2 letters tagged with “campaign”

• December 20th, 1862

  by Cecil Burleigh, tagged with

  • #marching
  • #rations
  • #campaign
  • #pocket-watch
  In this short letter to Caroline, Cecil writes about camping and rations on campaign in poor weather and mentions getting a new pocket-watch.

• November 23rd, 1862

  by Cecil Burleigh, tagged with

  • #campaign
  • #illness
  • #thanksgiving
  • #box
  • #pay
  In this letter, Cecil writes to Caroline about unsuccessfully chasing down CS cavalry in poor weather, another box he received, the health and camp of the regiment, the state of his pay, and the coming Thanksgiving.