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My Present Fleeting Life – "I am for war, till slavery is dead"
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Memorial Sketch of Burrows. I am for war, till slavery is dead. The Civil War Letters of Jerome Bonaparte Burrows, Captain of the 14th Ohio Independent Battery. My Present Fleeting Life. August 2d, 1863. 8221; much more so in my mind than keeping a hired girl. You are both too good Christians to be at enmity. What ground is there for a quarrel? 8220;She does not ask you to call.” You have been too long and intimately acquainted, perhaps, to make it necessary. If she intends to stop friendsh...8221; about...
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The Last Gasp – "I am for war, till slavery is dead"
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Memorial Sketch of Burrows. I am for war, till slavery is dead. The Civil War Letters of Jerome Bonaparte Burrows, Captain of the 14th Ohio Independent Battery. August 5, 1863. I have had several games of whist and chess today and commenced re-reading “David Copperfield.” I find it very interesting as a story and in renewing old acquaintance. July 13, 2015. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Create a fre...
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1 January 1863 | When I Come Home...
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About this digital archive. When I Come Home…. The Civil War Letters of George Morgan of Company F, 11th New Hampshire Infantry. As for the army, it is in poor condition and I don’t think it can last longer than spring. The men are getting so that they won’t fight much and I hope that New Hampshire won’t send out any more soldiers for it is no use for the whole world knows that the North never can lick them and I hope they never will. 8212; George Morgan. Pages 1 and 4. Pages 2 and 3. Spared and Shared 14.
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10 January 1863 | When I Come Home...
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About this digital archive. When I Come Home…. The Civil War Letters of George Morgan of Company F, 11th New Hampshire Infantry. Falmouth [Heights, Virginia]. 8220;Yesterday and last night it rained. It has made it awful muddy and it has turn up cold. It is so cold that I can’t write much.”. They are having the greatest time here with their boxes that ever you see. Some of them are broke open and the stuff all gone and others the stuff will be spoilt. But some of them come nice and good. I ho...Notify me...
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19 December 1862 | When I Come Home...
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About this digital archive. When I Come Home…. The Civil War Letters of George Morgan of Company F, 11th New Hampshire Infantry. Falmouth Heights near Fredericksburg, Va. December 19, 1862. The army here now is pretty quiet. They got pretty badly whipped in the last battle — or to say the least about it, we had to double quick back across the river the next Monday night. They would have taken the whole of us if we had not got back across the river — that is, our division. 8212; George Morgan. Letters to ...
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16 September 1862 | When I Come Home...
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About this digital archive. When I Come Home…. The Civil War Letters of George Morgan of Company F, 11th New Hampshire Infantry. Washington D. C. Brother [Wyman P.] Kimball,. Wednesday, September 17th. This morning we struck up our tents and about 11 o’clock we pulled down our tents and went a half a mile further. We have got on to a nice campground now but just like as not we shall have to move again tomorrow. I expect they will put us to fighting before long. I wish you and Austin were out here. Th...
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Columbus is a Mudhole – "I am for war, till slavery is dead"
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Memorial Sketch of Burrows. I am for war, till slavery is dead. The Civil War Letters of Jerome Bonaparte Burrows, Captain of the 14th Ohio Independent Battery. Columbus is a Mudhole. Head Quarters 14th Ohio Battery. My Dear Old Girl,. I have yet received no word from you, but am bound to believe you are well and happy until informed to the contrary. If you need money before any is received from Columbus, Ohio, you will make free to call on Romanzo Spring or any other man who has money to spare. Romanzo ...
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Who was John Hancock Boyd Jenkins? – "Teach my Hands to War…"
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Teach my Hands to War…. The Civil War Letters of John Hancock Boyd Jenkins, 40th New York Infantry. Who was John Hancock Boyd Jenkins? June 25, 2015. June 26, 2015. How John might have looked. Jenkins Family Tree (click to enlarge) Note: I created this family tree to help me understand the relationships in the Jenkins Family. I seem to be missing a sister of John’s named Mary who lived with her husband in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1863 where he worked as an employee of the railroad. Spared and Shared 14.
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Like a passel of hogs – Trumpet of Freedom
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August 2, 2015. August 2, 2015. Like a passel of hogs. Camp 6 miles down the river from Louisville, Kentucky. Dear wife and children,. Soldiers transported by train passing through Harper’s Ferry. Goodbye, — C. E. Ferguson. Dear Willie and Fannie,. Pages 1 and 4. Pages 2 and 3. For the sake of display. Anxious to get home. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email. The Civil ...
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The romances of war – Trumpet of Freedom
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August 2, 2015. August 2, 2015. The romances of war. Dear wife and children,. I received a letter of yours last night written June 12th. I had got one before written June 19th so the one I got last night must have been delayed somewhere, but you don’t say yet whether you got those things we sent from Washington [D. C.]. You either forgot it or we have missed some letters. Be particular and let us know. I have got my sick man a furlough and now he is more calm. We have to play for guard mounting every...
