Brown13

Transcription: 

[this letter is written in a different hand than any previous letter]

Shapad Town Va [Shepherdstown, West Virginia] [1]
June 22 1863
Dear Mother
I seat my
sealfe this eavening
to wright you A fiew
lins to let you know
how I am
Mother my health is
verry good at this time
my foot is very sore
at this time Mother
I hope that thease
few lins may find
you in the best of
health I receav you lettr
A fiew dase before the
Winchester fight and was
glad to hear from you
I madit thru the fight
safe never got A
[page 2]
Mother Tom Chestnut
got wonded thru the
thys it was only A
flesh wond
Mother you sent to me
to send you my dagaret [2]
I will send it the first
chance I get Mother
we troops in [??]
[???] [???] captured
[?]50 head of beaf cadle and
[25?] head of horses
Mother our troops are
in Marland they crost
over the river this mor
ning or last night I
dont no which
[??] give best respects
to all and
the same nothing more
at presant I
remain your
until death
[page 4]
wright soon and often
so far you well
until time
W. W. Brown

Footnotes: 
  1. William Washington Brown’s last letter was written less than two weeks before the 31st Georgia fought at Gettysburg, where the regiment lost more than 25% of the 252 soldiers engaged
  2. daguerreotype
Date Note: 
June 1863

Author(s)

Unit: 
Company E, 31 GA Infantry (aka "Bartow Guards" and "Stewart Guards")
Rank: 
Private

Recipient(s)

Other: 
Mother of William W. Brown

From

From State: 
Virginia
From Municipality: 
From County: 
Jefferson
From Note: 
modern-day WV

To

To State: 
Georgia
To County: 
Stewart

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Antonina Paver
Transcription Date: 
April, 2009
Proofer: 
Michael Ellis
Proof Date: 
August, 2009

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