Franklin County: Jeremiah T. Cooper to Lieutenant
G.D. Schott, June 6, [1862]
Summary:
Cooper writes to a Lieutenant about his injuries and about the possible deaths of
other soldiers in a recent battle.
To Lieutenant G.D. Schott
June 6th
Mount Pleasant Hospital Washington
Respected Friend
I take my Pen In Hand to Pen you a Few Lines to Let you How I am Getting along I
Have Got Over the Fever Pretty Well But I Have Got the Rheumatism Pretty Bad I
Hope this Will Find you In Good Health after that terrible Battle that Has Taken Place In Which they Say Caseys Division Is
all Cut to Pieces Which I Hope Is Not True
[page 2]
So I Felt Anxious to Know If there has any of My Comrades Fallen on the Bloody
Field of Battle I Have Wrote two Letters to James Since I Came here But Got No
Answer from Him So I Did Not know Who to Write to But you For I Have Confidence
In you If you Get this Letter you Will Answer It Let me know If James Is Sick or
If there Is anything Happened him and If there Has Let me know If there Is any
Letters Send them to me the Boys are all Getting Better Norvel D. Go. Started
home on Furlough today Sam Hamilton Died a Few Days
ago
[page 3]
I Hope When this Letter Reaches you that the Army of the
Potomac Will Be In Richmond I will now Bring my Letter To a Close Nothing more
at Present But I Remain
your Sincere friend
J. T. Cooper
Direct your Letter
Mount Pleasant
Hospital
Washington D.C.
Please to Write By Return Mail as I am very Anxious to
Hear from the Boys Give them all my Best Respects to them all and Reserve a
Good Portion For Yourself To George D. Schott
