Letter To Camp Carrington
Camp Carrington
Walk tenth, 1864
Dear Father,
You will see by the date of my letter, that our quarters are changed. We came to Indianapolis last Tuesday and were walked without a moment's delay to Camp Carrington where ae are presently digs in. We have wonderful quarters here, everything is agreeable and masterminded helpful and methodicallly. The camp here looks to some degree military, other than we have disipline. The young men are somewhat sad they can't have such simple times as they had at Camp Lindsay. They don't care to have the rules drawn so firmly at the same time.
As far as it matters for me I am happy I am the place disipline can be authorized, it must come at some point or another and the sooner the better. I am in a military business, I get a kick out of the chance to see things directed in a military way. I don't care for midway measures. …show more content…
The non-dispatched officers were named at the beginning of today. I am a Corporal, high office that, yet it will do in any case. Newt Matkin is a Corporal, Tom Anderson did not get anything, and I think he was to some degree frustrated, yet I was not shocked. There are around 5 or 6 thousand men in Camp Carrington, other than there are various men in alternate camps around the city. The 31st Regt is here other than various other veteran regts. It is not likely that we will stay here any period of time. Unless the request is canceled, we will leave here next Monday for Greensburg in this state where whatever is left of our regt is at present positioned, we will there be composed and
Walk tenth, 1864
Dear Father,
You will see by the date of my letter, that our quarters are changed. We came to Indianapolis last Tuesday and were walked without a moment's delay to Camp Carrington where ae are presently digs in. We have wonderful quarters here, everything is agreeable and masterminded helpful and methodicallly. The camp here looks to some degree military, other than we have disipline. The young men are somewhat sad they can't have such simple times as they had at Camp Lindsay. They don't care to have the rules drawn so firmly at the same time.
As far as it matters for me I am happy I am the place disipline can be authorized, it must come at some point or another and the sooner the better. I am in a military business, I get a kick out of the chance to see things directed in a military way. I don't care for midway measures. …show more content…
The non-dispatched officers were named at the beginning of today. I am a Corporal, high office that, yet it will do in any case. Newt Matkin is a Corporal, Tom Anderson did not get anything, and I think he was to some degree frustrated, yet I was not shocked. There are around 5 or 6 thousand men in Camp Carrington, other than there are various men in alternate camps around the city. The 31st Regt is here other than various other veteran regts. It is not likely that we will stay here any period of time. Unless the request is canceled, we will leave here next Monday for Greensburg in this state where whatever is left of our regt is at present positioned, we will there be composed and