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121Author:  Booker, John, 1840-1864Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
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 Description: I receaved your letter of the sixth sence I have bin at this place an wer glad to here from you all, I would have ritten to you be fore now but we have bin posted on the out post an I have ent had the chance this leaves mi self & Jimey well an much hopeen these few lines ma find you in joying the same blesing. We have a good eal of sickness here, at least a good em meny that are un able for service We have had a very hard time sence we left Orange C H, we havent got any tents, nor I dont reaken we will have any whyle we sta here, we have to sta in entrenchments every other day an night, the entrench ments we sta in are in a quarter of a mile of the yankees, they are constant shoot ing at us an throw en bums over us, we have ent got but one of our men wounded sence we have bin here, but some are get en woun ded every day an sum cild.
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122Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923, and Booker, John, 1840-1864Add
 Title:  Letters to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
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 Description: after long neglect I in deavor to answer your kind letter which came to hand in due time I hope you will excuse me for not writing sooner, as I was verry unwell for several days after I got your letter, I have bin waiting sence I got well to to learn something new to write, tho I be leav thare is no news in circulation now atal, I hear but very little said about the yankees now, tho we are still preparing for them close by here, we have to go about four miles to work on the breast works every other day, I cant beleave that thay will come bac here again soon, tho thare is no teling what the fools may do,
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123Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
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 Description: After long silance I write you afew lines which will inform you that we are boath well, I have had very good health since I left Richmond John has bin a little sick several times tho he is very well at this time, hard marching agrees with me finely and I tel you I have had enough of that to make me fat, if I only cud of goten enough to eat, the rations has bin very scanty a large portion of the time sence we have bin marching, we have not marched much for the last ten days and it looks like thay are trying to feed us to death now, thay are giving us eny quantity of fresh beef and fresh hog meat, I would like very much to gave you a history of our travels, tho I have not got the patiants nor time to write it, I hope we will all be permited to return to our homes in peace soon, and then I can tel you of our ups and downs, it is thaught in camp that we will have peace soon and, I trust we may tho I dont know the public appin ion I have not seen a paper in a month, all of our conscripts are sick, thay was only four sent to our company, John Hundley [2] and Whit and Memry Inman[3] and Buc Pruett [4] our old members has kept up finely concid ering the exposeure, we have to waid every stream we come to that has no bridge across it, we have waided the potomac three time we are not aloud time to take off our clothing, to croos creeks & rivers, we have to go in just as we are, and then march with our wet clothing on, Bag Pritchett & Dac are both sick and at the hospital, Dasey Price[5] has bin sick fror some time, he has bin staying at private house close by Winches ter, I all of our sick & wounded are order ed from Winchester to Staunton, I think we will go bac to Richmond again soon at least I hope so, for I have not hird a word from home since I left Richmond, you must write to me soon and direct your letters to Winchester, we are onley five miles from Winchester now,
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124Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
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 Description: I write you afew lines this morning to let you know that we are boath well and much hope ing that this may find you all enjoying the same good blesing, I have no news of intrust to write we have had a long rest since we have bin here, tho I expect we will have to leave here to day, we have orders to be ready to march at amoments warning, I do know not know which way we will go, I received a letter from & sister yesterday dated the 8 of Oct & one from sister the other day dated the 5 of Oct, [2] I was sorry to hear of sickness being in the neighbour hood, we have some little sickness in camp tho not as much at present as has bin we have too sick men in our company Bage Pritchett & John Hundley[3] thay are not sick much tho thay are not able for sentry, I have enjoyed very good health since we left Richmond. I think I can stand the service now if thay will gave me enough to eat, we have goten a plenty since we have bin here accept salt, same we have not goten more than half enough salt I am glad that we are going to leave this place. for the people through here are all mostly quakers, and I had almost aslive be with the yankees as to be with the quakers, the yankees will sell us eny thing cheap for the specia tho thay will not take our notes, the quakers will sell any thing thay have got when the spirit moves them, tho we cant catch them rite half our time, I will hush about the yankees and quakers, and tel you what a interesting meeting has bin going on in Camp, it has bin going on for near a month, nearly every night thay has bin a good meney converts since the meeting commenced I think it is time for them to turn after being blesed so plainley as they have bin in the past battles, I think Mr Penic [4] had changed very much, be fore he was taken sick. he said that he was deter min to do better than he had bin do ing I dont think I ever saw a plainer change in eny person than there was in him,
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125Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
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 Description: I write you a few lines this morning which will inform you that my Self and John is yet in the land of the living and injoying a reasonable portion of health, and much hopeing, th when this comes to hand it may find you and all injoying the same great blessing, I have no news of interest to write, we have bin marching for the last four days, we got here yesterday evening, I understand there is plenty of yankees near hear, tho I havent seen eny of them, we met the citizens moving out yesterday as we came in, thay said the yankees was going to bshell the town yesterday, tho thay have not commenced shelling yet, I would not be surprised to hear the canon at eny time, I think our men is waiting for the yankees to open the ball, I hope thay will leave while our Genals Generals is waiting for them to commence fighting, I think thare is verry strong force here on both sides, if we have a battle here I expect it will be a verry hard one, I got a letter from sister Mary[2] last friday dated 17th inst[3] if you see her be fore cliff Penic [4] starts tel her not to send our coats
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126Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
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 Description: I write you afew lines this sabathmorning which will inform you thatmy self and brother are both well and getingon finely, and much hope this may reach you in due time and find you all injoyingthe same greatblesing, I have no news of importance to write to you, we have takenaverry hard march sence I wrote to you before we were marching ten days in succession, we got to this place last thursday eavning. I have no idie how long we can stay here we are under marching orders now. we have to move as the enemy moves, it was thought that thay were going toatact us yesterday thoughthaydid not. thaycame over last tues dayand gave ourcavilry averry hard fight thay faught nearly all day. took our men on seprise and got the advantage an the start, though our men drove bac across the river at last, thaytook some prisners and horses, our men took between three and four hundered pris ners, I dont serpose thay made much by that move, thayhave bin sendingthair cavilry throug through the country to steal and destroyevery thing can, thay take all the negroes and hossesaway with and burn the meat corn wheat and flour thay can find. I have bin to several houseswharethe yankees had taken every thay had. you all think you have great deal to see trouble about though you have nothing campared to those that live near the line of the enemy, the yankees is getingtoo mean to live, I thinke thay are depending altogetherapan them selves forthair inde pendence, and we all know that is a poor dependence foreney people todepenapon, I still live in hope of peace soon though I may not live to see it,
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127Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
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 Description: I write you afew lines this morning which will inform you that my self & brother are both well and geting on finely. and I much hope this may reach you in due time and find you all injoying the best of health and all other blesing, I have no news of importance to write, we have bin near Chambers Burg for several days. and I reaconwe will stay several days longer, we have quite a nice time sence we have bin Pennsylvania in the way of something to eat we can get plenty of milk & & butter and apple butter that is verry good the citerzens in this country all seem to be afraid of us thay treat us verry kind though I beleave it is don through fear the most of our Virginia boys treat them verrykind though thare is some of our extream southern troops has treated the people badley I am sorry thay do so. it is against ed Gen Lees orders to interrupt private prop erty, this is a verry flourishing looking Country the crops all look fine. the country has it has never felt the affect of the war, though I guess if we stay here long it will feel the affect of it, our quater masters & Commisarys has goten agreat meney nesarys for our army sence we have bin in this state
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128Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
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 Description: I write you afew lines this eavning in answer to yours of the 23 of June which I received to day and you may be asured that it afford me great pleasure to hear from you all once more. it had bin more than a month sence I had herd from home, this leaves my self and brother both well. and I much hope it may reach you in due time and find you all injoying the best of health and all other blesings, we have had a verry hard time sence I wrote to you before both marching and fighting to do, we went in to Pennsylvania and stayed for some time and had a hard Battle Near Hagerstown Getys Burg it commenced on the 1 day of July and continued until the night of the 3 day, and then both armys fel back with great loss, we went in the 3 day and got nearly all of our Devision killed & wounded I hope thare was not another Devision in Lees army that suffered the loss that Picketts [2] did, Gen Picketts lossed every Brigidary Gen that he caryed in the battle too killed and one taken prisner nearly all the officers in our brigade were killed & wounded. we lost our Col one of the best men in service. he was a good offeser and he was good to his men Thay all loved him, our Lt Col lost one of his arms at Mal vin Hill and got the other one seriously wounded in the Battle the other day [3] I guess you will see a list of the killed and wounded in the papers which will be more correct than I could gave you. thare was 35 men went in the battle in our company and thay was only 15 of them cam out fit for duty, My self & Jon come through safte are we not luckey ah we have bin so far thay was a ball pased through my sleeve though it did not hurt my arm, me and Jon came verry near being taken prisner on the day of the battle I told him when I saw that we were nearly surrounded I told Jon that we would run and try to get away from them and we made our ascape by doing so, while several of our boys that was with us let the Yankees take them. we have taken a great many of the Yankeys prisners . our Devision brought some five or six p thousand of them to this place, I hird that the Yankees papers stated that thay lost forty thousand killed at the battle at Gettysburg, I hear of a small battle nearly every day and I am expecting another big battle every day. though I don't think thay will put our Devision in, our brigade is on guard in this town, the citerzens of the town seem to be in favor of the Yankees mostly,
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129Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923, and Booker, John, 1840-1864Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
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 Description: I write a few lines illegible in ansur to yours of the 16 inst [1] which come to hand in due time, and Ill a shure you that I were glad to here from you all an to here that you wer all well, I had be gun to think that you had for gotten me Or had written an I had failed to get your letter, tho I ser pose you had nt writen on account of going to preachen, thare fore I wreaken you are excusable for not not writen sooner, this will in form you that through the mer cies of a kind Providence, My self an James are Both permitted to live in the enjoyment of good health, and I hope this will find you all enjoying the same great blesing, I wer glad to here that you all had, had such a good meeten at Hermon [2] I wish I could have b bin thare with you all, I can here a some Good Preachen here but I cant enjoy my self like I could at Hermon
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130Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
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 Description: I seat my self, this beautiful sabath morning for purpose of responding to your kind favors of the 23 & 28 of Sept. which I received several days ago, and would have answered them amidiately though I expected to have gon home soon, and thought that I would answer them in purson as I am such a sorry hand to write , Though it was my s mis fortune to be in formed that I could not go yet a while, I took it for my share and contented my self as usial, I think a soldier aught to be satisfied to do as well as I hav bindoing for the last few days. have a plenty of some thing good to eat and a good apitite to eat it. that is good enough for any body in war times. though you know it is not natrial for human being to be satisfied the better thay get. the better thay want. and the more thay get. the more thaywant, And thare is non of them that knows how to appritiate a blesing until after thay are deprived of it, I know this by experience. for when I was permited to injoy the comforts of good home and kind frends on everry side of me. I was not satisfied. I wanted to change my base of operrations, thought that I could do better than what I was doing ther, O if I should ever be permited to injoy such comforts again. I would know how to appritiate them. (God grant that I may) Again I say it is not nartrial for us to be satisfied, though I injoy more comforts than I am worthey of, yet I am not satisfied. I thank God that I have bin spared and permited to injoy such great blesings while so meney far better than I am have bin cut down by both desease & the enimy. I have bin permited to pass unhurt and injoy exerlant health, after all this I am not satisfied. I think that I would be rather better satisfied if the speculaters were all presed in to service so the poor women and children could get some thing to eat with out paying five times the worth of it, if thare is any thing to sell, a speculater is after it, faster than a hawk after a chicken, it would not do for me to have my way with them, thare is no news in this so I will hush it, unless I could say some thing better about them. I dont beleave thare is any news in camp of importance everry thing seems to be verry quiet a bout here Gen Corses [1] Brigade has came hae here. thay were sent to Tennessee when we first stoped here. thay say thay had a verry nice time while thay were gone they did not loose but verry few of thair men, our Chaplin has bin verry un well for several days though he is proveing now hope he will be well again in few days. I dont think I have ever told you his name it is R.W. Cridlin [2]he is a verry nice young Baptist minister, I got a letter from sister Benson[3] this morningthay were all well, accept Johe was at home complaining though I dont sepose that he was verry bad off. she said he was going to see his sweet heart. John is gone to the cook fire to make a slise potato pies. I wish you were here to take dinner with, I see a good meney Ladies pasing about camp, the married men are sending for thair wifes and boarding them with the citerzens around camp, I wrote to sister Mary the other day and for got to tel her that we did not nead any clothing. we drew a new suit the other day anddont nea want any clothing from home atal every thing you all sent in the box came safte I am under many obligations to you all for send ing us such a finebox it was a great treat to us, I will closes for the presant youmust write me soon and gave me all the news
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131Author:  Booker, John, 1840-1864Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
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 Description: I ll take the presant op potunity portunity of answering your kind letter of the 10 inst[2] which came to hand a few days a go you dont no what pleasure it was afforded me to receive your letter an here that you all wer gettin on well. I am sure thare is nothin that affords me more plesure than to recieve a letter from any of my frends or relation at home. but its sildom I get a letter I had bin exspectin a letter from you too or three weeks before I received it I wreaken I will have to excuse you this time far not writen sooner an hope that you will doo beter next time. this will in farm you that my self an Brother are both well an much hopeing this will reach you indue time and find you all injoying the same great Blesing and all all other Blesing that home can afford, we have some sickness in camp now which come from exposure I wreaken. Flem Gregory[3] has bin quite sick for the last four or five days. he has the pnuemonia but is not dangers I dont think, he is something better today, he is all the one that is sick in our company an I hope he will bee soon up Plese excuse bad Writin and Spellin for it is very Badly dun Christmas is close by and I se no chance for me or James to get home. I would like the best in the world for one of us to get home by Christmas if we could and I think one of us was to get a furlough and if the officers would doo rite we would get one. but if they can get g home whenever they pleas they dont care for us, I havent never applide for a furlo but James have bin after one an cant get it started, I beleave if Capt Herndon [4] would start one for him he would get it but he is Just too lazy to write it out, thare is ent a nother company in the regt but wh what gets more furloughs than our company doo and I dont be leave its anything else but because John Herndon wount dont start them, I wreaken the next time we orgune Organize the armey we had better all bee Of ficers or privates one for thare is too much dif farence made in them, Capt Herndon expects to get another fur lough soon after Christmas to go home but if I had it in power he would not get one til the last man in his company get one. We are here now dooen nothen in the wa world not eaven pickett duty and my oppenion the most of the men that dont get fur loughs be fore thare three years are out will go when thay are out thay say so any how, Plese I dont mean to say that I will go home but nearly all the men say they will if they will dont call out all the men that have put in substitute an furlough all the old soldiers that have bin out so long, I am a posed to desertion as much as any boddy can bee but I say put every one on equal foottin for this is a rich mans war an a por mans fight, [5] I be leave thare are some of the men that have but in substitute are dooen a great eal of good but the most of them are doo en more harm than good they are just speculaten on the poor people, an soldiers, I must stop a bout the soldiers for I wreaken you think I am going the other side of my self, I dont think think thare will be much Christmas seen here this time but I hope you all will have a good time, I exspect there will be a weding near you in the Christmas Memory Inman[6] starts home in the morning on furlou to get marred I hope he will ge have a good time, I exspect he is going to take Miss Mary Fullar, I dont no, I will stop James & cousin Thom Joins me in love too you all, you must write soon an give me all the news, no mamare
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132Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
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 Description: I was verry glad to hear of the cavilry catching some of those worthless boys that are sneaking about trying to keep from doing thair duty. I hope thay may suceed in catching all of them and send them to the Penitentary to serve thair time thare for thay are not account at home and a great eal less here. so if thay will put them in a lott and put a over seer off over them to make them work thay do more good that way than eny other, if thay were to bring them here thay would run way a gain
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133Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
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 Description: I write you afew lines this eavning which will inform you that my self & brother are bothe well and I much Hope this may reach you in due time and find you injoying the best of health and all other blesing, We have had a verry still Christmas un til yesterday the last day we were caledout to Stop the enimy though fortionately for us thay were stoped before we got verry far from our camp, the Yankees atacked our men at Green ville N.C. about (35) thirty five miles from this place, our men drove them back. I havent hird the particulars about the fight, though it is reported in camp that the yankees took one company of the 57 Va. Regt prisners I dont know wether it is true or not, I am verry glad thay whiped the yankees back without our having to go down thare, for the roads were mudy and it was raining the most of the day, it is mostly clear to day and verry bloustry, it has bin warm the most of the time sence we have bin here it is much pleasenter here than it is in northern Va and every thing is much cheaper, we can buy potatoes and turnips here for (3.00) three dollars per bushel by going 5 or 6 miles from camp, the most of the citizens in the country seem to have a fine chance of pork in fact everry thing is more plentyful here than it is in Va whare the army has bin, we have got an awful bad name sence we have bin here, the soldiers dont like the N.C. nor the N.C. dont like the Va. soldiers, some of the soldiers does act verry trifling it is enough to make any body mad with them, thay will steal, some times thay go out and steal potatoes and hogs, the Gen sent an order here the other day for the men all to be turned out on the parade ground and then search thair houses, thay did not find but verry little meat in our Regiment though thay found good eal in the 53 Regt I think thay found two (2) whole hogs in one company; I hope the thiefs will be sevierly punished for doing so and I guess thay will the man that had the meat in our Regt has desirted sence he was caught in his meanness I expect he will go to the yankees, he was a verry trifling fellow at his best I think any man that will steal like thay did aught to be whiped with a cow hide, I have said enough about the rags[2] unless I could say some thing in thare favor and it would not do for me to say too much about them I might be caught some time my self, Some body stole upwards ($18 000) eighteen thous end dollars from the QM of our Regiment a short time ago the soldiers were charged with it and I expect some of them got it thay was an old Lady who lost a skillet of soup last night and she came a round to day searching the soldiers houses for it She did not find it in our Regt She went to the 53 Regt I haven't hird wether she found it or not it is reported that Gen Barton[3] said that his Brigade was composed of rags and thiefs for they were rags before thay left home, I think he had better make some acceptions or mind how he talks ani, if he only new it is not healthy for him to gave honist people such a bad name because some men does wrong, well thare is no news nor interest in this to you so I will stop it,
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134Author:  Booker, John, 1840-1864Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
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 Description: I take this opportunity of responden to your most kind an interresten letter of the 10th of last month which was so long coming to hand I had be gon to think that you had given out writen to me any more. or had written an I had failed to get your letter. tho I serpose your letter wer on the road longer than it ort to have bin, I wish I had some good news to write you. but have nothen of interest to write. I believe the helth of the soldiers here are very good tho they all seem to be lo sperited. They think the time is draw- en ny when they will be cald erpon a gain to meet thare ine myes on the field a gain. an to think that thare is no relief for them but that they have got to still remain in the field, they have bin try en to get the men to reinlist for the war an thare have beena great meney of the men reinlisted The Govenour[2] came out the other day an made us a speech an tride to get the men to reinlist for the war, an when he had quit speeken the Colonel had us all in line an then had the Cullars cared to the front andthen told all the men that he wanted all who wer determen to be freemen to step out on the line with the cullars andall who wer willen to be slaves for thare enemyes to stand fast anI wreaken thare wer a bout one third of the men went on line with the cullars andthe rest stood fast, I dideant inten to reinlist nor I wes not willen to be a Slave for my enemyes and I dident go on line with the reinlisted, and I dideant wish to bee in eather line. Colonel Cabel [3] new very well that thare wer nun of the men that thort thot any thing of them selves ar thare Country that wer willen to becom Slaves for thare enemyes. The colonel thot by telen the men what he did he would get all the men to come on line with the Cullars an be considered reinlisted. but he faild to get them, tho thare have a great meny of them reinlisted sence the officers thinks if we will reinlist it will have a bad er fect on the yankees. tho they have past a bill to hold us in service andI dont no what good it will dood for us to reinlist I am of the opinion that if we wer to reinlist it would have a bad effect on our leaden men,[4] it looks like our leaden men thinks wee are willen to stay an fight all the time andnever get tiered, an I beleave that as long as we will stay here anexpress a willinness to stay here our leaden men will ceep the war up, I be leave that we mout have hud piece be fore this time if our head leaden men would would have tride, when the enemy offered to make a complemise our men wount here too it, so I am not in favor of reinlisten tho all that want to doo so I am wilin, I can bee just as good a soldier without reinlisten as I can with it. far I be leave that we will all have to serve any way without we desert and that I never want to doo as long as they will treat me like illeg. officers orte to treat men, tho they are fitten a very good way now to make men wars stil dissatisfide than they are now. by given the reinlisted men furlows first. I am due a furlow now andcome next for one in our company by rights but because I did not reinlis I get cut out of furlough. anthey are due me a furlow for reinlis in sixty too, for thirty days which I have never got, I refused to rein list this time an all of our company did exsept two an they are both recrutes which is in for twelve months longer any way, one of them ha never bin in ranks sence he be long to the company he has bin acten as comimasary all the time an the other one deserted the first time we went in to Mary land summer be fore last be fore the serrende of harpers farry an stade at home a bout fifteen months at home. and then came an joind the scitry Betalion in Richmond an got a fur low an went home an wer er rested an Broat Back to our company, this man now reinlist thinken it would make his cart marcial go a little lite er with him, gets a furlow an goes home be fore I doo that have bin here an dun my duty all the time as a soldier art to have dun doo you think thare is any justice in such a way doo en, as tha I tel you thare is no justice in it, I went up an give the Col a talkin a bout it last nigtn, and if he dont give me a fur lough be fore he des this deserter I wil bee very much er temp er to tel him what I think of him an take a discharge, I be leave in the for thing al ways if they wir not given no fur lows I could stay here an nor think hard of it but when they a are given furl an it comes to my time I want it, I will stop this chat for I wreaken you had rather here som then elce that is more interrestin Thare have bin a good eal of exsite ment here to day a bout the yankees makin a rade below here be teen Hanover Junction and Lieueasia CH and have bin tar ing the track up Thare have bin a continuel canonaden down that way all day to day an they have sent all of our Brigade from here exsept our Regt an a large potion of it is on Pickett we have orders to be ready to fall in, in a minute to Prevent ar rade, Shouldent be serprised if we dont have to leave before day, you wished to no what they had don with Curt Inman[5] he he wer left at newbon I serpose he got be hand the nigh we left thare an wer taken Prisoner Some of the fifty third said he wer broken down I dident see him that night I saw him a few minutes before we Started Back, Memory Inman[6] wer cart marcialed an his sintance wer to doo Po leas duty for his Regt one hour each day for seven days an the Cart said it wes thus lenient on him on acount of his good conduct be fore, he havent had to doo any of his duty yet an I dont reaken he will have to doo any of it, I hope not Lin Cary Brown I have never herd any thing from him exsept what I herd from home, he never has come to his company yet, its all together a mistake about his comen to his Regt at Kinston if he had of come thare I would have herd som thing a bout it far we wer all rite together Capt. Jno A. Herndon got a thirty days furlow to go home to get married I reaken he is going to take a Miss Beavers, as my paper is nearly fild I will have to stop I hope you will not think hard of this letter for I have bin mad all day an could not write what I wanted to write, I dont exspect you can read this last page I have wrote it by fire ligh, an thare wer so much fuss I could not rite
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135Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Bookerletters 
 Description: I write you afew lines This eavning which will inform you that my self and brother are both well and geting on verry well. and I much hope this may reach you in due time and find you all in joying the best of health and all blesings that our kind Protecter sees fit to bestow apon you all. I have no news of importance to write. we are having a verry still time now in camp. though I am fearful that it will not remain so much longer if wether keeps open. I think the spring campaign will soon commence. and then we poor soldiers will see a hard time. though if it is the will of God for us to suffer why should we complain when we know that he knows what is the best for us and will do nothing but for the best. I feel thank ful that I can cheerfully submit to his will If it is the will of my maker for me to be cut down in this war I dont ask to be spared for I beleave that he will do what is the best for me, thare is but few things that I would ask to stay in this trouble some world for, one great consolation to me is that if I am cut down, I have a hope of a better time in the future whare thare is neither worries and troubles thay was another lot of our prisners got to Richmond yesterday paroled from northern prisons I havent hird of any of my acquantance that came through with them infact I havent hird of any Virginians that came through this time scearsley, I hope that thay will parole all of them soon, I have hird that two of our Co. D had taken the Oath of iligeans and joined the yankee army. thay keep our men thare in thier prisons and treat them so badley that thay become so dissatisfied. thay had almost as live die as to stay thare then thay will get them to take the Oath and jian thier army, though if it is the will of God for the South to over power the North. thier swindling will not avail them any thing in the long run, it may make the war continue some longer. though thay will see that it will do them no good,
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136Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Add
 Title:  Letter to Chloe Unity Blair [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1997 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-Bookerletters 
 Description: It is with much pleasure that I embrace the present oppotunity of responding to your kind and interesting favor of the 17th inst which came to hand in due time and aforded me much pleasure to hear that you were all well. I and would have answered it amidiately though we had to go on picket and I thought that I would wait until we came bac to camp. and may be I would have some thing new to write so I have though it is not verry good if it is true, It is reported that Yankee is coming up the peninula I do not know wether thay are coming in force or not. or even wether thay are coming atal, one of our men were at a fishery about 20 miles below here yesterday he said that thay were expecting the Yankees thare when he left, it maybe just a squad of cavalry aiming to drive our men from the fishery. I havent hird any thing from thare this morn ing, I hope the next time I hear from thare to hear that thay are all rite again. the 53 regt[1] has bin down thare fishing for some time, we have drawn fish one time since thay have bin fishing and I guess will draw more soon if the Yankees dont drive our men from the fisherry, some of our men in camp has bin cacth catching a good meny fish lateley with hooks I have caught verry few my self, though I guess it is my own fault be cause I were two lazy to fish for them, we are having beautiful wether now for spring also a verry nice time in camp much nicer than I expected some time ago. I made sure that we would have to fight before this time. our army and the Yankee army are geting verry close to gather in Northern Va I dont think that it will be many days before thay havewill have a fight, thay had a small skirmish yesterday morning with cavalry I beleave it is generally beleaved that the Yankees are going to do thier best for Richmond this campaign I beleave that this campaign will decide the war hope it may we have bin verrysuccesful so this far this spring and I hope and pray that we may continue to be succesful this summer and end this cruel war in our favor, We rec yours and sisters[2]letters of the 24 inst sence I comenced writing verry glad to hear from you all though verry sorry to hear of Martha[3] being sick much hope she is well before this time, also verry sorry to hear Ucle of Uncle Drurys sufering with his caugh I much hope it will not pester him long, [4] well I beleave that I have writen enough for the present so I will close hoping to hear from you verry soon Gave my best respects to Uncle Drury and the rest of the family also to Jennie and her family and til them all to write to me as I am allways anxcious to hear from them,
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137Author:  Hamilton, AlexanderAdd
 Title:  Letter to Angelica Schuyler Church (January 7, 1789) [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1996 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-ASChurchletters 
 Description: Inclosed My Dear friend is a letter from your sister; which she has written to supply my deficiency. Tomorrow I open the budget & you may imagine that to day I am very busy and not a little anxious. I could not however let the Packet sail without giving you a proof, that no degree of occupation can make me forget you.
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138Author:  Hamilton, AlexanderAdd
 Title:  Letter to Angelica Schuyler Church (January 22) [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1996 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-ASChurchletters 
 Description: The fatigues of my journey were solaced this morning by a happy meeting with your father and mother. The very favourable accounts which I had of your father's health fell short of the reality. He is asto- nishingly recovered. The reception he gave me was more than usually cordial; for which I am no doubt indebted to your recommendation.
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139Author:  Hamilton, AlexanderAdd
 Title:  Letter to Angelica Schuyler Church (January 31, 1791) [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1996 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-ASChurchletters 
 Description: There is no proof of my affection which I would not willingly give you. How far it will be practicable to accomplish your wish respecting your father is however very uncertain — Our republican ideas stand much in the way of accumulating offices in one family — Indeed I doubt much whether your father could be prevailed upon to accept. I do not however urge this point till I can better ascertain the ground — There is as yet no certainly here of the mission from England; which must precede one from this Country.
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140Author:  Hamilton, AlexanderAdd
 Title:  Letter to Angelica Schuyler Church (March 22, 1801) [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1996 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | UVA-LIB-ASChurchletters 
 Description: We did not leave Albany till near twelve on Friday and the next day about one I arrived here —where I found the two families in good health.
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