44th New York Infantry - Twice Wounded

Item LTR-5574

Description

4 pages, original Civil War soldier's letter written in period pencil and war dated.

Camp at Mountain Creek, Va
Nov. 21st 1863
Dear Parents

I received your letter of the 14th and was glad to hear that you was all well. Well here we are in a new camp since I wrote to you before. We came here on the 19th. I wrote you a letter on the 16th stating I had to go on picket that evening. We didn’t go until the next morning and we had a nice time while we was out. We went about two miles from camp. We had 14 relieves so we didn’t have to go on post every 26 hours. I would just as leave to do such duty all the rest of my time while in service. 18th on picket; 19th marching orders. We started for the Regt at 7 o’clock a.m. and joined them at the Rappahannock river, crossed and marched about two miles and encamped where we are at the present time. We have got a fine camp near wood and water which is the main point. Well yesterday the 20th we received our pay and I will enclose a $20.00 bill in this letter out of two months pay and I want you to write as soon as you receive this. Today I am on guard and I think it a going to be a rainy day. It rains now. I think that this Fall campaign will soon be over. We have got our camp all laid out as though we was going to stay here but it is hard telling. They say that the committee in Albany that raised our regiment [is] working to get us home this winter to recruit and the Colonel is also or at least Lieutenant-Colonel. He has got his papers as Colonel but he cannot act as Colonel until we get 700 men and by getting home he thinks that we will get that number. If he was Colonel now he would have command of the brigade. He has had command for a few days. Well I hope that we will come home this winter. If we get home, I don’t think that the old hog will come back here again. There is great talk about some of the New York troops coming home this winter to recruit. Well I think if they let some of the old regiment come home, they will get more volunteers by doing so. Don’t you think so?
I wish that you would send me a pair of good buckskin gloves with cuff on about three or four fingers wide. I you get any, get good ones and let me know what they cost and I will send the money. You can send them by mail.
Well I don’t know of anything more to write at present so I will have to bring my letter to a close. Give my best respects to all. Write soon. From your affectionate son. Isaac Bevier

Number of Bill 85845
March 10th 1863
Nov 22. I received your letter last night with the envelope.