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The 38th Regiment made camp at Hopewell Friends Meeting near Clearbrook, VA, which is five miles north of Winchester, from September 29 through October 29, 1862 (Gregory, 28).

John M. Hundley was conscripted into the 38th Regiment, Company D on July 31, 1862. He was paroled at Appomattox on April 9, 1865 (Gregory, 103).

Memory Inman, who enlisted with the Bookers in Whitmell in 1861, received a medical discharge on November 11, 1861. He was conscripted at Danville on August 28, 1862 and was reassigned to the 38th Regiment, Company D. Like the Bookers, he was wounded in action at Drewry's Bluff on May 16, 1864. He returned to duty on October 11, 1864 (Gregory, 104). See John Booker's letter of December 22, 1863.

James may be referring to William E. Prewett, who was conscripted and joined Company D on September 20, 1862 while they were marching (Gregory, 118).

It is probable that this is Dorsey Price, a private in the 38th Regiment, Company D. He was listed absent sick through the roll dated September, 1862 (Gregory, 118) perhaps because, as James Booker reports, he was staying at a private home in Winchester.

Drury Blair (1801-1864) was John and James's uncle on their mother's side. It is very likely that "Uncle Drury" was Chloe Unity's father. See also Booker letter of April 29, 1864.

America M. Blair (1835-1873) was a cousin of the Bookers. See James Booker's letter of August 3, 1862.