Monday, July 9, 2012

1862 July 7 Fort Albany

                                         Fort Albany  July 7th/62
                                                   8 o'clk PM

Dear Wife,
This afternoon I received yours
of July 3d.  We have had a tremendous hot day, but
this evening, we are enjoying a very heavy shower
of rain, intermixed with hail stones, as large
over as five cent peices.  We are having some very
heavy thunder and most splendid lightning.
I think by the tone of your letter, that you
are giving yourself much unnecessary and
useless anxiety on my account.  It seems that
your fears proceed from the thoughts that we
are to be removed from here.  I can assure
you that we shall not leave here so long
as Col Wm B. Greene holds the position
that he now does, I get my information
from persons high in military office
No longer ago than last night, Major Wa
shburn (of this Regmt) was heard to say
(by one of my mess) that no other Regm
could fill our place, and that there was
not the slightest chance of our being
called away from here, I dont know
his reasons are for saying so, but such is
the way it has always been talked by those
who ought to know what everybody says must be true

[letter of "Robert," an unidentified soldier in the 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery will continue on July 9]

MSS 1242

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