29th Indiana Infantry CIVIL WAR LETTER From Kentucky - Died 6 Months Later
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CIVIL WAR LETTER
This Civil War letter was written by Robert W. Christie (1839-1862) who enlisted at LaPorte, Indiana, as a private in Co. E, 29th Indiana Volunteers. He died at Nashville, Tennessee on 15 May 1862.Robert was the oldest son of Scottish emigrants George Christie (1806-1880) and Margaret Ritchie (1812-1872) of Bluegrass Post Office, Wayne township, Fulton county, Indiana.TRANSCRIPTIONAddressed to Mr. George Christie, Blue Grass, Fulton county, IndianaCamp Wood
...="box-sizing: inherit;">December 25, 1861Dear Parents, I arrived in camp a [few] moments ago and received two letters from father and one from Jane with a box in it. One of the letters was wrote at Louisville. Was sorry that after you had come so far that you had to go back though I got along fine. I was a a house all the time—part of the time at a private house and part at a public house at Nolin ¹ where I wrote my last letter. I am comparatively well at present. Have a slight cold and cough.The road from Nolin to camp is rough and uneven with high hills of solid rock. Hills off from the road looked like as if they were an hundred feet high covered with brush and rock. The camp is situated on Green river a few rods from camp [and] about a mile from the railroad where the provisions come to [us] and where we got from the cars. I have not been [here] long and have not much to write but you need not be uneasy about me for I was taken good care of when sick. I am now able for duty but will not have [to] go on soon.I remain your fond son, — Robert¹ Robert has stated that he was at “Nolin” but there was no such place. A review of the regimental history leads me to conclude that he meant Camp Nevin, Kentucky where it was encamped for some time.Scene at Camp Wood, 1861TERMS$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 Civil War letter was written by Robert W. Christie (1839-1862) who enlisted at LaPorte, Indiana, as a private in Co. E, 29th Indiana Volunteers. He died at Nashville, Tennessee on 15 May 1862.Robert was the oldest son of Scottish emigrants George Christie (1806-1880) and Margaret Ritchie (1812-1872) of Bluegrass Post Office, Wayne township, Fulton county, Indiana.TRANSCRIPTIONAddressed to Mr. George Christie, Blue Grass, Fulton county, IndianaCamp Wood
...="box-sizing: inherit;">December 25, 1861Dear Parents, I arrived in camp a [few] moments ago and received two letters from father and one from Jane with a box in it. One of the letters was wrote at Louisville. Was sorry that after you had come so far that you had to go back though I got along fine. I was a a house all the time—part of the time at a private house and part at a public house at Nolin ¹ where I wrote my last letter. I am comparatively well at present. Have a slight cold and cough.The road from Nolin to camp is rough and uneven with high hills of solid rock. Hills off from the road looked like as if they were an hundred feet high covered with brush and rock. The camp is situated on Green river a few rods from camp [and] about a mile from the railroad where the provisions come to [us] and where we got from the cars. I have not been [here] long and have not much to write but you need not be uneasy about me for I was taken good care of when sick. I am now able for duty but will not have [to] go on soon.I remain your fond son, — Robert¹ Robert has stated that he was at “Nolin” but there was no such place. A review of the regimental history leads me to conclude that he meant Camp Nevin, Kentucky where it was encamped for some time.Scene at Camp Wood, 1861TERMS$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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