CIVIL WAR LETTER - 84th Pennsylvania Infantry Guarding Court House in Huntington

Description

CIVIL WAR LETTER
Civil War Letter by Soldier in Co. I, 84th Pennsylvania Infantry
This Civil War soldier letter was written by 27 year-old Jackson Potter (1834-1862), the son of John Potter (1807-1880) and Mary Rishel (1813-1879) of Luthersburg, Clearfield county, Pennsylvania. Jackson enlisted on 1 October 1861 in
Co. I, 84th Pennsylvania Infantry
and he died on 11 July 1862 at Alexandria, Virginia.
Most of the letters were written to his father, or his sister, Jane Potter (1839-1905), and a few to other family members such as his brother, William Marion Potter (1842-1916).
Of Potter’s service, his commanding officer wrote, “the company joins with me in [conveying to you, his father,] that they have lost a true soldier and a pleasant companion.”
Transcription
Camp Crossman (Huntington PA)
November 10th 1861
I take my pencil to write to you how I am getting along. We got to Clearfield on the first. then went to Huntington and stayed in the Court House. Friday morning we marched to the camp and got our blankets, shoes, and shirts, drawers, caps and socks and haversacks. Our big winter tents is on and uniforms and we will get them tomorrow. Provisions—we have more than we can eat and we all like it better than we expects, Our winter tents is round and large enough for sixteen men with stove in the middle and week after next we expect to get our arms.
We have nothing to do yet but be on guard sometimes. Tell the rest of the boys to come on and if they do, they will not want to leave.
George Barrett told me that we had the nicest and the cleanest in the whole army. There is nobody sick in this regiment. In Bell’s Regiment in a [ ] of this, one man died on the morning we came in. Coleman Horn is here and a great many other Clearfield [County] boys. We get yet two undercoats, one overcoat, one blanket, leggings, and a great many other things.
Nothing more at present. Yours on, — Jackson Potter
to John Potter
Direct your letter to Jackson Potter, Huntingdon, Camp Crossman, in care of Wm. Armagost
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