Scope and Contents Barrier confirms his receipt of his father's letter only the day before, "the first time that I have heard from home since I left there," and reports that he has not received Rufus's recent letter. Though Barrier was unwell when he last wrote his father, his condition has improved and he is, along with most of his regiment, in good health. He notes the death of Edward Hill, a member of his company; Hill passed away in hospital in Kinston. While his regiment has been out on picket duty for...