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Jonathan Clark to Margery Clark (December 1862)

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Identifier	clark_b1f33
Title	Jonathan Clark to Margery Clark (December 1862)
Author	Clark, Jonathan
Recipient	Clark, Margery B. Rogers
Date	Undated [December 1862]
Location	Richmond (Va.)
Subject	Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions Confederate States of America. Army -- Equipment United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners
Broader Subject	Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 42nd. Company F United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Description	Jonathan writing of the wounded soldiers and his guard duty over Union prisoners. Also discusses the rising prices or supplies, such as Molasses, and rumor of Union troops in Oxford.
Transcript	Camp Lee near Ritchmond Va Dear Mother" I have the opertunety to send you a few lines to let you know that I well at this time and would be glad to know that you are well and in good health." We are doing very well at this time but we have been on duty ever since we have been here." We have been guarding Yankee prisners untill yesterday morning We was relieved for a few days at this time." We did not get here in time to get in the fight and I expect it was a very good thing for we might have been killed." There has been many Yankees taken here at this place I think about five thousand of them but I am not certain of the fact." It takes about six hundred of them to make any show here among so many some thinks there will [som?] but there may be one more battle at this place." Where the battle was fought there was many kild." I staid all nigh(t) with the Magnolia Guards and I saw all the boys and Bill and Mose was hurt Mose was not in the fight Tom Goods was not hurt but some of the boys was wounded." These has been so many wounded that we are getting use to seeing them and there has been many of our men wounded in in the left arm many of their arms cut off." We are getting along very well at this time but I do not know how long that we may be so as we ar in the largest portion of the army and every thing is getting scarse." Molasses is selling for five dollars a gallon and every thing else a good deal the same way and that is hard for us but the thing that I buy will be scarse for I do not believe that is rite and I intend to use my money in a better way but there has been some of our boys has spent all of their money for a little or almost nothing." I would be glad to hear from you soon as I have not heard from there since I have been here." I would be glad to hear from [Buford?] all of the people that is there." Tell Uncle Bluford Clark that I want him to write to me as soon as he can do so and I would be glad to hear from any of the girls as I have not heard from them I want to read a letter from Agness to as well as the rest I want you to take good care of my horse for I may be at home next winter and would be glad to know that to be the case we may all come back to Miss before long for there is some talk of that and if that is the case I will get to be close to home." We have seen some hard times but not like we will se our time good now but how long it will be so I can not say." I heard that the Yankees were at Oxford I would like to know wheather that is so or not and if it is so I would be glad to be there with them for I think that I could satisfile some of them as there has been many of them badly fooled for they thought that they would be in Ritchmond Va but they failed to get there and they never will get tere I do not think I would be glad from S.J. Hudson as I have not heard from [?] since last fall I want to hear all the girls that are in that Country so I must come to a close for this time. I want you to write as soon as you get this. There has been many that would not [."?] answer in return so good by for this time. Jonathan Clark to Margre B. Clark at home.
Type	text;
Original Format	correspondence
Original Collection	Clark Family Letters
Collection Finding Aid	http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00074/
ASERL URL	www.american-south.org
Citation	Clark Family Letters, Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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