Lowell W. Haven to Parker A. Haven and Caroline C. Haven, 27 October 1862
                                                                                                Camp 2nd Vt Oct 27
                                                                                                Near Hagerstown MD 1862
 
                                                                                                            Dear Friends at
Home I now take my pen in hand to answer your letter which I received last Saturday night I received a letter from Byron the same time Uncles Folkes wear all well as usual mother you wanted to know if I was as well as I was before I was sick yeas I am I have just wrote a letter to Byron mother you said that you had writen a long letter to me that I never have got no I have not got it for I beleave I / Wrote 3 letters to you since I have got eny I wish you would write a little oftner then you do
 
when we was at Alexendria mike got reduced to the rank for getting drunk dont you tell his wife that I said he got drunk for she will write back to him mother I lik your new dress very well it was very cheap I should think we have not got eny large tents yet we suffer with the cold some it rained yestday all day long & a cool rain to it was it came out quite warm & pleasant this morning We have a good meny cold windey days out here we ar a going to have a / Battalion drill this afternoon so I cannot write much more in this letter I have writen all I can think of write soon
 
So good bye for now
 
                        from your Son
                                                L W Haven
 
the drum is fast
beeting so I must go
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(2309)DL0512.00642Letters1862-10-27

Letter From Lowell W. Haven, 2nd Vermont Infantry, Camp 2nd Vermont, Hagerstown, Maryland, October 27, 1862, to His Friends at Home


Tags: Alcohol, Camp/Lodging, Clothing, Drilling, Illnesses, Weather

People - Records: 3

  • (809) [writer] ~ Haven, Lowell W.
  • (810) [recipient] ~ Haven, Parker A.
  • (811) [recipient] ~ Haven, Caroline C. ~ Childs, Caroline C.

Places - Records: 1

  • (436) [origination] ~ Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland

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Lowell W. Haven to Parker A. Haven and Caroline C. Haven, 27 October 1862, DL0512.006, Nau Collection