Civil War Letters of Walter and George Battle

…as some little excitement outside of our regular routine of duty has occurred within the past few days, I thought I would drop you a little history of it.

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CAMP NEAR ORANGE C. H., March 29, 1864. My Dear Mother: I wrote you a short letter only a few days ago, but as some little excitement outside of our regular routine of duty has occurred within the past few days, I thought I would drop you a little history of it. Governor Vance arrived [...]

Civil War Letters of Walter and George Battle

Last night about ten o’clock, their camp fires all died out and this morning the Yankees were all gone, except their line of pickets.

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…a tramp of ten miles through the mud ankle deep is enough to tire a mule. CAMP NEAR ORANGE COURT HOUSE, VA., February 8, 1864. Dear Mother: I received your letter last week and I had just commenced to answer it when I heard commotion at Morton’s Ford. Our Brigade was on picket last week, [...]

Civil War Letters of Walter and George Battle

We marched through woods, fields and across branches, creeks and rivers as we came to them, only a few hours behind the Yankees all the time.

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ON MARCH NEAR RAPPAHANNOCK STATION, VA., October 18, 1863. My Dear Mother: I received your very welcome letter and did intend answering it last evening, but we were ordered to move, which prevented me from doing so. We left Rapidan about the 7th inst., and have been on the march ever since, and I believe [...]

Civil War Letters of Walter and George Battle

All I hope is that the Yankees may come across, for I feel confident we can whip them worse than they have ever been yet.

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CAMP ON RAPIDAN RIVER, SIX MILES NORTH OF RAPIDAN STATION, Sept. 22, 1863. My Dear Mother: I had intended to write you the very day we left Orange Court House, but the movement prevented me. We left there yesterday week, marched towards Rapidan, camped near the river for two days, hearing the cannonading between our [...]

Civil War Letters of Walter and George Battle

General Hill issued an order yesterday requiring all the barefooted men to make sandals of raw hides with the hair on the inside.

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HEADQUARTERS FOURTH BRIGADE. November 27, 1862. My Dear Mother: I received your letter yesterday, and also one from brother by Mr. Gorman. I was very glad to hear from you, as I had not received any news from home in some time. He handed me the gloves also, which you sent by him. Nothing ever [...]

Civil War Letters of Walter and George Battle

Winter clothes

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NEAR BUNKER HILL, VA., October 1st, 1862. Dear Mother: I have just received a letter from you, dated Sept. 2nd. It is the first word I have heard from home since I left Richmond (I forgot I did receive one letter down at Anderson’s station, 30 miles from Richmond). It appears that you have not [...]

Civil War Letters of Walter and George Battle

Antietam/Sharpsburg

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HEAD QUARTER’S ANDERSON’S BRIGADE, MAR. BUNKER’S HILL, VA., Sept. 29, 1862. My Dear Mother: It has been some time since I last wrote you. I hope you have not been uneasy about me, for I have never been in better health in my life. During the past two months we have been on the march [...]

Civil War Letters of Walter and George Battle