John George Hanner (cadet in the North Carolina school) March 31, 1865, to his sister, 4 pp. 8vo: comments on deserters ("they should shoot every one of them"), older students have been ordered to join a raiding party under Stoneman at Salisbury but have to wait at the depot for train with room to carry them, he remains at the school with about 80 younger cadets; several students ran away, one who returned expelled from the school anyway; describes gun emplacements and drilling around Hillsboro, under direction of Lt. Col. Pemberton ("the hero of Vicksburg")

Old damp damage, with some softening of the ink and loss of size from the paper.