Civil War letter sent by Union soldier Will to his sister, datelined Camp near Falmouth May 21st, 1863. He opens "Again am I seated under the Apple Tree before my tent and writing home..." He laments of the weather as an "infernal hot" and he "really hopes Hooker will not try to cross the river while we are here" and he "would like to see the Rebels whipped as well as any one, but it is entirely too hot for me to think of fighting. I do not apprehend a forward movement before we come home, which is now a very short time. Only a little over three weeks." He goes on to describe at elevation being able to "see all the Rebels works...to Richmond." The letter closes with a reminder to send some postage and money, signed "Your Brother Will."