Letter from  "Camp Schouler, Lynnfield, 11/8/1861, Mr. Dear teacher and Schoolmates" - Mr. John L. Waterman, who enlisted in the Salem Zouaves, is presented by his fellow graduates at Peabody High School with a silver mounted bowie knife and a writing case.
from South Danvers Wizard, 11/8/1861, p. 2/4

Company A, 8th Massachusetts Regiment, known as the Salem Zouaves.  
Michael  J. McAfree, Billy Yank: The Uniform of the Union Army, 1861-1865
(Chelsea House Publishers, Pa.) 60.

Letter to "Dear Wizard" - From the Massachusetts 23rd regiment "and how it prospered on its way South.  Describes trip.  Signed "John L. Waterman".
- from South Danvers Wizard,11/20/1861, p. 2/2

Letter from "our regular correspondent, Camp Foster, Roanoke Island, 2/14/1862, Dear Wizard-"  Describes the Burnside Expedition.  Signed
"J. L. Waterman".
from South Danvers Wizard, 3/5/1862, p. 1/7 and 2/5-7

Reprint of a letter from Mr. Leverett Poor, a companion of Mr. Waterman in Burnside's expedition....We have taken between three and four thousand prisoners, all their arms, ammunition, and provisions.  They had barracks which they had just finished and it was evident that they intended to make it their winter quarters.  The prisoners were very shabbily dressed...Our loss was 50 killed and 200 wounded...."
-from South Danvers Wizard, 3/12/1862, p.2/7

Battle of Newbern - Letter from Newbern, N.C. 11/3/1861 , Dear Wizard-" Signed J. L. Waterman.
from South Danvers Wizard, 3/26/1862, p. 2/6-7

Letter from "Evan's Mills, 10 miles So. of Newbern, 12/10/1862, Dear Friend-" Describes activities in camp and concludes, "We have just been ordered off, are going aboard Transports immediately, another fight, I expect." Signed "John L. Waterman"
from South Danvers Wizard, 12/31/1862