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Southampton, Virginia
Soldiers vs. Yankees
William and his crew have moved to Southampton, Virginia. On one side of the river William’s troop is gathered and on the other side the yankees are gathered. Henry Hill almost got killed by the yankees but he got away, Powell Auten has gotten the chills, and I am out of money. -
Bunker Hill, Virginia
Soldiers WeaponsThe troop had a smart right battle on Tuesday, Company A was deployed into the woods on the yankees side of the river and the yankees discovered them. The yankees and our men commenced by throwing bomb shells at each other. Many are wounded including Isaac Frazer in the left shoulder and Tom Bringman in the back. While some of our people got wounded so did the yankees, we killed 4 of there men and wounded many. -
Franklin Depot, Virginia
What soldiers need for war <ahref='http://memorialhall.mass.edu/activities/dressup/notflash/civil_war_soldier.html' >What Soldiers Need For War </a> Father I am running out of clothes. I need you to send me a good woolen pair of pants and a good piece of hard soap. I also need you to send me some thread and a couple of needles. You can send them in my box when you send my provisions to themselves like you did before. -
Dauplin County Magnolia, North Carolina
<ahref='http://thomaslegion.net/civil_war_pay_soldier_union_confederate_american.html' >Civil War Money</a> Regt is getting furlough at this time. Powell Auten starts home today. I will inclose forty six dollars in this letter. I will keep the balance of my money for I may get to go home the next time my shift ends then I will need my money. I may come the next time and it may be that I won’t get home for six months. -
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Pitt County Greenville, North Carolina
The March from Tarboro We left Tarboro the 20th. We had to march 32 miles in two days. It rains all the time down here, It is even raining now. I am nearly drowned I was in the rain all last night. We are stationed about a quarter of a mile from Greenville and the Tar River. -
Greenville, North Carolina
<ahref='http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Weather_During_the_Civil_War#start_entry' >Learn more about Weather during the Civil War </a>We started our long march on March 15 and returned yesterday. We had a hard time for it rained three days and nights in a row, we had no place to shelter. We had to wade in mud and water all the way back. Sometimes the water was waist deep to us but we had no fighting to do except our artillery fired a few shots at the yankee pickets. The yankees threw a few bombs from their guns but they did not hurt anyone. We have marched one hundred miles and have been gone for 10 days. -
Camp near Hookerton, North Carolina
What Civil War Soldiers Ate
They are pressing all the corn and bacon that there was in the country. You better sell yours before they take it. You better sell everything you can for we don't get much to eat. Our Regt gets one pound of meal a day, us soldiers get half a pound of meat a day. The poor soldiers only get a quarter of a pound of meat a day. -
Camp near Kinston, North Carolina
Civil War Pens
I want to inform you of our long march from Hookerton. We started the twenty-ninth and arrived at kinston the same evening. We are at camp one mile and a half from Kinston. I would like to have some good pens to use. This old one makes a mark as broad as my finger. -
Halafax, North Carolina
Civil War Trains
Father we have started for Fredericksburg. We all ran a narrow escape this morning. The trains ran together and killed one man out of the twenty sixth Regiment and wounded a good man very bad. There was four hurt out of our company, Lien Hand, Wingate, Johnson, and John King. None in our Company were hurt very bad. -
Richmond, Virginia
<ahref='http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fredericksburg/fredericksburg-history-articles/fredericksburgoreilly.html' >Battle at Fredericksburg</a>We are at camp about a mile from town inside of the breast works. We were expecting a fight all day yesterday. The yankees are 8 miles from here. Four companies went out on the train to fetch the sick and wounded. They ran right into the yankees and have been fighting at Fredericksburg's. The reports say that our loss is heavy and the yankees still have a greater army than us. Old General Jackson Got wounded in the arm and many more of our big officers got wounded as well. -
Hanover Junction, Virginia
Civil War Prisoner Camp
James Todd was killed. He was shot dead at Fredericksburg's. James Terries is wounded. I haven't hear anything from West but I heard that his Regiment was cut all to peaces. I saw two thousand yankee prisoners marching through the mud the other day at the point of the Bayonet. -
Hanover Junction, Virginia - Event 2
<ahref='http://thomaslegion.net/thegreatdismalswampandtheamericancivilwar.html' >Learn more about the harsh environment of a swamp</a>
I will tell you that we are all getting plenty to eat now. I did think for a while that they were going to let us all starve to death. I am satisfied here for we do not have to wade so many swamps like we did when we were in the Eastern part of North Carolina. -
Hanover Junction, Virginia
Soldiers Pay per MonthWe Have drew our money again twenty-two dollars a piece. I have got $46 and I want to send some home but I don’t know when I will ever get a chance and the officers are making out the payrolls today for $22 more. They are going to pay us up to the last day this time. The furloughs have stopped while we stay in Virginia and if they don’t give anymore, you must come out when you get done laying by corn. -
Camp near Hanover Junction, Virginia
<ahref='http://www.petersburgbreakthrough.org/44thNCwtc.htm' >Troops Guarding the South Anna Bridge</a> Father I have little to tell you but I will tell you that our commander has sent twenty five of us to the bridge. He has sent us to the South Anna River Bridge. We were told to guard the bridge. It is five miles from the camp on the rail road. -
Hanover Junction, Virginia
<ahref='http://extension.psu.edu/plants/gardening/news/2013/gardening-during-the-civil-war' >Learn more about what people planted during the Civil War</a>Well George you said you had the best watermelon patch of the year. I think I will be home in time to see some and eat some. I am glad to hear that you are having such good luck with the bees from the bee tree you cut down. If I don't get to come home I will always be thinking of you. Remember don't eat all of the honey, please save me some.
