Camp Mich 2 Feb. 6/62 Dear Mother: I came near for thing that it was my day to write to you. I rec’d your letter the 1 It was the first had rec’d from you in nearly three weeks. I rec’d a letter from Lucy Tuesday.
Burge, Caroden S. – January 31, 1862
Camp Mich. 2 Jan 31 1862 Dear Mother: I was on guard yesterday so I did not write. I have only a few minutes this morn before the mail carrier goes. I am well now as ever. I expects to send you my money before this but I was waiting to hear from you.
Winchell, Edward A. – January 27, 1862
Camp Michigan Jan 27th, 1861 Dear Mother, I received your letter about one week ago and I should have answered it before but the regiment went on picket the day after I received it and was gone three days it rained all of the time and we had nothing but huts built of cedar bows Some way or other I caught a bad cold and in consequence I have been quite unwell
Burge, Caroden S. – January 23, 1862
Camp Mich 2 Va. Jan. 23d 1862 Dear Mother: Again Thursday has come & in accordance with the promise of mine I sit down to write to you.
Burge, Caroden S. – January 15, 1862
Camp of Mich. 2 Jan. 15 62 Dear Mother: I have just rec’d your letter of the 9 this afternoon. We rec’d our pay to-day, for the months of Nov. & Dec. It amounted to twenty six dollars ($26.00). I had eight dollars due me from the boys, making in all thirty four dollars ($34.00).
Burge, Caroden S. – January 9, 1862
Camp Mich. Va. Jan. 9/62. Dear Mother: I rec’d your letter in due time. I have rec’d a letter from you every week for a number of weeks with the exception of of two weeks. You have been more punctual that I have been.
Burge, Caroden S. – December 19, 1861
Camp of Mich. 2 Dec 19 /61. Dear Mother: I fear that my delay in writing has caused you much anxiety, but since I last wrote we have changed camp twice & for the past week we have been so buisy building ourselves log houses that it has been almost impossible to write. Besides we have had no convenient place during this time.
Winchell, Edward A. – December 6, 1861
Camp Lyons Dec 6th, 1861 Dear Cousin Emma I received your always welcome letter two or three days since and this is the only chance I have had of answering it so I hope you will excuse me. I have very little news to tell you and in consequence it will be a very poor letter which I am sure is nothing new for me to write.
Burge, Caroden S. – November 15, 1861
Fort Lyon Nov 15/61. Dear Mother: I have been unable to write before. I was called on picket last saturday morning (which is my time for writing to you unless I write Friday eve) & we now have to stay on picket two da;
Winchell, Edward A. – November 8, 1861
Camp near Fort Lyons Nov 8th 61 Dear Cousin Bill I received your letter yesterday and shold have answered it the same night but it was so cold that I had to sit by the fire to keep warm. We have built fire places in each of the tents and so we manage to live quite comfortable we have very cold weather down here most of the time.
Winchell, Edward A. – November 6, 1861
Camp near Fort Lyons Nov 6th 1861 Dear Uncle I received your welcome letter in due time and take the first opportunity that offers to answer it in. There was a rumor last night that fort Sumpter had been recaptured when the whole regiment turned out and gave three rousing cheers but the report had no foundation and so we wasted so much breath for nothing.
Winchell, Edward A. – November 4, 1861
Camp near Fort Lyons Nov 4th 61 Dear Bro Add I received your welcome letter yesterday and at the same time I received one from Uncle Geiger. My last letter to you was so small I will try and make up for it this time. I dont know how it it is but I write worse every time I dont believe you can read this without spelling it out. Last Thursday we were mustered for pay and I suppose we will be paid in a week or two.
2nd Michigan Infantry – November 1, 1861-December 31, 1861
2nd Michigan Infantry Muster, Company B, November 1, 1861 to December 31, 1861
2nd Michigan Infantry – November 1, 1861-December 31, 1861
2nd Michigan Infantry Muster, Company B, November 1, 1861 to December 31, 1861
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.
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.
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.
Winchell, Edward A. – October 6, 1861
Camp Arlington Oct 6th/61 Dear Uncle I have no excuse to offer you for not writing to you before only that I have been too lazy. We drill all of the morning in skirmishing as our regiment will have the most of that to do being the first regiment in the brigade. We have awful hot weather now I guess we are having our Indian Summer. Our New Colonel is very strict
Burge, Caroden S. – September 30, 1861
Arlington, Sept 30 1861. Dear Mother & Sister: I will write a few lines hope to set your minds at rest. before I am away to battle. We are just waiting to get aday’s rations cooked, & then I suppose we shall be off to fight. The Rebels have fallen back from Munson’s Hill.
Burge, Caroden S. – September 25, 1861
Arlington, September 25th, 1861 Dear Mother & Sister. I should have sent this letter Monday, but on that day we had Brigade drill, & was reviewed by Gen. McClellan, and then after all we had to go on picket at the Cross Roads; we did not get back from picket till late last eve, so this is my first opportunity to write.
Winchell, Edward A. – September 15, 1861
Do you have to pay for the letters when you get them out of the office Tell me in your next please Hunter’s Chapel Sept. 15th /61 Dear Bro Ad You must excuse me for not writing to you before but it is not my fault as you will find out before this letter is finished About two weeks ago our company took up its quarters at Hunters house, the owner of which is an officer in secesh army
Winchell, Edward A. – September 12, 1861
Camp near Arlington Sept 12 Dear Uncle I hope you will excuse me for not writing to you before but as I told Frank and Emma I have not had time we are kept busy from morning till night all of the time you say that it seems that somebody was writing to me every day I did not receive but one letter for three weeks and that was from Emma but never mind that.
Burge, Caroden S. – September 7, 1861
Arlington Heights, Sept 7, /61. Dear Sister: I rec’d your Thursday. It is strange that you did not hear from me. I think I have written every week. I have been on picket twice my last & came off all right.
2nd Michigan Infantry – September 1, 1861-October 31, 1861
2nd Michigan Infantry Muster, Company G, September 1, 1861 to October 31, 1861