Union Soldier's Letter Union soldiers letter, 2pp. 8vo., Camp at Manchester , July 12, 1863 A week after Gettysburg, David writes his brother: someone may get shot and it may be me. I don't somee a cuss if it is we got two crackers for two days beside a piece of meat that we have to tie up to keep the maggots from carrying off. One thing is true - we marched in the mud up to our hips in mud and water and did not even git a shot at them A few marginal stains, otherwise very good.