Adjutant’s Office 20th Maine, Camp at Rappahannock’s Station
Dear Brother:
I am very much disappointed at not receiving a letter from you and so do as I am being done by I should not write you tonight – but will “Do good for evil,” but as my letters fail to interest you, as I am interested by yours, I shall fail to comply with the command after all. […]
Holman Melcher to his brother, Nathaniel Melcher [Holman Melcher Papers]