Letter: Adolph McCracken to Etta Shrader, 1899

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Letter from Adolph McCracken, Camp Churchman, Albany, Georgia, to Etta Shrader, Nitta Yuma, Mississippi, January 18, 1899. He had expected to be home by March 1 but now thinks the regiment will go to The Philippines. He would be glad to go because of the monotony of camp life. He is studying Spanish in preparation for the assignment. He continues: “Another things that looks like we will stay – our kitchens were refurnished yesterday, new stoves – Boilers & pans in fact every thing that we need The Hospittle has received four new Ambulances and sixteen mules and six months suppy [sic] of medicine for the Tropics I dont care what comes up I will not ask for a discharge but remain until the Reg. is mustered out.” Notes he is still acting first sergeant for the company and it is hard work because the clerk Moise (or Moses) Blum is sick. Blum was from Nitta Yuma.

Adolphus McCracken was born in 1850, the son of Ephraim Lytle McCracken (1772-1851). He served with Company A of the 3rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment of the United States Volunteers during the Spanish-American War and held the rank of first sergeant. The regiment did not see active service but was in camps in Jackson, Mississippi, Lexington, Kentucky and Albany, Georgia. The company was mustered in at Jackson, Mississippi, on July 22, 1898, and McCracken listed Nitta Yuma, Mississippi, as his residence. The company mustered out at Albany, Georgia on March 17, 1899. McCracken died of pneumonia there three days later and was buried in Sardis, Mississippi.

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sc.0395.002_005.002

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1899 January 18

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McCracken, Adolphus, 1850-1899.; Spanish-American War, 1898.

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"Letter: Adolph McCracken to Etta Shrader, 1899" (2021). Documents. 10.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-alarkmomisstenn1/10