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Camp Near Galitan Tenn Jany 9 1863
Dearest Mattie
you doubtless have received my
letter that I wrote you while
at the Lebanon Junction the last week
since that time we have wended our
way back to this place we arrived there
last evening and last night I slept
in my tent for the first time
since Christmas Eve. on Christmas
I was on picket with my company
at this place and about midnight our
Brigade was ordered to proceed by
Rail Road to Kentucky to get after
Morgan which we did we caught up
with him at Rowling fork and
attacked his rear guard killing
some of his men and taking some
Prisiners and routing the rest of
his crew we remained at the Lebanon Junction untill the 4 inst when we
[page 2]
marched again for Tenn Since we
left here there has been an awful
Battle fought in this state at Murfres
boro and I expect that we should
have been there had we not went
to Kentucky, but however I expect to
be at the scene of that Bloody conflict
ere many days. Dearest Mattie I
am anxiously awaiting the Glorious
anouncement of an early Peace which
I think will be by Spring so I can
return home and live in Peace
with the dearest Person to me on earth
you can easily judge who that person
is. the first letters of her name are, M. A. C
Well Dear I understand that the 37th Ind
Regiment was in the Battle and I
see by the papers that Col Hull
was wounded but how the Regiment
came out I can not say. I received
your letter on Christmas day and
I assure you that it was a welcome
visitor I wish you would write
[page 3]
me a letter every day or so if the
war is not over by Spring I am
eithir going come home some way
either by leave of absence or else
I will resign one or the other sure
so if I live that long you may
look for me sure. I will send
this letter by Captain Waller he has
just received a leave of absence
for 20 days and leaves for home to
morrow if you can send me that likeness we have been talking about
it would be a welcome visitor.
you must excuse me for not answer
ing your letter sooner for we have
been away and have not had
either paper or ink Dearest Mattie
I will have to bring this to a Close
as it is late and I have no news
to write so I will have to close hoping
this will find you and the folks all
well give my love to your ma and
all inquiring friends you must write
[page 4]
soon Dear mattie for I am
anxous to hear from you direct
to Nashville this is from your
loving and affectionate friend
John HD to My Dear Mattie
Object Description
Description
| Title | 1863-01-09: Denton, John H., to Cole, Martha A., Letter |
| Creator | Denton, John H. |
| LC Subject Headings |
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Denton, John H. Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 Atlanta Campaign, 1864 |
| EOA Categories |
History – 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War and Reconstruction Peoples -- Military Life Government and Politics -- Military |
| Description | This collection consists of two letters from a Civil War soldier who signs his name “John” or “John H D,” addressed to his sweetheart, Martha A. Cole of Aurora, Indiana. The soldier is almost certainly John H. Denton of Aurora, who later married Martha Cole (Archibald Shaw, ed., History of Dearborn County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions (Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen, 1915), 657). The letters describe Denton’s participation in a battle on the Rolling Fork river in Kentucky at the end of December 1862 against John Hunt Morgan’s Confederate raiders, and his participation in the Battle of Jonesboro (August 31-September 1, 1864) during William T. Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign. |
| Digital Publisher | Auburn University Libraries |
| Date | 1863-01-09 |
| 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 | Denton JHD letters_1.pdf |
| Collection | John and Faye Vick Collection |
| Repository | Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. |
| Submitted by | McRae, David R.; Coates, Midge |
| Transcript | [page 1] Camp Near Galitan Tenn Jany 9 1863 Dearest Mattie you doubtless have received my letter that I wrote you while at the Lebanon Junction the last week since that time we have wended our way back to this place we arrived there last evening and last night I slept in my tent for the first time since Christmas Eve. on Christmas I was on picket with my company at this place and about midnight our Brigade was ordered to proceed by Rail Road to Kentucky to get after Morgan which we did we caught up with him at Rowling fork and attacked his rear guard killing some of his men and taking some Prisiners and routing the rest of his crew we remained at the Lebanon Junction untill the 4 inst when we [page 2] marched again for Tenn Since we left here there has been an awful Battle fought in this state at Murfres boro and I expect that we should have been there had we not went to Kentucky, but however I expect to be at the scene of that Bloody conflict ere many days. Dearest Mattie I am anxiously awaiting the Glorious anouncement of an early Peace which I think will be by Spring so I can return home and live in Peace with the dearest Person to me on earth you can easily judge who that person is. the first letters of her name are, M. A. C Well Dear I understand that the 37th Ind Regiment was in the Battle and I see by the papers that Col Hull was wounded but how the Regiment came out I can not say. I received your letter on Christmas day and I assure you that it was a welcome visitor I wish you would write [page 3] me a letter every day or so if the war is not over by Spring I am eithir going come home some way either by leave of absence or else I will resign one or the other sure so if I live that long you may look for me sure. I will send this letter by Captain Waller he has just received a leave of absence for 20 days and leaves for home to morrow if you can send me that likeness we have been talking about it would be a welcome visitor. you must excuse me for not answer ing your letter sooner for we have been away and have not had either paper or ink Dearest Mattie I will have to bring this to a Close as it is late and I have no news to write so I will have to close hoping this will find you and the folks all well give my love to your ma and all inquiring friends you must write [page 4] soon Dear mattie for I am anxous to hear from you direct to Nashville this is from your loving and affectionate friend John HD to My Dear Mattie |
