First letter: To his wife, Mary Ann Hotchkiss, from Fort Ethan Allen dated Friday, September 5, 1862.
Second letter: To his wife from Camp Defiance dated September 7, 1862.
Third letter: To his wife from Clarksville, Md. dated September 11, 1862.
Fourth letter: To his wife from Carksburg, September 17, 1862
Transcriptions of three letters from Raphael Ward Benton to his wife, Mary Ann Hotchkiss. The first letter is from Camp Foote, Hartford dated August 17, 1862. The second letter is from New York dated August 26, 1862. The third letter is from Fort Ethan Allen dated August 31, 1862.