Private Cornelius Van Houten 1st New Jersey Light Artillery Civil War Archive 8...

houten jersey cornelius promotion battery houten??ts including described letters enlisted lieutenant know grant artillery soldier able 1862 burned just light old-new learning soldiers right good left caught regarding potomac battlefield laid piles brush like admirable archive evocative average progressed recruit genl does citing fervent civil years broke september army action battles nearly affairs peninsula numerous experience cope written possibly carnage wish dirt buryed worms play situation break nights sleep rabbits flank richmond wants includes nice recommendation service killed dead george private bearing newly married 1861 major appomattox reminders trade hard death danger staying healthy keeping observe worst characteristic letter seven pines june clinical terms larger strategies faced coolly rest open fort yards picket lines entered think publish movements rappahannock observant serving beds maintain little mind near equally jump center fighting month literate wear conflict ground perspective bury throwed horses showing washington 1864 shpt days ahead collection woodberry 1863 highly tear line consequently