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Jonathan Clark to Margery Clark (11 September 1862)

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Identifier	clark_b1f12
Title	Jonathan Clark to Margery Clark (11 September 1862)
Author	Clark, Jonathan
Recipient	Clark, Margery B. Rogers
Date	11 September 1862
Location	Richmond (Va.) Camp Mott (Va.)
Subject	Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions Confederate States of America. Army -- Recruiting and enlistment Homesickness
Broader Subject	Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 42nd. Company F United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Description	Unsigned (Jonathan Clark's writing) description of advances by the Confederate Army & increase in troops; also brief mention of the girls at home.
Transcript	Camp Mott near Richmond Va Sept 11th 1862 Dear Mother" I take the present time to write you a few lines to let you know that I am well at this time and would be glad to know that you are well at this time and would be glad to see you all at this time our Army is in Maryland and are going on through and the [?] ar joining our army every day by thousands I have seen some of then and they are fine looking men I would be glad to be thru with them but there has been some hard fighting but we run them every time they cannont stand here and I am glad that they cannot for if they would stand they would kill a great many of our men." I think there soon will be peace made we are whiping then so bad that they are bound to give up the ghost they know that there is no use for them to fight our men for they are like dogs to fight." I have not got time to write mutch this time. I would be glad to se sone of the girls but I cannot get to see then now." here is some rengs give them to Nancy M. clark and Mary and Annie C. I mad them while I was sick and not able for duty I mad them out of a bone that I drawed in some mutin we save the bones that way and there a great many made here in our regiment I want you to write soon.
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
Rights	This item is free from copyright and may be reproduced without prior consent.

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