Scope and Contents Note In this letter, Sgt. Charles H. Roney tells his parents about life in his company on April 13, 1862. He writes: "“all quiet on the Cumberland. We got orders today to pack up… and be ready to march at any minute and then you could see the boys run to one and then to another to find out where we was going…one company went up towards the gap [Cumberland Gap] They have gone about 8 miles and the Old. Col. Went with them…the calculations is to make an attack as soon as we can...we have about...

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In this letter, Charles H. Roney is responding to the letter he most recently received from his parents. He coments on the news of the new family horse, and he tells them he will receive two month's worth of pay soon. He is going to send his pay home to take care of his family. He expects that he will remain where he is stationed for the rest of the war, and he hopes that this is the case because he is tired of "playing soldier."