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Winter Posey to his sister Lizzie Posey
24 Oct 1861 – Camp Pelican, VA
Camp Pellican Virginia
October 24, 1861
Dear Sister Lizzie,
After a long silence, I have at last found time to answer your kind letter. It
was owing to the unsettlings of the Regiment and the inconvinences for writing
that I haven’t written before this.
This leaves Cobey and myself in fine health. The health of the regiment is not
so good as it has been owing to the locality of our camp which is a very low
flat, swampy location. It has been nearly a shoemouth deep in mud and water ever
since we have been encampt here. It is thought that this regiment will remain in
tents all this winter. If so, we will have a pretty rough road to travel for it
getting pretty cold. We had a little frost last night. We are beginning to need
the clothing that the society sent and which has not arrived. From what I can
understand in regard to the transportation of the clothing is that Lieutenant
Stubbs left the clothing in Monroe to be sent with the Monroe company’s
clothing and I am very fraid it will be sometime before we get them. Lizzie, I
have no war news of any consequence to write only a party of our boys numbering
about 70 who were detailed from the different regiments were out on a scout some
two and three days ago got into a little skirmish a few miles below here. They
killed seven or eight of the enemy, took one prisoner without any loss except
one wounded though not very dangerously. He will recover. He was a North
Carolinian. Two of the number was from our company, Mr. Harvey and Mr. Barns.
The boys stood the fire very well but they said the balls whistled around them
very thick and made them think there was a chance to be shot. On the next day
the whole forces from this point went down and gave them a dare but could not
get them outside of their fortifications so we returned to our camps without a
fight.
Lizzie, I have nothing more to write to you only that the boys are all in fine
spirits cooking dinner which consists of a little beef, a few potatoes, and some
corn meal or flour. We have made improvement on the biscuit question which
improves them a goodeale and that is to put ¼ sweet potatoes. We are a getting
so we make anything from a pound cake to a corn dodguen. Tell Ellen and Father I
have received their letters. Will answer them soon. You will please in your next
give me Cousin Frank’s address. Ask Father if he knows where Cousin William
Dunnington is and what he is adoing, whether in the Army or not and give me his
address. Nothing more at present. The Mess all send you their kindest regards.
Your affectionate brother,
Wint
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