1864-03-05: George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry, letter
This document is a letter from George Washington Cherry near Dalton, Georgia, to his wife Francis "Fannie" Eugenia Parsons Cherry in Alabama on March 5, 1864. In the letter Cherry describes life and morale in the regiment, and requests that Fannie send Henry, possibly a slave, to him. This...
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Family letters 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--Psychological aspects; Government & Politics -- Military; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Military Life; Peoples -- Domestic Life; |
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1864-03-05: George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry, letter |
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This document is a letter from George Washington Cherry near Dalton, Georgia, to his wife Francis "Fannie" Eugenia Parsons Cherry in Alabama on March 5, 1864. In the letter Cherry describes life and morale in the regiment, and requests that Fannie send Henry, possibly a slave, to him. 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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1864-03-05: George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry, letterThis document is a letter from George Washington Cherry near Dalton, Georgia, to his wife Francis "Fannie" Eugenia Parsons Cherry in Alabama on March 5, 1864. In the letter Cherry describes life and morale in the regiment, and requests that Fannie send Henry, possibly a slave, to him. 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 Rgt
Near Dalton Ga
March 5th/64
Dear Fannie, I have just
received your letter sent by
Gibbs, but have not yet
got the other articles sent by
him. I have however sent
for them and I guess I will
get them this evening. I am
now camped about two miles
East of Dalton, in the woods
We came here day before
yesterday. I have a good
tent and we built a chimny
yesterday, and am now -
sitting by a good fire. My
health is very good. and I
feel that I could yet do
a good deal if this horrid
war was over and I could
live at home. It is a sad
thing to know that [crossed out, illegible] so
[page 2]
much of the best part of my
life has to be spent away from home
and kindred, amid hardships
and trouble with no chance to
give you any aid in training
our little children, or in -
providing for your comfort and
whims[?]. I yet hope that the time
will come when we can sit
under our own vine and fig tree
in peace and plenty, and it
will be all the more pleasant
after the miseries of these trials
The army is now getting plenty
of corn bread, and about half
enough of meat yet not withstanding
the scant ration, they all appear
lively and are very healthy
I am afraid that the time
will come when you at home
will get less meat that we
do here for I cannot
see where the next is to come
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from. We have only to
do the best we can and
trust providence.
Can you hurry Henry up and
get your patch planted, and enough
ahead to let me have him a few
weeks, after a while. I do not
want him to come now, but
there will be some men home
on furlough in two or three weeks
and I would like for him to
come back with them and
bring me some tricks from
home. – do not send him
however until I write to
you again [crossed out, illegible] about it
I have just received a letter
from Jon. He writes that he
is well. I am beginning
to think that Em must be -
offended with me for joking
her about her Logen Lovin[?]
I hope not however, for I
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never attempt to tease any one
I do not like, and if I could
not for her good will I would
not joke her. So pitch[?]
out Em and write to me, for
I know why you have not
I have not heard from Nick
in several days. I guess I
will hear from him though
this evening as I have
sent over to his regt
May God bless you
all and our little children
Give my love to Ma &
Sister
Yours in truth
G.W. CherryCherry, George Washington1864-03-05Cherry 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--Psychological aspects;Government & Politics -- Military; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Military Life; Peoples -- Domestic Life;Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, United States1864-03-05Cherry-Goldsby Family Papers, 1827-2018, Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, AlabamaCollection 1262, Cherry-Goldsby Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 374 pages, 20 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; Text1262-18-027-093_Letter from George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry 1864 March 5 Dalton GA.pdfapplication/pdfDeeply RootedAuburn University Librarieshttp://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/cherry01/id/33 |