35th Missouri (Union) Infantry CIVIL WAR LETTER From Kentucky - Expecting Fight
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CIVIL WAR LETTER
This Civil War letter was written by Robert Berry French (1825-1864), the son of Littleberry French (1786-1829) and Leodicia Rutherford Spencer (1796-1870) of Russell county, Kentucky. Robert married Eliza Jane Carpenter (1833-1917) in Illinois in 1853 and moved to Iowa where he bought a farm in Decatur county. Robert and Eliza Jane had seven children by the time Robert enlisted as a sergeant in Co. E, 35th Missouri (Union) Infantry. He did not return home to h...is wife and children. He developed an inflammation of the lungs and died on 4 November 1864 at the General Hospital in Helena, Arkansas.TRANSCRIPTIONColumbus, Kentucky
December 24th 1862Dear wife and mother.It is with the greatest pleasure that I take the present opportunity of writing you a few lines to let you now that I am well at present and I hope when this comes to hand, it will find you and the family all well.I landed at Columbus last night and the place is in quite a state of excitement. The rebels is in ten miles of here [and] supposed to be twelve thousand strong. The rebels drove in the pickets this morning and the government troops is now drawn up in battle lines five miles from here, expecting a fight every minute. The two armies is now in sight of each other. There has just come in a dispatch. What it is, I do not know, but the fact is pretty certain we will have to fight them.The rebels burnt a town 20 miles from here last night and tore up the railroad track some ten miles from here last night. Sam left with the commissary stores to guard them. There is now about eight regiments here to contend with the rebels. We will have a hot time of it. I will write to you as soon as the fracas is over.Now I come to a close for I am going out to take my mess some boiled potatoes to eat for they are hungry by this time. It is very pleasant and warm here today. Tomorrow is Christmas and I would like to be at home on that day to see you all but can’t. It may be a day long to be remembered. So no more at present but if we have to fight the rebels, we will whip them sure.Yours truly, — Robert FrenchTo Eliza Jane FrenchTERMS$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 Berry French (1825-1864), the son of Littleberry French (1786-1829) and Leodicia Rutherford Spencer (1796-1870) of Russell county, Kentucky. Robert married Eliza Jane Carpenter (1833-1917) in Illinois in 1853 and moved to Iowa where he bought a farm in Decatur county. Robert and Eliza Jane had seven children by the time Robert enlisted as a sergeant in Co. E, 35th Missouri (Union) Infantry. He did not return home to h...is wife and children. He developed an inflammation of the lungs and died on 4 November 1864 at the General Hospital in Helena, Arkansas.TRANSCRIPTIONColumbus, Kentucky
December 24th 1862Dear wife and mother.It is with the greatest pleasure that I take the present opportunity of writing you a few lines to let you now that I am well at present and I hope when this comes to hand, it will find you and the family all well.I landed at Columbus last night and the place is in quite a state of excitement. The rebels is in ten miles of here [and] supposed to be twelve thousand strong. The rebels drove in the pickets this morning and the government troops is now drawn up in battle lines five miles from here, expecting a fight every minute. The two armies is now in sight of each other. There has just come in a dispatch. What it is, I do not know, but the fact is pretty certain we will have to fight them.The rebels burnt a town 20 miles from here last night and tore up the railroad track some ten miles from here last night. Sam left with the commissary stores to guard them. There is now about eight regiments here to contend with the rebels. We will have a hot time of it. I will write to you as soon as the fracas is over.Now I come to a close for I am going out to take my mess some boiled potatoes to eat for they are hungry by this time. It is very pleasant and warm here today. Tomorrow is Christmas and I would like to be at home on that day to see you all but can’t. It may be a day long to be remembered. So no more at present but if we have to fight the rebels, we will whip them sure.Yours truly, — Robert FrenchTo Eliza Jane FrenchTERMS$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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