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Dear father and Mother I am
well and I truly hope that this
will find you and family all
enjoying the best of helth and a
gitting a long well I was glad to
here from you is is not worth
my while to try to rite you the ware
news for I have ritting it so oftin
and no so little that ant inter-
esting and espeshily without it way
better you say that seser is to be sold
the first of January I have ritting
to you before on that subject but I
dont no that you have got my letter
if I was there so that I could I would
try to buy him if you want to buy
him I will help you all that I can
if not and you will hier a negro
for next year I will pay the hier I
dont no any better use that I could put
what little money I have got to if I
should live to git home may be
that it would help me a little
rite to me what you think a bought
it as soon as you git this I [illegible]
that I will Draw my money in a few
[page 2]
Days my [completion ?] and wages
is a bought 160 $ I will rite
again soon and let you no
whether I get my close or not
Mother Jim Bush said that
he would rite when I rote but he
is at at work and me on guard
so he cant rite this time but you
keep the [illegible] is is yours and
what you get at Johns keep
and if any body is a minde to
[hass u ?] a bought it let them [illegible]
give my best love to all of
the children and tell them that
I say to be good children that I want
to see them tell Ant Ann that
I would rite to her but this is all
of the paper I have got with me
so I must close for this time
I still remain your son till
Deth
T T Bigbie
T G Lewis
Mary M Lewis
Object Description
Description
| Title | [no date]: Bigbie, Thomas T., to Lewis, T. G. and Mary M., Letter |
| Creator | Bigbie, Thomas T., 1837-1864 |
| LC Subject Headings |
Bigbie, Thomas T., 1837-1864 Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 33rd Atlanta Campaign, 1864 Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863 Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| EOA Categories |
History – 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War and Reconstruction Peoples -- Military Life Government and Politics -- Military |
| Description | This collection consists of letters (33) written by Thomas T. Bigbie to his parents and his wife between June 21, 1862 and July 1, 1864. Bigbie enlisted in Co. G, 33rd Alabama Infantry Regiment, in May 1862. He was captured near Peachtree Creek at Atlanta, July 22, 1864, and sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois, where he died October 17, 1864. |
| Digital Publisher | Auburn University Libraries |
| Original Format | 1 letter |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Original Item ID | RG 010, Box 1 Files 1-33 |
| Rights | This image is the 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 |
| Finding Aid | http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/findingaids,322 |
| Language | eng |
| File Name | Bigbie TT letters_01.pdf |
| Collection | Thomas T. Bigbie Papers |
| Repository | Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. |
| Submitted by | Thornton, Linda; Coates, Midge |
| Transcript | [page 1] Dear father and Mother I am well and I truly hope that this will find you and family all enjoying the best of helth and a gitting a long well I was glad to here from you is is not worth my while to try to rite you the ware news for I have ritting it so oftin and no so little that ant inter- esting and espeshily without it way better you say that seser is to be sold the first of January I have ritting to you before on that subject but I dont no that you have got my letter if I was there so that I could I would try to buy him if you want to buy him I will help you all that I can if not and you will hier a negro for next year I will pay the hier I dont no any better use that I could put what little money I have got to if I should live to git home may be that it would help me a little rite to me what you think a bought it as soon as you git this I [illegible] that I will Draw my money in a few [page 2] Days my [completion ?] and wages is a bought 160 $ I will rite again soon and let you no whether I get my close or not Mother Jim Bush said that he would rite when I rote but he is at at work and me on guard so he cant rite this time but you keep the [illegible] is is yours and what you get at Johns keep and if any body is a minde to [hass u ?] a bought it let them [illegible] give my best love to all of the children and tell them that I say to be good children that I want to see them tell Ant Ann that I would rite to her but this is all of the paper I have got with me so I must close for this time I still remain your son till Deth T T Bigbie T G Lewis Mary M Lewis |
