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101Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William FrancisAdd
 Title:  Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1867 December 01  
 Published:  2002 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: As I expect to go to Lexington tomorrow morning if noting occures to detain me. I have been very well since I parted with you, & very busy grinding up to late last night. I hope that I may have more leasure this week as I have a good eal to do. I intend to try & sell Dixie tomorrow I wroad her to Preac hing this eavning & she came very near running away with me. I pricked up & old bridle that had no curb. I am writing at the house & Rash & Marion are making so much fuſs that I can not keep my mind on any subject more than a second. thare was a letter here to Mrs Willie B wich I took the privalige of opening. it was from CousJoe I will sende it with this note I hope that it may find you enjoying good health. I have often though about your pains. I hope you do not suffer any more with them. I have so much to do this week that I think it will be imposible for me to get down before Saturday week. The time will appear very long to me I am sure. But it will soon run round as I have a good eal to attend to. I hope my darling will try & be hapy cheerfull & sadisfied. oh how often I think of a sigh that escaped you while I was down last. I hope & pray that some day I may be able to command any thing you desire. I will close by asking God to protect us from all harm I will write again & a longer letter before I come down. I received a letter from Bro C he is well & senthis love to you I will look for a letter in a day or two
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102Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William FrancisAdd
 Title:  Brand Civil War Collection: Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout, 1867 December 08  
 Published:  2002 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: Irecieved your letter yesterday eavning; was truly glad to hear from my better half. Indeed I had beagan to be very ancious to hear from Rose Dale. espescially one of its ocupan ts. If it had not been so far & I was busy I would have made my apperance aroung the family circle at Rosedale. Indeed it would have given me a great deal of pleasure to embrace my dear wife. My health is very good with the ex ception of the headache today. I have been suffering with it all morning But hope it may be well by morning I have been enjoying very good health since I was down. Hope this may find you still improving & happy Recieved a letter yesterday eavning from cousin Mollie Colman directed to my Kate wich I as before took the privalige of opening. I will enclose it in this to you., Hope you will not centure me for the privileges I have taken the letter is very hard to read There may be sense in it but is hard to get out, I think our Photographs are very good. Yours I am very much pleased with. the attraction was so grate that my lips ware naturally drawn toward it. I bought very little at the sale. evry thing was old & roughſ. I got a dining table but as Ma intends to give us one I can trade the one I got for a good safe. wich we will need. I got a good coffee mill & one or two other articles. The chairs ware so indifferent that I would not bid for any. I have laid in over three hundred lbs of Pork Made some sosage & rendered out the lard ready for use. So you need not be scared I will give you plenty of meat & bread to eat if nothing more & I am sure we will never starve. In regard to mooving up. I would rather your Pa would moove us up for it would cost me eight or ten dollars to get a team to moove us up. Very likely I could get Bro. J. to moove us up. I do not know whether he is busy with his machine or note. I am glad that Sis Ann has not given up coming up with us. I will find tranportation for you & her If I do have to drive the cows, I hope the weather may remain as beautifull as it is today so that we may not be de layed by bad roads & inclement weather. Will hope for the best. Nearly dark; my head has quit aching. I took a short nap this eave something new withme Evry time I go to the land of dreams I meet with my absent Kate It will not be long untill I may realize my night dreams. I will be down Saturday if thare be no pres venting providence. Either Carriage Buggie or horse back. I will close as it is getting so dark I cannot see how to moove straight acroſs the page. Give my love to one & all, & reserve a double portion for your self If you are writing today I will recieve it before I come down. Now may bright angels protect the from all harm is the prayer of your loving husband.
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103Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William FrancisAdd
 Title:  Brand Civil War Collection: Letter to William Francis Brand from Jane, 1867 November 02  
 Published:  2002 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: Although this day is sad and dreary, yet my feelings are not in accordance with it and I am attempting a reply to your last letter. I have neglected willing longer than I intended. But since I have been so actively employ- ed in the exhilarating pleasure of having chills and other circumstances connected these with, over which I had no control I know you will heartily forgive the long long delay. I just tell you I have had a rare time with them. We are all pretty well now, except uncle's health. He is quite feeble. And I suppose you have found one with whom to share the simple joys of life. I know she is May happiness attend thee and thy companion through life is my kindest wish. I wish I could have been with you all so as to witness the occasion I know you had quite a jubilee.I am not married yet. I prefer a single life yet. I think there is a good many in the war now that would like to get out of it. A married life is not a desirable one to me. There is no real happiness in it. Time finds me at home visiting and receiving company occasionally I expect to teach next session if I can find a suitablesituation. Money is scarce here. The freedmen have done very well this year. Cotton is quite low and we have to give an exorbi- tant price for everything we get. We recieved a letter from Uncle C last week. He was complimenting you very highly and also brother J. I often wish I could be with you all. it is a consummation devoutly to be wished. In referance to me returning to Va. I can not abhor the idea of going there with a stranger, yet I don't think there would be any unpropriety in so doing. I would rather brother would come after me if all thinks it best for me to return. I know Uncle Tom is getting old and feeble, and will be with us but a little while, at the far his rest . We all will haveto rely on our own resourceHe has even been like afather to me in everyrespect. I shall ever lovehim although in a distantland. It will be a sore trialfor me to part with him anddear old Aunt. They say Ifeel as dear to them as oneof their children. Theysay they hope I will dowell through life, but itseems as if the fates areagainst me.
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104Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: Brand, William FrancisAdd
 Title:  Brand Civil War Collection: Letter to Amanda Catherine Armentrout from Jane Brand, 1867 November 02  
 Published:  2002 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: Your welcome let note was received and I was heartily rejoiced to hear from one whom I can call sister. I now take you on the list for a new correspondent.I hope you will continue to write Nothing gives me more real pleasure than to sit by our cheerful fireside and read an affecctionate letter from those I so dearly love. I wish I could make my appearance and be with my earliest and affectionate friends in old Virginia. I have spent many most pleasant hours with them and memory shall ever hold them as clear and sacred I hope you are agreeably domesticated at home and you now have my warmest wishes. May Brother make an indulgent husband, and ever speak kindly. May no cloud ever rise to darken your pathway. I feel very grate- ful to you for offering me a home with you and brother. No doubt it would be a pleasant home. I shall except of it if I be so fortunate as ever go back. Remember me kindly to all my relations
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105Author:  Brand Civil War Collection: Alice M.Add
 Title:  Brand Civil War Collection: Letter to William Francis Brand from Alice M, 1873 July 16  
 Published:  2002 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar 
 Description: Some time has passed since the reception of your kind letter, and yet it has not been answered. I hope you will forgive me for being so slow this time, as I promise to do better in future.
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106Author:  White, James J.Add
 Title:  Letter to James Brooks  
 Published:  1998 
 Description: I am compelled from want of pen and ink to write a line in pencil—seizing a moment now I may not have it half hour hence. It is my painful duty to inform you that your son William died today after an illness of several days which appeared to me something like conjestion of the brain. Our brigade has been very much exposed by forced marches through heat and dust, and by being compelled to camp out at night without tents, not even the superior officers being allowed to carry tents from the difficulty of transportation.[1] I suppose it would be most agreeable to the feelings of yourself and your boy's mother that his remains should be taken at once to his home, but we have been drawn up in line of battle this evening[2] and on application to our colonel[3] he assured me that it would be impossible to get permission from Gen. Johnston[4] for any one to leave at this time, and I ascertained that permission had been refused to remove the remains of Lieutenant Patton[5] of the Rockbridge Grays who died this morning. And although I had with considerable difficulty made arrangements for William's transportation before speaking to Col. Preston, I felt forced to abandon it, and have provided for his decent interment in the Episcopal Cemetery here and have directed a head board with his name to be provided so that at some subsequent time his remains may be removed to the bosom of his friends. When I discovered that William was sick I had him taken to the Hospital in Winchester which is in Charge of M. H. Houston, formerly of Rockbridge, late of Wheeling, where every attention possible under the circumstances was provided. I have done the best I could my dear Sir and in communicating with the stricken parents of the most admirable young man, it is but the simplest justice to say that whether as student or soldier, I had nothing to complain of him, but believe in my conscience that he did his duty modestly and conscientiously on every occasion. Your son Andrew has just mentioned that the physician thought the disease of his brother was spinal to the brain.[6] Excuse the unavoidable haste of this letter, for I am hurried in every way imaginable. We are expecting the enemy here at any moment and I believe that we are able to meet them. With assurances of kind regards and sincere sympathy.
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107Author:  Brooks Collection: Brooks, AndrewAdd
 Title:  Letter to Eleanor Stuart Brooks  
 Published:  1998 
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108Author:  Brooke, M.L.Add
 Title:  Brooke family correspondence Assen.No.38 137  
 Published:  1995 
 Description: I fancy you at the Powhatan to night and I hope that instead of one letter you will get two from me, there must be some irregular -ity in the mails. I have never failed to write you twice a week and you ought to have receivd a letter before you left Richmond — for St. Julian — if you get both letters you will acknowledge the recip't of them— oh how delighted I should have been at an unespected visit from you and I could not help feeling disappointed that you thought of coming and did not do so but I think you acted wisely — I know if you had consulted your inclination alonethat you would have spent your Christmas with us. You see I am not jealous but I eny Pa his happiness— and hope you had a pleasant trip— I am alone with no other company than John and Juliet— M & V. are at their Grand Pa's I am lonely enough but I was afraid to keep Margaret at home least she should incur then Grand Pa's displeasure, She told him that I would be alone and it seem'd to fret him and I've linquis -hed my claims at once, tho' reluctantly I aſsure you they will be gone all week I expect Juliet tomorrow or the next day I wrote to Father that I should keep him here— Sandy Stuart writes that she was much admired in Washington Staunton is very dull I never knew it as much so as this season— Mr Hamilton was here a few days ago Judge Baldwin examined him and he is now at Judge Smith's will be here tomorrow night— he has concluded to settle in Lexington after a visit to Lynchburg— he has many schemes to numerous to mention in a letter thinks that he can keep house on less than he can board for— which is 300 Dollars— they will beat me in management if they do and hire servants— Mat will not be down this winter——our servants are all hired to the institutions Mary and Ann— we get 40 dolars for it is the best home for them I think I did not consult Ann;— I hold Joe at 120 dollars and expect to get it— he remains at the hospital they can't do without him and must pay for him— John will bring the same— Beverly has not come I expect him this week— Charlotte will be here tomorrow— I never had as little anxiety about hiring the servants— and never did better— Doct. Berkeley has all this on his hands and no homes for them yet— I was there today delivered your message— but he did not say that you should get more things I suppose he will write if he still wants them—my groceries have not arrived yet— I will write as soon as I get them—you would laugh if you could take a peep at my table with two plates and cups on it—me at the head and John at the foot— doing like pa he says he is very attentive to my wants and says if I write you that he is a bad boy he will tane the letters up. he wants to send you some ginger cakes for a Christmaſ gift— Juliet says yet I want to see my Pa—She wont forget you She improves daily I think—they rise every morning before day light and are as merry as crikets— the airtight stove is the greatest comfort to us we manage it better this winter and I could not do without it. Some cold mornings I sit all day in the dining room which is very comfortable the stove burns much less wood than the fire place place did and is much warmer—do write often devote all your leisure moments to me this is asking very little— when you have so few— I think of you all the time. I will write you by Judge Baldwin — Sister Beverly says do send your love to her sometimes I tell her that I cannot share your love with any body— She thinks me very selfish.—
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109Author:  Brooks Collection: Brooks, AndrewAdd
 Title:  Letter to Mary Susan Brooks  
 Published:  1998 
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110Author:  Brooks Collection: Brooks, AndrewAdd
 Title:  Letter to James Brooks  
 Published:  1998 
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111Author:  Brooks Collection: Brooks, WilliamAdd
 Title:  Letter to Mary Susan Brooks  
 Published:  1998 
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112Author:  Brooks Collection: Brooks, AndrewAdd
 Title:  Letter to Eleanor Stuart Brooks  
 Published:  1998 
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113Author:  Brooks Collection: Brooks, AndrewAdd
 Title:  Letter to Eleanor Stuart Brooks  
 Published:  1998 
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114Author:  Brooks Collection: Brooks, MoffettAdd
 Title:  Letter to Moffett Brooks' aunt  
 Published:  1998 
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115Author:  Brooks Collection: Brooks, CharlesAdd
 Title:  Letter to Emmet Brooks  
 Published:  1998 
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116Author:  Brooks Collection: Brooks, CharlesAdd
 Title:  Letter to Eleanor Stuart Brooks  
 Published:  1998 
 Description: I hope you have received the letter sent off on yesterday. When I left home I thought perhaps I would have returned before this; but instead of that we are getting further away and I hope gaining an im portant victory for the Confederacy. Our division of the army was pretty quiet on Saturday and Sunday, but a pretty hard battle occured Sunday evening, to our right, on the York River Railroad about eight miles below Richmond. Gen. Hills division was the principal one engaged. Early this morning all Jackson's troops crossed the Chickihomany and all the army are following up the enemy; for I should have stated that he was again whipped on yesterday. We crossed the battle field on this mor ning! There were many dead and for miles the coun try wa is strewn with knapsacks blankets over- coats and various other articles. Squads of prisoners have been coming in all day and probably five or six hundred have been captured. I saw five about three hundred captured horses and mules this morning. The enemy have crossed a stream fourteen miles below Richmond and blown up the bridge, and heavy cannonading has been going on this evening across the stream. Time is important for them in order to get commisary stores out of the way. If it were not for his Gunboats McClelland might find some dif ficulty in finding a place of rest on Virginia's soil.[1] We havn't seen our wagons for five days and have lived principally on hard bread and havn't been particular about clean sheets or the abundance of our covering. It is now about sundown and I will stop; but probably add somthing more before I mail it.
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117Author:  Brooks Collection: Trible, SchylerAdd
 Title:  Letter to James Brooks  
 Published:  1998 
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118Author:  Brooks Collection: Brooks, CharlesAdd
 Title:  Letter to Emmet Brooks  
 Published:  1998 
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119Author:  Brooks Collection: Brooks, AndrewAdd
 Title:  Letter to Emmet Brooks  
 Published:  1998 
 Description: Your letter was received yesterday evening. I had mailed one to you in the morning. I have had very little opportunity to make the inquiries you wish. I have been on road detail to day (making corduroy road to Guinney's[2]) and have to go again to morrow, so you see it will be impossible to go to Guinney Station before Monday, if indeed I can go then. I suppose you were led to believe, that large profits could be made on skillets from having heard us speak of having to pay 12 or 15 dollars for one. If you could get that price, it would pay very well, but I do not think you could get it; unless you could get them to the different brigades of the army and sell them there, in which case, I think they would bring 12 dols'. The sutlers [3] of regiments do not buy them at all, so far as I can hear, unless they get orders for them. As for the Sutlers at the Station, I can not speak positively, but think they act in the same way. The day you went up, McKee [4] failed to get one, but got the promise of one soon, if he would leave 10 dols, his name etc, which he would not do. However I am of the opinion that you might sell them there for 8 dollars apiece, in lots of 20, or 30, and it might be as many as 60. I think there would be no risk in you staying a few days, at the Station. But you know there is no accomodation there, and no place to keep them. I got the box that night. It was a treat, I tell you, but you will know that after the sight of it. The coffee is delicious. McKee got his furlough next day and started in about an hour. John D. got his too, and went Monday. I want you to send me a tin plate by him. If you buy skillets, you ought to do it at once while the army is lying quiet. A good many soldiers have been courtmartialed in the brigade. Several were publicly whipped today, and four others . Haven't heard the sentences of the Killians[5].
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120Author:  Brooks Collection: Brooks, AndrewAdd
 Title:  Letter to Eleanor Stuart Brooks  
 Published:  1998 
 Description: Your letter by Jimmy Burns[2] was received this evening. Charles' letter came yesterday, after looking for a letter for a week. I had begun to think you had forgotten me, it was so long coming. He mentioned that Johny had gone to somewhere (but didn't say where) except that I would no doubt see him before I got his letter. He didn't tell me what he had gone for, or anything about it, nor did you except that he sent to Genl Lee a recommendation for my detail. What sort of a thing is it and who recommended me. I suppose he was in Richmond and took the contract to the war office. I havn't gotten the letter you say he wrote me and have never gotten but one letter from him since I left. I have been very anxious to hear from him, and know what is doing at the Furnace. It will now soon be time it was put in blast. When I commenced writing I had just returned from preaching, which we have every night. Dr. Hoge[3] and Mr. Lacy [4] are gone. There is a chaplain with each regiment of the brigade, two Presbyterians and three Methodists. Lieut Culton[5] has resigned - unable to stand infantry service. I dont know who will get his place, if his resignation is accepted. We heard considerable firing across the river yesterday, but havent heard the cause. Wednesday morning, I will get the box today -am very much obliged to you all for it -I am not much afraid of it being much like what y I get here, there is but one place I ever saw that I got such rations. I am sorry Miss Sue Harden is about to leave the neighborhood -young people are sadly scarce there. Emmett is on another trip to Uncle John's, wonder if he will get ther this time. I heard Mary Susan [6] was to atttend a small party at Dr. Dold's -a kind of farewell to Jim[7] I suppose. I am very well. Love to all the friends.
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