Nathan H. Robbins to Waters D. Roberts, 24 May 1862
                                                                                                Washington D.C.
                                                                                                Saturday May 24th 1862
 
Dear Robert
                        I have but a few moments to write and I am desirous of learning if there is any prospect of the Regts moving to Norfolk Please give me all the news as far as you know and oblige me.
 
                        I am some better than when I left Camp Hamilton, but am a long ways from being well, but I shall be on hand again before long sick or well. I am tired of the place already
 
Please let me know all the news you can and I will return the favor on some future occasion
 
                        The Paymaster leaves here on Thursday next to pay you off. I have got my Cash. Please tell Capt. Cerney and Akerley that they may look out for the money I borrowed of them by next mail.
 
                        I shall also send a Certificate to Col. Harlan by next mail. Tell him that his certificate of Muster was very useful to me in getting my pay, and also tell him I will get back to my duty as soon as possible.
 
                        Times are very dull in Washington and being sick I do not see anything that is going on around me much. I have not been out of/ the house but a few times since I have been at home.
 
                        The President has called for one hundred thousand more troops and it does not look much like ending the war in a hurry.
 
                        I am trying to purchase a horse
 
I have several in my eye, and they good and cheap here.
 
                                    Remember me to all.
                                                I am as Ever
                                                            Your friend
                                                            N. H. Robbins
                                                                        Adjt 11th PVCavy
 
            In your answer please state if any of the ladies have returned to camp.
1947
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(1947)DL0313.00332Letters1862-05-24

Letter from First Lieutenant Nathan H. Robbins, Adjutant, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Washington, D. C., May 24, 1862, to Captain Dewees W. Roberts,11th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Camp Hamilton, Fortress Monroe, Virginia; Accompanied by Cover


Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Animals, Boredom, Enlistment, Illnesses, Mail, News, Payment

People - Records: 2

  • (1071) [recipient] ~ Roberts, Waters Dewees
  • (1073) [writer] ~ Robbins, Nathan Haile

Places - Records: 2

  • (75) [origination] ~ Washington, DC
  • (260) [destination] ~ Fortress Monroe, Virginia

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Nathan H. Robbins to Waters D. Roberts, 24 May 1862, DL0313.003, Nau Collection