Letter written by Rush P. Cady, lieutenant in the 97th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, to his father of Rome, New York, from Headquarters 97th N.Y.V. near Warrenton, Virginia, November 11, 1862
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Headquarters 97th N.Y.V. (97th Regiment, New York Volunteers)
Near Warrenton, Va. (Virginia) (Warrenton, Virginia) Nov. 11th
11 o'c. AM. 1862. Dear Father (Cady, Daniel) ,
I drop you a line to inform you
that we have just been ordered to march.
Tents & baggage have just been packed into the
wagons, & we are ready to start in 10 minutes
if need be.- We are all well, & have been anxious
to move, for several days. The weather, since
the snow storm of last Friday, when we
came here, has been very fine, & today, is
especially delightful. The air is clear & bracing
a fine breeze is blowing, & the sun shines bright-
ly. Yesterday, a large body of troops about
here, including our Div. was reviewed by
Gen. McClellan (McClellan, George Brinton (General)) , who took his leave of the
army, in a general order which was read
before each Reg. reportedly, at the same time,
in which he said he had been relieved from
the command of this army, & Gen.
Burnside (Burnside, Ambrose Everett (General))
would take his place. The general felling (feeling), at
the change, seems to be one of disappointment,
though I suppose McClellan (McClellan, George Brinton (General)) is removed
from this command, in order to be placed
in a more important one, where he
may be more greatly needed.-
Our present destination is unknown
to the officers of the Reg't. It may be in
the direction of Gardensville (Gardensville)
, & may be
that of Fredericksburgh (Fredericksburg) (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
, which is little
more than 30 miles distant from here.
The army is now in splendid condition for
effective operations; & its energy & enthusiasm,
well directed, may accomplish wonders, in a short time
towards the crushing of the rebellion in
Va. (Virginia) (Virginia)
- We await with confidence the devel-
opment of the plans of the “powers that be.”
Gustavus (Palmer, Gustavus M. (Captain)) says- “let Alexander (Alexander, George (Lieutenant)) 's wife
have 25 dollars, as Alek (Alexander, George (Lieutenant)) wishes to borrow it
till payday.- Gustavus (Palmer, Gustavus M. (Captain)) will write the
first opportunity.- I sent a letter to Mother
a day or two ago.- Grandmother's letter, a few
days since, was very welcome; hope she will
write again. Love to Mother, Grandmother & the
children.
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