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to Col. G Waagner

He has not received full pay because the paymaster will nto acknowledge the time that he was in service.

GLC07205.037

to Gen. C.

A reminder to accept the company and to give the order for two other companies so they can elect their field officers.

GLC07205.038

to Sir

He is upset because in many Northern papers there are reports of the freedmen of the South growing an abundance of crops like cotton, corn and potatoes. The turth is that the all the costs that go into paying the freedmen and rations far outweigh the...

GLC07205.039

to Sister

He mentions the Battle of Gettysburg and how they had a hard fight but it is all right now. He also mentions Edgar Crockett and John Cobble.

GLC07205.040

to Sister Sophia

He describes the dead from the Battle of Bull Run. The bodies are spread out in deplorable condition and in many cases their bones are thrown carelessly over the ground. He also talks abotu the gorilla bands

GLC07205.041

to Annie S. Brown

Written on a receipt-roll for soldier rations. He writes that on the morning of the eleventh they charged on Fort Wagner and lost 400 men in 5 minutes. Her cousin John R. Muney was wounded.

GLC07205.042

to Sister Sophia

They received the news of the capture of Island Noll. Later they say that if General Abercrombie had followed orders they may have been involved in a great battle He teases his sister about having a lover.

GLC07205.048

to Sister Sophia

He talks about their picket duty in Virginia and the surrounding woods. One day a squad approached a Rebel pickett and a fight broke out. He describes an exciting scene during which none of the men on his side got hurt.

GLC07205.049

to Sister Sophia

The weather is getting colder and he has a cold in his head. When he is on guard he will think of waltzing with her, Written in Camp Jackson, also known as Fort Jackson

GLC07205.055

to Sister Sophia

Gen. Abercrombie received his brigade the other day and marched very poorly. The boys call him Old Crabree Abercrombie. He is glad his sister is attending school. The other day they arrested a man on suspicion of being a spy and subsequently hung him...

GLC07205.058