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Describes his journey from Helena, Arkansas, into Mississippi. Illustrated stationery.



Transcription: Camp on board the stemer Lebanon

March 6th 1863


Dear Friend I sit down to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well at present and to let you know that we on cole water[Coldwater River] in the state of Mississippi we started started from Helena Ark. on the 24th of Feb we went down the Mississippi river a bout five miles and there started down the pass into moon lake we laid on the lake until the next morning and then started down the Yazoo Pass in to cole water cole river[Coldwater River] emptyies in to the Yazoo River


Dear sir I could write you a great deal of stuff but I dont think it of mutch importance we have not ben off the boat but two days since we started yesterday we got off the boat we went in to a corn field and kiled six beaver and the mess that I am in bowt a ham for one dollar that some of company F got out at a house the boys just clean out the place they got all the meat that they could find and lard they got two barrels of lard we went on down about a half mile there we got all the corne that we wanted and then the 35 Mo set all of the houses on fire and burnt them and to day we got two more beaver the cattle down here are not in ver good order when we do get to a place we make thing get hogs and chickens has to suffer I can say for my part that I have never killed but one hog since I come in the service and nary chicken I have seen a good many houses and other things destroyed since I seen you there is a bout sixty stemers and thosent gun boats there is two rams and one morter in this stream John I want you to write as a soon as you can so good by John


David. T. Massey


Title: Letter signed David T. Massey, camp on board the steamer Lebanon, to John, March 6, 1863
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Source Missouri History Museum
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Author Massey, David T., -1864
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B350- Letters of David T. Massey ( -1864), August 1862-June 1864
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Yazoo River (Miss.)
Mississippi River
Civil War, 1861-1865
Armed Forces
Mississippi
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161883
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57A8A3C9-A758-4B75-2D3B-599A08C898B4

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