Collection Search

to Ira Andrews

Bartlett discusses a relic that he is sending and the fight he had to get it.

GLC02158.06

to Ira Andrews

He quickly writes that he is in acceptable health and that enclosed with the letter is a check for $40. Noticing the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, he ends the letter lamenting that he "should like to be with you all on Thanksgiving but I must eate...

GLC02158.21

to Ira Andrews

He declares that his unit has taken the Confederate strong hold at Fredericksburg. The letter explains what the major commanding officers like General Joseph Hooker and Major General J. Sedgwick are doing. Written in pencil.

GLC02158.13

to Ira Andrews

Begins with a discussion of why Mr. Andrews has not written. Bartlett declares he has a toothache. Then he discusses the $200 he has saved. It means little to him at this point because he does "not care about having it much on hand when thare is a...

GLC02158.15

to Ira Andrews

He quickly tells Andrews that he has survived a difficult battle [the Battle of Gettysburg], which he describes as being the "hardest fort Battle in this Rebellion."

GLC02158.18