Letter from Francis McDade Danielly in camp near Fredericksburg, Virginia, to his wife, Elizabeth, in Louina, Alabama.
During the Civil War, Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter he discusses his homesickness: "I want to hear from you and the children as bad as I ever did in my life." Danielly also mentions that he had received some of his brother-in-law's cloth...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | During the Civil War, Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter he discusses his homesickness: "I want to hear from you and the children as bad as I ever did in my life." Danielly also mentions that he had received some of his brother-in-law's clothing when his personal effects were shipped from Richmond. His brother-in-law, Jarrod B. Pearson, (also of the 14th Alabama Infantry) died on October 27,1862, after a long illness. |
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