1862-06-25: George Washington Cherry to Family, letter
This document is a letter from George Washington Cherry at camp near Tupelo, Mississippi, to his family in Opelika, Alabama, on June 25, 1862. The letter describes diseases in the regiment, rations, and military life. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research...
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This document is a letter from George Washington Cherry at camp near Tupelo, Mississippi, to his family in Opelika, Alabama, on June 25, 1862. The letter describes diseases in the regiment, rations, and military life. 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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1862-06-25: George Washington Cherry to Family, letterThis document is a letter from George Washington Cherry at camp near Tupelo, Mississippi, to his family in Opelika, Alabama, on June 25, 1862. The letter describes diseases in the regiment, rations, and military life. 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 near Tupelo June 25th 1862
Dear Family
I got your letter by Mr Rogers and although I
started a letter to you yesterday by Mr. Haygood the opportunity is
so good I write you another today to send by Mr. Rogers who starts
home to morrow. My health is still slowly improving
and I hope I will be strong in a few days. It is
reported that we will leave here in 3 or four weeks
but there is not much confidence to be placed in a
report now. There is a great deal of sickness in our
regiment, nearly one fourth sick. we have had 4 deaths
two white men and two negroes. As a general thing the diseases
are slight though some of them are severe in our company
there are two cases that are dangerous Mr. Handley and Tom
Page I think that Tom will get well if he does not get
a backset and maybe Mr. Handley though his case
is the worst in the company. The boys are I think
getting a little better reconciled to a soldiers life. A
great many of them however are still blue and despondent
have not got weaned from home perfectly and I have
no doubt that that is the cause of the some of the sickness
in our camp I sent by Mr. Haygood fifty dollars please
write me whether or not you received it.
Our rations this week is better than we have had since
we lefet Auburn We get corn meal and a very little coffee
and rice, some Bacon. Heretofore it has been pickled and
fresh beef and flour and molasses and nothing else.
I would not have you believe that I have been disposed to grumble
at our fare, but you know my weakness for cornbread
I would impress it upon your mind my desire that you
always send my letters to Ma or let her hear from me
as often as you can as I can appreciate her feelings and
feel the necessity of doing every thing we can to alleviate
her sorrows. I could not see Fate when I passed through
Mobile I have however heard from him since I have been here
by Dick Holder who saw him when he passed through
about a week ago he was well and doing tolerably
well. over
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My chances or conveniences for writing is not as good as it
could be for I have to hold the paper in my hand or lay
it on the ground and lie down to it which I think ought
to account for this letters being a little ugly and badly
written. The Time has come when we must dispense with
ornament and appreciate necessities and if you can
read my letter we must be satisfied with its [crossed out: looks]
appearance. I wrote you about a hat. I am afraid
it will put you to some inconvenience to procure it and
get it to me unless you know of somebody passing
I think you can get Ray to buy it but getting it to
me will be the difficulty and you had better not have
it bought until you see a chance to send it. if you
do be sure to instruct the man that buys it to get
a good one even if it costs more that it ought to
Don't forget to let me know whether you received the
fifty dollars or not and write every chance
you get. Give my love to all my relatives
and friends. "Bless our little children."
Yours in hope G.W. Cherry
[illegible] you might not get it
GWCCherry, George Washington1862-06-25Cherry family; Cherry, George Washington--Correspondence; Confederate States of America. Army--Military life; Soldiers--Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Health aspects; Diseases; Operational rations (Military supplies)Peoples -- Military Life; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Government & Politics -- Military;Tupelo, Mississippi, United States1862-06-25Cherry-Goldsby Family Papers, 1827-2018, Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, AlabamaCollection 1262, Cherry-Goldsby Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 72 pages, 30.5 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; Text1262-18-027-008_Letter from George Washington Cherry to Family 1862 June 25 Tupelo.pdfapplication/pdfDeeply RootedAuburn University Librarieshttp://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/cherry01/id/2 |