Raycide Mosher to Henry "Harry" and Sarah "Sally" Mosher, 1864-04-24 Item Info
April the 24. 1864
Dear Father & Mother,
I though that I would write a fue linds to you for Mc. is a going home he is a going to Start to morrow I got to my Compney yesterday I have takon Cold and am about down Sick I was on the rode 4 orr five days Some of the places ware we Soped we had to Sleep on the ground in a tent all open on the Sids and all we had bred and Solt pord
I dont think I will be able do eney thing this Summer I Cant Stand camp life the food dont agree with me & the tents are damp but I have got to do the best I Can last nite night I had a hie fever this morning Cold Childs run over me and panes all thrugh my bones & pane on the top of my rite Rite Sholder & So down in to my right Sid I have hade a pain in my head for three day & my back is very week & I hant worth nothing, I hope thes fue linds will find you all.
Father I have sent you two pair of gray Shirts two pair of drowers one gray pair one red pair one of the Shirts & one pair of the drowers I have wore about two week I drowed them when I was to the hospital two the Sanatry Commishion house thay dont Cost eney thing So I rote a order & the docter sind it & I went and drowed Shirt & pair drowers and be fore I Came out of the hospital they Chenged docters & then I rote another order & went & and went & drowed another pair they are better then the army Shirts. I have Shirts for this Sommer I have three Shirts two pair of drowers and Could not Cary so much in my knapsack. I had a hat gin to me thare to the hospital. Mother if you have got eney kind of dride beries I wish you would send me a fue and a box of pills Some that not will not phicic much but will work in the Sistom & I like to & I wood like to have Some peppermint you can Send them by Mc. wen he Coms back. wal I Shall haft to quit writing for I am So tierde & tremble & I Cant half write. write and Send by McMaster write all of the news you Can So good bey
Raycide Mosher
- Title:
- Raycide Mosher to Henry "Harry" and Sarah "Sally" Mosher, 1864-04-24
- Creator:
- Mosher, Raycide
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1864-04-24
- Description:
- Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of Raycide's ill health, clothing he sent home, and food and medicine he wanted his family to send to him.
- Subjects:
- soldiers civil wars illness
- Recipient:
- Mosher, Henry; Mosher, Sarah
- Recipient Location:
- Albion, Michigan
- Source:
- MG 118, Raycide Mosher Civil War Letters, Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library
- Source Identifier:
- mg118_folder9_04-24-1864
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Preferred Citation:
- "Raycide Mosher to Henry "Harry" and Sarah "Sally" Mosher, 1864-04-24", Raycide Mosher Civil War Letters, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/mosher/items/mosher058.html
- Rights:
- Material has likely passed into public domain. Digital reproductions are made available by University of Idaho Library for educational purposes, and future use should acknowledge this repository. For more information, please contact University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu. The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users
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- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/