Log Cabin Camp , December 21, 1862. Sunday evening. Dearest : — Dr. Jim got his proper resignation papers today and will leave in the ...

Camp Maskell, Gauley Bridge , December 1, 1862. Dearest Lu : — We are on the south side of the Kanawha — same side as the Eighty-ninth ...

Camp Green Meadows , July 14, 1862. Dearest : — I am so pleased with your affectionate letter, that I sit down merely to “jaw back,” as...

Flat Top Mountain , July 6, 1862. Dearest : — Sunday afternoon about 4 P. M. — hotter than ever. I have just finished reading your lett...

Camp On Flat Top Mountain , May 20, (Tuesday), 1862. Dearest : — Here we are “back again” — fifty or sixty miles in rear of the advan...

Camp On Flat Top Mountain On Line Between Mercer And Raleigh Counties , May 20, 1862. Dear Uncle : — The last three weeks has been a ...

Camp on Flat Top Mountain. — Monday, 19th, marched from camp on Bluestone River to this point (yesterday) — a hot dry march — with knapsack...

Cincinnati — No, Fayetteville, Virginia, Saturday, March 1, 1862. Dear L—: — I reached here in good condition last night. Find Dr. J...

Dr. Jim left this morning for home, taking letters to Lute, Mother, Uncle, Platt, and others. Warm and bright all day, but oh, so muddy! Ca...

Bright, warm weather. Colonel Scammon moved from Mrs. Manson's house to Dr. Stites'. Lieutenants Warren and Smith start for Ohio. I...

Fayetteville, Virginia , Sunday A. M., January 12, 1862. Dearest Lucy : — I was made very happy by your letter of the 6th per Sergeant ...

Camp Union , January 4, 1862. Dear Doctor : — You have probably learned that Dr. McCurdy has gone home to recruit his health. If Dr. Ji...

Fayetteville, Virginia , January 2, 1862. Dearest : — I hope you all enjoyed New Year's Day. I dispatched you “a happy New Year’s” ...

Camp Union, Fayetteville, Virginia, December 29, 1861. Dearest : — I have no letter from home since the boy was born. I have by mail C...

Headquarters 23D Reg't. O. V. Inf. U. S. A., December 23, 1861. Dear Doctor : — Thanks for your letter of the 16th. You will of c...

Fayetteville, Camp Union , November 30, 1861. Dearest : — We are now engaged in getting winter quarters fixed comfortably. There are no...

Fayetteville, Virginia , November 19, 1861. (Tuesday). Dearest : — We are housed comfortably in a fine village deserted by its people, ...

Camp Ewing , November 9, 1861. Dear Mother : — It is a rainy disagreeable November day. I have done up all the little chores required, ...

Camp Ewing , November 8, 1861, Thursday A. M. Dearest : — Mr. Fuller, our waggon-master, goes to Cincinnati today. We are [so] busy pre...

Camp Ewing , November 5, 1861. Tuesday morning. Dearest Lucy : — . . . We are having stirring times again. The enemy on the other sid...