Raycide Mosher to Henry "Harry" and Sarah "Sally" Mosher, 1864-11-01 Item Info
Atlanta November the 1. 1864
Dear Father & Mother
I am well & I hope thes fue lines will find you all well I have not herd from you in Some time & Mr. livingston is a going home & I will send a letter by him we have ben pade of to day & I will Send .40. dollars in this letter to you. thare has ben a good dele of taring up on the Road So that we have not got much male nor pervision but we get a nuf to eat Setch as it is. Beef & hard tack & Coffee & a little peas Soop. we have got all fixt up for winter & now we expect to leve atlanta in a fue days & go fether South we have got to March & Cerry our knapsacks. I am going to try it I think I Can march we do not no whare we are a going yet but it is Some whare nere the atlantic Oshion
the Mish Michigan 9 was here I Seen bill Butler dan Starks, Melven Starks gim Clark. thare are all well & heve mooved back to Chattanooga. Mr. Livingston lives in Springport nere James preston he is a first man Rate man giv him a good meel of biscuit & butter for me. Father you must take good Care of the Sheep & pay the taxes. if you dont want to ust use all of the money you may bey me one of them nice ue ew Sheep of ben Silver & if you need it all use it I Roat for you to Send me a post box but I dont now wether I will get it or not I hev not herd from you Sence I Rote for the box but you must Write as Soon as you get this and Send me a cople two boxes of pills a box of Robaks pills & Send a box of good liver pills Send them by male in the next letter you Rite. Rap a paper around them Dirct them put 2 Stamps uppon them they will Come all Rite. if you hant Sent eney Stamps Send me Some they may be Some on the Road. thare is 40 boys going home there time is out Dr. Donhue is going home on a fer low. Rite Soon as you get this.
Raycide Mosher
Co. A. 1st Mich Eng. & Mech. Nashville, tenn.
to Harry Mosher, Clarince, Calhoun Co. Mich
- Title:
- Raycide Mosher to Henry "Harry" and Sarah "Sally" Mosher, 1864-11-01
- Creator:
- Mosher, Raycide
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1864-11-01
- Description:
- Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes discussion of Raycide's unit's move toward the Atlantic coast, soldiers he met who were from Michigan, and medicine that Raycide would like sent to him.
- Subjects:
- soldiers civil wars military campaigns
- Location:
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Latitude:
- 33.75186173
- Longitude:
- -84.38725722
- 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_folder27_11-01-1864
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Preferred Citation:
- "Raycide Mosher to Henry "Harry" and Sarah "Sally" Mosher, 1864-11-01", Raycide Mosher Civil War Letters, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/mosher/items/mosher154.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/