Raycide Mosher to Mosher family, 1864-05-10 Item Info
May the 10th. 1864
Dear Sister
Clarisa you write first Rate. be hanged if you Cant bete me I did not think you could write So well I like to have you write a long letter for I dont have much to Read & I like to Read over your letters. I will Soon go to bridgeport if I have my helth & I Can get Chance I will get likeness & Send home. thare are a good meney that Send home theres. I dont See how the boys happon to Start of So far from home I hope they will do well & not get Sick. Gord Farrend is ded he was to Nashvill when he dide he was sick with the fever fever awhile & then he got better & was up around & then all to wonce he droped away it was Susposed that he was home Sick Ugene King has gone home on a ferlow he has ben Sick ever Senc he Came to the Rigiment. I have not done but three days works Sence I have ben in the Sirvees thay dont give but 13. dollars a month with out thay are a Mech= the Sotherne people are grate tockers thare tock is like this. I Reckon I make Rite mart butter. we Can bey butter of them for .40 Cents a pound. we bey Some butter & egges trade Coffee & tea for them. you must excuse me So good bey your affectionate Brother. the men here are making finger Rings they Send Some of them home if you will have Father bey cople of files I will make Some & Rings & Send to you I can Send in a letter they Cost too much to bey them they Sell Some for .2. dollars a pece you want to get a half round file & a three Corner file the half round one is to file the in Side of the ring after it is driled they are made out of Shells we find in the tennessee River. Send them by Mc.Master Some Send them by Male
Father when I send the money I wish you would go to docter hovey & tell him how I am & have him fix some medeson for the eresyplus & you Send it by Mc & send me a box of pills that is good to Clens the Sistem for I am billious
Mother you must Send me Some dride berries if you have got eney. Mother you must not worey about me for I Shall git along Some how I like it better then i did here the wether is so worm. So good bey Raycide Mosher your Son
- Title:
- Raycide Mosher to Mosher family, 1864-05-10
- Creator:
- Mosher, Raycide
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1864-05-10
- Description:
- Letter from Raycide Mosher to his family; includes description of Raycide's ill health, the building activities of his army unit, and his pay.
- Subjects:
- soldiers civil wars illness
- Location:
- Piney Creek, Alabama
- Latitude:
- 34.60328788
- Longitude:
- -86.87226394
- Recipient:
- Mosher family
- Recipient Location:
- Albion, Michigan
- Source:
- MG 118, Raycide Mosher Civil War Letters, Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library
- Source Identifier:
- mg118_folder12_05-10-1864_2
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Preferred Citation:
- "Raycide Mosher to Mosher family, 1864-05-10", Raycide Mosher Civil War Letters, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/mosher/items/mosher073.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
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/