Fort Barnard, Va., April 2, 1862.
Dear Mother, Sister and Brothers:
You will see by this heading that we are still in Old Virginia.
The four companies which garrisoned this fort left this morning, and the Regt. Heavy Arty, like this one, started for Alexandria, to go down the river.
They left an immense pile of rubbish, bed-ticks, beds, stools, boards, stoves. I should judge they left at this place $150 worth of property. I am sitting before one of the stoves; it sends the heat out gay. I am writing on a book in my lap.
Another company of our Regt. came up to-day to help garrison the place.
I will give you a little idea where we are. We are three miles from Fort Albany; it mounts 10 Heavy guns. The Alexandria Rail Road runs about 150 rds. from us in the hollow; it is considered a place of much importance. The boy has not got here yet. Give my respects to the Boys and Gals on Pleasant Valley; mark you, I say gals. Well, to tell the truth, I have not seen one but Aunt Betsy. She shed a tear when she left, for Co. B.
Yours truly,
Leverett Bradley, Jr.
