Raycide Mosher to Henry "Harry" and Sarah "Sally" Mosher, 1864-12-18 Item Info
December the .18. 1864
Dear Parents.
I take my pen in hand to informe you that I am well as usal & I hope thes fue lines will find you all well we have got through on this March with out eney troble but I could not Stan it to March I marched the first three days & then I was So lame that I Could not hardly go So I fell be hind with the train & they Could not Cerry me nor my Knapsack. So they went on. & I picked me up a Mule & put on my blankes on him got on & Com up with the Regiment & I kept the mule till I got thrue all Rite we are with in Six miles of Svanan Savanah nere the atlantic Oshion I gess we will Soon be in to Savanah thare hes ben Some hard firing for a week but we do not here much now I hope we will Soon get the place for we do not get much to eat. the South part of georgia is low flat swampy land the water is very poor. we Started from atlanta the 16 of November & got through the 10 of December each man Carrys his one tent dog tent the wether is nice & warm Father & Mother you Most Sent Me a Sheat of paper & envelope & a Stampe in your letter for I heve not got nun we was not lowed to Carry eney on this March & I want you to Send me a half pound of ginger Send it by Male the Same time you do the letter it is good to put in to the Cantene of water to drink for I have the dirriahee. Rite as Soon as you get this
Raycide Mosher your Son
Direct like this
Co. A. 1st Mich= Eng & Mech= Savannah, Georgia
on the march
- Title:
- Raycide Mosher to Henry "Harry" and Sarah "Sally" Mosher, 1864-12-18
- Creator:
- Mosher, Raycide
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1864-12-18
- Description:
- Letter from Raycide Mosher to his father, Henry "Harry" Mosher, and mother, Sarah "Sally" Mosher; includes description of Raycide's experience marching toward Savannah and items that he would like sent to him.
- Subjects:
- soldiers civil wars military campaigns
- Location:
- Savannah, Georgia
- Latitude:
- 32.0840395
- Longitude:
- -81.09000581
- 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_folder29_12-18-1864
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Preferred Citation:
- "Raycide Mosher to Henry "Harry" and Sarah "Sally" Mosher, 1864-12-18", Raycide Mosher Civil War Letters, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/mosher/items/mosher164.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/