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21Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Requires cookie*
 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 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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22Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Requires cookie*
 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 & 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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23Author:  Booker, John, 1840-1864Requires cookie*
 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 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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24Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Requires cookie*
 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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25Author:  Booker, James, 1840-1923Requires cookie*
 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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