Charles A. Wright 6th MA Infantry Civil War NURSE Letter

Description: Charles A. Wright 6th MA NURSE Letter He is serving as a Nurse in the 6th MA Infantry. He wants to serve as NURSE in the 33rd MA because his brother Franklin is in that regiment and sick. He details his care for the sick soldiers in the 6th MA. He would later serve in the 2nd MA HA FULL TRANSCRIPTION: “Suffolk, Virginia April 21, [1863 – The 6th MA was defending Suffolk in the Spring of 1863. On 8/22/63 Wright was mustered into the 2nd MA H. A.] Dear Mother, I thought I would take my pen in hand to inform you that I am well and that I had received your letter. I am glad that you are all well. I feel better when you are all well at home. I was sorry to hear that Frank was sick. I shall go and see him when I get home. I hope he will get well. What does Frank say about the war? You must give my love to him. And Frank must write to them tomorrow if I can get a chance. I have not heard from them, only when you write. They have wrote to me once since I have been out here. And I wrote to them but didn’t know whether they ever got my letters. But I am a going to write and find out if they got my letters. I think Frank had better get his discharge and come home for I don’t think he will get well, do you? I wish I was in that regiment as a nurse and that I could take care of him when he is sick. I think if he don’t get his discharge before my time is out, I shall enlist in that regiment. I shall come home first and see you all and then I shall go out and see the boys and I shall stay with them. And then I shall feel better. I don’t feel right when they are sick. I keep thinking about them every day and night. I am a going to ask Doctor [Walter] Burnham [Surgeon. 6th MA] to give me a certificate of my examination and papers to show what I have done for the sick soldiers here. I have done a great deal for the sick boys and they like me first rate. Well, Mother, I think the climate suits me better out here than it does at home. I’ve never been so fat in my life as I am now. I don’t think you would know me now hardly if you should see me for I am so fat. I don’t suppose you would think that I could get so much fat onto my little frame but I have and I can hold up a great deal more if I had it on me. I weight one hundred and twenty-five pounds. That is pretty good for me, I think. Don’t you? I suppose Father will buy that horse for me. I hope he will for I want it when I get home. And if I go out to see the boys, he can sell it if he wants. I don’t find nothing else to write. The sick boys are getting along first rate now. This is all I can write this time. Give my love to all the folks. From your son, — Charles A. Wright” Shipping to lower 48 states only Thanks for looking at my auctions

Price: 100 USD

Location: Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania

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