Foster, Joseph Milton, to father, 04 Dec 1863

Foster, Joseph Milton, Private, Co. F, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, USA, to father. Camping near Brandy Station, VA, Foster tells of his midnight Thanksgiving supper (pork, hardtack, and coffee) on the march. "I presume it tasted as good to me as your supper did to you... [it wasn't] a grait assortment but it was as good as Uncle Sam could get on such circumstances." His company has spent days at almost non-stop marching, especially difficult for Foster because a boil on his neck has made carrying his knapsack painful; they heard many "humming birds" [bullets] on the trek, "but they dident hit us so it is all rite." He promises to send $30 with the letter.