CIVIL WAR LETTER - 84th Pennsylvania Infantry, Battle Winchester, Prisoners Etc

Description

CIVIL WAR LETTER
Civil War Letter by Soldier in Co. I, 84th Pennsylvania Infantry
This Civil War soldier letter was written by 27 year-old Jackson Potter (1834-1862), the son of John Potter (1807-1880) and Mary Rishel (1813-1879) of Luthersburg, Clearfield county, Pennsylvania. Jackson enlisted on 1 October 1861 in
Co. I, 84th Pennsylvania Infantry
and he died on 11 July 1862 at Alexandria, Virginia.
Most of the letters were written to his father, or his sister, Jane Potter (1839-1905), and a few to other family members such as his brother, William Marion Potter (1842-1916).
Of Potter’s service, his commanding officer wrote, “the company joins with me in [conveying to you, his father,] that they have lost a true soldier and a pleasant companion.”
Transcription
Winchester, Virginia
April 30th [1862]
Jane,
It is with pleasure that I take my pen to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well, hoping that you are all the same. I received your letter of the 15th and one from all of the rest of you at home and one from A. E. Ellinger but you write very short ones and I will do the same this time. We have more to do here than we had in Berryville. We are on picket every other day. This is a nice town. It is about the size of Harrisburg and in very rich country. We will soon be maid off again in a few days.
I sent a paper home to you folks. It is a picture paper and has the Battle of Winchester in it. I think it will stay at the post office as I could get no stamp. It was franked.
An unidentified Union infantryman wearing his overcoat (sometimes called “greatcoat”). Library of Congress
And today I got my likeness to send home to you. I think it [will] fit in the back of that old case at home. I got it taken with my overcoat on and think it is a good one. We are now provost marshal guard here. We are on some kind of guard nearly all of the time.
I will not write much this time with the expectation of you writing a long one. I need not write about the war for you will get it in the papers. But things is is going on right. New Orleans is in our possession now. Today there was some prisoners taken again from here to Baltimore. Jackson’s men is deserting every day and coming in here. They all say it is no use for them to fight anymore.
The women is the worst here but they are all getting better. Some of them has been put in the guard house for tearing down the orders that was stuck up on the streets. Let me know when you write if you got the paper and likeness. — Jackson Potter
Direct as you did before.
To Jane
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