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A UNION SOLDIER WRITES HOME

Autograph Letter Unsigned. Four pages, 5" x 8". Head Quarters Army of the Potomac, Germantown. September 1, 1863. The letter reads, in part: " … Gen Butterfield's aides expect to leave here. Genl. Butterfield having applied for them. Aides are not allowed to accompany a general by the last order unless he has special permission to take them - but I do not see how they could oblige me with the orders I received to remain here unless Gen. Mead was in command, as I was ordered to report to him, not to a Brigade Division Corps or head Quarters … It is very dull here. We have nothing to do, and I am very tired of this kind of life- I only wish we could see some signs of peace, and a happy ending to these troubles - I am encouraged to think that before very long the rebellion will be ended. The movements in Tennessee are very important, and if we defeat the rebels and drive them out of Tennessee, it will go a great ways towards ending this rebellion … " Unfortunately, we have been unable to ascertain the division in which this soldier served. Very Fine.