ALS
3 p.
1862 February 19
John Booker, Camp Smith, near Manassas, Virginia, letter to Chloe
Unity Blair
Writing from the company's winter quarters near the battlefield of First
Manassas, John Booker describes his brother James' sickness, which has left him
weak and without an appetite. Other soldiers, including Nathaniel Robertson and
Neal Gilbert, have struggled with illness; one, Josiah Burnett, has died. Booker
ends his letter by expressing his pleasure at having received his cousin Unity's
letter and apologizing that his brother James was unable to write.
