Browse All Letters (449 total)

January the 3 1863 Camp near Falmouth V.A. Dear wife and children I rc'd a letter from ye yesterday which gives me great pleasure to here that ye war all in good health and enjoyed the Crismas and I hope ye will also enjoy the new year. I main to let ye now that I am in good health thanks be to God for his blessing to me. I rc'd 5 stamps and l…

Camp Baker January 20. 1861 [i.e. 1862] Dear wife and children I set down to write a few loynis to ye hoping it will find ye in good health I main to inform you that I have been sick this two weeks and is not able to do my duty but I how I this day is much better than usul. I got a bad cold and in acount of way of sleeping we have here it turned in…

Virginia January 16, 1863 Dear wife and childrn I set down to writ those few loynes to ye hoping it will find ye in good health as the departure of this laves me thank the Lord. I wrote a few loynes to you 2 weeks ago as we are moving the same day I had [no] tim to say much. I main to inform you that we did not move only 5 miles north of the…

M.D. Camp Baker St. Chales Co. February 13, 1862 Dear wife and children I take this opportunity of writing a few loynes to ye hopeing it might find ye in good health as this leaves me in at present thank be to God for his blessing and prosperity to us all Dear wife I did not main to writ this letter without sending some money to you for the Mayor…

Mass Vol Camp of the 11 Regt Dear wife and childrn I rec'd a letter from you this day which gives me great plesur to here from ye and also that ye are all in good health as the departur of this leaves me in the same thanks be to the Lord for it for I just has arived from a long march this morning of 70 miles. We left our camp on 3 ins and marched…

FaImouth V.A. December 3, 1862 For Bridgett Lalley Dear wife and children I sit down to write those few loynes to you hoping it will find ye in good health as this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to me. Dear wife You must excuse me for not writing to you befor this fer we are on the march this last 15 days and this is the…

Camp of the 11 Reg't Mass At Brandy Station Virginia December the 24, 1863 Dear wife and children I sit down to write those few loynes to ye hoping it will find ye in good health as the departure of this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing. Dear wife You must excuse me for not writing to you before this. I could not write for…

Camp of the 11 Regt Mass Vol Near Falmouth V.A. December 22, 1862 Dear wif and children I set down to write those few loynes to ye hoping that it will find ye in good health as this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to me. Dear wife I rc'd a letter from you on the 18 ins which gave me great pleasure to here that ye ware in…

Camp of the 11 Reg't Mass Vol December the 20th 1864 Dear wife and chil- l sit down to write those few loins hoping it will find ye in good health as the departure of this leaves me in at present thanks be to God for his blessing to us all. I main to inform you that I received a letter from you dated 12 ins. which I have got the Gospal that you…

December 2 1861 Camp Baker Charles County Mary Land Dear wife and children I rec'd your letter on the first of the month which gives me great pleasure to here the children was in good health as this laves me in at present thanks be to God for his mercy to us all. I hope Mary and Marthur is improving in their [school] Be sure to keep good shooes…