Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains three letters written by William Beninger (or William Benninger) while serving in Battery H, 6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery during the American Civil War, addressed to his sister. Writing from Fairfax County, Virginia on November 4, 1864, Beninger expresses thanks for a package of envelopes received, as those available locally "cost from 35 to 40 cts a package and will hardly hold a letter," and his hope that the regiment will soon move to the Baltimore & Ohio...