This collection consists of two letters written by George L. Garrett, a soldier in the Union Army, one to his father and one to his mother, describing his service as a Private in the Anderson Troop. The letter from his father, set from Bowling Green, Kentucky, describes his suffering an illness that kept him away from his troop, and asking that an earlier request for money be disregarded. The letter to his mother is dated about a month later and discusses General Rosecrans and his religious practices, The fortifications of Nashville, and his dislike of the Anderson Cavalry, which was often mistaken for the Anderson Troop. Both letters include their original envelopes.