Description: Condition as seen. Wiversville, VaJune 29, 1862? Dear Father, I received your letter of the 21st. You said that I had not written to you since you wrote to me. I wrote a letter before I left Fredericksburg and after we got at Front Royal so it seems that you did not get the money that I sent you the 17 of May. I am sorry that I sent it in a letter. I might of sent it by express but I thought that there would be no trouble about it. Have you got that money that I allotted you. We are stopping here for recruits & horses and clothes for the men. We shall be mustered for pay tomorrow. I am as well as usual and _____ ___ ___. When we got to Front Royal we expected to fight. They got into line of battle, sixty thousand on our side and about twenty thousand of the rebels just on the other side of the river. We could see them getting ready to fight, placing their batteries on top of a hill but it did not amount to much. They found our men too many for them so they retreated to _____ two brigades of _____ men went after them and ____ them, took six baggage wagons and thirty six horses besides four pieces of artillery. They have ___ looking wagon they ____ up at both ends like a schooner. Our brigade has gone to Richmond to reinforce McClellins. We shall go there after the battle if they take the city. If not we shall stay here til we get ready to move. Write as often as you find tome to write. From your ____,Henry H. Nelson Henry H. Nelson Residence was not listed; 23 years old. Enlisted on 11/7/1861 at Gallupville, NY as a Private. On 11/7/1861 he mustered into "G" Co. NY 93rd Infantry He Re-enlisted on 12/17/1863He was Mustered Out on 6/29/1865 at Washington, DC He was listed as:* Wounded 5/12/1864 Spotsylvania Court House, VA Intra Regimental Company Transfers:* 12/15/1863 from company G to company E (First name Henry or William) Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
Price: 125 USD
Location: Midland, Michigan
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Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
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