Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 4 April 1864
Prison Hospital Ward No 4 April 4th 1864
My dear Father
I write to inform you that my health is not so good as it was some time since I am at this time in Hospital and have Lumbago which I suppose was caused by over exertion, but I am in hopes my case will not be a serious one for any length of time though I am suffering greatly now at times
You wrote to me you would forward me a box which I hope you have done before this if not I wish you to forward to barrack No 20 which will ensure my getting it
Prison life is tiresome and I hope it may not be long ere it will cease. We are all treated very well and I have no complaint to make.
My love to Mother and the children and all friends and may God protect us and permit us to meet again around the fireside of my childhood if not may we live so that when death shall come we may meet in heaven
Your obt Son
Write immediately Westley Frey
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(1692) | DL0275.025 | 38 | Letters | 1864-04-04 |
Letter From Wesley H. Frey, 50th Tennessee Infantry (Consolidated), U. S. Military Prison, Rock Island, Illinois, April 4, 1864, to His Father Thomas J. Frey, Clarksville, Tennessee
Tags: Fatigue/Tiredness, Hospitals, Illnesses, Prisoners of War, Religion
People - Records: 2
- (532) [writer] ~ Frey, Wesley H.
- (533) [recipient] ~ Frey, Thomas Jefferson
Places - Records: 2
- (308) [destination] ~ Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee
- (347) [origination] ~ Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois
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Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 4 April 1864, DL0275.025, Nau Collection