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Title: Solomon G. Heaton to Mother

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  • Heaton, Solomon G.

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Extent: 3 pages

Date Created: December 25, 1861

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Topics include a brief account of Thanksgiving and Christmas at Camp Griffin.

Genre(s): correspondence

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Language(s): English

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2010-11-10, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

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Solomon G. Heaton to Mother, Special Collections, University of Vermont, http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/cwuvmheaton03 (accessed June 20, 2013)

Solomon G. Heaton to Mother

Transcription : Megan Resnick


Published by: University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Center for Digital Initiatives on 2010-11-12

Head-Quarters 3 Vermont Regiment,
Co D
Camp Griffin

Dec The 25 1861

Dear Mother

I received your kind letter and was glad to hear that you was well and was sorry to hear that Father was sick I am well and hope that your are the same I enjoy my self very well this winter we have just gone into winter quarters our camp is made right in a thick pine grove [DELETED: "of" by author] there is a small Brook that runs around our camp we have what is called the Sylby tent there is 16 men in each tent the goverment[sic] finds us a stove to each tent we have good provision pretty god[sic] for the armey[sic] we have bread & coffee to eat -------------------------------- Page 2 --------------------------------most of the time we have salt Beaf[sic] and salt Pork and once and a while fresh beaf[sic] we have suga[sic] enough what do you suppose I had for Thanksgiving I dont suppose you can guess can you I had a cup of coffee and a piece of bread and a piece of meat you see I was on Picket that day that was what I had to eat all day today is a pleasant day for Cristmas[sic] we dont have to drill today it is the first Holly[sic] day our regiment has had since I have been in the armey[sic] we have to drill 3 hours in the forenoon and from 1 oclock in the Afternoon till sun down you can judge how we have to work

Mr Bishop is [DELETED: "ni" by author] in the cook room now I should like To send -------------------------------- Page 3 --------------------------------you a hard cracker [DELETED: "s" by author] to eat and see how you like them

I dont think of much more to write at present you can tell Mr Motley that Charley is smart and has wrote one or two letters home give my love to all of my friends tell Lucy to write a letter to me tell her to be a good girl and go to school and if I should happen to live to come home I will being [ADDED: "her" in above] home some thing that will please her

write soon this
From your affectionate
Son


Solomon Heaton

Camp Griffin
Virginnia[sic]

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