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Head q master Nashville
? January Sonday [Sunday]
the 16th Dear Father It is with
great pleasure that i seat my self to the pleasant
task of writing you a few lines. we are all well
this eaveing [evening] I hope these few lines will find
all of you the same. it is raining quite hard
this eaveing [evening] & it makes it rather unplesent [unpleasant]
in camp so nondey [Monday?] i think that i told you
in the ? of it about our shift there wasent [wasn't]
but 8 conpenes [companies] in the court house & a bout
3 weakes [weeks] a go our conpeny [company] & conpeny [company] E
took there [their] place And they went to the cort [court]
House & i like the change very well camp life
always did suit me we have woll [wool] tentes [tents] are good
& they are fixed up good & i like it well
Our camp is called Camp Spalding [Spaulding]
I am on gurd [guard] at the State house to day.
well pa i am on gard [guard] this eaveing [evening] camp gard [guard] it is
beteen [between] 12. & 2. o.clock [o'clock] now & i have just went and
woke up my relief and i thought i would rite [write] you
a few lines before i went to bed all the boys are a bed
and a sleep, there is only to [two] conpenes [companies] of ous [ours] & we
have camp gard [guards] to keep the Sitizens [citizens] from Steeling [stealing] things
rom the Cook Shanty it has rained tonight & i havent [haven't]
been out dors [doors], Pa Solgiering [soldiering] is not the hardest life in
the world when we lay in camp i think some times that
if we had more to do that the time would pass a way
more plesent [pleasant] But when we are on a force march it is rather
tuff [tough] in hard weather, but we come on gard [guard] about every
third day and haf [have] to stand 6 owers [hours] out of 24 then
lay off to [two] days so you see that hurt very hard &
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | T.D. Seely letter to parents, undated |
| Item ID | ISL_RBM_S1477_nd_03 |
| Description | This letter was written by T.D. Seely to his mother and father over the course of multiple days from January 16 to January 20. He discusses his regiment's guard duty at the court house and state house in Nashville, his daily life in camp, family affairs back home, his bounty and enlistment, and the arrival of new enlisted men. |
| Subject |
Agriculture Correspondence Family Family life Farm life Farming Food Marriage Military life Prisoners of war Soldiers United States. Army Weather |
| Creator | Seely, T.D. |
| Date of Original | circa 1861-1865 |
| Time Period |
1860s (1860-1869) 19th century (1800-1899) C.E. |
| Geographic Location | Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Format of Original | Manuscript |
| Item Type | Text |
| Language | English |
| Repository | Indiana State Library |
| Original Collection | S1477: Ransom T. Young letters; https://www.in.gov/library/finding-aid/S1477_Young_Ransom_T._Letters.pdf |
| Digital Collection | Indiana State Library Manuscripts Small Collection |
| Sub-collection | Civil War Historical Collection |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Copyright Notice | No Copyright - United States |
| Use Statement | This material is in the Public Domain. No restrictions on its use. Please cite using the Required Credit Line. |
| Required Credit Line | Ransom T. Young letters, Rare Books and Manuscripts Division, Indiana State Library |
| Digital Date | 2018-03-28 |
| Digital Format | JPEG; 300 dpi; 24-bit color |
| Technical Metadata | Epson Expression 10000 XL; Adobe Photoshop CS5 |
| Local Identifier | [Mss I] ISLI S1477 |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Item ID | ISL_RBM_S1477_nd_03a |
| Transcript | Head q master Nashville ? January Sonday [Sunday] the 16th Dear Father It is with great pleasure that i seat my self to the pleasant task of writing you a few lines. we are all well this eaveing [evening] I hope these few lines will find all of you the same. it is raining quite hard this eaveing [evening] & it makes it rather unplesent [unpleasant] in camp so nondey [Monday?] i think that i told you in the ? of it about our shift there wasent [wasn't] but 8 conpenes [companies] in the court house & a bout 3 weakes [weeks] a go our conpeny [company] & conpeny [company] E took there [their] place And they went to the cort [court] House & i like the change very well camp life always did suit me we have woll [wool] tentes [tents] are good & they are fixed up good & i like it well Our camp is called Camp Spalding [Spaulding] I am on gurd [guard] at the State house to day. well pa i am on gard [guard] this eaveing [evening] camp gard [guard] it is beteen [between] 12. & 2. o.clock [o'clock] now & i have just went and woke up my relief and i thought i would rite [write] you a few lines before i went to bed all the boys are a bed and a sleep, there is only to [two] conpenes [companies] of ous [ours] & we have camp gard [guards] to keep the Sitizens [citizens] from Steeling [stealing] things rom the Cook Shanty it has rained tonight & i havent [haven't] been out dors [doors], Pa Solgiering [soldiering] is not the hardest life in the world when we lay in camp i think some times that if we had more to do that the time would pass a way more plesent [pleasant] But when we are on a force march it is rather tuff [tough] in hard weather, but we come on gard [guard] about every third day and haf [have] to stand 6 owers [hours] out of 24 then lay off to [two] days so you see that hurt very hard & |
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