Scope and Contents In a lengthy letter, Joseph Price again describes the activities of his regiment in great detail. He reveals he joined the Army to help preserve the Union, but now finds himself fighting for a cause in which he does not believe: "When I first enlited in the Army I firmly believed that it was my duty to go and help sustain the dear Old Flag[,]" and that "I was doing right[,] although Father told me at the time that it would eventually turn out to be a War for the Freedom of the Negro but I...