Camp Peoria, October 3,
1862.
I suppose this is the commencement of another series of
letters from your army correspondent. You can't imagine how kind of
old-fashioned good it seems to be in camp again. You know, of course, that my
lucky star still rules, and that I have been elected captain. I think I have an
excellent company, though I have but few men that I ever knew before. Charley
Mattison is my first lieutenant, and John Dorrance, my second. The first
lieutenant is able, willing and industrious. Dorrance will make a great deal
better officer than you imagine. Think I will manage to visit you before we
march, but can't promise. I am confined very closely, and have a great deal of
work to do. But thank fortune, I partly understand it.
SOURCE: Charles Wright Wills, Army Life of an
Illinois Soldier, p. 128-9
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