The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-02
LETTERS
FROM CAMP
Incidents of the War Told In
Soldiers Letters Home.
KILLING OF LIEUT.. WRIGHT
His Own Description Of Camp Life Near
Richmond and fredericksburg, and
His Commanders Account of
His Death Near Gettysburg.

Here are more letters tha' "efe W,
Ion from Confederate camps 10 it'ei''
rr relatives at home They come
.cboe. from the long ago, anu arc ~
49,. sweetest. tenderest accounts we
49,, ~ soldier lifo in camp and on 'he
r,,,,g line. Minton A. Wright, VINO was
az ur,,er Of some OF the following ie'-
4ers and the person whose death - ue
,r;h.d in others, was the son Oh ~
s,.y,d Mintou Wright, OF Norfoik' Va.'
,nd was horn Christmas day. 1s4l' anu
.au at Gettysburg. July ., 1868, III ms
.wenty-second year. younger p'0'"'''
noebu, C. Armistead Wright, at tne as
nf fourteen. ran away from nome CIV
,,,-+ed Subsequently he was appoihtee
,dshinman in the Confederate navy
=. president Davis, being only sixteen
.,,a time he received the appointment
lieutenant Wright, at the oreak'ns out
- ~. war enlisted In the well known
.,,,arto,p Tight Artillery Blues. ne
o,ntnred by General Bnrnsioe
forces at Roanoke Island was
,;,;ent,v exchanged, and s ., ~ d,
after this he was g'vel. . lsaro,.na reei-
mo E{fty-seventh North CAro'. ~.
~. and was acting adlutahl " III
~, al the time of his death. ts
1oft n sick bed to take part III '"' &c
at gettysburg. We anote: % 1850
Near Richmond. september 80
Mics pencie Wright: ,oarlv
Ai ISs,,. Sister Pencic.lt Is very ne ,,its
time for the afternoon uri,,, fnr sending
now because an opp p ncc,,r carly to-mor-
r rre iI morning, and ! might not theh W
able 10 prepare letter, o, ,;oar Rich
urha Ei,ies remain encamped icai 49,, 49,,
,nnnd-orders, however. are st, STREE CT c9 t,e
nnrninr going into the city 10 run .i ne
.,hlockade" insures nighl io n,iIIim, n
Castle Thunder. ana no o''e -
hazh 1ave ~ not seen jeff or Merrimac NO, Z.
and have not been able 10 altri ,as " avg
s ai'u of Congress- these pleasures. are
sntl a,ara for me I trust, but as matters
now stand, there is little prospect oil my
being gratihed. 49,. a., co,ne when i
SHAH he my own man again, and thets
Confederate States shall be Tree ht'
'p Oh e what aiharsh sound that bugle has 5,
hut he time Of day admonishes me II Is
for drill, drill, drill. More when ! get a
chance.
hi'ea ali llup camps meals, are consideI!.sdd
epochs; especially is this true IN III oo ms
on the par OF our commissary. we nave
not had rations OF meat for severn ERA, 1 1naI,
but to-day we were iuTn1s , t w,an cook
cd and brought to the tent, when WAS WAS
hard to determine whether IT was mule
meat or horse steak
mot that IT am talking In my sleep,
hut that the tent Is filed with noisy fell
lows and the atmosphere WITH tooaeeo
Give my regards to Miss sallie. TayNr;
and Miss Hardy. Miss Mary Newton, and
YOU know whom else-and give my ioVe
y, n all euouirlng friends.
Gus Newton is In camp and Is very
well, Isaac Wake ditto Walter DOYLE i, Is
in my mess, he is getting on very wa,
q A's' 49, - ''''S'' MINToN.
Camp Near Richmond, Oct. ~. 1852
MY Dear Parenta-To-morr morning
the Blues will move--marching orders
hs to @ be oq Vn
though / don't regard 1t as certain The
company is assigned 10 Colonel cham
are commanded by such man. No
doubt will see some hard service, shortly.
am glad, too, that We are 10 he made
serviceable The company Is made up OF
excellent material. and I'll venture VIII
acquit itself we'll.
length. shall endeayor TO allow no OPP
portunity to escape me of writing home,
Occas ions will be rare. no doubt, hat then
I'll endeavor 10 make amends by writing
am greatly disappointed that I have
not received any letters from home since
I've been away. pray. that YOU al may
continue in good health. | am In good
health and spirits. thousand kisses for
From your devoted son; ,,na>,
Colonel Chambliss commands a cavalry
regiment. ! send duplicates of these few
lines, 80 that one al least may reach you
and tell you OF my whereabouts
find / do not possess the right F0rt of