- GLC#
- GLC03696.05-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 12, 1861
- Author/Creator
- Smith, Asa, fl. 1861-1862
- Title
- to mother
- Place Written
- Hampton, Virginia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 12.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
to mother [Ann Smith] Life in camp is dull. The regiment has a new lieutenant. His company is very good at drilling, and they are practicing under Col. Max Weber from Europe. The brigade practiced firing, and he says "there is music in the whistle of minnie balls especially when you hear some three thousand of them at once." He answers a question about his daily schedule. The sutler's store is closing, and he is glad. He received a letter from Natick, Massachusetts. Numbered in pencil "32." Written at Camp Hamilton.
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