1863 March 31, J. Edward James to Lizzie James

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Letter written by J. Edward James, 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, on March 31, 1863, Camp near Brentwood, Tennessee, to his sister Lizzie James, Galena, Illinois.

Reports on the activities of the last eight days in which the 96^th and 92^nd regiments have been preparing for battle with the enemy but nothing has happened since the battle at Franklin. They have been kept busy building barricades but he says this is useless because “the first storm that comes we get up and go. I expect we shall be gobbled up one of these bright mornings notwithstanding we are up every day at four, remaining ready until daylight…I am very sorry indeed to hear of the trouble at the parsonage, though I must say I am not much surprised yet I did not think it would come on so sudden. I had scarcely read your letters when, one of the boys in the tent read aloud a letter which had just came telling all about the affair, but I cannot believe it is as bad as represented, tell me in your next all about it, it must make the Weigley family feel very unhappy. I think it rather late for such snow storms and it speaks for a late spring, the weather here at preasent [sic] is cold and windy but the country looks beautiful, the fields of grain are all up and the woods are looking thick with young leaves…"

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sc.0069.001_002.005

Date

1863 March 31

Keywords

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondents

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"1863 March 31, J. Edward James to Lizzie James" (2023). Documents. 1.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-jamesje1/1