Letter from Bill McConnell to his uncle Wilson Brackney
MLA Citation
McConnell, Bill. “Letter from Bill McConnell to his uncle Wilson Brackney.” Digital Gallery. BGSU University Libraries, 25 Jan. 2023, digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/32718. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
Tags
Title | Letter from Bill McConnell to his uncle Wilson Brackney |
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Subject | McConnell, Bill |
Brackney, Wilson | |
Brackney family | |
United States. -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives | |
Description | Letter from Bill McConnell to his uncle Wilson Brackney about McConnell's poor health. |
Creator | McConnell, Bill |
Source | Brackney family papers; MMS-0891; Center for Archival Collections; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
Date | 1864-11-29 |
Rights | |
Format | Correspondence |
application/pdf | |
Language | eng |
Identifier | mms00891_i00002 |
https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/32718 | |
Spatial Coverage | Tennessee |
Type | Text |
November the 29 AD 1864 It is with plesure that I seat my self to write to you a few lines to let you now how I am getting I suppose that you have heard that I have been unwell from the twenty sixth of last June I hav not seen a well day I hav the fever and the diarrhea until it has run me down til I am not worth one cent if I was to walk a half a mile as fast as I could walk I would be played out and now uncle this is the second letter that I hav writen you and hav received no answer and now this is the last one until you write to me and then I will write to you no more at present write soon Wilson Brackney from Mc Connell Bill |