Box 1
Contains 249 Results:
Letter: Joseph, Fort Jackson, to Mary, Freeport, Maine., 1863-05-26
RE:Prayers to be returned home. Asks Mary to teach Ada to pray. He has not been paid yet. Expresses deep love for her and their little girl.
Letter: Joseph, Fort Jackson, to Mary, Freeport, Maine., 1863-06-02
RE:Received two letters from Mary. Expresses his true love and his faithfulness. He has been paid and sent Mary $60.00. He is in the hospital, but he claims he is doing well. Prayers to God to be returned to his wife.
Letter: Joseph, Fort. St. Philip, to Mary, Freeport, Maine. , 1863-07-13
RE:Expressions of love and prayer. Claims to only receive $13.00 a month. Prays to go home.
Letter: Joseph, Fort St. Philip, to Mary, Freeport, Maine., 1863-08-06
RE:Claims to be doing well, but also states he has been sick for 16 days.He hasn’t heard from Mary since May 27. His heart is full of love of Christ. 29th letter
Letter: Joseph, Berwick City, Louisiana, to Mary, Freeport, Maine., 1864-03-04
RE:Received payment for four months back pay. 29th and 30th Regiment is up the river 12miles from Berwick. Had a good passage. The government will pay a big bounty” for re-enlisting. He thinks he will re-enlist if he lives.
Letter: Joseph, Red River, Alexandria, to Mary, Freeport, Maine., 1864-03-28
RE:Marched from Berwick to Alexandria, 200 miles in ten days. Have not been paid in months. Hoping to go home in June.
Letter: Joseph, Morganze Bend, Miss. River, Louisiana, to Mary, Freeport, Maine., 1864-06-14
RE:Wedding anniversary. Have not received payment for 8 months.
Letter: Joseph, Morganza Bend, Miss River, La., to Mary, Freeport, Maine. , 1864-06-23
RE:Paid up to the first of May. Sent home 225.00. Don’t know what time they will be going home.
Letter: Joseph, Ward H. W. S. General Hospital Armory Square, Washington, to Mary, Freeport, Maine., 1864-07-26
RE:Left New Orleans July 4. Marched to Maryland. Has a “touch of diarrhea”. Too tired, but doing well. Intends on getting a furlough to go home.
Letter: U.S. War Claim Agency. Pensions, Bounties and Back Pay, to Mary, Freeport, Maine., 1864-08-01
RE:Joseph died July 31, 1864. Obtaining eight dollars a month for Mrs. Wyman. Apply to Thomas W. S. Bradbury, Augusta, Maine.