Camp White, West Virginia , September 28, 1863. Dear Mother : — . . . Your letter from Delaware dated the 20th came this morning. I am ...

Camp White , August 23, i863. Dearest :   — Very glad to get your good letter from Columbus. I wish I could travel with you a few weeks...

Mrs. Comly returned with her husband a few days ago. I wish Lucy was here also. Foolish business to send away our wives as was done. A very...

Camp Reynolds, Near Gauley Bridge , January 6, 1863. Dear Mother : — This is a rainy day — the first we have had in a great while. I n...

Columbus , October 31, 1862. Dear Uncle : — Lucy has had a pretty severe attack of diphtheria. For three or four days she was in a good...

Columbus , October 23, 1862. Dear Uncle : — Laura married and off yesterday — all sensible and happy. We had a delightful visit to the ...

I know Mr. Mitchell (Colonel Mitchell) well. He is a young lawyer, educated at Kenyon, of good family, entered the war as lieutenant, then ...

Steamboat Dunleith, Ohio River. — A bright cold winter day; a good sail down the Ohio. Banks full. Beautiful river. Reached home as the...

Tuesday, January 7, 1862. Dearest L—: — The enclosed letter to Dr. Joe did not get off yesterday and thinking it likely he may be off...

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

Fayetteville, Virginia , November 29, 1861. Dear Laura : — Thanks for your letter. I hope I may think your health is improved, especial...

Near Weston, Virginia , August 4, 1861. Dear Laura : — As we ride about this exceedingly pretty country and through this reasonably de...