The letter consists of four pages written in ink on one sheet. When it was purchased it was split along the folds and has been encapsulated in a mylar folder.

In it, Albert Hemenway wrote to his sister on December 24, 1864 from a camp, “White River, Ark.” describing his Christmas dinner of fish, “sody crackers”, and “coffy” and commented “ i tel you itt wount do for soldiers to have to menny good things to onse.”