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Saw this Letter on E-bay, the letter is partially transcribed in the description. Hope this helps someone.
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15th Maine Infantry Soldier Letter, Stevensons Depot, Va., March 6, 1865
4 pages, 8 x 9 3/4, in ink, written by Thomas H. Wentworth, to his wife, Abbie.
Stevensons Depot, Va., Monday eve, March 6th, 1865. I was so glad to get one of your kind letters tonight and to learn that you are still enjoying yourself at home and among your friends. My health is very good tonight, but I dare not tell you how I feel in spirit for perhaps you would call me homesick and say you was sorry and you know Darling that I would be almost ashamed to be called homesick and only been away from home a month, but I wish I was there tonight Abbie and if nothing disappoints I will be soon. If I should tell you not to write to me again you wouldn't think that I did not want to hear from you would you Darling? No, I know that you would not and I should not mean any such thing, but I should mean that I should not be here to read your letters when they come, so I am going to tell you that you need not answer this letter for I am coming home, but you dare not believe it you say and I do not blame you, but I will tell you what I did this morning. I put my application to be mustered out of the service into the Adjutant's Office and the Col. told me that he would forward it and there is no doubt it will go through all right. If so, I shall be mustered out of service within a week. Capt. Nickels has not been mustered out yet and will wait for me. We shall go to Washington together and settle our accounts and then come home. I do not know how long it will take to do our business at Washington but we will get through perhaps in two weeks and get home. Then you say that you will be happy Darling and I think that you are right and I think that I will be happy too Abbie. I do not know what I shall do when I get home. I expect that I shall go to work for some farmer and hoe potatoes for a living. We will trust fortune for the next chance for a livelihood, but I am not any alarmed as to the result if we have our health. I will talk with you about teaching school when I get home so I hope that you will not engage the school before I come, but I will say that I have not changed my mind in regard to that profession, so do not make up your mind to teach unless you calculate to do the same when I get there as you said you would if I did not come and take care of you, as you have a mind to, if so I will tell you what I will do, enlist again, and then you won't care to teach young ideals how to shoot, but I think that we will make that all right won't we Darling! I am still on duty at the Depot. The Capt. has gone to Baltimore so I am all alone and am running the machine to my own liking. Give my love to all the folks and please do not tell them that I am coming so soon and we will make a surprise party for them some night. Much more content.
Thomas H. Wentworth was 24 years old when he enlisted on 12/17/61 as a sergeant in Co. H, 15th Maine Infantry. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant, 11/8/63, and was discharged on 3/13/65. Wentworth saw action with the 15th Maine throughout their campaigns in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas and Texas, then finished out the war in Virginia from July of 1864 to March of 1865.
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