111th Pennsylvania Infantry CIVIL WAR LETTER - Captured Rebel Tobacco In Atlanta
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CIVIL WAR LETTER
Edwin Martin Whipple was born on 9 December 1842 in Sardinia, Erie County, New York. He was the youngest son of Herman Whipple (1774-1842) and Phoebe Boa Lafferty (1816-1904).In the summer of 1861, Edwin enlisted in Co. A of the 23rd Illinois Infantry—the “Irish Brigade” led by Col. James A. Mulligan. He served with them on their expedition into Missouri and then was mustered out with the regiment in October 1861.Edwin then enlisted on 25 November 1861 at Erie..., Pennsylvania, to serve three years in Co. C, 111th Pennsylvania. He remained with the regiment until 25 November 1864 when he mustered out with his company. He stood six foot tall, had dark hair and blue eyes. He was a tailor by profession.After the war, he married Maria E. Oslerhack (1852-1878) and resided in South Haven, Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1892 he relocated to Allegany county, New York, where he remarried to Thursa Jane Wickwire (1860-1899). He died in Bath, Steuben county, New York in December 1925 at the age of 83.Serving with Edwin in Co. C, 111th Pennsylvania Volunteers was his step-brother, Sgt. Benjamin Franklin Edy (1836-1917) who is mentioned frequently as “Ben” throughout Edwin’s letters. Ben’s father, William Edy (b. 1799) took Phebe B. Lafferty (widow of Herman Whipple) to be his second wife. At an advanced age, William enlisted in Co. 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry and served for several months during the winter of 1862-63 before he was discharged for disability.The letter was sent to his step-sister, Phebe B. Edy of Springfield X Roads, Erie County, Pennsylvania.TRANSCRIPTIONHeadquarters Company C, 111th Regt. Penn. Vols.
Atlanta City, Georgia
October 14th 1864My Dear Mother, I received yours of the 14th and 22nd inst. today and was very glad to hear from you and to know that you were well and I hoped you would be enjoying yourself but it seems you are not. I am extremely sorry. I think that there is some mismanagement somewhere but will not take it upon myself to say where (in fact, I don’t know).You can tell Miss Hubbard for me that I have not received any letters from her and did not blame the guerrillas for capturing my mail either for I did not think she had wrote to me. But if she says she did write to me, I am very sorry to say I did not get any. I wrote to her several times but thought it was played out so I stopped writing. I got a letter from Armenia today. She is well and all the rest of the folks around there except Aunt Marie Lafferty. She is rather out of health. Grandma is there. Uncle Bill was down there to see Cal’s folks.Well Mother, my time is almost out. It is out November 13th 1864 which is one day less than a month, you see. Well, I am glad you didn’t send any tobacco to me for I have plenty to spare. I don’t need it from home. I have good tobacco too—first rate—Navy which I captured here in the city.Well, there is nothing interesting to write about so you will please excuse me if I write a rather dry letter this time and a short one too. Well, I will bring this to a close by saying I am in excellent health. So goodbye, Mother.Remember, — EdTERMS$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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Edwin Martin Whipple was born on 9 December 1842 in Sardinia, Erie County, New York. He was the youngest son of Herman Whipple (1774-1842) and Phoebe Boa Lafferty (1816-1904).In the summer of 1861, Edwin enlisted in Co. A of the 23rd Illinois Infantry—the “Irish Brigade” led by Col. James A. Mulligan. He served with them on their expedition into Missouri and then was mustered out with the regiment in October 1861.Edwin then enlisted on 25 November 1861 at Erie..., Pennsylvania, to serve three years in Co. C, 111th Pennsylvania. He remained with the regiment until 25 November 1864 when he mustered out with his company. He stood six foot tall, had dark hair and blue eyes. He was a tailor by profession.After the war, he married Maria E. Oslerhack (1852-1878) and resided in South Haven, Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1892 he relocated to Allegany county, New York, where he remarried to Thursa Jane Wickwire (1860-1899). He died in Bath, Steuben county, New York in December 1925 at the age of 83.Serving with Edwin in Co. C, 111th Pennsylvania Volunteers was his step-brother, Sgt. Benjamin Franklin Edy (1836-1917) who is mentioned frequently as “Ben” throughout Edwin’s letters. Ben’s father, William Edy (b. 1799) took Phebe B. Lafferty (widow of Herman Whipple) to be his second wife. At an advanced age, William enlisted in Co. 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry and served for several months during the winter of 1862-63 before he was discharged for disability.The letter was sent to his step-sister, Phebe B. Edy of Springfield X Roads, Erie County, Pennsylvania.TRANSCRIPTIONHeadquarters Company C, 111th Regt. Penn. Vols.
Atlanta City, Georgia
October 14th 1864My Dear Mother, I received yours of the 14th and 22nd inst. today and was very glad to hear from you and to know that you were well and I hoped you would be enjoying yourself but it seems you are not. I am extremely sorry. I think that there is some mismanagement somewhere but will not take it upon myself to say where (in fact, I don’t know).You can tell Miss Hubbard for me that I have not received any letters from her and did not blame the guerrillas for capturing my mail either for I did not think she had wrote to me. But if she says she did write to me, I am very sorry to say I did not get any. I wrote to her several times but thought it was played out so I stopped writing. I got a letter from Armenia today. She is well and all the rest of the folks around there except Aunt Marie Lafferty. She is rather out of health. Grandma is there. Uncle Bill was down there to see Cal’s folks.Well Mother, my time is almost out. It is out November 13th 1864 which is one day less than a month, you see. Well, I am glad you didn’t send any tobacco to me for I have plenty to spare. I don’t need it from home. I have good tobacco too—first rate—Navy which I captured here in the city.Well, there is nothing interesting to write about so you will please excuse me if I write a rather dry letter this time and a short one too. Well, I will bring this to a close by saying I am in excellent health. So goodbye, Mother.Remember, — EdTERMS$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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