White House June 12

Monday Morning

 

Brother Sam

                                    We left the front yesterday and came here. Where we are bound I dont know. Some talk of our marching across the peninsula to Harrisons Landing. It seems that base of supplies is going to changed to some other place. We lay in the front line of works till Sat Our loss since we came here in killed and wounded is about 180 or 190. We have not half the men we started from Yorktown with. A good many sick. What do you think of the Fremont convention. I never will vote for any / such side show as that I think he (Fremont) does wrong by accepting the nomination. I would like to see him president But think less of him now than ever before He will get very few votes in this army on that nomination

 

It is dry and pleasant

 

I got a letter from you last tuesday expect another in the next mail

 

Some of the Ohio 100 day men are here. What is the number of Nat's Reg.

 

There has got to be much hard fighting yet before Richmond is taken. Sometimes my faith is rather weak whether we take it at all. The Rebs have all the advantage, cant get them out of their holes to fight / if we could would soon clean them. I seen Worthy and Donelson of the 4^th H Artillery the other day. I got a Post Sat night. They have allowed no papers to brought here, so dont know much about affairs Cant think of any thing more to write—

           

Love to all

Brother Charles

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