10th New York Heavy Artillery

Item LTR-9805

Description

Original Civil War soldier's letter. 2 pages, written in period ink.


Camp Richmond
March 27th 1863

Dear Cousin,

I receive your letter of the 17th of December last night. It has been almost four months in coming. I have written to you twice or three times since that. I was glad to hear from you and the folks at your place. I got a letter from home yesterday. They were all well as usual. We have changed our letter. We are Company D, 10th Regiment New York Heavy Artillery. I have not much new to write this time. I should like to be to your place to go to school this winter but I am getting a very good lesson. It is a lesson that I shall not forget very soon but I don’t know. As I am sorry. Yet if you see any of Uncle John’s folks, tell them to write to me and I will answer their letter. I have written to them three times and have got no answer yet. When you answer this tell me where Lewis lives and I will write to him. Tell him not to enlist if he can get along without it. For it is no fun. I can tell anybody there is one company going to leave the island to go to Sandy Hook. But I don’t know which one it will be. We have not gotten any pay now for three months. But expect it every day until we get it. But I don’t know as I have anymore to write this time. Give my respects to all that inquire after me. I don’t know as you can read this for my pen is very poor.

Direct to Company D, 10th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery
In care of Captain S. R. Cowles

From George F. Crandall
Bay near Staten Island