Scope and Contents Barrier writes in response to his father's recent letter, glad to hear of his family's good health and his father's safe return to Mt. Pleasant from Richmond. He mentions briefly the suffering he and his fellow soldiers endured traveling to Wilmington. Several came down with pneumonia. He received his coat and boots; they fit well, and he is grateful. He is currently quartered in a cabin and getting along well, though he does not know how long he will be there. There is nothing for the men...