- GLC#
- GLC02172.18-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 20 September 1861
- Author/Creator
- Porter, Charles B., fl. 1861-1863
- Title
- to Brother Henry
- Place Written
- Arlington, Virginia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 14 cm, Width: 22 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
He has just come in from picket guard and is quite well. Being on picket is a good way yo keep from getting homesick as it is sometimes exciting. One day a secessionist picket came over and said he was tired of fighting for the secessionist cause. Written in Camp Arlington
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