My great-great-great uncle died at the Battle of Gettysburg. Tonight I found a book of his letters home at my parents’ place.

Pretty crazy to read through it all. Every letter mentions him sending money home to the family (despite frequently delayed paychecks) and ends with “Write as soon as you get this”.

Union, part of the 149th Pennsylvania Infantry

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Union, part of the 149th Pennsylvania Infantry

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/149th_Pennsylvania_Infantry_Regiment

Not the original, original is included but almost unreadable

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Wow - penmanship and flourished on his capital letters.

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this is very cool. if history class was a bunch of letters and personal stories like this i would have paid a lot more attention

Srgt Brown could have left out some details. Thanks for sharing!