| | 1 | Author: | Booker, James, 1840-1923 | Requires 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 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, | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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