United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.]]> United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865). Company I.]]> Sharpsburg (Md.)]]> Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862.]]> Tuesday Sept 28th 1862
Dear Father
I write you this by the hand of my friend Bardsey Gilbert who is taking care of me to let you know where I am and how I am getting along. I was unlucky enough the day of the battle to get a bullet in my body. It went in to my back near my left shoulder and is in my body now but the Surgeon says that it is doing well. The Surgeon says that the bullet will not trouble me much. He thinks it was a terrible battle we had just half of our company in killed and wounded. The killed are David Lake and Robert Ferriss and a man by the name of George Burch. Robert Ferriss was shot through the breast. He fell dead. Lake was shot in the hip and the ball glanced upwards into his bowels. He lived until the next day. The wounded are Robert Stuart, Barth Latin (?), Wm Terrell, Timothy T. Terrell, John Geeley, Orville Sprague, Oscar Squire, John McKay(?), Charles N. Erwin, and myself but there is none of them that is dangerously wounded. We had a color guard the day of the battle of two sergeants and seven corporals and they were all killed or wounded except the loss in our regiment is about 200 killed and wounded. Our Lieut. Col, was wounded very severely in the leg but I believe that he has not had it amputated although they thought it would be necessary. I received a letter from mother the day before we left Washington and should have answered it before this but I have had no opportunity. I hope to be well enough before a great while to write to you myself and then I will give you the full particulars of our march and doings since leaving Washington. Give my respects to all enquiring friends and now farewell for this time. I remain your dutiful son
Charles Garlick
P.S.When you write to me the directions will be
Charles Garlick
Co I 8th Regt, C. V.
General Hospital
Near Sharpsburg
Washington Co.??
Care Dr. Warner Md
Surgeon in Charge
Chas. Garlick]]>
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.]]> United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865). Company I.]]> Fort Monroe (Va.)]]> Near Fortress Monroe Va
Aug 6th 1864
My Dear Parents
I now take my pen in hand to answer your kind letter of the 31st ? which came to hand to day and found me as well as usual and I hope this will find all well and getting along good. I am glad to hear that father is on the gain tell him he should look out for the old cow next time and not let her out flank him. It is awful hot and dry here now. We had a little shower tonight but it did not amount to much. It only made the mosquitoes thicker than ever and most blood thirsty. I tell you they will almost carry a fellow off four of them will get a stretcher and come to our tents and try to get us on for to have a ride but we can't see it they want to get us on and then fly off with us and are just as likely to drop us in Richmond as any other place. Well I guess this will do for once. Lieut. Chas. Irwin came down here last Thursday. He is sick with a fever. He says the boys are all in fine spirits. Capt. Roberts is in the Corps Hospital sick. He has not been well this summer but has kept with the Regt. till a few days since when he was sent to this hospital. Well what do you think about the war. Things are progressing favorably and they Genl Grant has a given them a little bit of a kick and in my opinion we can look for more one of these days that will set Mr. Johnny secesh a flying. I am detailed as night watch now. I am on duty from 9 o'clock at night until one then have the remaining part of the hours to myself. Please excuse this for the paper is worse then poor and the pen is worse yet. From your affec son
Chas D. Garlick]]>
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.]]> United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865). Company I.]]> Fort Monroe (Va.)]]> Near Fortress Monroe Va.
July 23rd 1864
Dear parents
I now take my pen in hand to acknowledge the receipt of your kind and welcome letter of the 19th (which came to hand to day) it found me well as usual and I hope this will find you on the mend. I am doing pretty well here now. I am detailed in the Officers Mess room where I do not have to work very hard and get my good which you know is of the most consequence to a soldier as long as he can get his he is right. I commence at 5 in the morning and work till about 9 in again 1/2 past 7 in the evening.
Thank kind fortune I am on the last two months of three years service and in a fair way for a discharge an honorable one too I hope. The weather here is awful hot one day and cold the next. We have had a little rain for the last week before that it was awful dry. I don't want you to send me any money for I can get along better without it you can for two months and as for those shts if George wants them fix them for him and let him wear them and save what money he can for I want to take him to New Haven with me when I come home I want him to see a little of city life the folks. As for your doing better by going to the bridge I do not know about that I think with the right management you can do better there you are sure of enough to live on any way if and will not have to buy it. I know wages and groceries of dry goods are high but produce is a high in proportion so as far as I can see it is all long as it is broad and I think you have got the best end of the bargain after all. I wrote a letter to Alice the other day and have got an answer and I must answer that to night so I hope you will excuse this from your
Affectionate son
Charles D. Garlick
P. S. The folks Alice wrote are all well and send their love to you they want me to come out there this fall. I will see about that by and by.
C. D. Garlick
Fortress Monroe Va.
P.S. Please write soon as it was two weeks since I wrote to you before I got an answer and I begun to feel anxious about you at home.
Yours truly
Charles
P. S. Again I want to know if Father has ever seen anything of Bill Stilson in New Milford lately I have written to him but get no answer if you see him tell him I will give him if he don't write to me.]]>
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.]]> United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865). Company I.]]> Fort Monroe (Va.)]]> Fortress Monroe Va
June 15th 1864
My Dear parents
I received you kind letter of the 13th just today and was very glad to hear from you and glad to learn you are all well. I am feeling better now than I have in some time before. I think the salt water breeze had a pretty good effect on me. It is a very pleasant place here this summer quite cool to what it is a little inland. There is a large government farm here that furnishes us with all the fresh vegetables that is needed in the hospt. We have had given peas about three weeks which don't go against the constitution very bad. I guess not. I have given up all thoughts of getting north this summer. I am detailed here now in the dining room to wait on the table I have to work about 5 or 6 (?) hours each day and get pretty good grub which is the main thing with a soldier you know and am pretty well contented to pass three months here when my time will be out. I saw Ashbels name in the paper yesterday as being wounded also, two others from my Co. I heard there was but 15 men left of the Regt but I do not believe any such thing. I mailed a picture yesterday for you of Hampton Hospital and a few days since I have mailed a book and I will mail another with this. I have got the letter which you send me to New Haven. It came just in time for I was broke and out of tobacco and stamps and had to do my own washing. I will close this for I have got to write a letter to Billy Stilson (?) yet tonight. Give my respects to all that enquire and write soon.
From your affectionate son
Charles D. Garlick]]>
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United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865). Company I.]]> Portsmouth (Va.)]]> New Haven, Conn., 186
Portsmouth, Va.
Aug 30th 1863
My Dear parents and Brother
I now take this opportunity to write you a few lines. I am very well though somewhat tired after my journey but it is not finished yet. The Regt is about 50 miles from here way down in the middle of the dismal swamp and we are stooping here until we can get transportation down there. When I wrote you last we were at Bedlowes Island and now we are way down in old Virginia.
We had a very pleasant journey coming down here. We left Fort Hood Bedlowes Island the 19th took the boat there from South Amboy there took the cars for Philadelphia which were so crowed that we with several other took the platform on the outside and I lay down and slept all of the way Philadelphia arrived there about daylight took a good breakfast at the Cooper shop refreshment saloon went from there over to the Baltimore depot took the cars there about 8 o'clock arrived at Baltimore at 3 o'clock pm stayed there until 6 o'clock took supper and stayed until next day about 10 o'clock took the cars for camp distribution stayed there till I got tired of that place (We left there the 27th came to Washington stayed over night marched over to Georgetown took the boat about 9 o'clock for Fortress Monroe arrived there at 1 am the next day stayed there about an hour and then took the boat across to Portsmouth where we are now. I must close for we have come to fall in and go up to the Gen. Harland head quarters. Give my respects to all that enquire and write soon and tell me all of the news. We have pretty good news here this morning from Charles so good bye for this time.
As ever your affectionate son
Charles D. Garlick
PS. Direct to Charles D. Garlick
Co I 8th Regiment
Portsmouth Virginia
Via, Washington D. C.]]>
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.]]> United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865). Company I.]]> New Haven (Conn.)]]> New Haven August 13th 1863
My Dear parents and Brother
I now take my pen in hand to write you a few lines. I am in good spirits now and hope these few lines will find you the (in the crossed out) same. By the time that this reaches you I shall be on my way to the front. We leave here at the time o'clock Boat tomorrow morning for New York. I could not come home before I went but do not worry about me. I shall be home soon to stay some time if nothing happens and I do not think there will.
I will send my valise by express to you among the lot is a pair of boots for George. Tell him to wear them for me (and a coat also). Also a dress coat for Father. It is too large for George. I will write to you soon as I get to a stoping place. Yours as ever in haste.
Your affectionate son
Charles D. Garlick
Co I 8th Regt.
Conn. Vols.]]>
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.]]> United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865). Company I.]]> New Haven (Conn.)]]> New Haven, Conn., August 7th 1863
Dear parents and Brother
I now take my pen in hand to write you a few lines. I am well for me and hope these lines will find you the same. I am getting along first rate here in the office but have considerable to do. I had to work till after dark tonight and it is now after ten o'clock that I take my pen in hand to write you these lines. Perhaps it will be the last that I shall write you from here. I am going to the regiment in a few days (We are not paid yet but expect it soon and then we leave for the front. I shall try to home before I go away if I do not you must not worry about me for I think that I have not been two years in the service for nothing. I shall try to keep my self for one short year. I think I can do it and then the army may whistle before they get me again. (I would not wonder)
I will send enclose in this a picture of Bill Sergeant with no arms.
Give my respects to all that enquire and please write soon.
From your affectionate son.
Chas. D. Garlick
P.S. Direct to Knight U.S.A. General Hospital
New Haven
Conn]]>
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.]]> United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865). Company I.]]> New Haven (Conn.)]]> Affectionate son (pls write soon)
Charles D. Garlick
Co I 8th Regt C. V.
Portsmough, Va
Via Fortress Monroe
Charles D. Garlick
Co I 8 Regt.]]>
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.]]> United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865). Company I.]]> New Haven (Conn.)]]> New Haven, Conn., July 28th 1863
Dear parents
I now take my pen in hand to write to you once more. I have written to you twice and have not received an answer yet. I am feeling quite well now and hope that you are the same. We have not been paid yet but expect to get some rocks pretty soon. I am in the office now as the adjutant's orderly. It is a pretty good place. We have a good deal to do here now in making out details for escorting conscripts to camp. There was a number tryed to run away the other night two was shot dead one was pretty badly wounded he was brought up to the hospital his left arm was amputated on Sunday morning. I guess he will not try to get away again. They were substitutes.
There was several of my regiment came here on the boat the other night but none from my Company but they said the boys were all well and are at Portsmouth V.A. now they have a first rate camp and the duty is light. Give my respects to all that enquire and please write soon. As ever your affectionate son,
Charles D. Garlick]]>
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United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865). Company I. ]]> Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862.]]> Sunday Sept 28th 1862
My Dear Parents.
I thought that I would have a few more lines written to you to day to let you know how I was getting along. I am feeling some better to day and hope to be about before long, I received a letter from home this morning and was glad to hear from you once more. When I am well enough to stand it the Surgeon will give me a furlough to come home but I will have to pay my own expenses therefore please to send me about twenty dollars in a letter. Send it as soon as you receive this. The reason that I send for this money is that I can not get my descriptive to draw my pay. This pay day the reason I cannot get it is because the company book are all left in Washington. The wounded are all going home on furloughs as fast as they get able. A great many have gone. Please tell Robert Erwin that I received a letter from him to day and was very much pleased to hear from him and should answer it if I was able as soon as I get well I will try to answer all letters that I receive during my indisposition. I close in hopes of soon being where I can tell you how I feel without the use of pencil and paper. Give my respects to all enquiring friends.
I remain your affectionate Son
Charles D. Garlick
P. S. The directions are
Charles D. Garlick
Co I 8th Regt. C. V.
General Hospital
near Sharpsburg
Washington Co.
Md.
(Care Dr. Warner)
(Surgeon in charge)]]>