On June 24, Fuller writes to his wife Amanda that he hears cannons in the direction of Hanover Courthouse, to the left of Richmond, Virginia. He sends a two-dollar bill home.
On June 26, Fuller reports how he left Richmond with the army on the 24th,…
Fuller expresses how badly he wishes to come home to his wife. He thinks that his captain is not fit for the office. He has been marching in the rain, and scavenged a coat and blanket from abandoned Union supplies. He closes by conveying his hope…
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.
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…
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…
Fuller was discharged from the hospital and started towards Winchester. He heard news that the Confederate Army are moving over the Blue Ridge Mountains towards Gordonsville, Virginia. Stonewall Jackson is camped in a town called Mount Jackson.
He…
(This is a backup letter Fuller wrote to his wife in the event that his November 24 was lost)
The house of the Dutch family Fuller is staying with is two miles from New Market, Virginia.
Stonewall Jackson has crossed the Blue Ridge towards…
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…
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…
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.
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.
Companies J, K, and R are on picket at a mountain in Haen's Gap, Tennessee, to watch for the Union's advance. His brigade has been transferred to Bushrod Johnson's command.
General Buckner is commanding one division of Johnson's corps.
"Hood's old…
Fuller is sick with Typhoid and Pneumonia. He fell ill on May 6, and is on the mend. He is staying at a private house between Orange Courthouse and Fredricksburg, 15 miles from Orange Courthouse. He hopes to get to a hospital so that he may get a…
Fuller is still ill, and has been this way for a month and twenty-four days with the lady of the house, who is taking care of him. He thinks he is almost over it.