Incomplete letter from Elizabeth Pearson Danielly, in Louina, Alabama, to her husband, Francis McDade Danielly.
During the Civil War, Francis McDade Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter, Elizabeth sends brief messages from each of their children and asks him to write "every chance you have for that is all the pleasure that I see." She also mentions that his f...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/6873 |
| Summary: | During the Civil War, Francis McDade Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter, Elizabeth sends brief messages from each of their children and asks him to write "every chance you have for that is all the pleasure that I see." She also mentions that his father has returned from Cherokee with reports on a recent battle. Elizabeth closes her message by describing how much she misses him: "for me to think of never seeing your face no more it is more than I can bear to think of." [Original spelling retained.] |
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