My Dear Wife

<p>Charles Holbrook Prentiss (1830-1924) my father's great uncle by marriage wrote many letters home while serving in the 19th Michigan Volunteer Infantry between 1862 and 1865. These letters 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.</p><p>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 has been a librarian school teacher homemaker youth leader genealogist and transcriber and now enjoys being a grandmother. The transcribing was a labor of love as well as an interesting experience and she is happy to make the results available to others.</p>