1862-04-17: Joseph A. Mitchell to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Letter
This document is a letter from Joseph A. Mitchell to his sister Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, written in camp near Moseley's Church, Va., on April 17, 1862. This letter is a continuation of the one written on April 16. The writer continues to discuss the Conscript Law. The Fitzpatrick family...
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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 -- Military Life; Government & Politics -- Military; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Domestic Life; |
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1862-04-17: Joseph A. Mitchell to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, Letter |
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This document is a letter from Joseph A. Mitchell to his sister Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, written in camp near Moseley's Church, Va., on April 17, 1862. This letter is a continuation of the one written on April 16. The writer continues to discuss the Conscript Law. 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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1862-04-17: Joseph A. Mitchell to Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, LetterThis document is a letter from Joseph A. Mitchell to his sister Mary Louisa Mitchell Williamson, written in camp near Moseley's Church, Va., on April 17, 1862. This letter is a continuation of the one written on April 16. The writer continues to discuss the Conscript Law. 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]
Thursday Apr 17th 1862
My Dear Sister
I write this to
say that buddie Phil will not write
now; he says he will write you all
the news in a few days, he can do
that better than I. there is nothing
new this morning. All the boys
are talking a bout this Conscription
some of them are [cursing ?] about it
Old Col Lomax says it will keep
us all here. I heard that the [6th ?] Ala
a Mississippi and some other Regt
threw down their arms and swore
that they would not [serve ?] under
it. I think it is a perfect piece
of Despotism to force men that first
left their homes to come [up ?] to the
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wars and that were willing to go in
a gain as soon as they went home
and stayed a while, but I expect
it is all for the best, Capt Andrews
has not come from home yet, he has been
gone nearly a month, I cant tell
what we will do but as I said last
night we will join Semples
Company if we can. I will send
this to town by Old Mr. Blagg the
Sutler. We are all well, all the
boys send their love to you all
write soon to your affectionate
brother Joe,1862-04-17Mitchell, Joseph A.Mitchell Family; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence; Letters; Peoples -- Military Life; Government & Politics -- Military; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Domestic Life;Moseley's Church, Virginia, United States1862-04-17Fitzpatrick-Mitchell-Williamson Family Papers, 1850-1989, Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, AlabamaRecord Group 1223, Fitzpatrick-Mitchell-Williamson Papers, Folder 312 pages, 19 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;1862-04-17_MitchellJA_to_WilliamsonMLM_letter.pdfapplication/pdfDeeply RootedAuburn University Librarieshttp://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/fmw01/id/41 |