>A query has been posted in another group by Dennis Ahern. It's about
>a
> letter written...

> A query has been posted in another group by Dennis Ahern. It's about a
> letter written in 1861 by an 18-year-old soldier from Massachusetts
> from Washington where his regiment had just arrived after a brush with
> the rebels in Baltimore the day before.
>
> He has posted it athttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~macacton/sample.jpg
>
> and he transcribes it as follows:
>
>                                           Washington D C April 20/61
>            Dear Unkle     I now take this Oppitunity to
>      write to you to Let you know that i still
>      Live  i am now in the White house in the Gallery
>      over the Senate Chamber  Charles & Bill & Little Bill
>      are here we are all Prety well After So Long a Journey
>      we arrived here Last Night 15 of 6 tired and hungry
>      we had quite a Little Brush at Baltimore  we lost 3
>      of our men.  they Lost 8 of the Rebels they
>      throwed Stones into the Cars and tore up the Track ...

> A query has been posted in another group by Dennis Ahern. It's about
> a
> letter written in 1861 by an 18-year-old soldier from Massachusetts
> from Washington where his regiment had just arrived after a brush
> with
> the rebels in Baltimore the day before.
>
> He has posted it
> athttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~macacton/sample.jpg
>
> and he transcribes it as follows:
>
> Washington D C April 20/61
> Dear Unkle I now take this Oppitunity to
> write to you to Let you know that i still
> Live i am now in the White house in the Gallery
> over the Senate Chamber Charles & Bill & Little Bill ...

>On Jun 13, 10:06 am, James Hogg SPAM.gmail.com> wrote:

>> A query has been posted in another group by Dennis Ahern. It's about a
>> letter written in 1861 by an 18-year-old soldier from Massachusetts...

> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:01:22 -0700 (PDT), Jane Margaret Laight
> yahoo.com> wrote:
>

>>On Jun 13, 10:06 am, James Hogg SPAM.gmail.com> wrote:

>>> A query has been posted in another group by Dennis Ahern. It's
>>> about a
>>> letter written in 1861 by an 18-year-old soldier from
>>> Massachusetts
>>> from Washington where his regiment had just arrived after a brush
>>> with
>>> the rebels in Baltimore the day before.
>>>
>>> He has posted it
>>> athttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~macacton/sample.jpg
>>>
>>> and he transcribes it as follows:
>>>
>>> Washington D C April 20/61 ...

>A query has been posted in another group by Dennis Ahern. It's about a
> letter written in 1861 by an 18-year-old soldier from Massachusetts
> from Washington where his regiment had just arrived after a brush with
> the rebels in Baltimore the day before.
>
> He has posted it at
> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~macacton/sample.jpg
>
> and he transcribes it as follows:
>
> Washington D C April 20/61
> Dear Unkle I now take this Oppitunity to
> write to you to Let you know that i still
> Live i am now in the White house in the Gallery
> over the Senate Chamber Charles & Bill & Little Bill
> are here we are all Prety well After So Long a Journey
> we arrived here Last Night 15 of 6 tired and hungry
> we had quite a Little Brush at Baltimore we lost 3 ...

> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:01:22 -0700 (PDT), Jane Margaret Laight
> yahoo.com> wrote:
>

>>On Jun 13, 10:06 am, James Hogg SPAM.gmail.com> wrote:

>>> A query has been posted in another group by Dennis Ahern. It's about a
>>> letter written in 1861 by an 18-year-old soldier from Massachusetts
>>> from Washington where his regiment had just arrived after a brush with
>>> the rebels in Baltimore the day before.
>>>
>>> He has posted it athttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~macacton/sample.jpg
>>>
>>> and he transcribes it as follows:
>>>
>>> Washington D C April 20/61
>>> Dear Unkle I now take this Oppitunity to
>>> write to you to Let you know that i still
>>> Live i am now in the White house in the Gallery
>>> over the Senate Chamber Charles & Bill & Little Bill ...

> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:01:22 -0700 (PDT), Jane Margaret Laight
>
>
>
>
>
> yahoo.com> wrote:

>>On Jun 13, 10:06 am, James Hogg SPAM.gmail.com> wrote:

>>> A query has been posted in another group by Dennis Ahern. It's about a
>>> letter written in 1861 by an 18-year-old soldier from Massachusetts
>>> from Washington where his regiment had just arrived after a brush with
>>> the rebels in Baltimore the day before.

>

>>> He has posted it athttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~macacton/sample.jpg

>

>>> and he transcribes it as follows:

>

>>>                                           Washington D C April 20/61
>>>            Dear Unkle     I now take this Oppitunity to ...