| | 1 | Author: | Vines, James W. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | James W. Vines to Kate Armentrout, September 12, 1861  | | | | Published: | 2002 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | I received your kind & welcome letter some three or four weeks since and
I take this opportunity to answer it. I was very glad to hear from you and to
hear that you were all well, you said all the girls looked well except Snake you
named one in perticular you called her my dear
Maggie well if you say she is my dear, it must be so I guess you know, give her
my love. Tell Snake I can very easily account for her looking badly she has
parted with some one and she is grieving herself about him. I cant
say who it is unless it is Mr
Quarles tell her he is well and I hope it wont be long before she may have the happy privilege of
seeing him. I long to see that happy time when we all may be permitted to return
to our homes, you cant imagine how I would like to come
home. I have tried to get a furlough but there was no earthly chance so I have
come to the conclusion to wait patiently until next Aprile if I am spared to see it then I can come home, but I hope this
fuss may be settled long before then. Kate I suppose you heard about Tom Supple
loosing all the letters that was sent by him
& never have been heard from since, we scolded him a greadeal about it but I suppose he did not loose them intentionally therefore we will have to forgive him. I recieved a letter from home yesterday the firse one for more than two weeks and was very sorry to hear of F
Campbell's death poor fellow he suffered a greateal but I hope he is now at rest I would like to have come and see
him before he died but that privilage was denied
me. I think it very hard that no one are allowed to go home under any
circumstance except on a sick furlough. I pittied
James Trotter he tried several time to get a furlough to go home and see his
Father before he died but there was no chance, well Kate as it is now about ten
oclock, and the candle is about out I will have
to bring these few lines to a close give my love to all the Family & all
inquiring friend excuse all mistakes nothing more at this time. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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