William B. Whitney to Henry S. Whitney, 17 March 1862
Nashville Tenn
Feb March tt.17 or
Dear father I am well at present I have not time to write I sent my great Coat in a box and my packet in another take care of my great coat untill I send for it the troops are leaving here to morrow we will leave to go South per haps the next letter that I write will will be written in alabama. Al.
I will send my new cap home give it to tomey/
that letter in the Advocate of march tt.12 is a truth the advocate gives better letter than I can write I take it and I would not be with out it for 2 times its price write soon
Yours in Haste
William. B. Whit
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(1363) | DL0206 | 22 | Letters | 1862-03-17 |
Letter From Sergeant William B. Whitney, 42nd Indiana Infantry, Nashville, Tennessee, March 17, 1862, to his Father, H. S. Whitney, On Major General U. S. Grant Stationery
Tags: Clothing, Mail, Newspapers
People - Records: 2
- (562) [writer] ~ Whitney, William B.
- (563) [recipient] ~ Whitney, Henry S.
Places - Records: 1
- (54) [origination] ~ Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
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William B. Whitney to Henry S. Whitney, 17 March 1862, DL0206, Nau Collection