Letter from Thomas Warrick in Tennessee, to his wife, Martha.
During the war, Warrick served in the Coosa Home Guards, and he was a private in Company C of the 34th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he describes the execution of a soldier who had deserted twice: "...he went home and thay brote him back and then he went home again and so thay shot him for th...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | During the war, Warrick served in the Coosa Home Guards, and he was a private in Company C of the 34th Alabama Infantry. In the letter he describes the execution of a soldier who had deserted twice: "...he went home and thay brote him back and then he went home again and so thay shot him for that." He also discusses making soap for the company and mentions that he has forty dollars to send home: "I shall ceepe it till I git som way to send it to you for I doo entend that you shall have it to suporte you I hope it wount bee longe till I shall git to come home for I wount to come home so bad that I don't no what to doo." At the end of the letter he adds a note to his brother-in-law. A transcription is included. [Original spelling retained.] |
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