Hd. Qurs. Battery “M” 1st Ill. Arty.
Atlanta Ga. 16 Sept. 1864.
My Dear Sister Mollie:
How is baby tonight? And its mother? Still well I hope. I would like to drop in and make the acquaintance of my new relative. You know I never cared much about babies, but I suppose this is an extraordinary one. And a boy too. God bless the little fellow and his mother very abundantly. I saw Capt. Frank today. The 129th with its Brigade have arived from the river and gone into camp near us. Frank came over first after they came in, but only stayed a few minutes, and what is very strange I did not think to say anything to him about the baby. I noticed he was in excellent spirits and seemed tickled about something and looked at me as if to say “why don’t you say something about the baby?” Continue reading