46th North Carolina Infantry CONFEDERATE CIVIL WAR LETTER - Orange County VA
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CIVIL WAR LETTER
This Confederate Civil War letter was written by James Turner Stark (1844-1920), the son of Kysar J. Stark (1819-1886) and Julia Wilson (1823-1854) of Ragland, Granville county, North Carolina. James enlisted in Co. E, 46th North Carolina Infantry, on 22 February 1863. He served until 24 December 1864.James married Parcena Wheeler (1850-1934) in Granville county, N C., on 3 December 1868.TRANSCRIPTIONCamp 46th Regt. North Carolina Infantry
... inherit;">New Orange Court House, Va.
December 15, 1863Dear Father, I received your kind letter dated the 10th and was glad to hear from you and to hear that you was all well. This leaves me well at this time and hoping these few lines may find you and all the same. We are in the same camp you left us in. Mr. Johnson ¹ is coming out here Christmas and I want you to send me a box by him if he comes.I am sorry to hear that [ ] grandfather did not come to see us. I heard he was taken sick in Richmond. Billy has got his box from Richmond and I am sorry to say everything was spoiled and had it all to throw away. The box was worth $100 and lost everything. Could not get as much as I could eat out of the box.Rufus is well. I have wrote to you once before but this is the first I have got from you. Want you to write if our rations have been sent here yet [?]. Tell Soliney [?] Wilson I will send her a ring by my next letter and I will be glad if [she is] my sweetheart. Tell her I don’t think she has any right to to give me any[thing] back but herself. Not saying she would not. I would like to be there about Christmas if I could but there is no chance for me. I know I will come as soon as I can. You must do the same. Be sure and come as often as you can. I hope I shall be able to get a hat for Christmas if I can. William I reckon will get one. You must write soon and let me hear from you.Nothing more at this time but remain your sincere son until death, — J. T. Stark¹ William G. Johnson of Granville county, N. C. enlisted with James T. Stark on the same date and were probably close friends. William’s father probably came to visit his son and bring him a box of provisions.TERMS$3.00 postage in the United States. We accept Paypal. Postage combined for multiple purchases. Please wait for me to send the invoice, otherwise will pay a much higher postage rate!For International buyers: We are now using eBay's Global Shipping Program. We had too many packages sent via the post office go missing. So we believe this program will be safer for us - and for you.We're members of the American Philatelic Society, the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, the Confederate Stamp Alliance and the Illinois Postal History Society.We only sell genuine, original letters (no copies or reproductions). Some of our letters have been transcribed and nicely presented for future genealogists and history buffs on the Spared & Shared blog. We've been selling on eBay since 2001. BID WITH CONFIDENCE.
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This Confederate Civil War letter was written by James Turner Stark (1844-1920), the son of Kysar J. Stark (1819-1886) and Julia Wilson (1823-1854) of Ragland, Granville county, North Carolina. James enlisted in Co. E, 46th North Carolina Infantry, on 22 February 1863. He served until 24 December 1864.James married Parcena Wheeler (1850-1934) in Granville county, N C., on 3 December 1868.TRANSCRIPTIONCamp 46th Regt. North Carolina Infantry
... inherit;">New Orange Court House, Va.
December 15, 1863Dear Father, I received your kind letter dated the 10th and was glad to hear from you and to hear that you was all well. This leaves me well at this time and hoping these few lines may find you and all the same. We are in the same camp you left us in. Mr. Johnson ¹ is coming out here Christmas and I want you to send me a box by him if he comes.I am sorry to hear that [ ] grandfather did not come to see us. I heard he was taken sick in Richmond. Billy has got his box from Richmond and I am sorry to say everything was spoiled and had it all to throw away. The box was worth $100 and lost everything. Could not get as much as I could eat out of the box.Rufus is well. I have wrote to you once before but this is the first I have got from you. Want you to write if our rations have been sent here yet [?]. Tell Soliney [?] Wilson I will send her a ring by my next letter and I will be glad if [she is] my sweetheart. Tell her I don’t think she has any right to to give me any[thing] back but herself. Not saying she would not. I would like to be there about Christmas if I could but there is no chance for me. I know I will come as soon as I can. You must do the same. Be sure and come as often as you can. I hope I shall be able to get a hat for Christmas if I can. William I reckon will get one. You must write soon and let me hear from you.Nothing more at this time but remain your sincere son until death, — J. T. Stark¹ William G. Johnson of Granville county, N. C. enlisted with James T. Stark on the same date and were probably close friends. William’s father probably came to visit his son and bring him a box of provisions.TERMS$3.00 postage in the United States. We accept Paypal. Postage combined for multiple purchases. Please wait for me to send the invoice, otherwise will pay a much higher postage rate!For International buyers: We are now using eBay's Global Shipping Program. We had too many packages sent via the post office go missing. So we believe this program will be safer for us - and for you.We're members of the American Philatelic Society, the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, the Confederate Stamp Alliance and the Illinois Postal History Society.We only sell genuine, original letters (no copies or reproductions). Some of our letters have been transcribed and nicely presented for future genealogists and history buffs on the Spared & Shared blog. We've been selling on eBay since 2001. BID WITH CONFIDENCE.
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