Captain Henry Rockwell Letter to William Hall

Private John Hall, Company G, 51st North Carolina was wounded severely at Petersburg on June 17, 1864. While he was in the hospital, Quartermaster Henry C. Rockwell wrote the letter below to Hall’s father. The letter is part of the W. P. Hall Collection PC.551 at the North Carolina State Archives. Image and transcript by Kirk Ward.

Petersburg Va July 26^th 1864

Mr. W. P. Hall

Dear Sir

I have written several letters to you about your son. He is a good young man and looks to me to help him all I can, I saw him this evening he is improving but quite low spirited he is anxious to see his Sister or some one from Home he thinks if he had some person to go with him he could get Home, if some of his relatives or friends could come to see him it would revive him up. He hays he gets but very few letters from home if some one cannot come to see him write immediately a letter from home revives a well soldier much more one who is sick or wounded and does not see any person he knows for perhaps days or weeks. Write to my care & I will see that he gets it very Respectfully Yours

H. C. Rockwell

A.Q.M. Clingmans Brigade, Hokes Division