This letter was written by Warren M. Green (1838-1886), the son of Rev. Adam Clarke Green (1812-1878) and Thankful Ayres Cooke (1816-1889) of Burnett, Dodge county, Wisconsin. Warren was mustered into Co. K, 10th Wisconsin Infantry in October 1861. He was discharged for disability from the regiment on 1 May 1862 after only 7 months service.
The 10th Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Holton in Milwaukee, and mustered into service for three years on October 1, 1861. It first traveled to Kentucky during November and early December.
[See also: Diary of Frank J. Ingersoll, Co. K, 10th Wisconsin Infantry]
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Camp Holton
[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]
October 14, 1861
Dear Parents &c.,
It would please me much to receive another letter from you. I have been here one week tonight [and] have written eleven letters with this. Received two which I do not consider fair. Yesterday I went downtown in the forenoon. We had service here in our mess house and such a sermon I have seldom listed to. The minister is a member of our company. He is a Congregationalist. I believe him to be an excellent man.
We had our first regimental drill this afternoon. It was grand now, I tell you. You must come down and see us before we go. Certain you must. I think I shall come home soon to see if I can get recruits. Tell the boys that wish to enlist and have them wait for me. There is not much of news here in camp. There was a man stabbed over at Camp Scott yesterday morning. He tried to run the guard but he did not hardly do it.
S. M. Booth is here every night. I take his daily paper called the “Daily Life.” It is an excellent paper. We have any quantity of noted characters for visitors. I presume there were 500 spectators here this afternoon. write soon please.
— Warren M. Green
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