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101Author:  Bitner Collection: Donely, ThadAdd
 Title:  Letter to Henry A. Bitner  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: I take this oppertunity to write you a few to let you no that I am well and get along well their is not sine of a move at this time the weather here has been fine. yesterday their was some rain but did last long. I received John letter a few Days ago I though I was not going to get any word from home and was much peased to here and was much obliged to John for for the stamp and sheat of paper I cant neathe paper or stamp here and I want you to write and send them to me accationaly I can by paper at 2 cents a sheat I think I can't stand them prices well their was some talk a few days ago of our being sent back to Washington but I think their is nothing of it if whe are moved it will be towards the river it takes a good Deal of figering to live here as the feed is hard to eat but by taking cair in the cooking whe still make it go down. If I had som of the apples that are at home I would have some fine dishes of saws and apple fliters I have been very hungry since I have been here by time but I think I will be able to see it through as their is but about 3 & 1/2 months illeg. has just been here and say I shall tell you he is will but times are tuff and sends his respects to all is a good thing the health of the company is good thare have been some of thoes sent to the hospital that have been sent on here are going at convalesant camp at Alaxandria. I hope they will stay their as the hardships is hard to get through and their is more in the company that wants to go home. I suppose you have been enjoying yoursalf fine but if their is no more snow their than their is here the sleigh wont mount to much this Regt is very much cut Down at prisant their is but 315 men in it my paper is most full and I must stop I got some Tobacco seed whe I was out in picket the other Day I will send it in this and I want you tents which are some protection but the weather has been fine I think I never saw such good weather this time a year Their was some talk that in camp that this Brigade would be sent back but their has been nothing said the last few days so I dont think their is much in it I wish whe would go back a piece for their would be some chance to By something to eat their is no chance to get any thing here neathe paper nor postage stamps as you will see this is ritten on an old piece of copy book that was picked up [illeg.] main and if I have to maile this and leave you the postage to pay you must excuse me or else I [illeg.] change our position Their is several that I would like to write to if I had the paper their is no sutlers supplies alowed to be shiped as the armies is so large that it require all the transportation the government can raise to bring up supplys their is no much chance for a forward move from here as the Rebels seam to bee very well Situated on the other side of the the Rappahanook is but a Small river some paces it is so shalow that it is easely forded the pickets talk to each other from the banks of the stream their is no firing amonkst the pickets but a few evenings they wer Driven in which put the officers on their gard I think I will stop writing about the armie and tell you that what part of Virginia I have seen it looks offel hard it is nothing but a lot of hill and the poorist land I have most ever seen their is a great deal of this scruby Pine and seder grows here most all the farms are vacated the inhabitants gon south with the exception of some few Negros that are scatered about I wish I who could have been at home to have tended singing the last three evenings as they have been fine and I suppose you had a good time I want you to write to me and give me all the new and let me no how the singing is going geting along I wrote to David Early some time ago have not herd from him yet my paper is most full my best Respects to your Parents and all that inquire and I Remain
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102Author:  Bitner Collection: Donely, ThadAdd
 Title:  Letter to Henry A. Bitner  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: It is with pleasure that I take up my pencil to write you a few line to let you no that I am well and I get a long fine but today is very cold. I was out on picket night before last and was rather as- tonished wne I cam in to get a letter and such a fine lot of papers it came very handy and I am very much obliged to you their is not any thing that would have suited me beter at this time your letter gave me great satisfaction and I am glad that the sing is geting along so well their has been no snow here since I came out but it has been hit by time and cold but with the shelter whe have whe get along right well a few days ago whe had inspection of the hole Corp it was a fine sight to day their was Division Drill which was fine their is amove at the presant and at this time they are moving by thousands towards the Rappahack River and whe are at this time furnish with 3 Day Rasions and 60 rounds of cartridge to move at an airely hour to morrow morning and before 48 hours more their may be a very heavy Battle fought the Men are some what Depressed in spirits owing to the last defeat at the River but yet they will go I think I shall be along nothing happing more than I no it may be the last letter I shall write to you but but whe hope for the best if their is a fight and I shall do my duty if I no how their I much that I could write at presant But I have not the time as the orders for to march just came in a few minutes ago and I shall write home yet today and I shall close hoping that you will excuse me for this time and my mistake hoping that you will write soon to me and remember me to your Parent and all inquiring friend and I ever Remain
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103Author:  Bitner Collection: Donely, ThadAdd
 Title:  Letter to Henry A. Bitner  
 Published:  1998 
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104Author:  Bitner Collection: Kindig, WilliamAdd
 Title:  Letter to Henry A. Bitner  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: I have been writing and writing and writ ing to you ever since I am in the army, and at last I've wakened up all of a Sunday morning to find myself sealed behind a whole sheet of foolscap, trying to make it look like a letter to old Southampton. I would make an awful long yarn to tell you everything that has happened since I left home, in fact, twould make a young history, so will try our hand in the condensing line & squeeze out all the little things re taining only the big facts. After our regt. had been encamped on the sacred soil of Va. for several weeks near Mun son's Hill, we were attached to Gen. Duryee's brigade then lying near Alexandria, and our regt. was accordingly moved thither. Next our regt. was detatched from the brigade for awhile to guard the R.R. from Alexandria to Manassas Junction. From this we went 12 miles beyond Manassas Junction to what is called Catlett's Station, but when Banks retreated, we fell back on Manassas to defend that place. Here Ord's and Shields divisions soon came pouring in like bees and advanced thence to Front Royal in pursuit of Jackson, at Manassas our regt. or rather our brigade was attatched to Ords , now Ricketts division. I suppose you've read the letter describing this march in the news. I was not along with the regt. on this march, but got sick at Manassas, and was sent to Washing- ton , After Jackson disappeared our divison fell back again on Catletts Station where I rejoined my regt. after an absence of about 3 or 4 weeks. Thence we marched to Warrenton, County seat of Fauquier, and from that again a dis tance of 8 miles out here on the Rap pahannock . We are now in Pope's great army of Virginia. The men have great be- lief in him and his energetic policy, and all desire and expect that he will soon give us a chance to distinguish ourselves. We all regard his late stringent orders as just the thing, and all are down on slow coach McLellan , who marched his army into the swamps of the Chickahominy, and kept them intren ching and digging, while they were dying by the thousand, and all this time made no attempt on Richmond He occupies a splendid position on the banks of the James, but why didnt he go there in the first place. We ex pect better things of Pope who has already proved himself no ordinary Gen. in the Western Campaign. Our Col. (Ziegle) died the other day. McAllen is too sickly to take the command, so the Gov. I suppose will appoint us a Col. Jake Gish just got back from Washington last night with his commission as 2nd Lieut. We have bully officers. MacThompson is a clever Capt., McPherson is clever, but Gish is the best man of the party. The boys all like him because he makes him- self so common. Write and give me all the news of Southampton, Shippensburg, the schools, your studies, &c.
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105Author:  Bitner Collection: Kindig, WilliamAdd
 Title:  Letter to Henry A. Bitner  
 Published:  1998 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Bitnerletters | Henry Bitner letters | Bitner collection | Letters written to Henry A. Bitner 
 Description: I have poor facilities for wri ting, but must do the best I can. You will therefore excuse this roughly gotten up thing. I was ever so glad to hear from you and read your interesting let- ter, moreover that you were successful in getting the same old school to teach again. I hope your reputa tion in this profession is now established. I want you to keep me posted in school affairs, for although I am now a military man, I still take great interest in education- al subjects. I suppose you've heard of our battle. Our brigade however was not engaged, still we performed some exploits of which I must tell you. Banks whole corps fought them all Saturday afternoon, and were relieved by McDow ells corps in the evening after the infantry fighting was over the rebels as usual poured in upon Banks in overpow ering numbers, and why our (McDowell's) corps was not ordered up in time I cannot tell. The rebels were retreating however when Banks men were ordered to halt because he had not men enough to follow up what other wise would have proved a glorious victory. The papers will give you the particulars better than I can state them here. When we neared the battlefield late in the evening we met lots of our own wounded returning to Culpepper, where, our Chaplain told us the citizens treated them very kindly, the women assisting in dressing their wounds. We had been listening to the roar of artillery and could see the smoke of the battle all P.M. of Saturday, from our camp 1 mile south of the battle Culpepper , and when we saw the wounded, we felt like taking revenge. When we came within a mile and a half of the battle ground, our brigade was halted; our regiment received its mail here, and we fell to reading letters by can dlelight; this drew the fire of a rebel battery, and some half dozen solid shot fell right in among us, wounding four men of our regiment. One ball fell about three yards from where I stood, we stood this like heroes for a short time, then we were ordered back a short distance, but advanced again til we came within 300 yards of the same battery which was firing upon us, and which with several others, had opened out again with the purpose of ascertaining our position as well as of the rest of the large number of McDowell's corps which had silently advance under cover of the dark, but they fired far above our heads, and we lay listening to the loud and crashing roar of the dogs of war in perfect safety. present- ly the battery belonging to our (Duryee's) brigade let loose upon the one which fired into the 107th and silenced it. This de- railed their whole programme, and we could hear them falling back although in good order. Next morning we found two dismounted guns, 9 dead horses, and two Lieuts. killed, one having his head shot off. If we had not did this, they would have continued to kill us, while their infantry would have advanced, and perhaps have proved too strong for us then, as our main force only came in the next day. We have been watching the enemy ever since, yesterday they commenced retreating on account of Burnside getting in their rear, The reason we have not advanced upon them since our whole army is here is because they occupied a strong position on a high knoll. Abe got a letter from Pap which says 9 men from Corrstown , including Bro. Harry have enlisted in Reeds Co. Chambersburg. Bully for them. Its uncommonly warm here now. Soldiers live on secesh roasting cans. Cant get my picture taken now, No artist here.
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106Author:  Bitner Collection: Martin, WilliamAdd
 Title:  Letter to Henry A. Bitner  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: As I have just now got off of duty I thought that it was my duty to inform you of some of the proceedings. Friend we left Har- risburg [illeg.]of day at 10 O,clock A.M, and arrived at Baltimore at 6 O,clock in the eve- ning where we were treated with much respect by the citizens The whole Regiment got their supper at the Soldiers relig. asso- ciation; a place kept up by the citizens of Baltimore for the ben- efit of the soldiers. Our supper consisted of bread boiled ham cheese, and plenty of first rate coffee, but spreads we had none. And we left Balt. at 9 O,clock that night and arrived at Washington City at 1 O,clock the next morning A.M. where we retired for the night we all slept in the soldiers retreat, a building put up for to rest soldiers in the morning we got our breakfast which was bread and a hunk of meat and chocklet with greese swimming on it a half an inch thick. I had a great notion to greese my shoes with it. We spent a Tuesday forenoon in running around through the City and about 10 O,clock we were marched to where we now are. We are in- camped about in the 7 miles south west from Washington. We were marched from the City to camp wells 7 miles with only 2 rests of about 10 minutes each with our knapsacks on our backs and our guns and our haversacks all together weighing about 50 lbs and we were doublequicked part of the way
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107Author:  Bitner Collection: Shoemaker, David R. P.Add
 Title:  Letter to Henry A. Bitner  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: Old friend— It is very seldom that I have to apolo= gize for any failure in punctu= ality in answering correspondents, but have not been as punctual as usual in answering your last, (forwarded to me to Camp Chase at Columbus) from the fact th we have never known until now how long we would remain in Camp or where we would be ordered to.
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108Author:  Bitner Collection: Shoemaker, David R. P.Add
 Title:  Letter to Henry A. Bitner  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: I received a letter from you some time since, which I will now proceed to answer. I should have answered it sooner, but as we were constantly expecting marching orders, I thought I would delay writing until I could tell you our destina= tion.
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109Author:  Bitner Collection: Shoemaker, David R. P.Add
 Title:  Letter to Henry A. Bitner  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: Your note (for it is too short to be called a letter) of the 18th came duly to hand, being forwarded from Winfield.
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110Author:  Bitner Collection: Shoemaker, David R. P.Add
 Title:  Letter to Henry A. Bitner  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: You will doubtless think I have been rather careless in answering your letter but when you hear my excuse I think you will pardon me.
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111Author:  Bitner Collection: Shoemaker, David R. P.Add
 Title:  Letter to Henry A. Bitner  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: Your letter has been at hand for some time and my ex= cuse for not answering sooner is that I have not felt stout enough until now to undertake to write.— Since the time I last wrote you I have been considerably under the weather again.
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112Author:  Bitner Collection: Shoemaker, David R. P.Add
 Title:  Letter to Henry A. Bitner  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: Yours of the 18th ult. is at hand, having been forwarded from Somersville, Va; and I will have to answer it in brief to=night, as we are under marching orders for to=morrow morning at 3.30, and I do not know when I shall have an opportunity of writing again. Our destination is unknown to your humble servant. I do not know of any regiment in the service which has been moved about quite as much as the "Gipsies," as Genl Wise used to call us.— I am glad to hear that you are having good times in old Southampton. Do not imagine that the toils and privations of a soldier's life have made such a misanthrope of me that hearing of those good things you describe would cause "hard thoughts." As far as wishing myself out of the army is concerned I have wished it long ago, but shall only get out honorably—either an honorable discharge or death.
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113Author:  Bitner Collection: Shoemaker, David R. P.Add
 Title:  Letter to Henry A. Bitner  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: Your favor of March 10th was duly received and I wrote an answer and mailed it day=before yesterday, but I have just learned that the mail was captured by the Guerillas between here & Gallatin, so I will have it to do all over again.
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114Author:  Bitner Collection: Shoemaker, David R. P.Add
 Title:  Letter to Henry A. Bitner  
 Published:  1998 
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 Description: Your letter of the 6th inst. came to hand in due course of mail, and the reason it was not answered sooner was that I have been sick since the 1st of the present month with what is here called "Acclimating Fever." I am convalescent now, but still quite weak, which must be my excuse for a short letter.
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