number 3

dear family,
i mis u all a lot. i am very forchanate to be aliv rigt now. i just fight in the bloodiest battle in histoey. The batlle of antidum. lots of ma friends died but my regiment survied. This year ma regiment did very good and general lee is proud. Pray we kep up tha good work up. i am writien this in ma free time which i dont have much of. I miss all uf you all. keep me updated on how home is going and tell me about the kids!
With lots of love,
Fred Bloom Jr

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

lettr hom-1863

Hi Ma and Pa        We r not doin to wel on tha battle fild. We los tha battle of gettysburg  and en 2 dayz tha t otl numbr casulties los is 37000 . at 1 poent towads tha end of day 2 we wer doin ok til 1 regiment en maine cam attackt us wit bayonets.  I wus ther and it was relly scarie but i manige to escap. Thank u for tha las lettr. it wus grat to kno that Al is doin well and i wil kic a yankees arss for him.                                                                                    yor son Andy
Read more

letter home

deer father i really really tired  and i am really luky to be alive n riting to you. we had just foght in the bloodiest battle of the civil war . i los a lot of my friends in it and im now sad. mr. lee is really really proud of us and i felt like his plans were stolen. well i really got to go now.... love yall your son, james brookes
Read more

1863 journal entry

Dear familie, It is July 14 as i am writting this. i just finishd the battle of Gettysburg which a terrible. We had so many casualties and we lost because general grant was in charg of da union. we didnt have tha high ground to shoot on so our acceracy asnt as good and we had to move more to find places to shoot. The battle last thre days. So many people died. We are losing the war now. I hope everything is goin good at home. I miss yall so much! Love, Fred Bloom Jr.
Read more