Sasser Fans, Can you shed some light on the court cases mentioned in this letter. Would love to know the details. Also interested on more history regarding the Sassers during the Civil War. Seems the Laurel Sassers were with the Union. Regards, Treasure Smith The following was from a newspaper clipping. It had been trimmed out so that the date and name of the publication is unknown to me. Can anyone shed more light on the contents of this letter? I think I know why there are a few preachers in this family now. Note: Wyrick spelling. Civil War Days Are Pictured In Letter Prized By Luther Woman An insight into life during Civil War days is presented in a letter that Mrs. Mary Morrow has prized for the last 35 years. The letter was written by Mrs. Morrow's grandfaterh to her father. The letter follows: August 20, 1864 Dear son: I take the present opportunity of writing you a few lines to let you know that we are all well, hoping this will come to hand and find you all well. I left the Post of Pittsburg last Monday morning to attend Circuit Court between Dickson Sasser and the Common Wealth and the case being laid over by the Common Wealth. I came on home next day for the first time since April. I received your friendly letter that you sent with K. D. Wyrich's letter and the letter you sent to James Waggoner. Him and Jo Waggoner left today on their way to Redbird. Jo's case was continued. Some few peo;le was threatening to mob him but the excitement is not so great as I expected. Some of them evil men and seducers is tired of Lincoln. I was glad to hear from you all and I was glad to hear that you was with kind people that is willing to pay you a living price for your labor. You wanted to know the price of Mountain Yoke of cattle. One hundred to one hundred twenty-five for no. 1 yoke. Though sometimes you might get a small yoke for fifty or sixty. I thank you for our friendly admonition but I don't know how to do any better now. I am working for the support of the family. I have nobody to help me. Eli is going to school now, but I don't know whether he will stick to it or not. I have to go back and leave them. I have not raised anything this year and of course have it to buy. I get sixty dollars every month and is the best I can do under my present condition. Louisa has no book to go to school. Little Jo is as fat as ever, but we have no home to go to that we can say is our own. I got a letter from Thomas Sasser, dated the 5th of August. He is still at the same place and doing as well as could be expected. If you want to write to him, direct your letter to Nashville, Tenn. He says he thinks he will stay there till his time is up, and then he is coming home. Lord grant it may be so. Jim Waggoner will bring your things up here in a week or two and take his mother home with him. He told me this morning to scroll a few lines for him. They are all well and he has just been to London and is on his way home. Your mother and the children have plenty to live on though everything is very high, but corn crops are very good in this neighborhood. Wheat was indifferent, but if the people are not robbed of their corn there is no danger of starvation, yet the leaders are trying to rally the voters for Lincoln, but some of them will not hear. Now is the most critical time and the most dangerous time since the war commenced, but there is no use to predict what is coming but every eye can see and every ear can hear the times is getting worse, and the people are going back into heathenism and barbarity and if this thing goes on four years longer where will we be? The health of this country is tolerable good, the connection are all well as far as I know. Though I hear of some flu and some fever. Give my respects to Kate and them two little babies and if we meet no more in this world lets us all try to be ready when the summons comes to meet in a better world. Where the rattle of drums and the roaring of cannons and tongues of liars can never never disturb us anymore. Farewell, Adin Sasser