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[page 1] Camp of the 5th Regiment Aug. 1st, 1861 Brother Cy I received your letter and I was happy to hear that you was well I am as well as as can be expected for me by the way you wrote that the paper said that their was 40 killed 60 wounded and 300 taken prisenors but that is not so there is about 100 mising that is killed wounded and taken prisenors all together our loss is estimated at about 1500 killed and wounded and 800 taken priseners that is as near as they can come to it now but I think there is more than that missing but we shall find out in the course of a few days and then I will write again but I tell you it was a hard fought battle now I tell you but it was so willed that I should live throu it but I tell you it was a narrow chance but I see by the paper they giav our maine Boys a little credit [page 2] for our brigade was the last to leave the field we would lay down on our backs and load and then get up and fire we fired twenty two rounds that way and then we got the order to retreat but I loaded and fired again before [I ?] started i don’t like to speak ill of our officers but I have to for I dont think they done their duty by us I think that general mcdowell is a secesionest and I think that was why we got beat and that is the general opinion of all of the soldiers and officers out here but it may not be so in the first place he place he marched our battery up and they commenced fireing and instead of keeping our [illegible] back to guard them he marched our wright up in front of their masked batteries and that was why we lost so many men I think but we wont say any thing more about that this time [page 3] by the way Cy I have got some good news to tell you we haint got to stay out here only three months govner Washburn and Mayor Thomas of Portland and leonard Andrews was out here yesterday and they said so I hope it is so you tell [hod ?] not to come out here for if he does he will get sick again I cant write any more this time only tell miss abbott that uncle Philip is all wright with thim and tell corry and his father that albert is as rugid as a bear give my love to all of the folks and flory that I will write to her next time. direct your letter the same as before you must excuse bad writing for I have set down on the ground and write on a book my legs ake awfully so I guess will [page 4] Close write often wont you you for I like to hear from home as well as you like to hear from me ther Good by this from Brother George P.S. by the way our encampment is about two miles from Alexandria toward Fairfax. Write as soon as you get this wont you dont forget it from George L. Berry Washington D. C. 5th Regt. M. V. M. Company D
Object Description
Title | Berry, George L. Letters (1861-1864) |
Creator | Berry, George L. |
LC Subject Headings |
Berry, George L. Seven Days' Battles, Va., 1862 United States. Army. Maine Infantry, 5th (1861-1864) United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 |
EOA Categories |
History – 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War and Reconstruction Peoples -- Military Life Government and Politics -- Military |
Description | These are the letters (24) of George L. Berry who served with Company D, 5th Maine Infantry, during the Civil War. The letters cover Berry’s service from 1861-1864. |
Digital Publisher | Auburn University Libraries |
Date | 1861-08-01/1864-12-15 |
Original Format | 24 letters, various sizes |
Type | Text |
Format | |
Original Item ID | RG 0367 |
Rights | This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732. |
Relation With | www.american-south.org |
Language | eng |
Collection | George L. Berry Papers |
Repository | Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. |
Submitted by | Thornton, Linda; Coates, Midge |
Description
Title | 1861-08-01: Berry, George L., to Berry, Cyrus, Letter |
Creator | Berry, George L. |
LC Subject Headings |
Berry, George L. Seven Days' Battles, Va., 1862 United States. Army. Maine Infantry, 5th (1861-1864) United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 |
EOA Categories |
History – 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War and Reconstruction Peoples -- Military Life Government and Politics -- Military |
Description | These are the letters (24) of George L. Berry who served with Company D, 5th Maine Infantry, during the Civil War. The letters cover Berry’s service from 1861-1864. |
Digital Publisher | Auburn University Libraries |
Date | 1861-08-01 |
Original Format | 1 letter |
Type | Text |
Format | |
Original Item ID | RG 0367 |
Rights | This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732. |
Relation With | www.american-south.org |
Language | eng |
File Name | Berry GL letters_1.pdf |
Collection | George L. Berry Papers |
Repository | Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. |
Submitted by | Thornton, Linda; Coates, Midge |
Transcript | [page 1] Camp of the 5th Regiment Aug. 1st, 1861 Brother Cy I received your letter and I was happy to hear that you was well I am as well as as can be expected for me by the way you wrote that the paper said that their was 40 killed 60 wounded and 300 taken prisenors but that is not so there is about 100 mising that is killed wounded and taken prisenors all together our loss is estimated at about 1500 killed and wounded and 800 taken priseners that is as near as they can come to it now but I think there is more than that missing but we shall find out in the course of a few days and then I will write again but I tell you it was a hard fought battle now I tell you but it was so willed that I should live throu it but I tell you it was a narrow chance but I see by the paper they giav our maine Boys a little credit [page 2] for our brigade was the last to leave the field we would lay down on our backs and load and then get up and fire we fired twenty two rounds that way and then we got the order to retreat but I loaded and fired again before [I ?] started i don’t like to speak ill of our officers but I have to for I dont think they done their duty by us I think that general mcdowell is a secesionest and I think that was why we got beat and that is the general opinion of all of the soldiers and officers out here but it may not be so in the first place he place he marched our battery up and they commenced fireing and instead of keeping our [illegible] back to guard them he marched our wright up in front of their masked batteries and that was why we lost so many men I think but we wont say any thing more about that this time [page 3] by the way Cy I have got some good news to tell you we haint got to stay out here only three months govner Washburn and Mayor Thomas of Portland and leonard Andrews was out here yesterday and they said so I hope it is so you tell [hod ?] not to come out here for if he does he will get sick again I cant write any more this time only tell miss abbott that uncle Philip is all wright with thim and tell corry and his father that albert is as rugid as a bear give my love to all of the folks and flory that I will write to her next time. direct your letter the same as before you must excuse bad writing for I have set down on the ground and write on a book my legs ake awfully so I guess will [page 4] Close write often wont you you for I like to hear from home as well as you like to hear from me ther Good by this from Brother George P.S. by the way our encampment is about two miles from Alexandria toward Fairfax. Write as soon as you get this wont you dont forget it from George L. Berry Washington D. C. 5th Regt. M. V. M. Company D |