March 16th 1863 [Monday]. Camp, near Falmouth, Va.
My Dear Father:
I received yours of the 14th Inst. this evening.
When I wrote I did not mean for you to apply to G. P. Fisher to get me on some other lighter duty. If I had meant that, I could have applied to him personally, while in Washington; and as to applying to get out of the field, I wouldn’t do it. What I did mean is that if there is any position in the State where they might want an officer, you might get it for me, probably through the Governor. And if such a place is vacant, or it was to become vacant, I wish you would try and get it for me. There are very few officers who have been in the field as long as I have and I’d like to fall out.
My Regiment is all gone, or either will be in a short time, as they were all enlisted in 1858, just before the Utah Mormon Expedition. By the last of April we won’t have a hundred men in the whole Regiment.
Captain Layton’s brother is out here now and also the Captain’s wife. I called on her this evening but heard nothing particularly brilliant.
Genl. Pleasanton’s Cavalry crossed the River this morning and cannonading has been going on all day, but as to results, I have heard nothing.
Your son, W. J. Fisher
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