. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . LETTERS FROM HOME—THE ARMY MAIL WAGONHOW THE SOLDIERS GOT THEIR LETTERS FROM HOME Letters from home were a great factor in keepingup the morale of the army. Wheresoever thearmies might be located, however far removedfrom railroads or from the ordinary means ofcommunication, the soldier boy always expectedto receive his mails. The carrying of lettersfrom his tent to his beloved ones was also a vitalnecessity. Each regiment in the field had aspecial postmaster, generall
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . LETTERS FROM HOME—THE ARMY MAIL WAGONHOW THE SOLDIERS GOT THEIR LETTERS FROM HOME Letters from home were a great factor in keepingup the morale of the army. Wheresoever thearmies might be located, however far removedfrom railroads or from the ordinary means ofcommunication, the soldier boy always expectedto receive his mails. The carrying of lettersfrom his tent to his beloved ones was also a vitalnecessity. Each regiment in the field had aspecial postmaster, generally appointed by thecolonel, who received all mail and saw to itsproper distribution among the men, also receiv-ing all mail forwarded to the home address. Hesold stamps to the men, received their letters,and at stated periods made trips to what wouldbe established as a sort of main post-office. The. man designated as the postmaster of the regi-ment was generally relieved from all other regiment in the Army of the Potomac had apost-boy. who carried the letters of his commandto the brigade headquarters. There the mailsof the different regiments were placed in onepouch and went up to division headquarters, andthence to corps headquarters, where mail-agentsreceived them and delivered them at the prin-cipal depot of the army to the agent from generalheadquarters. At times it was an arduous taskfor the mail wagons to transport the accumu-lated mail over bad roads, and several tripsmight have to be made for the purpose of secur-ing all that was lying at some distant depot.
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