1863-07-20 +BRISTOLVILLE MICH-----BARRY CO-----#MANUSCRIPT CANCEL & PEN CANCEL ON SCOTT 65----CIVIL WAR----DATELINED BALTIMORE, BARRY CO, MICH-----TO MR HERBERT ANTHONY, CO. J, 39TH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER, GENERAL FERRY'S DIVISION, HILTON HEAD S.C....OR ELSEWHERE----COUSIN ANNA AT BALTIMORE WRITES—-“I GOT A LETTER FROM HENRY YESTERDAY (1863-07-18) MORNING THE FIRST ONE IN SOME TIME, IT SEEMS THEY ARE PRETTY BUSY NOW A DAYS. HE WAS IN THE BATTLE AT GETTYSBURG & IT SEEMS AS IF THEY WAS GOING ABOUT THE SAME ROUTE THAT ISAAC & BYRON WENT LAST FALL. ISAAC & BYRON ARE ON THE BLACK RIVER NOW THEY SAY THAT THEY WENT DOWN TO TAKE VICKSBURG & HAVE NOT HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SEEING THE CITY I SUPPOSE YOU KNOW THAT VICKSBURG WAS TAKEN IT WAS SURRENDERED THE 4TH OF JULY WITH 28,000 PRISONERS & 53 SIEGE GUNS & ANY AMOUNT OF CANNON & SMALL ARMS. ISAAC THINKS HIS REGIMENT WILL BE BACK IN KENTUCKY BEFORE LONG I HOPE THEY WILL & BE HOME TO I THINK OF YOU GO TO AND TAKE CHARLESTON THAT YOU CAN ALL COME HOME SOMETIME. HERBERT I DO NOT THINK THAT THOSE COPPERHEADS THAT YOU TELL ABOUT ARE RIGHT & WISH THAT THEY WAS ALL ABLIGED TO GO & FIGHT BUT STILL I CAN NOT GET MY PATRIOTISM TO SUCH A FEVER HEAT THAT I CAN SAY I AM WILLING TO SACRIFICE ALL OF MY DEAREST & BEST FRIENDS TO SAVE THE UNION.”---MENTIONS THE RICHARDS, ELBERT JANE IS ATTENDING SCHOOL IN YPSILANTI, VILA WAS MARRIED AND LIVES IN BATTLE CREEK, AUNT GELMAN, AGNES AND EDGAR NYE, BYRON AND GRACE, MRS. LINCON, DELLA, BROTHER DANIEL NEAR TECUMSEH, BROTHER MILON LOST HIS WIFE---WEATHER---GENEALOGY---ALLEN/WHITFORD AUCTION 2001 LOT 912 $45---5PGS----COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN 2 COLLECTOR P ID 45016 - N

Year: 1863
Date: 1863-07-20
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