| | 242 | Author: | Bitner Collection: Shoemaker, David R. P. | Requires cookie* | | | 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: | 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. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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