CIVIL WAR LETTER - 3rd Pennsylvania Reserves - Camped Along Leesburg Railroad !

Description

Civil War Letter
Civil War Letter - Written by Soldier in the 3rd Pennsylvania Reserves, or 32nd Pennsylvania Infantry.
This Civil War soldier letter was written by Adam Scholl Brey (1833-1916) who enrolled as a 27 year-old bricklayer from Montgomery county, Pennsylvania in
Co. H, 3rd Pennsylvania Reserves (32nd Pennsylvania Infantry)
on 18 June 1861. Adam was discharged from the regiment on 28 July 1864 after three years service. When Adam enlisted, he was described as standing 5 feet, 7 inches tall, with grey eyes and black hair. He was hospitalized on 4 September 1862 at Bedloes Island in New York but I have not learned why.
The envelope that carried this letter no longer exists but here’s one that was used by many members of the regiment early in the war.
Transcription
Camp near Hunter’s Mill, Virginia
March 14, 1862
Dear Brother,
Your letter came duly to hand on the 14th of March and was glad to hear that you have received the money and that you’re all well at present. I am in good state of health and hope this may find you all the same. I must also inform you that we are moved. I suppose you have seen it already in the paper. We left Camp Pierpont [near Langley, Va.] March the 10th afternoon at one o’clock and arrived at Hunter’s Mill the same day at ten o’clock in the evening. That day we marched about 18 miles. Our camp is 7 miles on this side Centreville as near as I know. We are encamped near the Leesburg Railroad, just about one hundred yards on this side.
I will now inform you a little about our camp life in this part of the country. We did not take our tents along—nothing but what we could carry in our knapsacks. Some of our company had small tents to carry in their knapsack but we did not get any yet. We went to work and built ourselves tents with little brushes as good as we could to sleep under. I must also inform you that we have marching orders again to leave tomorrow morning at three o’clock.
And about the war, I suppose you know more than I do at present. Dear brother, I have one likeness yet that I left at Camp Pierpont which I will send to your wife. I had three. One I sent to father and one to Matilda Smith’s sister’s daughter but this here is not quite as good as the others. I kept it on purpose to send it to you but it did not suit me well enough to send it to you. I thought I would get it better but I got no chance to get it better. It looks like a robber but it is to protect ourselves. She says that she would pay the cost to send the likeness but I don’t want her to pay anything.
Dear Brother, I will do so as a favor to send you dollars more if we get our pay soon enough. But I don’t know how soon that we will get it. With this, I will come to a close. Excuse my bad writing for I have no ink at present and I was in a hurry. As soon as you receive this likeness, please let me know soon. I will give you the direction to your letter.
Mr. Adam S. Brey, Co. H, 3rd Regiment Penn. Reserve Vol. Corps., Care of Col. Horatio G. Sickel, Washington D. C.
Then it don’t make no different where we are. The letters will be forwarded to us. Your brother Adam
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