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Obetz, Jeremiah H. Letter, October 1862. 1 item.
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Pvt. Jeremiah H. Obetz of Company G, 9th Penn. Cavalry of the Union writes from Camp Dunham near Bowling Green, Kentucky to a friend. Obetz acknowledges his friend's intent to enlist soon and says that he is "tired of soldiering." Obetz writes that he has been in the army for 14 months and had not seen any Confederate soldiers until what he calls "the Trenton Affair." He angrily recounts the event in which his company confronted Confederate soldiers but was not allowed to charge. Obetz believes that they could have easily won the confrontation. He mentions some prisoners taken and Confederate supplies thrown in the river, while also writing that two of his fellow soldiers deserted as a result of the "Trenton Affair."