Dear Wife,-

It is very monotonous in Camp and no news. The Company has gone on picket again today and I have little to do. You ask what my duties are. I get up at reveille,- that is, at 5:30 in the morning; call the roll; take the sick to the surgeon, then make my report of the same; then take my breakfast. Then I see that the streets are swept and in order. I see that the sergeants take their men out to drill. In the afternoon I drill three hours, so you see I do not have very hard work. We suffer for the want of clothing left with our knapsacks when we left Washington. In the evening when it begins to get cold the men will start the c

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contents Camp at Pleasant Valley, Md., Oct. 23, 1862. Dear Wife,- It is very monotonous in Camp and no news. The Company has gone on picket again today and I have little to do. You ask what my duties are. I get up at reveille,- that is, at 5:30 in the morning; call the roll; take the sick to the surgeon, then make my report of the same; then take my breakfast. Then I see that the streets are swept and in order. I see that the sergeants take their men out to drill. In the afternoon I drill three hours, so you see I do not have very hard work. We suffer for the want of clothing left with our knapsacks when we left Washington. In the evening when it begins to get cold the men will start the c