James and John Booker Civil War Letters:

University of Virginia Electronic Text Center


ALS 2 p.
1862 April 29
John Booker, a camp near Yorktown, Virginia, letter to Chloe Unity Blair

John Booker describes a new posting and notes that, since leaving the Orange Court House, the troops are living without tents. They stay in the entrenchments every other day and night, and are under constant bombardment by the Yankees. He mentions that there is a good deal of sickness and many are being wounded. Also, he notes that they have elected officers for the next two years. John closes by asking Unity to direct her letter to him at Yorktown.




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