Enjoying the letters. Off the subject though. I found a web in Scotland & am trying to research some Thomson wills(smile). > [Original Message] > From: David Thomson <dave@volantis.org> > To: <ILMARION-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 6/10/2003 11:00:02 AM > Subject: RE: [ILMARION] Civil War Letters from William A. Smith > > *** > This is a continuing presentation of Civil War letters written by William A. > Smith. The letters are made available through Marion Brimberry. I have > attempted to type the letters as true to the grammar and spelling as > presented to me. > > David Thomson > *** > > Jacinto, Mississippi > Thursday evening, July 17, 1862 > > My Dear Wife:- > > Having wrote quite a lengthy letter to you yesterday, I have nothing of > interest to write to you now, but only wish to drop you a line to let you > know that I am quite well today. I will still continue to send you a note > every chance that I have, besides writing to you at least once a week. > The old letters I hope you will take care of for me, as well as any others > that I may send you from time to time; as nobody but yourself will want to > read them, you will put them in the drawer with my others and not put them > with those I write to you, then if you ever want to see any of them you will > know where to find them without trouble. > Felix W. Arnold had his trial yesterday but I do not know the finding of > the court. We will know in about a week, then I will write to you. I sent > you a pamphlet of the findings of Courts Martial, did you ever get it? > Two men of Company �L� was discharged and started home at noon today. Two > Lieutenants and four con-commissioned officers of this Regiment started home > when I was in Corinth, to recruit for the Regiment. If you hear of any one > that wants plenty of work and good pay, besides the chance to help Uncle Sam > a little, tell them to write to me and I will tell them all they may want to > know about the matter. > I sent John Foster my certificate of appointment as corporal. You will get > it and take good care of it. It may possibly be of use to you some time; > you can remember the cases where proof of identity was hard to get, when > such a paper as the one I sent you would be all that would be necessary, > then the necessity of taking good care of it is apparent enough. > I think I will certainly get a letter from Lucy or Nancy in todays mail, > which will soon be in and I will expect one from John Foster in a day or > two. > It has been some time since I wrote to uncle M.T. Ballance. I think he > will soon write to me. > You need not be surprised if you get a letter from some of my friends in > Tennessee that you have never saw. You may perhaps remember a letter that I > wrote there some time last summer. I have lately heard of it, and expect > you will receive an answer to it. Tell me whether you are going to have any > school in our District this summer or not. Tell me how Diora and Byron got > along reading and spelling at the last school. Tell me about those grafts. > Why did so few of them live. > Expecting to get a big letter from you in a few days, and hoping that you > and the children are all in good health. I bid you good bye. > William A. Smith > > > ==== ILMARION Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the ILMARION List if you are in mail mode, send to > ILMARION-L-request@Rootsweb.com. If you are receiving messages in the digest mode, send to ILMARION-D-request@Rootsweb.com