Civil War Letters of Walter and George Battle

“…we have lost 226 men, killed and died from their wounds, since the day before we went into the fight at ‘Seven Pines.'”

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HEAD QUARTERS, ANDERSON BRIGADE, August 15, 1862. My Dear Mother: As Mr. Parker will leave in the morning for home, I thought I would avail myself of the opportunity to let you hear from me. There is nothing new to write in the way of “War News.” You hear everything that we do, and that’s [...]

Civil War Letters of Walter and George Battle

Pretty hard soldiering

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HDQTS. SPECIAL BRIGADE, NEAR RAPIDAN STATION, VA., March 23rd, 1862. My Dear Mother: We received your letter last night dated the 6th of March. ‘Tis the first time any of us have heard from home within the last two weeks. We have had considerable excitement since you last heard from us. To-day, two weeks ago, [...]

Civil War Letters of Walter and George Battle

Richmond

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RICHMOND, VA., July 22, 1861. My Dear Mother: As George wrote two or three times since I have, I told him I would write when we got to Richmond. The first thing I knew this morning was that he was writing home, so I told him to leave some room for me and I would [...]

Civil War Letters of Walter and George Battle

Richmond

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RICHMOND, VA., July 22, 1861. Dear Mother: We arrived here yesterday, and had to walk about four miles to our camps, with our knapsacks on our backs, and everything necessary to soldiers. Before we left Camp Hill, we got our state uniform, blankets and all the accouterments. We were nearly worn out after having walked [...]

Civil War Letters of Walter and George Battle