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1Author:  Bitner Collection: Donely, ThadRequires 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: I take this oppertunity to write you a few line as I told you I should when I got to the sacred soil of Old Virginia. I came here on last Saturday 2 week had no trouble getting through as the weather was whe had a pleasant trip took the boat at Washington for Aquia [illeg.] Saturday morning got to camp about 8 o'clock in the evening it is 17 miles from the landing at Aquia to Fredericksburg. Their is a RailRoad from the creek up whe came up on that whe are camped about 3 miles from Fredericksburg [illeg.] laying along the river yesterday. I was out on picket. I had a right good time I would just as soon be on picket as in camp if whe could have some arrangement for sleeping whe are just now cooking Dinner whe have some potatoes and parsnips that I got in a garden when out picketing I think it will make a fine dish. Whe have to manage a great many way to make hard tack and salt pork keep one alive fried crackers and crackers hamered up and cakes made out of them is the principal living I tele you I wish I had some of the siders and apples that are in Cumberland Co.. I could do well their is not an apple to be had I seen them sell at Aquia Creek at 7 Dollars per barrel and retail at 3 for a Dime the regiment is Small at this time their was a good many killed and wounded in the last fight and since that a great many have taken sick thoes sick have ben sent of all here are prety well and the health of the men has been good since the sick have been sent away I have been well much better than I could have expected just coming from home and going into the hardships of camp whe I came here the boy had just to lay Down on the ground with out even a blanket some of them it was rather hard [illeg.] Whe have since got shelter
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