Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains five letters from William P. Hall, a Union soldier during the American Civil War, written from various camps in Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia. The letters are all addressed to his aunt and uncle (E. G. Hall) in Worcester, Massachusetts. On October 6, 1861, Hall writes that he will not do a cook's work unless he is given a cook's pay, then notes that several men in the company are to be discharged due to their size, and he complains of the regiment's lack of...