Nathaniel Robie to Frances Robie, 14 May 1862
New Orleans, La May 14th 1862
Dear Wife
I will write a few
lines and let you know
that I am well and hope
these few lines will find
you the same. We left
Ship Island the 7th and
landed in New Orleans the
12th. We had a very pleasant
voyage up the river Saw some
of the nicest Plantations
that I ever see in my life
I should like to have you
come up the river and see what
a pesant place it is Fort
Jackson & Fort Phillips and
New Orleans are in our hands
That was all taken without
losing many lives We have
hade no fighting to do yet
and I dont think we ever
shall We are encamped
in the Union Cotton Press.
It is a very good place
to stay. We expect to
move up onto the Park that
is right in the hart of the
Citty It is a very pretty
plase here business is very
dull here The rebels run like
sheep when our gunboats
come up the river I guess
tha begin to think Uncle
Sam is too much for them
We have lost one man
sinse we left home and
left Five sick on Ship
Island I dont think of
much more to rite this
time I should like to be
at home with you very
much I am lonsom here
without you I think I shall
be at home before our time is out
have not heard from home
sinse we left Brattlesboro
I want to here from you
very much and all the rest
of the folks I have wrote
you quite a number of times
sinse we landed at Ship
Island I have got a twenty-
five cent billof rebel
money and I will send it
to you and will try and
send you som papers
cant stop to write aney
more this time Write soon
and tell all the rest to
Will close hoping to meet
My Dear Wife in Vermont
before long Good Buy
From your aff & ever loving
husband Sergt N Robie
Direct your letters to
Sergt N Robie
Co D 8th Regt VT Vols
New Orleans La
DATABASE CONTENT
| (685) | DL0095.011 | 3 | Letters | 1862-05-14 |
Letter from Sergeant Nathaniel Robie, 8th Vermont Infantry, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 14, 1862, to his wife Frances Robie
Tags: Capture of New Orleans, Death (Military), Fighting, Illnesses, Loneliness, Money, Planters/Plantations, Ships/Boats
People - Records: 2
Places - Records: 1
- (72) [origination] ~ New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
SOURCES
Nathaniel Robie to Frances Robie, 14 May 1862, DL0095.011, Nau Collection.
