[Letter] 186[?] November 4, Camp near Warington [to] Lucy / F. Rupert.

The letter is part of the Stuckey-Nunn collection of Civil War correspondence between Union soldiers (Joseph D. Richardson and Francis Rupert) and their families, as well as one letter from a Confederate soldier, William T. Bickham to his cousin; see additional letters from Francis Rupert in the collection.

Rupert tells his family he has written three times since they were paid off and does not know why they have not received his letters. He tells them that he is not with General Patrick anymore, but is with General Gregg, and regrets that he has not gotten a paper since the fair. He reports that he was involved in an engagement in which Major Ligart[?] was wounded. Rupert served with the 2nd Regiment of the Pennsylvania Cavalry, 59th Volunteers which saw action in Northern Virginia, assisted in the defenses of Washington, and was present at major battles of the war including Antietam, Gettysburg, and the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court House. Rupert became a POW and died at Andersonville Prison in Georgia on June 26, 1864; the overcrowded conditions there led to the deaths of 13,000 from disease, malnutrition, and exposure.