1862-07-29: George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry, letter
This document is a letter from George Washington Cherry in Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, to his wife Francis ("Fannie") Eugenia Parsons Cherry on July 29, 1862. In the letter he describes his recovery from illness, and also discusses raising livestock and crops, and the difficulties of...
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Family letters Cherry family; Cherry, Francis Eugenia Parsons--Correspondence; 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; Convalescence; Operational rations (Military supplies); Peoples -- Military Life; Peoples -- Agricultural Life; Peoples -- Rural Life; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; |
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1862-07-29: George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry, letter |
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This document is a letter from George Washington Cherry in Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, to his wife Francis ("Fannie") Eugenia Parsons Cherry on July 29, 1862. In the letter he describes his recovery from illness, and also discusses raising livestock and crops, and the difficulties of communicating by mail. 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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1862-07-29: George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry, letterThis document is a letter from George Washington Cherry in Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, to his wife Francis ("Fannie") Eugenia Parsons Cherry on July 29, 1862. In the letter he describes his recovery from illness, and also discusses raising livestock and crops, and the difficulties of communicating by mail. 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]
[postmark and two Five Cents Confederate States of America Postage stamps]
Mrs F E Cherry
Opelika
Russel Co
Ala
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Lauderdale Springs July 29/62
Dr Fannie
I have waited and waited
for a long time to hear from home
and have almost got out of patience
The latest dated letter I have got
was brought by Mr Giddens. What
is the matter? My health still
continues to improve slowly, but
I gain a little strength every day
and can eat like a hog or could
if I could get what I wanted.
I get plenty of such as I do get
and it is tolerably good if it ever
changed but it is the same thing
every day, bread beef and molasses,
beef bread and molasses and
molasses beef and bread, and is
sometimes badly cooked. I bought to day
a lb of butter for 50c and the way
it eats good is a sight and to
see me eat it one would think that
I never expected to see any more
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and did'nt want to see it long
I try to keep in a good humor all
the time don't brood over my troubles
and difficulties, laugh as much
as I can and I see that a man
can make his condition much
more pleasant than it would-
be otherwise be. My greatest trouble
now is uneasiness about home
can't hear from there don't know
what is the matter? How is Ma
and sister's family? and all about
them? How are you getting meal
and flour and other necessaries?
Are they kept in the groceries
or do you have to get them from
the farmers? How are the children?
How about my grapes and
the potato patch and corn
patch? I want to know all
about it How are the pigs
getting on? Are they growing?
I have got so I can go all
about - to the spring where I get
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some of the best water you ever saw
I have a good many friends here
and get along a great deal better
than I did when I was with the
regiment I think that in a
few weeks I will be as strong
as ever I expect though I will
get sick again when I get to
work again in the regiment If
I do I intend to try to hire
a substitute if I have to sell
Masiah and child to get it
For I do not feel willing to
lie sick in camp and be of
no service to my country nor
family for three years
If I can do my country good
I am prepared to suffer. If I
cannot I want to try and do my
family and relatives some good
Be sure and write often for some
of the letters will misscarry
Yours Truly
G W CherryCherry, George Washington1862-07-29Cherry family; Cherry, Francis Eugenia Parsons--Correspondence; 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; Convalescence; Operational rations (Military supplies);Peoples -- Military Life; Peoples -- Agricultural Life; Peoples -- Rural Life; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction;Lauderdale Springs, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States1862-07-29Cherry-Goldsby Family Papers, 1827-2018, Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, AlabamaCollection 1262, Cherry-Goldsby Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 104 pages, 20.6 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; Text1262-18-027-016_Letter from George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry 1862 July 29 Lauderdale Springs MS.pdfapplication/pdfDeeply RootedAuburn University Librarieshttp://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/cherry01/id/22 |