1863-04-17: George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry, letter
This document is a letter from George Washington Cherry near Tullahoma, Tennessee, to his wife Francis "Fannie" Eugenia Parsons Cherry at home in Alabama, on April 17, 1863. The letter mentions theft of items sent in packages, and discusses buying land in Opelika, Alabama. Sections of text...
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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; Government & Politics -- Military; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Agricultural Life; Peoples -- Domestic Life; Peoples -- Military Life; |
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1863-04-17: George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry, letterThis document is a letter from George Washington Cherry near Tullahoma, Tennessee, to his wife Francis "Fannie" Eugenia Parsons Cherry at home in Alabama, on April 17, 1863. The letter mentions theft of items sent in packages, and discusses buying land in Opelika, Alabama. Sections of text are lost where the paper is torn. 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]
[Ca]mp 45th Ala Tullahoma Tenn Apl 17 1863
[text missing] Fannie I have just received your
[text missing] dated 13th ult. I got the sample
[text missing] shall keep a look out for
[text missing] pants I may find them on
[text missing] body. I do regret very -
[text missing]h losing them. from the fact
[text missing] had stuck to the piece of cloth
so long, and it was a part -
of a lot captured from the -
Yankees. I took the box from
the express office myself and
did not notice that it had
been opened until I had
taken it a way. I have no
doubt but what it was broken
open by the guard after it
got to Tullahoma as It staid
in the office guarded two or
three days before I found out
it had come. I said in my
last letter I would send back
the receipt but forgot to en-
close it I will try and think
of it this time. I had heard
about the sale of the Shields
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place and the Tobacco, a[text missing]
also about Colquitt place b[text missing]
for sale. I am not fami[text missing]
with this land and do not [text missing]
know whether it would [text missing]
us [illegible] or if it is good [text missing]
and [illegible] and [text missing]
to rocky and broken. I would [text missing]
to have it but I would [text missing, illegible]
have no land than a poor
or [illegible] place. I will
trust your judgement on it
and Dr Brownfields. I believe
he will treat me right and
fair. I will try and send
you some money by Mr -
Culver. When he goes home
which will be about next Monday
and I will also try and send
some clothing that I will not
need through the summer
and might lose before winter.
I will give you a list when
I send them. I think we will
move from here before long and
maybe have another long march
Write often GWC
[in the margin:] God bless you all and our little childrenCherry, George Washington1863-04-17Cherry 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;Government & Politics -- Military; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Agricultural Life; Peoples -- Domestic Life; Peoples -- Military Life;Tullahoma, Tennessee, United States1863-04-17Cherry-Goldsby Family Papers, 1827-2018, Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, AlabamaCollection 1262, Cherry-Goldsby Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 252 pages, 22.3 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; Text1262-18-027-064_Letter from George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry 1863 April 17 Tullahoma TN.pdfapplication/pdfDeeply RootedAuburn University Librarieshttp://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/cherry01/id/43 |
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1863-04-17: George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry, letter |
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1863-04-17: George Washington Cherry to Francis Eugenia Parsons Cherry, letter |
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This document is a letter from George Washington Cherry near Tullahoma, Tennessee, to his wife Francis "Fannie" Eugenia Parsons Cherry at home in Alabama, on April 17, 1863. The letter mentions theft of items sent in packages, and discusses buying land in Opelika, Alabama. Sections of text are lost where the paper is torn. 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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