If I am getting carried away with too many posting, please don't hesitate to tell me. But I am thoroughly enjoying reading and transcribing these old Civil War Newspapers and this is the first I've seen of this type of news item and I couldn't resist! New Era Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas April 16, 1864 The following are extracts of letters written by the better halves of some followers of Pap Price. They need no comment. Says one: "Yoo had best kum home fur all the good yoo are doin follerin that old fool Price about, he never did have no cense enny how an his follerers hev less. Yoo better a grate site be looken after yore wife and childern." Here’s the other: "I speckt yu almoste must hev dide this winter the kold hes bin orfuller then I ever see in mi life befour, and previsions is mity scace, I jest wish yu wood cum hom and tend tu rasin yore off spring, prevision ant heer tu be gott, I spin fur evry mouthful me and yore innercent baibs git to eat, noboddy won’t tak Confed munny no moar fur nuthin, now ike ile jest giv yoo a peese of mi mind and that is fur yu tu kum hoam an tend yore family befour they starv, yu jest let the seceshers fite it out if they want tu, I have rit tu yu fore times and aint herd but wonst I shuddent wunder ef yu wos kiled now at this time uv riten, evry boddy is going ovre tu the feds, Yu jest kum hoam, they all taik the oath and git komesarise rite of tu ete, ef al the fules that’s left thair familise an fitin wud kum hoam then pese wood kum rite off." Fran Alverson Warren e-mail: [email protected] 479-369-2703 http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/
Fran, I, for one, appreciate your postings. They give such insight to life in that period. Thank you, Lynn
These are priceless. Thanks Marge Croninger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Warren" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 9:34 PM Subject: [AGS] Civil War Letters from Wives > If I am getting carried away with too many posting, please don't hesitate to tell me. But I am thoroughly enjoying reading and transcribing these old Civil War Newspapers and this is the first I've seen of this type of news item and I couldn't resist! > > New Era > > Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas > > April 16, 1864 > > The following are extracts of letters written by the better halves of some followers of Pap Price. They need no comment. Says one: > > "Yoo had best kum home fur all the good yoo are doin follerin that old fool Price about, he never did have no cense enny how an his follerers hev less. Yoo better a grate site be looken after yore wife and childern." > > Here’s the other: > > "I speckt yu almoste must hev dide this winter the kold hes bin orfuller then I ever see in mi life befour, and previsions is mity scace, I jest wish yu wood cum hom and tend tu rasin yore off spring, prevision ant heer tu be gott, I spin fur evry mouthful me and yore innercent baibs git to eat, noboddy won’t tak Confed munny no moar fur nuthin, now ike ile jest giv yoo a peese of mi mind and that is fur yu tu kum hoam an tend yore family befour they starv, yu jest let the seceshers fite it out if they want tu, I have rit tu yu fore times and aint herd but wonst I shuddent wunder ef yu wos kiled now at this time uv riten, evry boddy is going ovre tu the feds, Yu jest kum hoam, they all taik the oath and git komesarise rite of tu ete, ef al the fules that’s left thair familise an fitin wud kum hoam then pese wood kum rite off." > > > > Fran Alverson Warren > e-mail: [email protected] > 479-369-2703 > http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/ > > > ==== AGS Mailing List ==== > ARKANSAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY > 2002 FALL SEMINAR and BOOK FAIR > Friday, October 11, and Saturday, October 12, 2002 > Holiday Inn Airport-East, Little Rock, Arkansas > I-440, Exit 3 (Airport Exit) > For details see: http://www.rootsweb.com/~args/ >