Curtis Clay Pollock from Pottsville,PA proudly served with the 48th Pennsylvania. He constantly wrote letters to his Dear Ma. The letters are very fascinating to a history buff like myself and I am also very fascinated to read about a Pennsylvania native like myself.I transported back to civil war times as I read these letters to his dear Ma and I loved how affectionately he signed them all too. He wrote to his mother all the details of daily life during his enlistment in the civil war and how a lot of times he was too busy to write a few times as often as he'd like. Dinner was detailed and many times to asked his mother to send him clothing such as drawers or gloves. Their positioning in marching and positions were detailed,his health and well being and many people he was enlisted with were detailed. Also what I found to be very interesting was there were side notes the author put in there explaining some of the things in Curtis Pollock's letters. Like he explained what some of the people did after the war, how long they lived and what their profession was. I knew Curtis was going to pass away from an injury he received during the war but it was still sad to see. He was a month from his twenty second birthday. Very interesting to see detailed life from the civil war times and most of the letters are still in existence today which is a huge benefit to helping historians understand this time period better.
Pub Date 31 Oct 2017
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It is interesting to read the point of view from a soldier's letters to his Ma. He seems negative most of the time. He complains he doesn't have time to write and then complains nothing to write about. In parts, he reminds me of society today, wanting the promotion because he feels he deserves it. It is always interesting to read the journals and letters of those who walked through a particular part of history.