File:Letter signed Joseph A. Fardell, Memphis, Tennessee, to Father and Mother, December 11, 1862.jpg
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DescriptionLetter signed Joseph A. Fardell, Memphis, Tennessee, to Father and Mother, December 11, 1862.jpg |
English: Describes his trip down to Memphis.
Transcription: Memphis Tenn Dec the 11th 1862
Dear Father and Mother
it is With plesher that I take my pen in hand to Write to you to let you know that I am Well at presant and Well satisfide I injoy as good helth at this time as I have for the last five years and hope those few lines Will find you all Well I Will try to give you a faint idear of my trip down to Memphis We left Metropolis on Wednsday a bout 2 ococ and landed at Cairo a bout sun down that night Whare We layed untell Thursday morning from thare We Went to Island No 10 and layed that night from Island No 10 We Went to Fort Pillow Whare We layed until
Joseph A Fardell to his Father and Mother F.s. shanks
to Mr. Adsit
my Dear old friend it is With plesher that I take my pen in hand to address you a few lines to let you know that I am Well and hope those few lines Will find you Well and you famley I have nothing to Write that is new the a bove news is a bout all that I have and I doant know Wether it is new to you or not I have a bin [word unclear] down in dixey plenty as the best looking girls you ever saw to spark if you [word unclear] big rusty niggar good looking thare is plenty of them I Will soon have to close for the want of roon to Write more tell lora that I had plenty Milk and butter to last me down Memphis Tenn 131st Reg Ills vol Co C I remain yours truly With respect
Joseph A Fardell Title: Letter signed Joseph A. Fardell, Memphis, Tennessee, to Father and Mother, December 11, 1862 |
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Missouri History Museum URL: http://images.mohistory.org/image/8CC85BF0-F373-25BD-8437-E03F3300FB3D/original.jpg Gallery: http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/168375 |
Author | Fardell, Joseph A., -1914 |
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NoC-US - No copyright - United States |
Identifier InfoField | D04892 |
Part of InfoField | B180- Papers of Joseph A. Fardell ( -1914), April 1862 to July 1865 |
Subjects InfoField | Civil War, 1861-1865 Armed Forces Travel Tennessee |
Resource InfoField | 168375 |
GUID InfoField | 8CC85BF0-F373-25BD-8437-E03F3300FB3D |
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Image title | Letter from Joseph A. Fardell, Memphis, Tennessee, to his parents, describing his trip down to Memphis, page one, December 11, 1862. Civil War Collection, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
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JPEG file comment | Letter from Joseph A. Fardell, Memphis, Tennessee, to his parents, describing his trip down to Memphis, page one, December 11, 1862. Civil War Collection, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
IIM version | 2 |
Keywords | civil_war |