Lexington Tenn. April 11th 63 I received your kind letter last night was much pleased to hear you was will I am the same & all of the rest in this part of the army as far as I know We have been in this place over two weeks live first rate & dont have much duty to do at present but dont know how soon we may Jane whilst we have been out here we have taken some 30 or 40 prisoners
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – March 27, 1863
Arlington March 27 63 Dear Jane I have neglected to or rather delayed writing for a week, received your last a week ago today sold your shaker took the money & your yarn went down to the office Monday had it weighed it would have cost 76 cents to send it we thought it would not pay. Otho is hear will start for Burr Oak tomorrow or Tuesday & I will send the thing by him perhaps he will not get there within 1 or 2 weeks
Cutler, Philo D. – March 25, 1863
Camp half mile from Jackson Tennessee March 25th 1863 Dear kind friends here am I so far from your world most sick [ ? ] it has been raining two days but tis pleasant to day do you he lieve it I hone lieved in a tent
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – March 24, 1863
Camp near Jackson March 24th I have not seated myself to reply to any letter but to let you know that we are all well & feel well today is Sunday & we have been paid off but only got two months pay I would send it to you by mail but am afraid to for fear of losing it Tomorrow morning we leave here for 5 days on a scout
Rowland, Oran W. – March 21, 1863
Camp of the Third Michigan Cavalry Jackson Tenn March 21st 1863 Aunt Sophia: I received a very welcome letter from you a few days ago and I suppose I ought to have answered it before this but a week is not a very long delay and so I propose to devote a few leisure moments to writing and you shall be the favored recipient of my scribblings are be called a favor.
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – March 4, 1863
Camp near Jackson Mar 4th Dear wife I have seated myself to answer to your letter written at Burr Oak Feb 22nd was glad to hear that you were all well & can say we are enjoying the same good health at least I am for I never was as fleashy in my life I weigh 162 ½ lbs I also received a letter from Mother they were all well & Ed Rec. one from Hellin Eckler Jane you will have to excuse me in not writing a long letter for we have marching orders
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – February 23, 1863
Tennissee Denmark Feb 23rd 63 Dear Jane I Recd your letter last night & hasten to reply to it we are all well & hope you are the same in Burr Oak I am at this time on picket or Guard, have been in this place for nearly 2 weeks have fine times plenty to eat you wrote you were going out to Burr Oak with Daniel & Mary I can say I wish I was there too think I could enjoy myself prety well I would like to hear some good music right well about now.
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – February 9, 1863
Camp near Jackson Feb. 9th 63 I have seated myself to reply to your letter that came to hand last night the date was Jan 30th you write that you don’t get any mail from me I have writen to you every time I Rec a letter from home & if you dont get them I am not to blame John Recd a letter from Carl last night stating that he was the only one you all depend on for news I can only say that I think that I write as much as John.
Rowland, Oran W. – February 8, 1863
Camp of the First Michigan Cavalry Jackson Tenn February 8th, 1863 My Dear Aunt. I have this minute finished reading your letter of the 29th of January and I hasten to reply to it. I had heard of Watsons death a few days ago in a letter from Mary and my wife. I can sympathize with the dear friends in their bereavement
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – January 24, 1863
Camp of the Third Mich Cavalry Jackson, Tennessee Jan 24, 1863 Dear Parents it is with pleasure I take this opportunity to inform you of my present health which is very good also all of the Boys here We have gone into winter quarters & just now we have plenty to do Building Stables & log cabins ditching etc etc It has been a long time since I received a letter from you But do not despair for I will have the more when they come I answered your kind letter & hope you got it for I sent Ten Dollars in it
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – January 19, 1863
Camp east of Jackson Jan 19/63 Dear Jane & Parents I have seated myself to pen a few lines to you this leaves me all well & hope it will find you the same to day is one of the toughest days I have seen we have about six inches of snow but it is raining & has been all day Ed & myself Recd some mail the other day but I was out on a scout & have not had a chance to write to you so you will have to excuse my delay But I will say that I certainly was glad to hear from home had made up my mind that you had almost forgot that you had friends in the sunny South.
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – December 27, 1862
Camp near Waterford Dec 27th 62 Dear Wife & Parents this leaves me well & all of the boys with us I am with the baggage train Edwin Albert & most of Co C & in fact most all of the Cav are after a band of Rebels that came in to Holly Springs & cut our communications off Burnt our stores of Provisions & took all of the sick & some of the well Prisoners but we have made them pay for it. Our men have taken. The report is that 1200 Rebl cav out near Salem they have been out 1 week from camp
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – December 19, 1862
Camp Near Water Valley Dec 19 62 I have seatted myself to answer your kind letter that came to hand yesterday the date being Dec. 5th & it being the only one that I have rec but one & that date was Nov 28th I was at Holly Springs sick with the ague & did not get it until I got to my Co I tell you the boys had a tough time of it for they had to skirmish all the way from Holly Springs to a place called Coffee Ville & we met with some loss had two men wounded but not very bad Ealsworth & Van from Jackson & one from Paw Paw Daskmum Noble will know who he is these were men of our Co
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – December 9, 1862
Tuesday Dec 9th Holey Springs Dear Wife I have got able to go to my Regt got a discharge from the Hospital & am now waiting a chance to go the provition train will be in tomorrow & then I go to the boys they have done some hard fighting but I heard that none of them have been killed they have taken over 700 prisoners & a sargeant told me that the Colonel Commanding got word that Price had surendered his whole army to Gen. Steel & I dont doubt it for they desert from him by hundreds
Rowland, Oran W. – December 9, 1862
Camp Fifteen miles south of Oxford State of Miss Dec 9th 1862 Aunt Sophia. When I received your last letter I was with our regiment on the banks of the Tallahatchie river, that river that the secesh? said the [ ? ] Yankees never could cross but alas for secesh? boasting we have been within ten miles of Grenada and forty miles south of the Tallahatchie.
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – December 4, 1862
Detroit Barracks Dec 4th 1862 Cousin Jane Your letter came to hand to day and as I have got my days work all closed up. I seat myself to give a brief reply in return. You will see by this this that I still remain in Detroit. Probably Shall during life. Think it is a very [ ? ] climate much more so than further South. I have not heard from Mitchell nor Ed since they left here. Have written to Mitchell once but recd no reply.
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – November 6, 1862
Thursday morning Nov 6th 1862 Camp South of Grand Junction Miss Dear wife I have seated myself on the ground with my poncho on my lap for a Writing Desk so you will have to excuse bad writing. After this I will write what transpires daily commencing last Sunday night in the morning about three oclock the horne sounded Boots & Saddles & the Order was for each man to have 6 days rations in haversack to be ready to start at 6 oclock it came & found 51 men ready to start where we knew not the horne sound stand to horse, next came the command Mount – The order was obeyed & we start in the direction of Chewalla passed it about 10 oclock our course lay in a Westerly direction marched untill night
Rowe, William B. – October 25, 1862
Serg’t William B Rowe of the Third Michigan Cavalry is duly authorized to enlist recruits for the [ ? ] Regiment, and such recruits as he may procure will be entitled to all the advance pay + bounty offered by Governent Jackson Oct. 25, 1862 DeWitt C Smith 1 Lieut 3d Mich Cavalry Recruiting Officer
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – October 6, 1862
Camp South of Corinth Oct 6th 1862 Dear Wife I have a few moments to spare & will be brief in Writing I wrote to you in my last that we expected to have some fun in a few hours & we did for I had not got my letter finished before we were ordered to mount. We did & in a short time we were where we could see & hear them fire to Price & VanDorn & Lovejoy
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – October 2, 1862
Sunday Evening Oct the 2ond Wall Jane it is 8 oclock but I will write a few lines, Vicky wrote you last week while I was sick I was quite sick for 3 days had the Disentary & billious feaver Duane had it & was just getting better when I was taken, we had Row 1 s peace & got along verry well. the rest of the friends are well, Henry Shirwood got home friday looks better than they expected, John Rey is home on a forlow brought the ball that was taken out of his neck
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – September 22, 1862
Corinth Sept 22nd 1862 Dear Wife I have seated myself to write a few lines to you for I think it strange that I have not heard from you since I left home John Swan received a letter from Milan but he did not write a word about you. We are all quite well but Isiah Hant he has got the dysentery quite bad he is agoing to the Hospital to night for we think it is best for him for we cant help him in camp.
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – September 6, 1862
Page No 1 Tuscumby Saturday Sept 6th 1862 Dear Wife tis noon & I have seated my self to write a few lines to let you know how we have lived & What we have seen since we left home you asked me to give you the names of the places we pass through We left Paw Paw on Sunday night August 24th next morning landed in Jackson [ ? ] at the hotell & then was marched up to head quarters was examined got out certificates & loitered around all day went down to the jail & it is a sight worth a mans time & money to go & see
Hogmire, Mitchell H. – September 6, 1862
Tuscumbia Sep 6th 1862 Dear friends I now take my pen in hand to write a few lines I am well and all the rest of the boys we are now in Alabama and we expect a battle every day we have not got our armes nor our horses nor clothes nor do not know when we shall get them we have plenty to eat now
Coy, Daniel – July 24, 1862
Discharge Document, July 24, 1862