This collection consists of a single letter from Con. [Constantine] C. Badger, written from Nashua, [New Hampshire], to his mother, regarding his intention to enlist in the 6th New Hampshire Infantry as a nurse during the American Civil War. Badger writes that he has been unable to find any employment in his line, had little hope of obtaining an army steward's position, and that enlisting as a nurse seems the best way for him to serve. "I am willing to do this," Badger writes. "In fact am glad to do it. I am tired of running about in search of something to do and my medical friends here advise me to go in any position." He predicts that he would not need to remain a nurse for long and that if he later obtains a position in the 8th New Hampshire, he can transfer.