Transcript of letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated May 2, 1864 and sent from Galveston, in which he writes about his position of authority in the company and the burden that it is, describes the favorable living conditions in Galveston, and relates some recent news related to the war.

Transcript of letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated August 10, 1864 and sent from Mud Island, in which he writes about the theft of tobacco by some men in his company and states that he was not a part of it, as well as describing the conditions of life on the island.

Newspaper manuscript first published by Captain William H. May and Union soldiers while imprisoned at Camp Ford, in Tyler, Smith County, Texas. The paper was published for the purpose of "enlivening the monotonous, at times almost unbearably eventless life of Camp Ford" (J. P. Robbins, Preface to The Old Flag). Included is a work of fiction by D. K. Meigh entitled "High-Bird, or, The League of Blood! A Tale of the Mysteries and Miseries of Ford City, Texas," an obituary, and other various news and advertisements.