Letter from Linus Patrick to John B. Patrick
| Title | Letter from Linus Patrick to John B. Patrick |
|---|---|
| Subject | Patrick, Linus Anthony, d. 1864 |
| Patrick, J.B. | |
| United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 121st (1862-1865) | |
| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives | |
| Description | Letter from Linus Patrick to his father John B. Patrick about his illness, the hospital, money owed to various people, and politics. |
| Creator | Patrick, Linus Anthony, d. 1864 |
| Source | Linus Patrick correspondence; MMS-1157; Center for Archival Collections; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
| Date | 1863-03-17 |
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| Format | Correspondence |
| application/pdf | |
| Language | eng |
| Identifier | mms01157_i00014 |
| https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/32753 | |
| Spatial Coverage | Tennessee |
| Type | Text |
Franklin Tennessee Dear Father Your kind & ever welcome letter was recd yesterday & I hasten to send you an answer I have been unwell for about ten days I came to the Hospital day before yesterday, the Doctor thought I would soon get better if I would come to the Hospital where I would have a good soft bed to sleep on & take good care of myself - I am able to walk around a good part of the time ~ They are using a large Seminary for a Hospital & it makes a very nice one, but give me health and the tented field in preference for this place - Emerson [Silas Emerson] is in the same Hospl I am, sick with the measles, so you see our company is in a bad condition - Old Glover [Joseph F. Glover] has sent in his resignation & is waiting for his papers so he can return home - the old fellow has been very friendly to me since he has been here & has brought me any thing I wanted to eat since I have been sick - I rec'd a letter from Leon Manning the other day & he said you had been reading some of his old letters that I sent home, he was very mad about it - If Dave Barnett Of Belle-Centre calls on you for four dollars and seventy five cents ($4.75) pay it to him I owe that amount to John Barnett & he wants I should have you pay it to Dave as I am sick I guess you had better send me 2 or 3 dollars - Tell John McCulloch I rec'd his letter of March 2nd in due time & would have answered it before this if I had been well - I rec'd a letter from Dobie and Willis Carson two or three days ago but I can not answer it now - I also rec'd one from Dave Dorman - If you see Dave or his folks give him my best wishes & tell him I do not blame him for going home - Three of our Mt Victory boys have come back to the company but George Araie[?] & two Mt Victory boys are still gone - I suppose you have seen by the Cincin Coml of The 7th & 9th inst that we had quite a fuss near this place 10 or 12 days ago If the people want to know what the Democrats in the army think of Vallandingham let them write to Andy Sweeny he is a democrat & so am I but Gods not a traitor yet - I have had Rebels tell me that Ohio had one good man & that was Vallandingham If the soldiers have the privelege of voting they will show the people how many friends vallandigham has in the army - write soon direct as before Your Affectionate son |
