Jefferson, Md., August 22, 1861.
I dare say you are surprised to see where we are, and at not
having heard from me for some time, but I have had no time to write, on account
of various movements, expeditions, being without tents and wagons, etc. I shall
give you, as soon as we are in camp again, a journal of what we've been doing
for the last ten days. Yesterday, after shifting around for about a week since
the army moved, we received orders to march and join our brigade. Just think,
we have been on detached service for a month; the only regiment out of this
army that has had anything of the kind to do!
SOURCE: Charles Fessenden Morse, Letters Written
During the Civil War, 1861-1865, p. 16
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