This collection consists of a single letter from W. W. Thompson, a soldier serving in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Writing to his wife from Yorktown, Virginia on August 23, 1862, Thompson tells her that he is uneasy about whether she had received the money that he had recently sent her. He also writes that nobody in the regiment has any money, but they will be paid soon, and he will leave the regiment after that if does not receive a promotion.