Letter from Thomas Warrick near Shelbyville, 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 he letter he discusses his desire to go home: "...it is rumerd here in camps that the yanky is falling back to Nashville...I am in hops that it is so and I don't cear...
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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 he letter he discusses his desire to go home: "...it is rumerd here in camps that the yanky is falling back to Nashville...I am in hops that it is so and I don't cear if they will all go home and stay there for I am getting tyred of a camp lif but I am in hops that it wount be long untill I may bee a free man a gain." He has learned of Martha's plans to visit him, but he discourages her because of small pox and body lice ("they are as bad as old red aunts"). He also mentions that there is one woman in the camp, and he gives the price of food in the area. 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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