The Civil War: Letters From the Front

WC 60411

Name: John Hall
Regiment: 83rd Ohio Infantry, Co H
Letters: Death notice, brother
Death: Disease

Cairo May 24-- 1864
Mr A M Hall
I am acting as Chaplain of the hospital in this place in the absence of the hospital. I am Pastor of the Presbyterian Church in the city. But it was my painful duty to visit your Brother several times during his last hours. He left the scenes of of affliction on Sabbath morning last. I was not with him when he died. He suffered much But from his clear expressions of his hope in Christ I think he is among the blessed dead who die in the Lord" He uttered these words among the last I heard him speak "Oh how it would rejoice my wife to know that I die hapy." He was perfect in mind to the last. I think you must not mourn as those that are without hope. The Lord make this great trial to you all a means to prepare you to meet your friend at Gods right hand.
Yours in affliction,
Robert Stewart

WC 60415

Name: William T. Hope
Regiment: 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, Co G
Letters: To a friend
Death: Unknown

Camp near Alexandria
May the 3 1864
Dear george i take the pleasent oppertunity to write a few lines to you i am well and hope these few lines will find you enjoying the same we expect to go away in the morning if you get this letter write as soon as get it for i would like to know how you are and how things are in frankford. i want you to go to our house and see if they received any letters from i sent one but i have got no answer yet tell them i am well i get plenty to eat and i am so black by being in the sun that you can hardly tell me from a niggar they say it so down in virginia but it is (Page 2) dredful in the nights and morning we almost freez i have seen all the battles that have been fough along railroad to Brandy station it is quit a sight to see the picets along the road they dead horses and soldiers graces are all over fields their is forts all around us i have been puting up a new tent their is six of us in it give my best respect to all inquiring freinds tell Mrs Welch i sorry i did not get to see her before i went away fore we all the next morning left for Washington i was in fort cathen allen the day i left Washington i it is a pretty place (Page 3) if you get this write soon let me know all about things in frankford and all about they girls for i hope plenty of black ones out here i very seldom see a white hot here dont forget to around to our house and see if they got that letter i sent and it they did tell them to write soon i will close this letter for the present
I Remain your
Affection freind and companion untill
Death and then
we will meet again
in heaven
William. T. Hope.