Автор: Nancy N. Jordan

My father”s great uncle by marriage, Charles H. Prentiss, wrote many letters home while serving in the 19th Michigan Volunteer Infantry between 1862 and 1865. This correspondence came to me from my father and I have transcribed them to make them more accessible. They provide a unique and interesting view of events during the war. Charlie wrote his letters to entertain and inform the readers at home. They make you think you are eavesdropping on a veteran’s recollections. Nancy Jordan, a native of Kalamazoo, Michigan, is retired in Fairfax, Virginia, with her husband, Douglas, after having lived in a number of places around the country. In addition to raising four daughters, she was a school teacher, homemaker, genealogist, and transcriber. The transcribing was a labor of love as well as an interesting experience, and she is happy to make the results available to others.