Nathaniel V. Watkins, Gloucester Point, to Nannie V. Watkins, 1862

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 2
Scope and content:

All are well in camp except Daniel Booker who has the mumps; yesterday was a gloomy day for him, but that generally he feels as content and happy as others in the camp; asks for a bottle of ink and an ink stand; says that there is no news of interest because they do not know what is happening on the Peninsula; reports that he receives his Christian Observer regularly and enjoys it as it looks like home; describes a visit in Richmond as the cost of several purchases made there; comments on the cruelty of this war; asks for news of his children and negroes; explains decrease in their rations due to increase in army.

Access and use

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