Hefner35

Transcription: 

[ND]

Dear Children I want you
to be good boys love your books
go to School try to be good boys
til I come home I expect
to come home as soon as
I can get of Lariance Hefner
jonas Hefner
[page 2]
A few more lines to you I
want you to take this world
as easy as you Can and dont
Expose your Self for there is A
plenty died buy exposhere and
trubel folks Must not Study
About this war for it Must
needs bee live in hopes and

Collection: 

Author(s)

Name Variant: 
Marcus Hefner
Unit: 
Company E, 57th NC Infantry
Rank: 
Private

Recipient(s)

Other: 
Marcus Hefner's Son
Other: 
Marcus Hefner's Son

From

From State: 
Maryland
From County: 
St. Mary's
From Note: 
Point Lookout Prison

To

To State: 
North Carolina
To County: 
Catawba

Transcription/Proofing Info

Transcriber: 
Andrea Cudworth
Transcription Date: 
October, 2011
Proofer: 
Michael Ellis
Proof Date: 
October, 2011

Get in touch

  • Department of History
    220 LeConte Hall, Baldwin Street
    University of Georgia
    Athens, GA 30602-1602
  • 706-542-2053
  • admin@ehistory.org

eHistory was founded at the University of Georgia in 2011 by historians Claudio Saunt and Stephen Berry

Learn More about eHistory