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[page 1]
Good Hope D.C.
March 4th ’62
Pug
Your letter of Feb 27
came to hand last night
you need not have sent
me a Stamp for I have
about 50 now on hands.
I intended to write to you
about now, even if I had
not got your letter.
Lt. Rowley is going
home tomorrow I believe. I
will send 2 Ambrotypes
with him. I want you to
keep them both at home
untill I give further orders
We will not be paid off
for sometime I believe. some
say it will be nearly a
month before we are paid
[page 2]
I have money enough to
do me a month or two
yet, so I do not care if
I am not paid just now.
There was no bread came
out to camp yesterday
and a great many had
to go to bed without supper
we had bread enough for
our supper, but we had
none for breakfast, so we
laid in bed untill about
7 oclock, we generaly get
up before 6. There was a cleanness of teeth in the
Pa 85th Regiment this
morning, the bread came
about ten oclock today
I have just finished my Breakfast, we did not drill
any this fore noon.
This is a prety day last
night was wet.
[page 3]
I got a letter from Bill
Boon last night. he told
me that Miss Williams
would have a party sometime
soon. he thinks I should get
a furlough and go to it.
I think not, for I may be
needed here, to go to Richmond
I expect we will all go
over to Manasses Junction
some day soon, to another
kind of a party.
I got a letter from Hen
Brown and he said it had
been raining in Double Quick
time of late.
We have been drilling as
skirmisher some of late, the
commands are given by
blowing on a horn or bugle
I think we will be a skirmishing co yet. I
hope we may.
[page 4]
I will send a piece of poetry in
this, that will suit mother. I think
it is nearly dark and I must close
I wrote to Mo last week &
to Sarah also. I sent a music book
to Mo yesterday it was a S. S. Bell
J. B. Bell
Object Description
| Title | Bell, John B. Letters (1862-1863) |
| Creator | Bell, John B. |
| LC Subject Headings |
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Bell, John B. United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 85th |
| EOA Categories |
History – 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War and Reconstruction Peoples -- Military Life Government and Politics -- Military |
| Description | This is a set of three letters from John B. Bell, a Union soldier in the 85th Pennsylvania Infantry regiment, to two family members. A private, he was promoted to commissary sergeant in 1863. The letters, two of which were sent from the vicinity of Washington, D.C., describe camp life and drill. |
| Digital Publisher | Auburn University Libraries |
| Date | 1862-03-04; 1863-11-13 |
| Original Format | 3 letters, 9 pages various sizes |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Original Item ID | RG 1124 |
| Rights | Property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732. |
| Relation With | www.american-south.org |
| Language | eng |
| File Name | Bell JB letters_1.pdf; Bell JB letters_2.pdf; Bell JB letters_3.pdf |
| Collection | John and Faye Vick Collection |
| Repository | Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives Department. |
| Submitted by | McRae, David R.; Coates, Midge |
Description
| Title | 1862-03-04: Bell, John B., to Pug, Letter |
| Creator | Bell, John B. |
| LC Subject Headings |
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Bell, John B. United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 85th |
| EOA Categories |
History – 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War and Reconstruction Peoples -- Military Life Government and Politics -- Military |
| Description | This is a set of three letters from John B. Bell, a Union soldier in the 85th Pennsylvania Infantry regiment, to two family members. A private, he was promoted to commissary sergeant in 1863. The letters, two of which were sent from the vicinity of Washington, D.C., describe camp life and drill. |
| Digital Publisher | Auburn University Libraries |
| Date | 1862-03-04 |
| Original Format | 1 letter |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Original Item ID | RG 1124 |
| Rights | Property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732. |
| Relation With | www.american-south.org |
| Language | eng |
| File Name | Bell JB letters_1.pdf |
| Collection | John and Faye Vick Collection |
| Repository | Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives Department. |
| Submitted by | McRae, David R.; Coates, Midge |
| Transcript | [page 1] Good Hope D.C. March 4th ’62 Pug Your letter of Feb 27 came to hand last night you need not have sent me a Stamp for I have about 50 now on hands. I intended to write to you about now, even if I had not got your letter. Lt. Rowley is going home tomorrow I believe. I will send 2 Ambrotypes with him. I want you to keep them both at home untill I give further orders We will not be paid off for sometime I believe. some say it will be nearly a month before we are paid [page 2] I have money enough to do me a month or two yet, so I do not care if I am not paid just now. There was no bread came out to camp yesterday and a great many had to go to bed without supper we had bread enough for our supper, but we had none for breakfast, so we laid in bed untill about 7 oclock, we generaly get up before 6. There was a cleanness of teeth in the Pa 85th Regiment this morning, the bread came about ten oclock today I have just finished my Breakfast, we did not drill any this fore noon. This is a prety day last night was wet. [page 3] I got a letter from Bill Boon last night. he told me that Miss Williams would have a party sometime soon. he thinks I should get a furlough and go to it. I think not, for I may be needed here, to go to Richmond I expect we will all go over to Manasses Junction some day soon, to another kind of a party. I got a letter from Hen Brown and he said it had been raining in Double Quick time of late. We have been drilling as skirmisher some of late, the commands are given by blowing on a horn or bugle I think we will be a skirmishing co yet. I hope we may. [page 4] I will send a piece of poetry in this, that will suit mother. I think it is nearly dark and I must close I wrote to Mo last week & to Sarah also. I sent a music book to Mo yesterday it was a S. S. Bell J. B. Bell |
