1864-11-15: George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry, letter
This document is a letter from George Washington Cherry in Florence, Alabama, to his wife Francis "Fannie" Eugenia Parsons Cherry in Alabama on November 15, 1864. The letter describes the army's movement across the Tennessee River, and relates General Hood's opinion on the upcomi...
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Family letters Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879; Cherry family; Cherry, Francis Eugenia Parsons--Correspondence; Cherry, George Washington--Correspondence; Confederate States of America. Army--Military life; Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 45th; Soldiers--Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Operational rations (Military supplies); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Military Life; |
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1864-11-15: George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry, letter |
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1864-11-15: George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry, letter |
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This document is a letter from George Washington Cherry in Florence, Alabama, to his wife Francis "Fannie" Eugenia Parsons Cherry in Alabama on November 15, 1864. The letter describes the army's movement across the Tennessee River, and relates General Hood's opinion on the upcoming campaign. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project. |
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1864-11-15: George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry, letterThis document is a letter from George Washington Cherry in Florence, Alabama, to his wife Francis "Fannie" Eugenia Parsons Cherry in Alabama on November 15, 1864. The letter describes the army's movement across the Tennessee River, and relates General Hood's opinion on the upcoming campaign. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.[page 1]
Camp 45th Ala Nov 15th 1864
Florence Ala
Dear Fannie
I take advantage of an opportunity
to start a letter to you this evening. We are
now about 2 miles north west of Florence
Ala – left our camp near Tuscumbia day before
yesterday. – crossed Tennessee river and came
to this place – I think that now nearly all
of the army is across the river and we
are expecting soon to take up the line of
march to middle Tennessee.
Our fare is better both in quantity and
quality than it has been. Genl Hood has
increased the ration to very nearly sufficiency
if we were in a regular camp and cooked
for our selves there would be plenty
My health continues very good I have
not seen my scatchell in over three[?] months
and [illegible] will see it
again - If I do not I will be pretty short
in the clothing line after a while if I
cannot buy it from the Government[?]
It is thought by a great many that it will
not be long before we go into winter quarters
If we do soon[?] I shall try very hard
to get to come home and if I fail may
be [you could visit me?] I am afraid
that our army [illegible] expected to make [illegible] with
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Prices army either in Mississippi or Kentucky
and if we do, it will be a long while
before I shall be able to see you. Genl
Hood however says that he expects the campaign
to be short and active and that we will
soon be in quarters resting for the winter
The last letter I got from you was dated
25th of October I am afraid you do not
write them regularly. - Negligence on your
part in such a time as this would pain me
much as I now have no other earthly source
of comfort [crossed out: now] except in news from
home. To deprive me of that would be hard
indeed. I hope you are moved and comfortably
fixed in your new home and that you may
get along better and better. May God bless
and protect you. Give my love to Ma Sister
Nick Fayette if he is there, my little children
Nick and all others that feel enough interest in
me to inquire after me - tell all that can
to write to me.
Yours Truly GW Cherry
N.B. I have not yet been able to get any
money to send you. You had better not depend on
it much for it is very uncertain at least untill
the army gets still again. I have heard however
that there was money here to pay off the troops
don't know how true it is – God bless you
GWCCherry, George Washington1864-11-15Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879; Cherry family; Cherry, Francis Eugenia Parsons--Correspondence; Cherry, George Washington--Correspondence; Confederate States of America. Army--Military life; Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 45th; Soldiers--Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Operational rations (Military supplies); United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies;History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Military Life;Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States1864-11-15Cherry-Goldsby Family Papers, 1827-2018, Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, AlabamaCollection 1262, Cherry-Goldsby Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 492 pages, 21.9 cmengAuburn, Ala. : Auburn University LibrariesThis image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of this image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.Stillimage; Text1262-18-027-123_Letter from George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry 1864 November 15 Florence AL.pdfapplication/pdfDeeply RootedAuburn University Librarieshttp://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/cherry01/id/14 |