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| + | Bowdon | ||
| + | 21 Ap’l 1863 | ||
| + | My dear Cousin, | ||
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| + | (Perhaps you | ||
| + | may [read?.] the [cl...?.] that I | ||
| + | can now put in your hands | ||
| + | [help?] us [?] [?] [recd?] which | ||
| + | [envelopes?] the fate of our dear | ||
| + | boy. The enclosed account | ||
| + | is what informs – my wife | ||
| + | doubts it. Nannie and Molly | ||
| + | insists that he was not | ||
| + | drowned but is a prisoner, | ||
| + | for he crossed over safe | ||
| + | & was crossed continually. | ||
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| + | The latest account made | ||
| + | in Richmond 5 March | ||
| + | was in a letter from Dab- | ||
| + | ney dated Vicksburg 3 | ||
| + | Feb. on which staff was | ||
| + | my dear– a Lt. He had | ||
| + | then been missing since | ||
| + | Lewisburg the 27 Jany. on | ||
| + | which day he went alone | ||
| + | along the [locomotion?] road | ||
| + | to examine the boats | ||
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| + | [2] | ||
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| + | “Upon inquiring next day” | ||
| + | says Dabney I ascertained | ||
| + | that he had taken the | ||
| + | direction of a levee extend- | ||
| + | -ing from [a...?] harvest | ||
| + | bottoms across a timber- | ||
| + | ed swamp down to the | ||
| + | Miss. river. There was a | ||
| + | brook in this levee through | ||
| + | which the water is running. | ||
| + | on the edge of this [ river ?] the | ||
| + | tracks of his move. entering | ||
| + | the water & he crossed it | ||
| + | & was caught next day | ||
| + | on the levee beyond | ||
| + | the brook. His tracks | ||
| + | went along the levee 2 | ||
| + | miles. And there is hope | ||
| + | that Johnny was captured | ||
| + | by a scouting party of | ||
| + | the enemy whose troops | ||
| + | were [? ] the opposite | ||
| + | side of the river[‘side....river’ crossed out] shore | ||
| + | just in front of where Johnny was last seen.” | ||
Latest revision as of 17:18, 12 November 2014
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Bowdon 21 Ap’l 1863 My dear Cousin,
(Perhaps you may [read?.] the [cl...?.] that I can now put in your hands [help?] us [?] [?] [recd?] which [envelopes?] the fate of our dear boy. The enclosed account is what informs – my wife doubts it. Nannie and Molly insists that he was not drowned but is a prisoner, for he crossed over safe & was crossed continually.
The latest account made in Richmond 5 March was in a letter from Dab- ney dated Vicksburg 3 Feb. on which staff was my dear– a Lt. He had then been missing since Lewisburg the 27 Jany. on which day he went alone along the [locomotion?] road to examine the boats
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“Upon inquiring next day” says Dabney I ascertained that he had taken the direction of a levee extend- -ing from [a...?] harvest bottoms across a timber- ed swamp down to the Miss. river. There was a brook in this levee through which the water is running. on the edge of this [ river ?] the tracks of his move. entering the water & he crossed it & was caught next day on the levee beyond the brook. His tracks went along the levee 2 miles. And there is hope that Johnny was captured by a scouting party of the enemy whose troops were [? ] the opposite side of the river[‘side....river’ crossed out] shore just in front of where Johnny was last seen.”
