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Catalog Number |
1805.044.03.03 |
Collection |
Moore Letters |
Object Name |
Letter |
Title |
Letter from Will Moore to his Mother |
Scope & Content |
In his letter, Will Moore explains that he has been on the move and too busy to respond sooner to his Mother's letter which he received on February 28th. His regiment had orders to move the next morning and they were 20 miles in enemy country with the support of the cavalry. Will does not go into further detail about the troops movements. Instead he describes the terrible conditions of camp and closes by musing how long his eighteen months from home has seemed. He writes that if he ever gets home again, he will appreciate a home and his mother, and tells his mother he thinks of her often. |
Dates of Creation |
March 6, 1864 |
Date |
March 6, 1864 |
Notes |
The full transcription for this letter is below: Camp 119th Regt [Regiment] PV [Pennsylvania Volunteers] Near Brandy Station Va [Virginia] March 6th 1864 Dear Mother, I received yours of Feb [February] 28th 1864. The evening that your letter reached me, we had orders to move the next morning. I was busy that night and the next mor-ning so I had no time to write. We were gone nearly a week from Camp. so that I have not had an oppertunity [opportunity] of writing since. In regards to the letter Will Blaky received I never saw it. Miss Emma Lambert must have a poor opinion of me, [to] think if Will made a confident of me, that I would betray the confidence. Please inform her for me that I do not do such business. We hade [had] quite a rough time. on our [page break] [late] move. we were without tents and many of the men without blankets. the weather cold and rainy, and some snow. I do not know what the movement was. for without to support [Conl] [Custer] of the Cavelry [Cavalry]. who was in advance of us. we were about 20 miles in the Enemys [Enemy's] Country, near Madison Court House. The weather is getting pleasant. I suppose we will soon be off for the summer camp again. it will be a [fierce] and bloody one. and I hope the last. Eighteen months from home! how long the time has seemed. how often I have thought of you in that time. oh Mother if it is to be my lot to get home again, I will appreci-ate a home and Mother. For "be it ever so humble, there is no place like "home" but "what is home without a mother!" But I must close hoping soon to hear from you I remain your affectionat [affectionate] Son Will My love to all at home |
Extent of Description |
1 leaf, 7.8" x 4.8" |
Relation |
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Condition |
Good |
Condition Notes |
Written in ink on one torn out page. Some brown stains on the bottom left edges, and the bottom left corner is slightly torn |
Legal Status |
On loan from the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia. |
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People |
Moore, Will Blakey, Will Custer, George Armstrong |
Search Terms |
Moore Letters Brandy Station, VA Madison Court House, VA 119th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |