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B.F. Gentry to W.R. and Mariah Gentry (22 August 1863)

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Identifier	Gentry_f1_1
Title	B.F. Gentry to W.R. and Mariah Gentry (22 August 1863)
Author	Gentry, Benjamin F.
Recipient	Gentry, Wiley R. Gentry, Mariah
Date	22 August 1863
Location	Atlanta (Ga.)
Subject	Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions Confederate States of America. Army -- Equipment Health Slaves Slavery
Broader Subject	Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 29th. Company E United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Description	Benjamin discusses food quality and requests money to buy supplies. Also passes along word to his family and servants.
Type	text;
Original Format	correspondence
Original Collection	B.F. Gentry Collection (Small Manuscripts 2000.1)
Collection Finding Aid	http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00400/
ASERL URL	www.american-south.org
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Citation	Small Manuscripts (2000.1), Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
Rights	This item is free from copyright and may be reproduced without prior consent.

Title	Gentry_f1_1_001
Transcript	[Apparently the left hand leaf of this letter is missing, thus the incontinuity when the page changes.] ) Camped at Atlanta Ga Aug the 22 63 ) Dear Ma I have now seat my self to answer your kind and more than welcum letter that you sent by Lieutenant [McSwimer?] you do not know how glad I was to get a letter from you but I was verry sorry to hear that John was sick but cosin Jimme got a letter from cosin mag [?] this morning she rote that he was about well I was verry glad to hear it for I was getting uneasy about _____ I have no news to write that will interest you you wrote that you had not got a letter from me in a long time I have been writing to you mity near every week. ____ since we left Shelbyville you said that you did
ASERL URL	www.american-south.org
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