Fredericksburg, Virginia
December 15, 1862
Dear beloved wife
I take thes
Opertunity to write you a few
lines to let you know that I am
alive we have ben the hardest fight
we ever was in we have lost most
all of our Rigiment We have but
72 men left fit for duty our
Curnall was wonded and our
Major we cannot find we expect
he is dead Johny Pinkham
was wounded I doe not know
how bad I did not see him
I cannot write aney
more at present I have a
chance to send it now
yours ever true George L. Hersum
George L. Hersum, 5th New Hampshire Infantry
MSS 10801
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