Raycide Mosher to Henry "Harry" and Sarah "Sally" Mosher, 1864-08-30 Item Info
Dansville Gorga Augast 30. 1864
Dear Father & Mother,
I Set down to write a fue lines to you & let you now that I am at presant & I hope thes fue lines will find you all well. I am to my Compney now, Jest in time to Sind the pay Role if nothing hapons now we will be pade the fore part September. we have a nice place whare we are Camped in the Shade of little groth of pine & oke we are a bout .60. Miles from Chattanooga South. thare is Some Rebs around here. I was out of camp to day & a nother man after butter & the house we left a bout a hour after words thare was Some rebs Com to the house. and thare was Some of our boys Choping wood not fere of and the Rebs Came along & Shot in at our the boys & they Shot back but no damege done & the came to camp & the Capton went out with a squad of Men but did not make out eney thing we have plenty to eat now lots of peches all we Can eat. the boys are a choping wood fore the Railroad 28. inches long they have one dollar a Cord Choping I think I Shall Chop Some. they take it Slow dont Chop more then they Can easy Some a Cord Some more. I hope I Shall git along if I think now if I am Carful I feel a grate de dele better Sence I left the hospital thar is a Chance fore me to Come out all Rite yet I hope So at eney Rate. well Rite as Soon as you get this. Soo So good by Father, Mother, Sisters & Brothers
Raycide Mosher
Co. A. 1st. Eng= & Mech= Mich
- Title:
- Raycide Mosher to Henry "Harry" and Sarah "Sally" Mosher, 1864-08-30
- Creator:
- Mosher, Raycide
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1864-08-30
- Description:
- Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of his unit's encounter with Confederate soldiers and his unit's other activities.
- Subjects:
- soldiers civil wars battles
- Location:
- Danville, Georgia
- Latitude:
- 32.60562061
- Longitude:
- -83.24480319
- 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_folder22_08-30-1864
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Preferred Citation:
- "Raycide Mosher to Henry "Harry" and Sarah "Sally" Mosher, 1864-08-30", Raycide Mosher Civil War Letters, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/mosher/items/mosher126.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/