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Camp near Berryville Va.
Monday Sept. 5" 1864
Dear Mother: [Lydia Barr Rigby]
I received Father's letter in which you requested that I would write a letter especially to you several days ago + when I read it I intended to answer immediately by writing you a good long letter, but it has until now been impossible for me to carry out my intentions The morning after I received it we left our fortified Camp at Halltown + marched 5 meter beyond Charlestown when we again went into Camp + began throwing up earthworks. We remained there until Saturday last, but in the mean time I had the Muster Rolls to make out + this kept me so busy I had time for nothing else Saturday morning we again broke Camp we received orders the night before to march at 4 oclock in the morning, before three we all up getting breakfast + by 4 we were ready to Start, but at least 2 hours passed before the order to fall in was received.
This is one of the vexations of a Solders life very often we are called up at 2 or 3 oclock in the morning + still do not leave Camp before 9 or 10 oclock in the forenoon.
The boys are apt to get out of humor when at such things Still grumbling does no good + I try to take every thing of the kind as coolly as possible.
After leaving Camp we moved to the
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| Rating | |
| Title | William Titus Rigby letters, 1864-1865 |
| Creator | Rigby, William Titus |
| Date Original | 1864/1865 |
| Description | Correspondence detailing army life for Civil War soldier William Titus Rigby of the 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment, Company B. |
| Topical Subject (LCTGM) |
Soldiers War |
| Topical Subject (LCSH) | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Personal Name Subject | Rigby, William Titus |
| Corporate Name Subject | United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 24th (1862-1865). Company B |
| Geographic Subject | United States |
| Chronological Subject | 1860-1870 |
| Type (DCMIType) | Text |
| Type (AAT) |
Correspondence Envelopes |
| Type (IMT) | jpeg |
| Digital Collection | Civil War Diaries and Letters |
| Contributing Institution | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
| Archival Collection | William Titus Rigby papers |
| Collection Identifier | MsC82 |
| Collection Guide | http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0082 |
| Rights Management | Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. |
| Contact Information | Contact the Special Collections Dept. at The University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/contact/index. |
| Digitization Specifications | Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 Scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Master image available in tiff format. |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Identifier | 31858055128668 |
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