Harden29

Transcription: 

Aug. 8.th 1863
General Hospital Macon Ga
My Dear companion I write to
let you know that I am not
as well as I was when you
left here I have been having
Chills & feavers, now for 3 days
I hope these lines may reach
and find you all well I hope
that you wont have the measles
to day is the day for the Board to
meet. But I do not know
whether they will meet or not
the news is this morning that
furloughs have stoped. if so
I can not get home Soon
our nurse Says they will Send
me home after a while.
if this letter comes you may
know that I can not come
I will not Send it to the
Office until I See what is
done I hope it is a false
report about furloughs being stoped
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If any of the family comes
to See me I want them to bring
me a big jug of Buttermilk
herein fail not under penalty
of the law for I want it
mighty bad.. I will send you
a letter from a dying Soldier
I Saw Mr. Benson & Orear
yesterday they told me that
you was all getting along
very well. we have lost
2 more men out of our
Company Mr Harris & Doyal
I will close
your devoted
Husband W.H. Harden

P.S. It is Sirtain that
the Board will not meet to day
So I can not come home
you must excuse my
bad writing
W.H.H.

Date: 
August 8, 1863

Author(s)

Unit: 
Company C, 63 GA Infantry
Rank: 
Private/Corporal

Recipient(s)

Other: 
Wife of William H. Harden

From

From State: 
Georgia
From Municipality: 
From County: 
Bibb
From Note: 
Macon Hospital

To

To State: 
Georgia
To County: 
Pike

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Shiloh Peters
Transcription Date: 
March, 2012
Proofer: 
Michael Ellis
Proof Date: 
December, 2012

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