Browse All Letters (57 total)

Camp Near York Town Va. April 13th 1862 Dear wife and children I sit down with pleasure to write those few loynes to you hoping that is will find you in good health as this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to me. Dear wife I main to let you now that I landed here this foornoon after a long march. We left our old Camp 7 of…

Camp near York town May the 2 1862 Dear wife I take this oppertunity of writing those few loynes to you and the children hoping that it will find you in good health as this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to me so far a through the danger which I have to under go but with of God He will save me from this battle which I…

Willimbourgh Virginia [May] the 8, 1862 Mrs. Lally Dear wife and children Thanks be to God I have the opertunity of writing to ye once more. Hoping that it will find ye in good health ae this me in at present. Thanks be to God for bringing me safe through the battle on Munday the 5 ins which was a hard day between blood and rain from 7 in the…

Camp near Richmond May 21 1862 Dear wife and children I red a letter the 19 of this month which gives me great pleasure of hering from ye being in good health which leaves me in good health at present, thanks be to God for his blessing to me. Dear wife I feel tird this morning fer I am on a march this last four days from Williamsbourgh on for…

Fair Okes Station Va. June 12, 1862 Mrs. Bridgett Lally Dear wife I rcd a letter from you on the 11 which gives me great pleasure to here that you and the children was in good health which the depature of this leaves me in the same thanks be to God for his blessing to me. Dear wife I am glad that I have the opertunity of sending you some money…

th 20th 1862 Fair Okes Virginia Jun Dear wife I rc'd a letter from you on the 18 ins which gave me great pleasure to here that you and the children was in good health which this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to me. Dear wife I have rc'd a letter or two from you this last 2 weeks but I had not time to ans and I have not…

July 11 186[2] Harrison Landings VA Dear wife I rc'd a letter from you a few days ago stating that the children had the chin cough, which I am very sorry for them. I thought the ware over it since last fall, but with the help of God it will not amount to much now for it must be on decline. Also you mad mention about a receit of 10 dollars which you…

August 10, 1862 Harrison Landing VA Dear wife I set down with pleasure to write those few loynes to you hoping that it will find you and the children in good health as this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to me. I have rc'd the box yesterday and all was in it was spilt except the whisky and that was all right. I should…

September the 11 1862 Forth Loyons VA Dear wife and children I sit down with pleas. to writ those few lins to ye hoping it will find ye in good health as this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to me for bringing me safe to this day to have the pleasure of hereing from ye once as long as I can not see ye; but God is with me…

September the 16, 1862 Arlington Hights V.A. Dear wife and children I sit down with pleasure to write those few loynes to ye hoping it will find ye in good health as this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to me. I main to let ye now that I feel very much improved this last 2 weeks for we had the first Rest for 9 months and…