Nathaniel Robie to Frances Robie, 14 April 1862
Ship Island April 14th 1862
Dear Wife,
I will write you
a few lines and let you
know that I am well and
hope these few lines will
find you the same We
landed on Ship Island
one weak ago to day
All right it would be a
very pleasant place here if
thare warent quite so much
sand there is not aney grass
ground on this end of the
Island We are encamped
right in the sand it is
a very hard place to drill
but I dont think we shall
stay here long I hope we
shall get over on the main
land in a few days the
first time we came out
to drill we came on a
grand review there was
twenty thousand of us
it was a splendid sight
six or eight regiments
leave here to day but we
dont know where they
are to go I should like
to be at home with you
very much if I could I
should never leave you again
to go South last Fri did
I was Sergt of the guard
and it was the hardest
night that I was ever
out it thundered and lightnened
the hardest that I ever saw
it it rained all night as
hard as it could thare
was two men killed by
lightning the same night
in the Mass 21st the most of our boys are smart
we have three in the hospital
George Avery Robert Smith
& Charles Lamb I think they
will all get well it is a very
healthy place here and we
get very good watter The
vittles I haint aney thing to
say about it is very warm
here tis as hot as it is in July
thare in Vermont have not
much news to write this time
I have not heard from home
since we left Vermont I want
you to write as often as you
can and write all the news
and whare you are and
whather you got that money
that I sent you cant
stop to write much more
this time for we have got
to come out on battalion
drill at four oclock My
chum C W Woodbrasy sends
his best reports to you
Must close hoping I shall
be in Vermont before long
give my respectsto Fasthes
Trumans folks and all the rest
I wrote the Georges folks the
other day Good Buy
Write soon
From your aff Husband
Sergt Nat Robie
direct your letters to
Nat Robie
Co D
8th Regt VT Vols
Ship Island
In care of Capt C B Leach
DATABASE CONTENT
| (684) | DL0095.010 | 3 | Letters | 1862-04-14 |
Letter from Sergeant Nathaniel Robie, 8th Vermont Infantry, Ship Island, April 14, 1862, to his wife Frances Robie
Tags: Death (Military), Food, Homesickness, Hospitals, Mail, Money, Nature, Weather
People - Records: 2
Places - Records: 1
- (79) [origination] ~ Ship Island, Mississippi
SOURCES
Nathaniel Robie to Frances Robie, 14 April 1862, DL0095.010, Nau Collection.
