19 October 1862
Heckert, D.P., fl. 1862
Autograph letter signed
Title: to cousin [Lydia A. Bishoff]
Heckert came to Oakhill last Thursday evening and joined his regiment which had arrived there 3 weeks before. The regiment had a hard time getting there from Cumberland Gap. The men were for 13 days without any rations except what corn they could get from the fields, but they all "came through stout and hearty." The Rebels were before them and behind them -- blockading the road ahead and marching behind waiting for a chance to attack -- but the Union men kept in such a position so as to prevent the Rebels from attacking. Tomorrow he expects to go into Virginia up the Kanawa River to Mount…
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