March 24th
My Dear father
You will see by my letter to George where
we are now camped. We have been here several
days & will probably remain some time. The soil
is exactly alike the Albemarle red & such highly very
highly cultivated & a fine population. We will
have an informal organization of our com-
pany to day – not having enough members
for a formal one. I believe an informal
one will enable us to send out [-].
The no. of the company reenlisting is between 80 & 90.
[This next section is too faded to decipher– ( 3 ½ inches)].
I love you all.
Most affectionately your Son
W. H. Perry Jr.
William H. Perry, Jr., 1836-1915, of the Richmond Howitzers; a lawyer in Virginia after the war.
[transcription by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards]
MSS 7786-d
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