Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902 to my dear Sister

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GLC#
GLC08165.62-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
28 October 1863
Author/Creator
Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902
Title
to my dear Sister
Place Written
Brandy Station, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

States he has not had the energy to write because camp life is so dull. He hopes 1864 is the last year of the war. Mentions his brother Marion Hutson's furlough and remarks that the furloughs given the troops are too short at 21 days. He will request one when they settle into winter quarters. Thinks that Marion should stay home because he doesn't know how his foot will be and mentions he is glad Charley Colcock is home. Comments that he has the use of the blankets of Sergeant Powell, who is a prisoner of war. Notes that the troops are poorly provided for. Captain Abner M. Perrine bought 800 pairs of shoes for the brigade. Before this some men were barefoot. He heard that George Mackay's sister Isabella is to be married. He would like to go on furlough at the same time as Mackay and Ben Martin. Gives love to family members. Hutson was a Corporal, 1st South Carolina Infantry, during the Civil War.

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