Manley Stacey Civil War Letters

camp Pomeroy
8 miles South of Alexandria
Co D 11th Regt NYSV
Dec 23/62
Dear Father
After a very long delay, I got your letter & five papers to night. I was glad to hear from you again. I got a letter also to night from Mr Cookingham, from Lock Berlin, asking me if I was taking care of Philip [...]

Camp Pomeroy
Dec 25th -/62
9 AM
Dear Father
I read you letter of the 22d last night & was very glad to get one at that time. Last night I was on Brigade Guard, so had to stay up all night. I have just been Excused, & will now write a little. This was the first time that [...]

Camp Pomeroy
Co D 111th Regt
Dec 26th 1862
Dear Father
I received your note of the 23d, to night, & will reply immediately. We have got neither of the Trunks, yet & are wondering what in the world is the matter. We are afraid Budlong will dissappointed us. We had got our mouths all Fixed for the Dinner.
In [...]

Camp Pomeroy
Dec 28th 1862
Dear Father
As usual we had Inspection this AM. We had a very Rigid Inspection of Arms, & then of Knapsacks & then of Quarters. We have lovely times keeping our Guns bright & clean, with out anything to clean them with. Those that had not got their Guns perfectly Clean, were sent [...]

On Picket about 2 miles west of Camp Dec 30th
12 PM
Dear Father
All quiet on Picket so far. Last night everything went off smoothly, no alarm of any kind. We have got a very nice post, & Barney, Aleck, Billy Waters & myself are together. Last night our Pickets were Attacked about 4 miles north of [...]

Camp Pomeroy
Jan 1st 1863
Dear Father
Yesterday we had a considerable excitement on Picket, about 2 PM, the word was passed along the Lines, that the Pickets on our left were driven in. We then had orders to draw our loads, & get every thing ready to rally, at a moments notice. This story soon proved untrue.
Some [...]

On Picket 4 miles South East of Centerville
Jan 7th /63
Perhaps you may be surprised to see where this is from, but as moving is the order of the day, you will have to get used to that. Yesterday morning. Co D & H were ordered to be ready to strike our Tents at 9 AM. [...]

Jan 9th /63
Dear Father
I received two letters from home, this AM, with $5,12cts in, which I am very glad to get. I wrote to you on the 7th, but got no chance to send it, as the mail has not commenced running regularly yet. The day I wrote to you, we had got settled for the [...]

Camp Near Centerville
Jan 11th /63
Dear Father
I sent you a long letter yesterday, & now will try another.
Yesterday I was Detailed to go on Camp Guard, everything went well, as could be expected, with a regular Virginia Rain. Our Guard House, is two Tents, with no Floor & a Stove in but one of them. Of [...]

Camp near Centerville
Jan 14th /63
Dear Mother
I received your letter last night & will reply immediately.
I can see you do not wish me to belong to the Color Guard, I have not been Detailed yet, & think now I shall get something better. the Color Sergt, wants me to carry the State Colors, & he will soon [...]