 | Letters to Chloe Unity Blair |  |
1862-08-03
the .3. 1862
after long neglect I in
deavor
to answer your kind letter which came to hand in
due time I hope you will
excuse me for
not writing sooner, as I was verry
unwell
for several days after I got your letter,
I have bin waiting sence I got well to
to learn something new to write,
tho I be leav
thare is no news in circulation now atal,
I hear but very little said about the
yankees
now, tho we are still
preparing for them
close by here, we have to go
about four miles
to work on the breast works
every other day,
I cant
beleave that thay will come
bac here
again soon, tho thare is no teling what
the
fools may do,
some of our boys are getting very anxious
to put in
substitutes,
John Milner
got
a transfer from the Cascade company to ours
and put in a substitute last week he only
stayed one night after
Milner
left,
[1]
Henry Hines came down last week and got
one for his brother
William[2]
he got him
in yesterday,
thay will start home to
morrow,
he belonged to the
57 Regiment,
[3]
I dont blame no man to put in a substitute
if he can, tho I think if it is kept
up much
long er it will ruin our army,
get out, to look at our Flag that we carried
in the last Battle, thay was some six or seven
men shot with our flag in thar hands, and
thay was forty five holes shot through it
and the staff shot in too,
I hird friday eavning that
Pleasant Inman,
[4] was
dead, he
died -in
Started home some too
weeks
ago after the men that was absent without
leave, and got to
Richmond and the orders
was counter manded, and he was taken sic
thare and never got bac to his
company eney
more, I havent hird
from Bates
sense
he was sent to the hospital,
[5]
I would like very much to be at
mount
her man
to day with you all,[6] I hope
you all may have a inter esting meeting,
I got a letter
from Mary & cousin America[7] the
other day I was glad
to hear from you all
& to hear that you were all well,
I have bin very well the last
week
I dont think
thare is much sic
ness
in camp now,
I will close
John says he will write
afew lines before I seal this
he is on
guard to day, nothing
more
your friend and cousin until death
write to me soon and gave me all the news
to Miss C. U. Blair
John Millner originally enlisted in the 38th Regiment, Company K (the "Cascade Rifles")in 1861. He was transferred to Company D on July 28, 1862 but was discharged on July 29, 1862 for having found a substitute, Michael Kelly (Gregory, 111). Michael Kelly deserted on August 1, 1862 (Gregory, 106).
On June 18, 1862, the 38th Regiment was transferred to Armistead's Brigade, which included the 57th Regiment (Gregory, 20).
Nathaniel Bates of Company F was sent to Chimborazo Hospital in June 1862 with a shell wound to the head (Gregory, 80).
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