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6-21-1862 p2-3 and 7-3-1862.
\nin 1823. Served out his enlistment, returned home and went into business in Boston six months after his commission as 2nd Lieutenant was sent to him without being asked for. He has, by regular formation, risen to his present rank, Senior Major in the 10th Infantry. He was a Captain by brevet in the Mexican war and received another brevet in Service of his numerous Indian fights.
\n\tOf our other officers, we have three brigadier generals, eight colonels, and one acting commander in the Navy on the Mississippi. His name is Henry A. Maynadier, Captain 10th Infantry. We have two Cols. of Volunteers with Butler in New Orleans. Col. W. A. M. Dudley, who is a captain in our Regiment, and Col C. P. Gooding, who is fist Lt. of my company.
\n\tWe have, I think, one of the largest according to height, one of the smallest officers in the U.S. Army. One, a 2nd Lieutenant by the name of Welles from Connecticut, a nephew of the Secretary of the Navy, is six feet two inches and a half in height. The other is one of the smallest specimens of humanity that I have every seen.
\n\tThe tent that I stay in is a Sibeley. Since coming in camp, I have had a cot built of four crotches driven in the ground with two poles put in there length wise and boards laid on them. I have two blankets with me and a gutta percha blanket to go on that. Then I have two woolen blankets to go over me so I\u2019m very comfortably situated.
\nI have nothing else at present to write so I\u2019ll close. Please write soon\u2026write every two or three days. Give my love to all the family.
\nIf you see Uncle John\u2019s boys tell them that I am expecting a letter from each of them any day. Tell Fred, if he is old enough and can pass the examination, to try for West Point and not make application through any Representative or Senator but to try for an appointment at large. That is to make application to the President direct by a beautifully written letter to the President writing of course by some experienced hand and I think he stands one chance out of three to get it. If he does this, pay will be thirty dollars per month and every thing found to a boot black.
\nYour affectionate son, W. J. Fisher<\/p>\n

July 3rd 1862.
\nDear Angy:
\n\tI Enclose Will\u2019s last letter which you will take care of. We also received a letter from him, the evening I carried Eliza home, dated the 15th June in which he says \u201cWhen you write again tell me what Uncle John\u2019s Boys are doing? Tell me of them that they had better try for a cadet\u2019s commission to West Point as there are now three hundred appointments to be made, and I think about twenty of them are to be made at large.\u201d
\n\tHe also speaks of Shells being thrown by the Rebels and falling in camp and killing and wounding some men and he has escaped unhurt so far and never complains of bad health.
\n\tWe are all tolerably well. This is a wet, disagreeable morning and I sent George to the post office.
\nYours truly, Isaac M. Fisher<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":4663,"height":3600,"file":"6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-300x232.jpg","width":300,"height":232,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-300x232.jpg"},"medium_large":{"file":"6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-768x593.jpg","width":768,"height":593,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-768x593.jpg"},"large":{"file":"6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-2000x1544.jpg","width":2000,"height":1544,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-2000x1544.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-300x300.jpg","width":300,"height":300,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-300x300.jpg"},"post_thumbnail":{"file":"6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-150x150.jpg"},"single-post-thumbnail":{"file":"6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-150x150.jpg"},"home-post-thumbnail":{"file":"6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-200x200.jpg","width":200,"height":200,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862-200x200.jpg"},"full":{"file":"6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862.jpg","width":4663,"height":3600,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1","keywords":[]}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862.jpg","filename":"6-21-1862-p2-3-and-7-3-1862.jpg","filesize":6817591,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8545"}]}}