April 11, 1863
In this letter, Charley is writing to Abigail Gunn, the wife
of F. W. Gunn. The letter begins with a description of a drill they are
doing that amounts to heavy artillery target practice. In the
description, he alludes to a desire to fire the guns in an actual battle.
He then proceeds to talk briefly of pictures, and how he has seen pictures of
the Gunn family recently. Then he begins to write about his opinion, and
surprise, about the recent election in Connecticut between the incumbent (and
war supporter) Buckingham, and Seymour (who was against the war). He is
glad that Buckingham was elected, but also, apparently, a little surprised by
how large was the number of votes that Buckingham won by. He cites some
happiness that there is still "patriotism" in the state. He
also talks of a deserter, and says that he believes the desertion occurred because
Seymour was not elected. The rest of the letter is more about his life,
and who he has seen and talked to whom Mrs. Gunn would know. He also
talks about his health and how he is, “the toughest Goodyear of the crowd after
all.” He also wishes that Abigail would not overexert herself. He
asks this out of obvious love. He ends the letter in his typical fashion,
and in the post script asks for a picture when she thinks
about it.
A7265 is the identification number of the document for the archivist.
A7265 is the identification number of the document for the archivist.