William W. Harvey to Orange Harvey et al., 15 May 1865
1865
Stone Hospital, May 15 65
Dear Friends att homb
itt was with much plasure that I wright to you to lett you no that I hav got your kind letter and hav gott my banjo awl right you must not wory a bout me for I am a coming homb inn a bout 3 months and then is awl that I ask of the goverment Benn you must enlist to go to Mexico for I tell you that you dont no any thing a bout soldiering it is more than you cann stann for you are not tough enough to stan it and I guess that you cann do better att homb than you cann do to mexico it is a long wais / thair and it is a hard thing to under take to cross the water I shall not undertake to go untill I gitt homb you wanted me to send homb my blankett and over coat but I will fetch it when I comb and that wont be more than 3 months I wroat to Ira and gott a answer and gott a letter from mary 2 or 3 days a go I am a going to see Willie Liddle this week if I cann and I guess that I cann
I cant wright any more this timb wright soon and awl of the news this from your Sonn
W W Harvey
14 Co 2ond Bat /
Stone Hospital
14 Co 2 Batlion
VRC
Washington
DATABASE CONTENT
| (14407) | DL1942.045 | X.1 | Letters | 1865-05-15 |
Tags: Clothing, Enlistment, Home, Mexico, Supplies, United States Government
People - Records: 6
- (5101) [writer] ~ Harvey, William Wallace
- (5103) [recipient] ~ Harvey, Orange
- (5104) [recipient] ~ Harvey, Martha ~ Carr, Martha
- (5105) [recipient] ~ Harvey, Benjamin Carr
- (5106) [recipient] ~ Harvey, Martha Jane ~ Whitney, Martha Jane
- (5107) [recipient] ~ Harvey, Mary H. ~ Buckminster, Mary H. ~ Hanno, Mary H.
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
William W. Harvey to Orange Harvey et al., 15 May 1865, DL1942.045, Nau Collection
