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Henry A. Peck of Bristol, Connecticut, wrote 3 letters to his brother Tracy while serving in Company I of the 10th Connecticut Infantry Regiment in Virginia in 1864. He commented on the soldiers' opinion of General Benjamin Butler, the upcoming presidential election, and skirmishes with Confederate troops, among other topics.

Henry A. Peck of Bristol, Connecticut, wrote 3 letters (10 pages) in 1864 to his brother Tracy while serving in Company I of the 10th Connecticut Infantry Regiment along the James River. Each of his letters mentions recent military engagements between Union and Confederate troops, mostly skirmishes or shelling. He often reported soldiers' complaints about General Benjamin Butler, including his own opinion of Butler, and expressed his support for Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 presidential election. Peck believed that Union Army soldiers would strongly support Lincoln if allowed to vote, and briefly wrote about rumors of Copperhead political tactics in New York. Peck's first two letters are dated from Bermuda Hundred, Virginia (June 8, [1864]), and Deep Bottom, Virginia (July 17, 1864), and his third letter from the United States General Hospital at Fort Monroe (October 30, [1864]).