1862-07-18: Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson to Joseph A. Mitchell, Letter
This document is a letter from Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson to her brother Joseph A. Mitchell, written from her home Bright Spot in Line Creek, Ala., on July 18, 1862. She discusses local and family news. The Fitzpatrick family emigrated from Ireland to the Virginia colony in the early 1700s. Ove...
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Family letters Mitchell Family; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence; Letters; Peoples -- Domestic Life; Peoples -- Agricultural Life; Peoples -- Rural Life; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; |
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1862-07-18: Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson to Joseph A. Mitchell, Letter |
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This document is a letter from Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson to her brother Joseph A. Mitchell, written from her home Bright Spot in Line Creek, Ala., on July 18, 1862. She discusses local and family news. The Fitzpatrick family emigrated from Ireland to the Virginia colony in the early 1700s. Over time, the family moved from Virginia through the Carolinas and into Georgia before finally settling in Line Creek, Alabama and Verbena, Alabama. Several members of the family were active politically including William Fitzpatrick, who served in the Georgia legislature, and Benjamin Fitzpatrick, who served two terms as governor of Alabama. Sarah Fitzpatrick, a descendant of this family, married Columbus White Mitchell who was from a prominent Alabama family. The couple had ten children, seven of whom survived infancy. Three of their sons served in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy (Phil F. Mitchell, Joseph A. Mitchell, and Columbus White Mitchell). Their daughter Mary Louisa, a central figure of this collection, married Dr. Samuel "Trinley" Thomas Williamson in September 1861 shortly after the war began. Williamson was a medical doctor who also fought in the Confederate armed forces. With Williamson and the three Mitchell brothers away fighting, Mary Louisa was left home to run the household with only the help of her sick mother and her sisters. At this time she was also pregnant with her first child who was born in 1862. All three brothers and Williamson survived the war. The family continued to live in Alabama following the Civil War. Since the mid-1900s, some branches of the family have spread out while some continue to live in Alabama. 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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1862-07-18: Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson to Joseph A. Mitchell, LetterThis document is a letter from Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson to her brother Joseph A. Mitchell, written from her home Bright Spot in Line Creek, Ala., on July 18, 1862. She discusses local and family news. The Fitzpatrick family emigrated from Ireland to the Virginia colony in the early 1700s. Over time, the family moved from Virginia through the Carolinas and into Georgia before finally settling in Line Creek, Alabama and Verbena, Alabama. Several members of the family were active politically including William Fitzpatrick, who served in the Georgia legislature, and Benjamin Fitzpatrick, who served two terms as governor of Alabama. Sarah Fitzpatrick, a descendant of this family, married Columbus White Mitchell who was from a prominent Alabama family. The couple had ten children, seven of whom survived infancy. Three of their sons served in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy (Phil F. Mitchell, Joseph A. Mitchell, and Columbus White Mitchell). Their daughter Mary Louisa, a central figure of this collection, married Dr. Samuel "Trinley" Thomas Williamson in September 1861 shortly after the war began. Williamson was a medical doctor who also fought in the Confederate armed forces. With Williamson and the three Mitchell brothers away fighting, Mary Louisa was left home to run the household with only the help of her sick mother and her sisters. At this time she was also pregnant with her first child who was born in 1862. All three brothers and Williamson survived the war. The family continued to live in Alabama following the Civil War. Since the mid-1900s, some branches of the family have spread out while some continue to live in Alabama. 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]
Bright Spot
Friday July the 18th 1862
Dear Bud Josie
Wednesday I received two letters
from Brother Phil, one from Dr Williamson, and
yours to Mother and my self, I have been writing all
day to Brother Phil, and as White has written to
you, I thought I would write a post-script.
Mother intended writing you a long letter to day
but she went over to see Aunt Lizzie, she has
a baby, boy named from Uncle Billie, Mother
has never seen it, and we heard yesterday it was
quite sick. Bud Josie I was sorry to hear you were
not quite well, do my dear brother be careful of
yourself, I was so anxious to see you when you
looked fat and well, I heard you were a great
stout boy; you must stay in [scratched out: Rich] Petersburg
until you are entirely well, you have no idea
how it hurt me to think you felt the need
of clothes, you have some nice ones here, if
we could only get them to you, I wish you had
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them; Bud Josie, White is at home with us, he
has only been here a few days, we are not so
lonely now, he keeps noise enough.
When I wrote you last, Trinley was at home, he
only staid one day, "Hilliard's Legion" were
ordered to Chattanooga, but I received a letter
from him wednesday, they are in Camps at
Atlanta, Ga, I suppose they will only remain
there a short time; I wished for you Boys
more than ever last week, we were surprised
by a visit from Cousin Jim and [Narbe ?], Cousin
Matt Womack, and her children, they had been
to Tuskegee, came by here, expected to meet Ben
we were so glad to see them, they staid two
nights with us, went around to see all the
kinfolks, they seemed to enjoy their visit very
much, talked a great deal about you Boys,
said they were coming to see us again when
you all came home, I felt like I had met some
near relations, Cousin Matt has two sweet interes-
ting children, Carrie and Lewis; Bud Josie I wrote
Brother Phil every thing I could think of, I hope
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you will see the letter; there is nothing new in
the neighborhood, the excitement is almost
subsided about the battle, we got the dispatch
that you boys were safe soon after I wrote to
you, Uncle Billie sent to Montgomery and
telegraphed to Mr Keyes
After supper--Mother came home late this evening
Cousin Fannie came with her, nothing new; White
is fussing around, getting ready to start in the
morning, Little Ben is going with him; Bud
Josie we are so anxious to have you come
home, Mother says you must make every effort
to get a sick furlough, you had better if you
possibly can, come home and stay with us until
you are strong again, I hope and pray you can,
I expect Ben will be at home soon; Elsie Smith is
at home, he has been to see us twice, I did not
see him either time, I dont know wether he
has returned or not; I must close Bud Josie, I
do not feel well at all, the children all send
love to you, Cousin Fannie and Mother joins
me in love, to you Mother will write to you
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soon; The negroes always come to hear your letters
read, they are anxious to see you, send their love
Uncle Joe is always delighted when he gets a letter
from the office, sits down to hear it read;
I hope you are better now, what a pleasure it
would to your Sister to nurse you I could
think of many things that would comfort
you, if you were only at home. My daily
prayer is that we may meet again, God grant
that with the dawn of another month, may come
the glad tidiings of peace, Good night I remain
as ever your devoted Sister
Mary Louisa W.
1862-07-18Williamson, Mary Louisa MitchellMitchell Family; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence; Letters; Peoples -- Domestic Life; Peoples -- Agricultural Life; Peoples -- Rural Life; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction;Line Creek, Montgomery County, Alabama, United States1862-07-18Fitzpatrick-Mitchell-Williamson Family Papers, 1850-1989, Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, AlabamaRecord Group 1223, Fitzpatrick-Mitchell-Williamson Papers, Folder 344 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 the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.Stillimage; Text;1862-07-18_WilliamsonMLM_to_MitchellJA_letter.pdfapplication/pdfDeeply RootedAuburn University Librarieshttp://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/fmw01/id/39 |