Forget-me-nots of the Civil War - a romance, containing reminiscences and original letters of two Confederate soldiers (1909) (14576110468)

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Title: Forget-me-nots of the Civil War : a romance, containing reminiscences and original letters of two Confederate soldiers
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Battle, Laura Elizabeth Lee
Subjects: Battle, Laura Elizabeth Lee Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 4th. Company F Women
Publisher: St. Louis, Mo. : Press A. R. Fleming Printing Co.
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



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ctionate son, till death, Walter. Fort Macon, N. C, April 28, 61.Dear Mother: As there is a man going by Clayton tomorrow Ithought I would write you a few lines, to let you knowhow we are getting along. We are enjoying ourselvesas well as can be expected. We had prayers and sing-ing this morning by Mr. Cobb. He spoke of the inju-ries of the South in an eloquent manner. For the last day or two we have been living on thevictuals that the people sent down here. The first fewdays we had bread, butter, etc., but as they have givenout we live on bread, fat meat and coffee. If Blakedoes not tell you, I wish you would please send Walterand me a cooked ham and some biscuits, with a fewof those small round cakes, for the cakes that are sentdown here for the company are usually taken careof by the officers and are hardly seen by the privates.Walter is upon his bunk enjoying himself finely andsends his love to you. I am going to try to get a fur-lough to go home before long, for I long to be home
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George. BETTERS EROM GEORGE AND WAITER. 43 with you all. * * * I forgot to tell you that we didnot have to drill or work either this Sunday like wedid the last. You spoke of sending a mattress downto us, but you need not for we are getting alongvery well. We are ordered to stay down here threemonths without lief to go home in the meantime, soCol. Tew says. Believe me as ever Your loving son, George. , v Camp Hill, N. C, July 9, 1861.Dear Mother: We arrived here about night, the day we left Wil-son, and having raised our tents prepared to get sup-per, which we got about 9 oclock. We are encampedin an old pine field, which is very hot, but the othercompanies that were here before have a very pleas-ant oak grove on a hill. The Second regiment, underCol. Tew, are on the opposite side of the road. OurCol. Anderson is a fine looking man, about six feethigh, large and muscular, but not corpulent; a high,broad and intellectual forehead, bold face, and whis-kers (shaped like Walters), about a