Transcription of Letter Strawberry Plains, E. Tenn.Jan. 19th, 1863Dear Father, Your last letter rec'd. by me from you was last evening dated Dec. 28th. You say you have not rec'd. a line from me since the 7th of Nov. neither have you heard anything of any in the Co. This is indeed as mysterious to me as to you. I had not written it is true from the 7th of Nov. until about the 23rd of Dec. as I wrote the reason why I could not write in a former letter to you. We were in pursuit of...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The Henry B. Wetzell Correspondence consists of two letters written to his father while enlisted as a soldier in the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War. In the first letter, dated January 17, 1863, from Strawberry Plains, Tenn., Wetzell mentions their pursuit of Longstreet, the 2nd U. S. Artillery in Knoxville, Tenn. and a transfer from the 51st Pa. to the 11th NHV. Wetzell also discusses his decision not to re-enlist. In the second letter, dated September 25, 1866, Wetzell...