Information on the forming of the 14th and battles fought etc. can be found on the internet. Eight letters in total, including six written during the war and two written in 1894. Sizes range from 5x8" to 7.75x9.75" and are handwritten in ink. The six Civil War letters are written by soldier O.C. Brown to his brother or brother and sister. Five are four pages long and one is two pages long. Feb. 7, 1863 letter written from Camp Blakely includes mention of two men being taken prisoner and then paroled and "Several Of The Boys Have Deserted Since We Came Here/As For Money We Hear Of That But The Sight Of It Seldom Affects The Eyes Of The Bloody 14th/If We Could Have A Little More War News Perhaps We Could Interest Ourselves/Tell Me What The General Sentiments Are/Here The Soldiers Talk As If They Thought The Worst Was Over But What They Can See Is More Than They Can Tell." April 22, 1863 letter set from Harpers Ferry includes "Nothing Serious Has As Yet Occurred With Us, Although Our Pickets Are Fired Upon Frequently. A Few Nights Ago A Band Of The Rebs Made An Attack At One Of Our Forts, Our Men Returned The Fire & Brought One Man To The Green. He Was Shot Through The Head The Ball Entering Near His Mouth & Popped Out The Back Part Of His Head. He Was Not Killed Instantly But I Believe He Died./Bully For Uncle Abe's Friends, They Will Stand Close To Him If He Will Only Come To Look." And being made 4th Corporal. August 8, 1863 letter from Point Lookout MD which was considered to be the largest and worst Northern POW camp with no barracks, only tents. The camp operated from 1863 to 1865 with a capacity of 10,000 but usually 12,000 to 20,000 were incarcerated. Content includes "The Hospital Inmates At Present Amount To Near 12,000/The Rebel Camp Is Further Back From The Point/Don't Forget To Tell Me What You Know Of The Draft & Whether You Are Drawn". September 7, 1863 letter from Camp Distribution which was located near Alexandria, Virginia and referred to by others as a "God Forsaken Awful Place" includes "The Christian Commission Furnishes Preachers For The Three Camps That Is Parole, Convalescent & Distribution". October 12, 1863 letter from "Camp Near Alexandria" includes "We Have Had A General Talk For Two Weeks Past That We Penna. Boys Were To Be Sent Home/I Saw An Account A Few Days Ago In The Philadelphia Inquirer That The Boys Were In A Skirmish The 26th Of August & The Regt. Lost Some 80 Men". June 30, 1864 letter includes "Understand Our Destiny Is Martinsburg Where Our Horses Get Rested. I Will Not Pretend To Give All The Particulars Of The Trip, But Be Assured It Was Another Hard One. Quite A Number Of Our Horses Were Lost From Hunger And Fatigue. Many Wagons Destroyed. I Loath To Say Some Of Our Soldiers Died Of Starvation. I Was For Three Days That I Had One Slapjack And A Half Which Was An Allowance For One Meal./We Have Been In Five Pretty Sharp Battles Besides Some Skirmishes Since We Left Martinsburg. Our Co. Has A Loss Of 12 Killed, Wounded & Missing Beside./Two Were Killed. Six Of The Wounded Were Brought Into Our Lines, One Of The Members Was Wounded And Fell Into The Hands Of The Enemy. As For The Fate Of The Others I Can Not Tell Only They Are Gone./" He goes into detail about a battle near Lynchburg near the James River including "When We Arrived Inside Of The Place We Were Attacked By A Few Cavalry/But Alas! When We Got To This Point All Was Quiet And No Campfires To Be Seen & We Saw That Our Forces Had Fallen Back & We Supposed The Rebs Were Between Our Forces & Us/Came Up To Our Men About Sunrise Next Morning, Giving Joy To Us & A Surprise To Our Comrades/Whipped The Johnnys Badly At Piedmont/Burned The Depot & Destroyed The R.R. For Miles/Passed Onto Lexington, Burned The Military Institution, Marched From There To Buchanan Had A Skirmish/Burned The Bridge Over The James River/And Burning The Bridge Two Or Three Horses Caught Fire & Were Consumed". Remaining two letters are from 1894 written from W.K. Brown to his brother O.C. Brown who by then was living in Alune, Kansas. First letter is dated August 4 sent from Cincinnati, the other letter is dated August 6 sent from Pomona, California from friend to Mrs. Brown. Neither has Civil War content but are included as part of this family archive. Letters have handling folds as mailed with a few small edge tears and some light dust soil. Overall Good/VG. Amazing condition, considering several were sent directly from the battlefield. All are shown in full on our website. Interesting and historic.