Description: Condition as seen. Catlin StationJune 4th, 1862 Dear Mother, I have just returned from Pickett duty. I have been on picket duty for over a week and I’m tired, but I’m anxious to write to let you know how I get along. My health is not very good. There is not 300 men able for duty in the 104th. It seems to be the lack of the doctor. Some thing that our regiment will soon break up and I am among that number. The 23 left here yesterday. I said John he is smart. I ____ you have been informed that William met with an accident which took him from this world. It was a hard strike for him, but it cannot be helped. I suppose that you have heard what was the cause of his death. While he was at Fredericksburg, he was sentinel in a magazine. While thus performing his duty, the magazine exploded and his mango remains of his body was found on one end of an adjoining building. I will send you a letter written by the correspondent of the Philadelphia Enquirer written for that paper. I showed it to John and the other boy in the 23rd and they it is not ____ in a good many cases. They say that it was undermined and was touched off by one of the citizens of that ____. When I wrote my last letter to you, we have had quite a change in everything. You know that we were attached to Birney’s brigade, but our Colonel and General Birney got in a listen to, and then our colonel went to Washington, and our regiment was detached from that brigade. We were sent on immediately to _____ which is about 30 miles from here and was attached to Geary’s brigade. I suppose you have heard of Geary ______ at White Flame. We arrived at ______ Gap one week ago last Saturday night and the next Monday we had orders to retreat. General Geary had those orders to retreat before he did and and then would not ______ the _____ order came, and _____ that would have to be at Manassas at 11 o’clock at night. It appears that Jackson was within 10 miles from us in the war department saw it and was afraid that he would send a strong force against us and us so you see we had to retreat or be told before we left camp we burnt all of our tents and good many of them knapsack and blankets overcoats and so on. It was late in the afternoon when we started and arrived at Manassas about 9 o’clock at night, the distance 20 miles. It was a tough one and a bad strike for me. The next morning, general Shields in company with McDowell went through Manassas. General Shields saw that our regiment was not fit for another fight therefore we was throw out and now are about 11 miles from Manassas guarding the railroad. Now mother write often and write all the particulars. I suppose you have been expecting some money from me. It is a ______ all the other regiments got paid off but us. I don’t know the reason I don’t know. Tell Alice to write to me soon. Goodbye.From your son,Byron
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Location: Midland, Michigan
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Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
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