Manley Stacey Civil War Letters

Camp near Littlestown Pa July 6th 7 AM Dear Father Having a little time, I thought I would write a few lines. We left Gettysburg, yesterday afternoon at 5 PM, & marched through the Mud to this Place, Halting at Midnight, It was an awful march, very Muddy, & nasty. We had to Ford one […]

Camp near Taney Town Md July 7th 11,30 AM Dear Father I wrote you yesterday from Littlestown Pa, & having a little time now thought I would write again today. Yesterday we kept our things on all day, expecting to be Ordered to move but of course was not sorry to stay. We have suffered […]

Camp near Frederick City Md July 9th 5 AM Dear Father We left Tany Town yesterday moring at 6,30 AM & of all the Marching I have ever done, this was the worst. It had rained nearly all night, & was just pouring down, when we were Ordered to Strike Tents & be ready to […]

Line of Battle Camp near July 13th 63 Drear Father After I wrote you the other day, from Tilmington we soon halted, & prepared to stay for the night. As bad luck would have it, I was Detailed for Picket, or rather to support Skirmishes. After Marching an hour or two, we were posted for […]

Line of Battle, near Boonston Ma July 11,15AM Dear Father I received your letter of the 4th yesterday noon, while we were Halted for Dinner. You may be sure I was glad to get it, for I had not heard from Home, in over two weeks. I was pretty sure you would be in a […]

Camp near Maryland Hights 1 mile from Harpers Ferry July 16th 8,45 AM Dear Father I suppose you will be very anxious to hear from me by this time, but I have positively had no time to write before. I think the last I wrote you, was when we were in Line of Battle near […]

Camp near Snickers Gab Va July 19th 8 AM Dear Father I wrote you yesterday from near Maryland Hights which hope you will get all right. Yesterday morning, we left Camp & marched, over the Pontoons, through the Ferry, & across the Shenandoah, around Lowdon Hights. The Ferry looks a great deal more Desolate, than […]

Manassas Gap Va July 24th 10,30 AM Dear Father I know you will be anxious to hear from me by this time, for the past few days, I have been so busy & have had no chance to write. We arrived here yesterday, from Upperville. I think I have written you once since we left […]

Camp near White Plains Va July 25th 7,30 PM Dear Father When I wrote you last, we were expecting to have a little Fight with the Rebels at the Gap, until Yesterday noon, when we marched back, to where we started from, the night before. It turned out from some Prisoners we took, that one […]

Elmira Barracks No 1, Aug 8 7,30 AM Dear Father I suppose you read the letter, I wrote, last week & if you had not heard it before, were a little surprised, to find I was in the State. We are having very easy times here now, not much Duty to do, once in a […]