CIVIL WAR LETTER - 102nd Ohio Infantry - GREAT CONTENT Bowling Green Kentucky
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CIVIL WAR LETTER
This Civil War soldier letter was written by 20 year-old Cornelius J. Madden (1842-1903), the son of James Madden (1813-1888) and Mary Hadley (1824-1888) of Shelby, Richland county, Ohio. Cornelius enlisted on 12 August 1862 in Co. C, 102nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) as a private. He was promoted to corporal on 18 October 1862 and remained with his regiment until 16 June 1865 when he mustered out.Mrs. Mary (Hadley) Madden with advertisement for her mill...inery storeCornelius’ parents were married in 1841 in Trumbull county, Ohio, and were enumerated in Bracewell at the time of the 1850 census. Cornelius’ father was a wagon maker by trade. In 1856, the Madden family moved to Shelby, Richland county, Ohio, where Cornelius’ father worked as a mill wright. During the Civil War, Cornelius’ father enlisted in Co. H, 64th OVI. He served from October 1861 to December 1864, mostly in Nashville, Tennessee.Cornelius had three younger sisters—Almira Madden (b. 1848), Florence L. Madden (1846-1930) and Mary Estelle Madden (1852-1902).A google search reveals that there is a collection entitled, “Cornelius J. Madden Papers, 1862-1867; 1881” at the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill containing some 45 items. The description of the collection reads: “Cornelius J. Madden (died 1903) of Shelby, Ohio, served in the United States Army. The collection includes correspondence of Madden while he was a federal soldier, including letters written by him from Ohio and Tennessee during the Civil War and from Chattanooga, Tenn., 1865-1866; letters from friends in the army; and letters from his father, James Madden, working in army hospitals in Ohio, Indiana, and Tennessee; and letters from other family members. Cornelius Madden’s letters, 1862-1866, deal largely with his living arrangements in Columbus, Ohio, and in Chattanooga, camp life, his reactions to war news and controversial issues, his reading, residents of locations where he was stationed, and the family photography business in Shelby.”There is also a mention of the “Cornelius J. Madden Papers, 1863-1903” at the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus. I note that several of Cornelius’ letters have been cited in Civil War books.The 102nd OVI marched into Bowling Green on 30 October 1862. Jonas Bughman wrote in his diary on 17 November 1862—the same day that Cornelius penned this letter—that, “There is some talk of Morgan being in the neighborhood.”NOTE - The images shown in this description are not included.TRANSCRIPTIONBowling Green [Kentucky]
November 17th 1862Dear Mother, I have been expecting a letter from you in answer to some of mine for 3 or 4 days but I listened for my name every time the mail come in vain. I am going to write to you tonight though because I feel like it. I expect our rainy season has commenced. It has been drizzling for 3 days now right straight along. Charley Couch is in our tent this evening and he says for me to tell you to tell his wife that I have got visitors tonight & that he believes if he had a little whiskey it would not go bad. I guess not either, though Charley has got pretty well broke. He wrote to Lib the 4th & has not got any answer yet.I wrote a letter to Dave and one to Jule too yesterday. I hope Loll will rest easy now. I have received two letters from her and she gave me his address both times and that was the principal theme of both letters.The whole regiment went out on picket this morning but as I was corporal of the guard today, I did not have to go. John [Hunt] Morgan is getting pretty close to us is the reason of such a heavy picket and they sent out over 200 pioneers this morning to chop timber across the roads to blockade the town. I suppose that will stop Morgan’s Cavalry to a dead halt.Cornelius’ sister, Florence, wearing the popular military style dress.We are going to stay here this winter & you widows ought to get together and send us a box of provision but you must prepay it for if we do, it will cost 4 times what it will there. To give you an idea how things sell here, a pair of 3 dollar boots sell for 8 & a decent pair for 15, 18, or 20 dollars. You can paint my picture (whiten up my shirt & blue my cap) so it will look a little better, and when we get paid off, I will get a better one taken when it is not so crowded.I think it is so strange that we don’t hear anything of father. If he is at Nashville yet, I don’t wonder so much but who knows where he is. The cars run through to Nashville nearly everyday. I do not think the mail is carried through. If it was, we would not know how to direct & then I should think he would write if he could. How would it do you to write to his Capt. & see if he knows anything of him. Remember me to George and all the folks & tell him to write & I will answer it.Your loving son, — Cornelius[to] Mother MaddenTERMS$3.00 postage in the United States. We accept Paypal.Postage combined for multiple purchases. Please wait for me to send the invoice, otherwise you will pay a higher rate.For International buyers, we utilize eBay’s Global ShippingProgram. We had too many packages sentvia the post office go missing. So webelieve this program will be safer for us and for you.We are members of the American Philatelic Society, the U.S.Philatelic Classics Society, the Confederate Stamp Alliance and the IllinoisPostal History Society.We only sell genuine, original letters (no copies orreproductions). Some of our letters havebeen transcribed and nicely presented for future genealogists and history buffson the Spared & Shared blog.We have been selling on eBay since 1998. BID WITH CONFIDENCE !
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This Civil War soldier letter was written by 20 year-old Cornelius J. Madden (1842-1903), the son of James Madden (1813-1888) and Mary Hadley (1824-1888) of Shelby, Richland county, Ohio. Cornelius enlisted on 12 August 1862 in Co. C, 102nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) as a private. He was promoted to corporal on 18 October 1862 and remained with his regiment until 16 June 1865 when he mustered out.Mrs. Mary (Hadley) Madden with advertisement for her mill...inery storeCornelius’ parents were married in 1841 in Trumbull county, Ohio, and were enumerated in Bracewell at the time of the 1850 census. Cornelius’ father was a wagon maker by trade. In 1856, the Madden family moved to Shelby, Richland county, Ohio, where Cornelius’ father worked as a mill wright. During the Civil War, Cornelius’ father enlisted in Co. H, 64th OVI. He served from October 1861 to December 1864, mostly in Nashville, Tennessee.Cornelius had three younger sisters—Almira Madden (b. 1848), Florence L. Madden (1846-1930) and Mary Estelle Madden (1852-1902).A google search reveals that there is a collection entitled, “Cornelius J. Madden Papers, 1862-1867; 1881” at the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill containing some 45 items. The description of the collection reads: “Cornelius J. Madden (died 1903) of Shelby, Ohio, served in the United States Army. The collection includes correspondence of Madden while he was a federal soldier, including letters written by him from Ohio and Tennessee during the Civil War and from Chattanooga, Tenn., 1865-1866; letters from friends in the army; and letters from his father, James Madden, working in army hospitals in Ohio, Indiana, and Tennessee; and letters from other family members. Cornelius Madden’s letters, 1862-1866, deal largely with his living arrangements in Columbus, Ohio, and in Chattanooga, camp life, his reactions to war news and controversial issues, his reading, residents of locations where he was stationed, and the family photography business in Shelby.”There is also a mention of the “Cornelius J. Madden Papers, 1863-1903” at the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus. I note that several of Cornelius’ letters have been cited in Civil War books.The 102nd OVI marched into Bowling Green on 30 October 1862. Jonas Bughman wrote in his diary on 17 November 1862—the same day that Cornelius penned this letter—that, “There is some talk of Morgan being in the neighborhood.”NOTE - The images shown in this description are not included.TRANSCRIPTIONBowling Green [Kentucky]
November 17th 1862Dear Mother, I have been expecting a letter from you in answer to some of mine for 3 or 4 days but I listened for my name every time the mail come in vain. I am going to write to you tonight though because I feel like it. I expect our rainy season has commenced. It has been drizzling for 3 days now right straight along. Charley Couch is in our tent this evening and he says for me to tell you to tell his wife that I have got visitors tonight & that he believes if he had a little whiskey it would not go bad. I guess not either, though Charley has got pretty well broke. He wrote to Lib the 4th & has not got any answer yet.I wrote a letter to Dave and one to Jule too yesterday. I hope Loll will rest easy now. I have received two letters from her and she gave me his address both times and that was the principal theme of both letters.The whole regiment went out on picket this morning but as I was corporal of the guard today, I did not have to go. John [Hunt] Morgan is getting pretty close to us is the reason of such a heavy picket and they sent out over 200 pioneers this morning to chop timber across the roads to blockade the town. I suppose that will stop Morgan’s Cavalry to a dead halt.Cornelius’ sister, Florence, wearing the popular military style dress.We are going to stay here this winter & you widows ought to get together and send us a box of provision but you must prepay it for if we do, it will cost 4 times what it will there. To give you an idea how things sell here, a pair of 3 dollar boots sell for 8 & a decent pair for 15, 18, or 20 dollars. You can paint my picture (whiten up my shirt & blue my cap) so it will look a little better, and when we get paid off, I will get a better one taken when it is not so crowded.I think it is so strange that we don’t hear anything of father. If he is at Nashville yet, I don’t wonder so much but who knows where he is. The cars run through to Nashville nearly everyday. I do not think the mail is carried through. If it was, we would not know how to direct & then I should think he would write if he could. How would it do you to write to his Capt. & see if he knows anything of him. Remember me to George and all the folks & tell him to write & I will answer it.Your loving son, — Cornelius[to] Mother MaddenTERMS$3.00 postage in the United States. We accept Paypal.Postage combined for multiple purchases. Please wait for me to send the invoice, otherwise you will pay a higher rate.For International buyers, we utilize eBay’s Global ShippingProgram. We had too many packages sentvia the post office go missing. So webelieve this program will be safer for us and for you.We are members of the American Philatelic Society, the U.S.Philatelic Classics Society, the Confederate Stamp Alliance and the IllinoisPostal History Society.We only sell genuine, original letters (no copies orreproductions). Some of our letters havebeen transcribed and nicely presented for future genealogists and history buffson the Spared & Shared blog.We have been selling on eBay since 1998. BID WITH CONFIDENCE !
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