Jim; First I need to make a correction. There was no date on this letter and I made the assumption that it was written in 1863. I was wrong. It was written in 1864. Eighteen days after this letter was written William was captured by the rebels near Atlanta and sent to Andersonville. He survived life at Andersonville and was sent to Florence. He was released on parole February 27, 1864. Received his discharge on June 10, 1865. He died March 19, 1868 never having fully recovered from the ills acquired as a POW. Fortunately my Grandmother was born on April 29, 1866. If not for this birth I would not be here writing this letter. Don Coatney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Gilmer" <jimgilmer@alaweb.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 8:37 PM Subject: Fw: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] July 4th 1863 > > > > Don, > > I appreciate your posting your G Grandfather's letter about the July 4th > 1863 message. While at the site, I read all the other letters of your g > grandfather William Curtis Morgan. Did he ever get to Atlanta??? > > Jim Gilmer > > -------Original Message------- > > From: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Friday, July 04, 2003 02:23:30 PM > To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] July 4th 1863 > > For a July 4th message written in 1863 go to this URL. This letter was > written by my G Grandfather William Curtis Morgan to his wife Mary Townsend > Morgan. William Curtis Morgan was in the Indiana 53rd Volunteers. > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=topics.Military > united-20-states.civwar.letters&m=17 > > Don Coatney > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name > > . > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name >

Don, Thanks for the explanation; but would his date of parole been Feb 27, 1865, instead of Feb 27, 1864? The Atlanta Campaign was May thru September, 1864. The story of your grandfather's death from ills contracted as a POW was repeated many thousands fold, both for union and confederate soldiers. Your grandfather was from Indiana. I think about all the families that migrated to Indiana from the Carolinas, Virginia, etc., leaving other branches of their families there, and generations later, the same families are fighting each other in the civil war. Jim Gilmer -------Original Message------- From: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, July 05, 2003 10:50:49 AM To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] July 4th 1863 Jim; First I need to make a correction. There was no date on this letter and I made the assumption that it was written in 1863. I was wrong. It was written in 1864. Eighteen days after this letter was written William was captured by the rebels near Atlanta and sent to Andersonville. He survived life at Andersonville and was sent to Florence. He was released on parole February 27, 1864. Received his discharge on June 10, 1865. He died March 19, 1868 never having fully recovered from the ills acquired as a POW. Fortunately my Grandmother was born on April 29, 1866. If not for this birth I would not be here writing this letter. Don Coatney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Gilmer" <jimgilmer@alaweb.com> To: <CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 8:37 PM Subject: Fw: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] July 4th 1863 > > > > Don, > > I appreciate your posting your G Grandfather's letter about the July 4th > 1863 message. While at the site, I read all the other letters of your g > grandfather William Curtis Morgan. Did he ever get to Atlanta??? > > Jim Gilmer > > -------Original Message------- > > From: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Friday, July 04, 2003 02:23:30 PM > To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] July 4th 1863 > > For a July 4th message written in 1863 go to this URL. This letter was > written by my G Grandfather William Curtis Morgan to his wife Mary Townsend > Morgan. William Curtis Morgan was in the Indiana 53rd Volunteers. > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=topics.Military > united-20-states.civwar.letters&m=17 > > Don Coatney > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name > > . > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To search our list archives since 1996, go to http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter Civil-War in the list name .