Manley Stacey Civil War Letters

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Manley Stacey Civil War Letters

November 10, 1862 (to Father)

*Camp Douglas*	*here today, about our being*
*Nov 10th*	*Exchanged, the boys are [ ]*
*Monday night*	*of this & are giving up coming*
*6 PM*	*home. We are waiting very anx-*
*My letter did not get down*	*ious to hear any news. One thing*
*to the PO in time to send in*	*makes it look like it is*
*the morning, so I laid it over*	*we are making a requisition*
*till tomorrow morning. I came*	*for more Clothes That I think*
*of [sic] Guard this morning at 9 AM*	*looks like going into service*
*& have been trying to sleep all*	*again*
*day. To night at 5 PM, we had*	*Hoping to hear from*
*Dress Parade & our Promotions*	*You soon*
*were read. [Harvey] Warren*	*Manley Stacy*
*was reduced to 5th Sergeant*
*& a Dutchman by the name*
*of Louis Dryer, was promoted*
*from 6 Corporal to 3rd Sergeant*
*It makes me so mad to think*
*a Dutchman over me. he can*
*talk hardly plain yet. I am*
*promoted to 5th Corporal, a Big*
*Thing. One of the Corporals put in*
*are [ ][ ] of Lodus, to 7th*
*& S S Rogers of Lyons to 8th*
*There is a great deal of talk*

*List of Promotions in Co D*
*Augustus W Green from 2nd Segt*
*to first, Charles Cookingham from*
*3rd Segt to 2nd, Louis Dryer*
*from 6 Corporal to 3d Segt, H*
*Warren reduced from 4th Segt to 5th segt*
*& [Penoyar] from 5th Segt to 4th*
*Segt. Adrian [Contant] 4th Corp*
*reduced to the ranks, Charles*
*Pulver 5th Corp to 4th Corp*
*Manley T Stacey from 7th Corp to*
*5th Corp, J P Fishback from*
*8th Corp to 6th Corp, Charles*
*[ ] Private, promoted to*
*7th Corp, Luther S Rogers*
*Private, promoted to 8th Corp*
*I wish you could get*
*this Drawn up in order*
*in time for this weeks*
*Republican*
*Manley*

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