November 25, 1861 – Kentucky Army Letter
CAMP NEVIN, KY., November 21, ’61.
Editors Press—I was yesterday, through a fair friend, furnished with a copy of the Daily Press, and I write to tell you that the contents of its pages were devoured with avidity and a wholesome relish by your correspondent, and then passed from one to an other among his comrades; and to request you to remind the folks at home that newspapers are the most welcome visitors at camp after bread and blankets.
Speaking of blankets, it appears to us here, that the ladies of Louisville and vicinity have been more generous, and have used greater efforts to supply the soldiers with blankets and under clothing than the people of any other section, the Government itself not excepted. In coming to this conclusion we may be wrong, but we are open to conviction. Yesterday three boxes arrived that had been sent by these ladies, containing blankets, shirts, socks and drawers—fifty of each. Of course these did not supply half of our wants, but the soldiers upon receiving them rejoiced and manifested great delight, not at the prospect of the comfort they would afford, but from the knowledge of the fact that others felt for them in their trials and sufferings; and the universal exclamation of the men was, “God bless the ladies of Louisville!”