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Letter from Fuller to Wife, Fredericksburg, Virginia, August 14, 1863

Fuller is one mile below Fredricksburg and his regiment is destroying the breastwork left by the Union army while the Confederate Army was in Suffolk during the winter.
He sends $100 home to his wife and asks her to write back, as he hasn't received…

Tags: Civil War

Letter from Fuller to Wife, Frederick County, Virginia, October 4, 1862

Fuller explains to his wife that he is of poor health, but it is improving. His company are in "tolerable" health, several have been wounded, but none killed. He believes that the Union may fight for years to come and never subdue the South.

Tags: Civil War, Confederate Army

Letter from Fuller to Wife, Clark County, Virginia, February 20, 1863

Now in camp, Fuller has more work to do than "four hands could have done."
On the 13th, Fuller and his regiment left Culpeper, Virginia to the Cedar Run battlefield so soldiers could see the remains of their friends.
(Fuller's description of the…

Tags: Civil War, Confederate Army

Letter from Fuller to Wife, Camps Hospital, Augusta, Georgia, December 5, 1864

Fuller was released from a hospital in Augusta a week ago. He is waiting for a Union attack, but is under the impression that they are making their way towards Savannah or somewhere else on the coast.

Letter from Fuller to Wife, Augusta County, Virginia, October 22, 1862

Fuller writes that he is in tolerable health. He expects a furlough, like the other soldiers in the hospital, in a few days. He wishes to come home to see his wife Amanda, who he has not seen in at least a year. He hopes that the war will be over…

Tags: Civil War, Confederate Army

Letter from Fuller to Wife and Sister, Near Bull's Gap, Tennessee, March 3, 1864

The Confederate government, by next month, will owe Fuller $200 in back wages. They don't intend to pay their soldiers until the new currency is issued.
He asks is his son, Willey, can talk yet.

Tags: Civil War, Confederate Army

Letter from Fuller to Wife and Child, Polage Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina, September 19, 1863

Fuller is sick with fever. On the regiment's march from Virginia to Atlanta, Georgia, Fuller took ill and stopped in Columbia. He is trying to get a furlough.

Tags: Civil War, Confederate Army

Letter from Fuller to his Mother and Father, Staunton, Virginia General Hospital, October 25, 1862

Fuller writes that he will not be receiving a furlough because he is expected to be able for duty in 60 days. He has heard the Army is at Bunker's Hill, twelve miles below Winchester, Virginia, and are "expecting a fight."
He tells his brother to…

Tags: Civil War, Confederate Army