Morin, Réné Alfred, Camp Gattie Waine Oke, North Ccarolina, to Father Napoleon Joseph Perché, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1862 March 16

Perché's letter of February 24 arrived and Morin thanks him for all his kindnesses. The 5% and the scapular arrived. He will put the $5 aside to be able to buy some clothing as he has only one pair of pants covered with patches. They are 50 miles from Norfolk, Virginia and it will be very difficult to make his Easter duty as that is the nearest place he can meet a Catholic priest. His Captain is a Catholic and may permit him to go there. When he left New Orleans he had joined a company known as the Guard attached to the 1st Louisiana Regiment. Since last August 19 they have been detached as a company of artillery bearing the name Louisiana Guard Artillery, Captain Camille E. Girardey. His address is care of E.M. Kerr, Norfolk, Virginia. :: VI-2-f A.L.S. French 3pp. 4to.