Manley Stacey Civil War Letters

Camp Douglas Co D 111 Regt N Y S V Oct 6th Chicago Illinois Dear Father I guess I have received all the letters, from home, except the one directed to me at Annapolis with $2,00 enclosed which I hope to get yet, In your last letter you said that, it seems to be a […]

[First letter] Camp Douglas Chicago Oct 8th Dear Father I am getting anxious to get my back letters, of which I am confident, there must be several. On Tuesday morning were were ordered to pack Knapsacks, Coats & Blankets, and form a line at 10,45 for Inspection. We marched to the Square to be Inspected […]

Camp Douglas Chicago Oct 10th 7 AM Dear Father I received your letter on Thursday, & I was glad to hear that we was so soon to have a Box from home. It was not so what Williams wrote home, about we having all that is needed. You can judge for Yourself, we have Coffee […]

Camp Douglas Chicago Co D 111 Regt Oct 12th Dear Father I received your last letter on Saturday last, & was glad to hear so often from home. You asked me, to whom you should write, to get me a Furlough. I do not think there is any use in trying for it. But Nevertheless […]

Camp Douglas Chicago 7 AM Oct 14th Dear Father I think if all the reports are true, that our troubles have not commenced yet. It is reported that we have got the Small Pox in Camp, Three men were taken from the 126 Regt (And that lays right by us) to the Hospital, that had […]

Camp Douglas Chicago Oct 17th Dear Charlie Father seems to think that he can not trust you to carry a Revolver. I think there is but little danger in carrying one as long as you are careful The Revolver is a little Beauty, in prime Order, it was brought from New York & never was […]

Camp Douglas Chicago Co D 111 Regt NYSV Oct 8th ’62 Dear Father I wrote you on Friday last, that the boys were raising an insurrection. I think it is positive that some of the Paroled Prisoners started the Fire, the night before, On Friday night at Supper, were ordered to pack our Knapsacks, & […]

Camp Douglas Co D 111 Regt NYSV O 21st, 62 Dear Father News is rather scarce this week, so I have but little to write. I have been expecting Mr Gavitt & am getting anxious to find out about my Furlough.  Yesterday I got a pass for the City, & got a Dozen Photographs taken, I […]

Camp Douglas Chicago Oct 23d Dear Father I have just received the Trunk, sent by Gavitt, And found things all right, and very glad to get them. who sent that package to [Lt] Crowl, I should think things might be sent to our own Company instead of others.  I [ ] already given out the […]

Camp Douglas Chicago Co D 111 Regt NYSV Oct 26 Dear Father Mr Gavitt did not take the Trunk the other day as I expected, We sent the Trunk down with the Hearse & through some mistake he did not take it.  It will come however, by Cornelius Johnson, one of our men that has […]