to parents

Clapp, George, fl. 1839-1892 to parents

GLC09355.013

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GLC#
GLC09355.013-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
29 July 1863
Author/Creator
Clapp, George, fl. 1839-1892
Title
to parents
Place Written
Warrenton, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Went and picked some berries for dinner on Sunday night. Regiment was then ordered to the top of a nearby hill to set up an encampment. "It now looks as though we shall have a good rest." Thinks they will stay there until the corps can be filled out with new soldiers and horses. Army wagons also need to be repaired and the men need to rest if they are to embark on another grueling campaign. Lice outbreak at camp forced many to wash their clothes and put them back on while they were still wet. "I have not had a dry shirt or pair of pants on me since we left Falmouth." Has sweat more this summer than ever before. Found a herd of 50 young cattle and killed some of them for meat. Should last them a few days. Was not the only regiment that went out foraging; it has become a common practice. There have been over "500 heads" of cattle, sheep, and pigs killed for the soldiers. Has not been officially ordered by a commissioned officer to forage for food. If he were ordered to do so, he would be able to get much more food, but his lieutenant refused to do so. He went to the quartermaster to get the order, and was allowed to forage.

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