Difference between revisions of ".NDIx.NTc4"
(Created page with "This item is currently being transcribed by a volunteer. We look forward to making the full-text of the document available soon.-Gil E") |
|||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
− | + | [1] | |
+ | |||
+ | 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 | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | [2] | ||
+ | |||
+ | “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
[1]
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
[2]
“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.”