Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Mass., to parents, 15 Nov 1862

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1, item: 10

Identifier: 10

Scope and Contents

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to parents. The first of a series of letters to his family. Included are boasts that he is "tuffer" than they thought and states he has adjusted well to the difficulties of army life. He reports on the condition of other boys from his hometown of Ware, MA, and notes that although they do a lot of marching, and have no tents, they have plenty to eat.