if we do before a week from Monday I think about one week from monday our cloths have not all come yet they expect them evry night
Harris, George W. – October 1861
October [ ? ] 61 Camp Arlington My own Dear One, Once again do I seat myself for the purpose of talking with my loved one far far away and to pour out the very inmost beatings of my heart. I have been sick for about four or five days…quite sick and not for duty and am so weak yet that I can hardly write now but I should have to be very sick indeed not to be able to write to you.