The collection consists of seven transcribed letters written to Henry Eaton, one from December of 1862, and the others from the Spring of 1864. The majority of letters are from his sister, Annie Eaton, one from his sister Fanny Leybrook, and one from his cousin L. Simpson. Within the letters, they update Henry on what is happening back home in Indiana. They talk about strawberry crops as well as the condition of people in their community, assumed to be Indianapolis. At the time of these letters, Henry Eaton was stationed at Fort Pickering in Tennessee. The collection is photocopied letters and the transcription of the letters; it does not include the original letters.