Thursday, July 19, 2012

1862 July 20 Petersburg, Va.

                 Petersburg Va July 20 1862

My Dear Father
      In haste I drop you a few lines to
inform you that on to morrow (Monday)
should nothing prevent I will start for
Orange.  As I have heard nothing from
you I suppose there well will be no
difficulty in my going directly on to
the station, I am still quite weak but
have improved very much since
you left. Kidder is a little better this
morning  [Sister?] was here to see me
yesterday.  With love to Mother and
the girls & boys
                   I remain
                         yr aff son
                              G S Bernard

George S. Bernard, 12th Virginia Infantry, after the war a lawyer in Petersburg, Va., and member of the Virginia House of Delegates.

MSS 7745

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