Civil War Soldier Letter Analysis

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nteresting Civil War soldier letter and cover written by Private Samuel Jones of the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment (nine months). Written with a certain flair from his camp near New Bern, North Carolina, Jones described how General John G. Foster had marched his army away on the Goldsboro Expedition, while Jones’s regiment remained near Fort Totten. He also described his and his comrades’ large tent. Jones would die of disease in a New Bern army hospital in May 1863. The letter reads, in part:

Camp Jourdan, Newbern, N.C. Feb. 6th / 63

Friend Thomas and Abbie,
I have been a good while getting ready to write to you owing to my being very busy or very lazy or perhaps a little of both. I received your letter some time ago, I have forgotten when, …show more content…
The mud is about a foot deep. It is about the worst going I ever did see. We have had very pleasant weather most of the time. The Robins and blue birds are as lively as they are at home in summer. War business is very dull here at this time. There is not anything to do but to drill some and do guard duty. General Foster has gone off on another Expedition. The number of troops he has with him or where he has gone is more than we can tell. I should liked to have gone with them. They went in transports. They took eight weeks rations with them. I don’t ever want to walk 175 miles again for the sake of seeing a few Rebels shot down. Our Brigade did not have to go with the Expedition. We are going to stay here to do guard duty. We have left our old Camp Ground and gone over near Fort Totten. It is about 14 Miles from Camp Richardson and I have had the Tooth Ache all day and I am as cross as the very Devil. And my Head aches so that I cannot see anything more than half of the time…. Our boys begin to think some about getting home. I suppose our time is half gone. I am in hopes to get home some time in June. If Uncle Sam wants any more men this spring I suppose you City boys will give him

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