Lowell W. Haven to Parker A. Haven and Caroline C. Haven, 15 April 1865
Camp 2nd Vt Vols Apr 15th 1865
Barks Station, Va
Dear Father & Mother
I once more take my pen in hand to write to you to let you know that I am well & hope these few lines will find you the same I received your letter of the 5 night before last & wrote a few lines to let you know that I was well this is an awful rainey day we hear that we ar a going to washington take the cars here & go to Peatersburg from thare to City Point
we ar all feeling well we thing this corps will be Discharged a bout the first time of
I sopose you ar a weoring a bout me all the time you need not eny more for the fighting is done Genl Lee surrenderd his Armey the 10 Day of Apr
we in the front the 6 Corps theer was never was never such a time known before such cheering & sarlutts a long the hole line we started back all out of Rations marched to here over 30 miles the Rebs wear all so hard up til had to give them some of our Rations
we got here here night before last drawed Rations prehaps they did not taste good or eny thing we dont know how long we shall stay here but dont / expect to but a few days quick as we can get transportation we shall go Father you spoke a bout the bounty hadnt got it will send you an order of 20 Dolers we ar haveing a good resting spell now we shall see no mor fighting well I cannot see think of much more to write this time write to me soon as you get this Direct as before hope I shall be at Home by the 4 of July if not sooner good by
From your son
L W Haven
Co. I 2nd Vt Vol
2nd Brigade 2nd Divsion
6 Corps Armey of the
Potomac
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DATABASE CONTENT
(2320) | DL0512.017 | 42 | Letters | 1865-04-15 |
Letter From Lowell W. Haven, 2nd Vermont Infantry, Camp, Barks Station, Virginia, April 15, 1865, to His Parents
Tags: Defeat/Surrender, Discharge/Mustering Out, Homecoming, Marching, Money, Railroads, Robert E. Lee, 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
SOURCES
Lowell W. Haven to Parker A. Haven and Caroline C. Haven, 15 April 1865, DL0512.017, Nau Collection