Corinth Miss Dec 26th ‘63 Dear Frow I having waited for a reply to my last letter untill I am tired have made up my mind to w[chewed away] again it has been two weeks since I have had a letter But probly they have been detained on the road some where the date was Dec 6th.
Rowland, Oran W. – December 11, 1863
Camp 3rd Mich Cavy Corinth Miss Dec. llth 1863 Aunt Sophia Yours of the 29th Ult came safely to hand night before last and found me in the enjoyment of my usual good health and glad to hear from my friends as soldiers always are. We have had very busy times here for the last half month. Have had lots of scouting and plenty of fighting.
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – November 27, 1863
Camp near Corinth Nov. 27th 1863 Dear Wife I received your kind & welcome letters of the 17th of this month was glad to hear that your are well & hope you may be permited to enjoy good health as long as I have to remain away We are all well here now Milan looks tough & hardy tell Uncle Noble he is all right & I think will make a number 1 soldier he stood the fire like a man at Wyor & also at New Albany
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – October 31, 1863
Corinth Oct 31st, ‘63 Dear Parents, I have seated myself to answer your kind letter that came to hand last night was glad to hear of your good health & now I will give you a idea of ours. I have had the Ague & fever & been very sick but now I am all right Milan is in the Hospital But tell Aunt Evoline not to wory about him as he has got so he is around & haves the best of care
Rowland, Oran W. – October 21, 1863
Camp ofthe Mich Cav. Corinth Miss Oct 2lst 1863 Aunt Sophia: I do not know but you will think that I have forgotten you it si so long since I have written to you but such is not the case. I received your welcome letter in due time and should have answered long ago but since its reception I have been almost constantly in the saddle
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – October 15, 1863
Page 1 Camp East of Corinth Oct 15th 1863 Dear Father and Mother I have seated myself to write a few lines to you hoping that you may be injoying as good health as we do for we are in number 1 health Ike is getting better & so is Jim Ed has had the runs some but taking all things in consideration we are all right have seen something of war the day that the battle commenced at Corinth we had been out on a scout had just come from the west & we could hear the canon roar the Enemy had attacked us on the north sid about 4 or 5 miles from here
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – October 8, 1863
Camp at Corinth Oct 8th 63 Dear Wife It is with pleasure that I improve the little time I have in writing to you night before last we came in from a scout of 5 days & two days Before that our Regt was out on another scout of the same time & last night we were ordered out again & I having the ague did not go. On our last scout we had some very warm times with the rebs we left here on the 3rd with 5 days rations the first night camped 20 miles from here near Barnums
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – October 4, 1863
Oct 4th 1863 Dear Sister as I have not wrote in some time I thought I would write a few times to let you know how I get along down south the boys are all well and most all of them Love gone out on a five days scout but I thought I would not go this time for I just came in from guard
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – October 3, 1863
Camp near Corinth Oct 3rd Dear Wife I have just two minutes & a half to write we have just come in from a camp about 15 min from here we have been out on a scout for the first time we had quite a time indeed 4 or 5 of the Co H was taken prisoners Rogers was taken he clerked in Smithes Store at Paw Paw. they were out about 5 miles from camp were attacked by the rebels & were ordered to dismount when the Cavalry came down on them
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – September 28, 1863
Corinth, Sept 28th 63 Dear Wife I received your letter last night & the first I have received from you since I left home you & mother seem to think that I have been negligent about writing this is all I have to say I have writen five letters home & if you have not got them I am not to blame the mail has been stoped for nearly 2 weeks on account of the pending battle with Grant & Price. Grant was fearful that Price might cut off the mail & thereby post him in regard to our position
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – September 4, 1863
Camp at Corinth Sept 4th 63 Dear Wife Jane R H It is now midnight & I sit in our little tent all alone for the rest have gone to bed & I being on guard to night have mad up my mind to write a few lines to you this leaves us all well & enjoying our selves first rate Milan & the rest of the new recruits are nom one dont have the camp trots yet & I dont think they will have them mutch
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – August 24, 1863
Camp at La Grange Aug 24th 63 Nom 3 I seated my self to pen a few lines to you This leaves us all well & feeling first best When I last wrote to you we were going out on a scout & now we have returned & I will give you a detail of it We left Lagrange on the 13th of this month with six days rations in our haversacks & more in our wagons. here let me give you the nom that left this place of the 3rd Mich 7 Compa 7 nom of men 200 & 200 of the 2ond Iowa & 100 of the 11th Ills under command of Major Coon of the 2on Iowa at daylight
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – August 3, 1863
Camp near Lagrange Tenn. August 3rd 63 Dear Uncle & Aunt, It is with pleasure I take this opportunity of informing you of my present health which is very good & so if all of the rest of the boys. Edwin has been sick but he is well now hope this may find you well & enjoying life which of course you are for there is nothing to prevent as I can see
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – August 1, 1863
Camp at Lagrange Tenn August 1st 63 Dear Parents I have seated myself to pen a few lines to let you know that I am well & hope you are the same Edwin is well now he received a letter from you stating you had sent a box to him if I had known that he had sent for a box of things I would have tried to make him think it best to get along without it but he wrote when I was down in Missippi I guess he got homesick for he looked rather blue when he came back
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – July 28, 1863
Tenn Camp at Lagrange July the 28 Dear Friends as I have just come off from picket I thought I would write I should have wrote before but have been on picket every other day for three weeks and a fellow comes off from picket and he does not feel like writing much after being up all night. There is not much new but what there is favorable to us.
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – July 15, 1863
Lagrange July 15th 63 I received your kind letter the 13th & now as I have a few moments to spare will answer it When I last wrote Edwin was not very well but he is now returned to duty & is growing fat I received a letter from Mother & they were all well but Duane has a lame back R. C. Nyman has got home Now before I go any farther lets Hurah for Vicksburg, Port Hudson & the invasion of Lee in Pennsylvania & Morgan in Indiana for the first we have reason be glad that the fall of their strong hold did not make more of our men bite the dust
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – July 12, 1863
No 2 Camp at La Grange July 12 I have been waiting for a reply to my last till now & the mail brings no news from Mich We are all well & hope you are the same it is now 3 oclock & we have to go out on a scout of six days & will not be permited to write to you until I come back
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – June 25, 1863
Camp near Lagrange Bonesteel is well Write when you are going home June 25th 63 Dear Wife Jane I have just seated myself to write you a few lines knowing that you by this time would like to hear from me when last I wrote to you we were about to go out on a scout & now we have just returned from one that may be interesting to you But before I proceed let me say we are all well but Edwin & he looks rather bad he has been sick for nearly a week but is now getting better
Rowland, Oran W. – June 25, 1863
Camp of the 3rd Mich Cavy LaGrange Tenn. June 25th 1863 Aunt Sophia: Since I last wrote to you we have participated in some exciting scenes. I will not make any apologies for not writing any sooner for after you read my letter you will readily excuse me for you will see that I hve not had a great deal of time to devote to letter writing.
Rowland, Oran W. – June 21, 1863
Camp of the 3 Mich. Cav. Lagrange, Tenn June 21, 1863 Mr. Editor: Thinking that perhaps a letter from this part of our Good Old Uncles dominions would be of some interest to some of your numerous patrons, I have concluded to write a description of a nine days raid into the ill fated State of Mississippi.
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – May 25, 1863
Camp near Jackson May 25th 63 Good morning Jane for such it is here as far as the weather goes towards making one feel well & good this finds us all well & hope it will find those that make my life worthy of living Oh, how I have thought of little Trudy since you wrote to me she was sick & how it would make me feel to hear that she was no more here on earth But I will stop for it makes me feel bad to think of it
Rowland, Oran W. – May 20, 1863
Camp of the Third Mich Calvary Jackson Tenn May 20 1863 Aunt Sophia: Your letter of the 11th has come duly to hand last evening and with my usual punctuality and unlike my most respected Aunt I hasten to send a speedy reply to it. Now you need not take this as a rebuke for not answering my letters more promptly than you did the last one for I dare say they are answered as soon as their contents merit and circumstances will permit.
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – May 14, 1863
Camp near Jackson, Tenn. 14 Dear Jane I have a few moments to spare just now & will inform you of my health wich is good & so is all the rest of the boys we have just come in from a scout of 7 days & of course have not had a chance to write before & will have to be brief this morning as the mail goes in a few minutes I sent home by Bill Henry $100/$60 for my self & $40 for Ed
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – April 30, 1863
Camp near Jackson Apr 30 Dearest Jane Please pardon me for not answering your kind letter before & in future I will be more punctual this leaves me all right except a headache & that is not much to ail one in war times I received your likeness & was much pleased but was sorry that you couldnt have had Trudys taken too they all think that you look as young as ever Jane I will have mine taken & send it to you