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Camp Casey
Tuesday morning Aug 26 /62
Dear Parents
We arrived at Washington
Sunday afternoon & after getting some dinner
we marched threw Washington across the
Potomac about 10 miles. The dust was 2 inches
deap in the roads & there wasant many but
what got there share of it. Some of the
Companys wer all broaken up. Our company
stood it the best out of the lot there wer
a grate many that broak down & came in
the next morning. I stood it first rate.
If this is a specimen of the country it isent
worth Fighting for the land is all
clay. I am well Sargent Floyd
is going to cary the leters
and I must close I will write
sonn All the Boys ar well
& like first Rate so I must
close.
Yours truly
Jabez
Object Description
| Title | Smith, Jabez N. Letters (1862-1865) |
| Creator | Smith, Jabez N. |
| LC Subject Headings |
Smith, Jabez N. United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry, 35th (1862-1865) 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 Smith’s letters posted at Camp Nelson, Ky., as his regiment moved to Atlanta, and from North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Smith describes military life and hardships. Smith served as a private in Co. I, 35th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War. |
| Digital Publisher | Auburn University Libraries |
| Date | 1862-8-26/1865-5-29 |
| Original Format | 80 letters |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Original Item ID | RG 0295 |
| 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,403 |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | Jabez Smith Papers |
| Repository | Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. |
| Submitted by | Thornton, Linda; Coxwell, Allana; Coates, Midge |
Description
| Title | 1862-08-26: Smith, Jabez N., to Parents, Letter |
| Creator | Smith, Jabez N. |
| LC Subject Headings |
Smith, Jabez N. United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry, 35th (1862-1865) 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 Smith’s letters posted at Camp Nelson, Ky., as his regiment moved to Atlanta, and from North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Smith describes military life and hardships. Smith served as a private in Co. I, 35th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War. |
| Digital Publisher | Auburn University Libraries |
| Date | 1862-08-26 |
| Original Format | 1 letter, 1 page |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Original Item ID | RG 0295 |
| 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,403 |
| Language | eng |
| File Name | 18620826.pdf |
| Collection | Jabez Smith Papers |
| Repository | Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. |
| Submitted by | Thornton, Linda; Coxwell, Allana; Coates, Midge |
| Transcript | [page 1] Camp Casey Tuesday morning Aug 26 /62 Dear Parents We arrived at Washington Sunday afternoon & after getting some dinner we marched threw Washington across the Potomac about 10 miles. The dust was 2 inches deap in the roads & there wasant many but what got there share of it. Some of the Companys wer all broaken up. Our company stood it the best out of the lot there wer a grate many that broak down & came in the next morning. I stood it first rate. If this is a specimen of the country it isent worth Fighting for the land is all clay. I am well Sargent Floyd is going to cary the leters and I must close I will write sonn All the Boys ar well & like first Rate so I must close. Yours truly Jabez |
