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Auburn Ala
Jan 3rd 1861
My dear Miss Philo
I arrived
home at a late hour last evening
and find myself feeling quite
sad and low spirited this mor-
ning, leaveing you produced
these unpleasant feelings. Shall
I see you again before you
take your final leave from
Alabama. Our company have
determined to go down to Mont-
gomery Monday night instead
of monday morning, which circum-
stance may render my seeing
you again inpossible. Should
I not, may heaven bless and
protect you. Wherever you
go my dearest Miss Philo, "Thoughts
will flit to thee a thousand in
[page 2]
an hour" and my heart will ever
turn toward you with as much
devotion as the Mahomedan turns
toward Mecca at his hours of
prayer, but to the point. Should
you leave Montgomery before
I get there, please leave me a
note at the registering Office
of the Exchange hotel and
oblige
yours in much love
J. T. Scott
Excuse haste
[written in pencil at bottom of page 2]
My Dear Mrs. Harris,
I received your kind letter and
would have responded
to it ere this, but thought that pos-
[itive?] intelligence with regard to
the welfare of your absent dear
ones would be much more accept-
able even if more [hastily ?] given
[than ?] hearsay never would have
been. We visited the Navy Yard
yesterday. In looking one the
many faces familiar to [me ?]
[page 3]
some of them from my earliest
recollection I almost imagined
myself transported back to my
childhoods home, and surrounded
by the dear friends who ever
cluster about my every thought
of Tuskegee. Dr. & Mrs. Green
were both well and looking
remarkably well. The Dr. better
than I ever saw him.
Object Description
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| Title | 1861-01-03: Scott, John Thomas Harper, to Mitchell, Philoklea, Letter |
| Creator | Scott, John Thomas Harper, 1835-1871 |
| LC Subject Headings |
Scott, John Thomas Harper, 1835-1871 Mitchell, Philoklea, d. 1898 Love-letters--Confederate States of America 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 | These are for the most part courtship letters dealing with the relationship between John Thomas Harper Scott and Philoklea Mitchell, but also include some information on Scott's experiences in the Confederate army, and on his motivations for serving in the army. Scott served in the Auburn Guards, a militia unit that took part in an attempt to seize Union-held Fort Pickens, near Pensacola, Florida, in 1861. He later joined the Confederate army, and served as an officer in several regiments, most notably the 45th Alabama, a regiment organized in Auburn in 1862. He participated in the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia before working as a quartermaster for the 45th Alabama in the Army of Tennessee from the summer of 1862 until the end of the war, serving under Braxton Bragg, Joseph E. Johnston, and John Bell Hood. |
| Digital Publisher | Auburn University Libraries |
| Date | 1861-01-03 |
| Original Format | 1 letter, 3 pages |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Original Item ID | RG 1106 |
| 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 |
| Language | eng |
| File Name | scott 01.pdf |
| Collection | J. T. H. Scott Papers |
| Repository | Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. |
| Submitted by | Thornton, Linda; Coates, Midge |
| Transcript | [page 1] Auburn Ala Jan 3rd 1861 My dear Miss Philo I arrived home at a late hour last evening and find myself feeling quite sad and low spirited this mor- ning, leaveing you produced these unpleasant feelings. Shall I see you again before you take your final leave from Alabama. Our company have determined to go down to Mont- gomery Monday night instead of monday morning, which circum- stance may render my seeing you again inpossible. Should I not, may heaven bless and protect you. Wherever you go my dearest Miss Philo, "Thoughts will flit to thee a thousand in [page 2] an hour" and my heart will ever turn toward you with as much devotion as the Mahomedan turns toward Mecca at his hours of prayer, but to the point. Should you leave Montgomery before I get there, please leave me a note at the registering Office of the Exchange hotel and oblige yours in much love J. T. Scott Excuse haste [written in pencil at bottom of page 2] My Dear Mrs. Harris, I received your kind letter and would have responded to it ere this, but thought that pos- [itive?] intelligence with regard to the welfare of your absent dear ones would be much more accept- able even if more [hastily ?] given [than ?] hearsay never would have been. We visited the Navy Yard yesterday. In looking one the many faces familiar to [me ?] [page 3] some of them from my earliest recollection I almost imagined myself transported back to my childhoods home, and surrounded by the dear friends who ever cluster about my every thought of Tuskegee. Dr. & Mrs. Green were both well and looking remarkably well. The Dr. better than I ever saw him. |
