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Corinth, Miss
April 10th 1862
Dear brother
As I have leisure time this evening I Concluded to write
you a few lines to inform you that I am well and
hope when these few lines reaches home they may find
you all well. Well I presume that you have heard of
the great battle which was fought on the Tennissee river
15 miles from Corrinth. It is impossible for me to try
[t]o describe the sceine which came to my lot to witness
The battle commenced Sunday morning about
eight and continued untill dark. It was commenced
the next morning again and lasted untill night
Our brigade was put in on Sunday about one
o clock and fought untill night
the next morning we was the [first ones attacted]
we fought untill too oclock We had 4 wounded
Barry Wise Ed Hare, Wash Leadbeter & Jeff Baker
left none dangerous Bill Trammell is yet missing
I have often wished that I could be on a battle
field but I am in hopes that it will not fall to my
lot to witness another such sceine it would have mad
you felt bad to see the whole woods filled with
dead and wounded men. I would describe my feelings
when I first went into the battle field if possible
We whipped them on Sunday badly taken all theire tents
provitions and everything els they had. You just
ought to have seen the close they left We taken
great many prisoners theire Gen Printice was taken
gen Buell is reported to be Killed Our great hero
Sidney Johnson was killed. I would have sent
you a present if I could have brought it off
[page 2]
the battle field I got me a fine cap. We had to
march through mud and water coming home from
the battle field made a nearly all of us si sck
I thought at once I had rather be home and
go your halfes in wearing your new bonnet I
exspect if I ever get home I will know how
apreciate it there I am about out of paper I must
close tell sis this is a Yankee paper of needles and
she must take good care of them for they was
the hardest needles to get I ever saw it
took too days hardest fighting that ever was heard of
to get them I will send you a yankee letter
I got in one of there Camps ges I like to forgotin
it we had to throw our knapsack and havr-
sack [illegible] I recon I
must close give my love [illegible] tell sis
to kiss the to children for me write soon
I remain your sincere brother untill death
W H B
Object Description
Description
| Title | 1861-04-10: Browning, William H., to Browning, John K., Letter |
| Creator | Browning, William H., d. 1862; |
| LC Subject Headings |
Crittenden, John, 1834-1864 Crittenden, William D., 1836-1891 Crittenden, Bettie Browning, 1839-1915 Browning, William H., d. 1862 Browning, John K. Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 34th Chickamauga (Tenn.), Battle of, 1863 Shiloh (Tenn.), Battle of, 1862 Notasulga (Ala.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 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 | Letters from John Crittenden, a school teacher from Notasulga, Ala., to his family, including his parents, his brother, William D. Crittenden, and his wife, Bettie Browning Crittenden; letters (1862-68) of William D. Crittenden, William H. Browning and John K. Browning to family; letters (1862-1909) to Bettie Browning Crittenden from friends and family; and miscellaneous family papers (1847-1871). Bulk of correspondence (1862-64) describes Crittenden's military service. Crittenden enlisted in Company E, 34th Alabama Infantry, when the regiment was formed in March, 1862. He was missing in action and presumed killed in the Battle of Nashville, December 15-16, 1864. His brother, William D. Crittenden, enlisted in the 1st Alabama Cavalry but received a medical discharge in 1863. His wife's brother, John K. Browning, enlisted in Company D, 34th Alabama Infantry. |
| Digital Publisher | Auburn University Libraries |
| Date | 1862-04-10 |
| Original Format | 1 letter, 2 pages |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Original Item ID | RG 0765 |
| 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 | crittenden 001.pdf |
| Collection | John Crittenden Papers |
| Repository | Auburn Unniversity Libraries. Special Collections and Archives |
| Submitted by | Thornton, Linda; Galati, Leslie Ann; Coates, Midge |
| Transcript | [page 1] Corinth, Miss April 10th 1862 Dear brother As I have leisure time this evening I Concluded to write you a few lines to inform you that I am well and hope when these few lines reaches home they may find you all well. Well I presume that you have heard of the great battle which was fought on the Tennissee river 15 miles from Corrinth. It is impossible for me to try [t]o describe the sceine which came to my lot to witness The battle commenced Sunday morning about eight and continued untill dark. It was commenced the next morning again and lasted untill night Our brigade was put in on Sunday about one o clock and fought untill night the next morning we was the [first ones attacted] we fought untill too oclock We had 4 wounded Barry Wise Ed Hare, Wash Leadbeter & Jeff Baker left none dangerous Bill Trammell is yet missing I have often wished that I could be on a battle field but I am in hopes that it will not fall to my lot to witness another such sceine it would have mad you felt bad to see the whole woods filled with dead and wounded men. I would describe my feelings when I first went into the battle field if possible We whipped them on Sunday badly taken all theire tents provitions and everything els they had. You just ought to have seen the close they left We taken great many prisoners theire Gen Printice was taken gen Buell is reported to be Killed Our great hero Sidney Johnson was killed. I would have sent you a present if I could have brought it off [page 2] the battle field I got me a fine cap. We had to march through mud and water coming home from the battle field made a nearly all of us si sck I thought at once I had rather be home and go your halfes in wearing your new bonnet I exspect if I ever get home I will know how apreciate it there I am about out of paper I must close tell sis this is a Yankee paper of needles and she must take good care of them for they was the hardest needles to get I ever saw it took too days hardest fighting that ever was heard of to get them I will send you a yankee letter I got in one of there Camps ges I like to forgotin it we had to throw our knapsack and havr- sack [illegible] I recon I must close give my love [illegible] tell sis to kiss the to children for me write soon I remain your sincere brother untill death W H B |
