Raycide Mosher to Henry "Harry" and Sarah "Sally" Mosher, 1864-08-16 Item Info
Alabama
General field Hospital Bridgport.
Augast 16th. 1864
Dear Parents,
I take my pen in hand to informe you that I am not well anuf to go to my Regiment yet I am So to be about I dont now when I Shall go. I hope thes fue lines will find you all well. I am Some weak yet I may Stay till after pay day the first of September. I expect that thare is letters on the rode Some whare it takes them a good while to go to the Regiment & then back to me. So you ma write to me as Soon as you get this if I Shood leve it will Come to me. I have Some Diarrihee now but not very bad thare is a good meney die here with the dirrihee. write as Soon as you get this. I Sent home .25. dollars in a letter write how you are giting along and all of the news you can. thare not much news here to write here now. the wether is puty pretty hot here now.
I dont now the lexison will go this fall. lincon & velandingham of new york are agoing to Run for presdent I hope they will git in a democrat preasdent this time but they are agoing to try to elect lincon agin but I dont beleve they make it out. Father write to me and let me no who they the you are agoing to vote fore for our presdent if they dont git up a good Man I Shant vot. I hope this war will be over this fall they will be Some thing done I think. wall I dont feel very well So I will quit for this time the docter will be around now in a fue minets. So good bey to yall for this time. write soon
Raycide Mosher
Genearl Field Hospital Bridgeport Alabamma
- Title:
- Raycide Mosher to Henry "Harry" and Sarah "Sally" Mosher, 1864-08-16
- Creator:
- Mosher, Raycide
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1864-08-16
- Description:
- Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of Raycide's ill health and his reflections on political matters.
- Subjects:
- soldiers civil wars elections
- Location:
- Bridgeport, Alabama
- Latitude:
- 34.9476221
- Longitude:
- -85.71250855
- 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_folder20_08-16-1864
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Preferred Citation:
- "Raycide Mosher to Henry "Harry" and Sarah "Sally" Mosher, 1864-08-16", Raycide Mosher Civil War Letters, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/mosher/items/mosher116.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/