This collection consists of a single letter written by Jonathan Havens, a private in Company K, 67th North Carolina State Troops (aka 67th North Carolina Infantry) during the American Civil War. Writing from Greenville [North Carolina] to Major R. S. [Rufus Sylvester] Tucker, enlisting Tucker's assistance in getting an appointment as quartermaster at Washington [North Carolina]. Havens cites his ill health, age, loss of property, and year of military service as justifications for the appointment.