George F. Harlan to Miriam E. Drake, 29 July 1863
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                                                                                                            River Mississ
                                                                                                            Julye the 29     63
 
                                                                                                            Deare sister I
wonce more take the oportunity to rite you a fu lines to let you no that I am well at presant hopinge these fu lines may finde you well when they Come to hande we was in a fite at Jackson Miss the 16 of this month Our Captin was killed instantly he was shot through the Brest with a piece of a shell and wone man Badly wounded in the face the knight of the 16 the rebeles avacuated Jackson I thinke the ware will Be played out By next springe /
 
            Miram I would have riten to you Before now But I have riten to you since you have riten to me I am sorow to heare the Death of Henry that is a det we all have to pay sooner or lator he Diede in a Goode case in the defence of his Country Which a Grate maney of our friendes has done you must do the Best you Can and keepe in Goode spirites
 
the Bois is tolerably well at presant
 
            I Believe that I have nothinge more of much importance to rite at presante /
 
                        I remain your
                        affectionate Brother
                        until Death
                                    M E Drake
 
            George F Harlan
                        Co C 26the Redgt
                                    Ills Vol
                        in care of lut Walles
 
            I Got Ma and
            Sinclares likness
            yesturday
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(1583)DL0244.03937Letters1863-07-29

Letter From W. B. Harris, 130th Illinois Infantry, Camp Near Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 19, 1863, to Miriam E. Drake on the Death of Henry B. Drake; Associated with Henry B. Drake, 130th Illinois Infantry


Tags: Death (Military), Injuries, Photographs, Sadness, Unionism

People - Records: 2

  • (5027) [recipient] ~ Drake, Miriam E. ~ Harlan, Miriam E. ~ Smith, Miriam E.
  • (5031) [writer] ~ Harlan, George Floyd

Places - Records: 1

  • (2573) [origination] ~ Big Black River, Webster County, Mississippi

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George F. Harlan to Miriam E. Drake, 29 July 1863, DL0244.039, Nau Collection