Thursday, half past two o'clock. Letter-writing after Thanksgiving dinner! What an absurdity! Yet here goes. I must rise on the win...

Maryland Heights , October 6, 1862. Everything continues quiet with us. We have a nice camp and are beginning to make ourselves comfort...

Pleasant Hill, Md. , Sept. 1, 1861. Since writing my last letter, we (General Banks' division) have moved some fourteen miles, so t...

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, DEP’T OF THE SHENANDOAH, July 31, 1861, in Camp. Three letters?! Yes, one from you, one from father, one from C. Bl...

Head-quarters, Harper's Ferry , Sunday, July 28, 1861. There is so much of drag and so little of incident in my present life that a...

OPPOSITE FREDERICKSBURG, VA., December 16, 1862. I hope you received my telegram sent on the evening of the 13th inst., announcing my s...

CAMP NEAR BERLIN, MD., October 29, 1862. I am very glad you were so much pleased with Mr. Dehon. His visit to you was in truth a great ...

CAMP NEAR SHARPSBURG, MD., October 1, 1862. I note the canard about General Sickles taking command of Hooker's corps, which arose f...

Colonel 12th Mass. Vols. (Infantry), June 26, 1861; killed at the battle of Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862. FLETCHER WEBSTER , son of Danie...