Julia A. Wilbur ALS to [Anna M. C.] Barnes, November 25, [18]62

meals with the family, which consists of Mr.
K. & wife 2 daughters grown up & one son a young
man. They are Union folks of course, but
there are more or less here all the while who wd. as
soon go with one side as the other. In the parlor
below is a young Lieut. belongs to Sickles Brigade,
came here to look after a wounded comrade, but
finds he is dead. He says "he wd. never have enlisted
had he known what he does now. He has been in Va,
a good deal & he thinks the South is in the right
& we are in the wrong, but his resignation wd. not
be accepted unless he confesses he has changed his
mind, but that wd. not be honorable & he wd. be
hissed out of the army, & there are thousands
who have the same opinion, & he thinks we
can't succeed agains the South, &c"
If there are many such disloyal men at
heart as this in our army is it a wonder that we
dont succeed? Now such men will not fight
if they have a chance. Now he goes back & is
numbered with Union soldiers! Oh! dear.
What are we coming too?
I have a small room comfortable enough, right
over one where they wash dishes. But perhaps I