 | Letter to Chloe Unity Blair |  |
1862-04-29
Aprel 29th
I receaved your letter of the
sixth sence I have bin at this place
an
wer glad to here from you all, I would
have ritten
to you be fore now but we
have bin posted on the out post
an I have
ent had the
chance this leaves mi
self &
Jimey
well an much hopeen
these few lines
ma find you in joying the
same blesing.
We have a good eal of sickness here, at least
a good em
meny that are
un able for service
We have had a very hard time sence we left
Orange C H, we havent got any tents, nor I
dont
reaken we will have any whyle
we sta
here, we have to sta in
entrenchments every
other day an night, the
entrench ments
we
sta in are in a quarter of a mile of
the
yankees, they are constant shoot ing
at
us an
throw en
bums over us, we
have ent
got but one of our men wounded sence we
have bin here, but some are get en
woun
ded every day an
sum
cild.
We erlected our orfecers
to day for the
next too
yers,
we erlected
Badgett
Capten[1], Price
first Lieutenant, Sam
w
swanson
seccont[2], &
John Herndon
third[3]
I will come to a c close as I havent much news
to write, you must
excuse this bad ley
rit
letter an write soon, give
mi best respects
to all the fam aly, write soon an
direct your
letter to
york town Va,
present but remain
Miss Unity Blair
William H. Badgett, who enlisted in Company D in Whitmell, was appointed Second Lieutenant on June 3, 1861. He was promoted to Captain on May 1, 1862. He later resigned due to lung and kidney disease in July of that year (Gregory, 79).
Samuel A. Swanson, who enlisted in Company D in Whitmell, was elected Second Lieutenant on May 1, 1862. He was killed in action on Chickahominy River on May 31, 1862 (Gregory, 126).
The information that John Booker provides about John Herndon's election conflicts with the records that Gregory cites: John Herndon was a Lieutenant upon enlisting in Company D in 1861, and was appointed Second Lieutenant on April 16, 1862. He was eventually promoted to Captain on July 17, 1862 after Captain Badgett resigned (Gregory, 102).
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