 | Letter to Chloe Unity Blair |  |
1861-10-08
I write afew lines this
morning to inform you that
I am well
at this time and hopeing that it
may find you all injoying the same
blesing, the health of our company
is
better at this time than it has
bin for some time,
I have no news of intrust to write
to you, it is thought that we
will have a battle in
a few days, its
reported that thay was fighting
yesterday at
fawls Church
I dont
know
weth
er it was so or not,
one of the Dan
ville Grays was
upto see us last night
he said the yankees was in four
miles of them
thay are stationed at
Farfax Court House six
miles a head of
us, it is thought that we will
have a verry hard battle when it
does come off, I received a letter from
Addie[2] last eavning it
afforded me
great pleasure to hear that he was
improveing so fast,
From September 22 to October 16 of 1861, the 38th Virginia camped near Centreville, Virginia. During September, many of the soldiers were ill, suffering from typhus, rheumatism, measles, or syphillis. In October, the general health of the regiment improved (Gregory 9).
"Addie" probably refers to Drury Addison Blair (1839-1864), the Bookers' cousin. Blair joined Company D when it was formed in May of 1861, but was discharged due to chronic bronchitis in August of 1861 (Gregory 81). See James Booker's letter of July 14, 1861, in which "A. Blair" includes a postscript to Chloe Unity Blair.
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