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T.G. Clark to Margery Clark (15 January 1863)

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Identifier	clark_b1f18
Title	T.G. Clark to Margery Clark (15 January 1863)
Author	Clark, Thomas Goode
Recipient	Clark, Margery B. Rogers
Date	15 January 1863
Location	Goldsboro (N.C.)
Subject	Smallpox Health Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions Confederate States of America. Army -- Leaves and furloughs Confederate States of America. Army -- Recruiting and enlistment
Broader Subject	Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 42nd. Company F United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Description	Thomas discussing the smallpox outbreak & vaccinations in the regiment, his failed attempt for a furlough, his disdain for Colonel Miller, news of 15 year old son, Isaac, joining the Cavalry and rumors of home events.
Transcript	Camp near Goldsboro N.C. Janry 15th 1863 Dear Margery" I again sit down to wright you a few lines to inform you of our presant state of helth we are all well at this time and hope that these few lines may find you enjoying the same blessing." We have the small pocks in our Regt. but none in our company yet." We have all been vacinated and I hope we will ascape." They move all the cases to the Hospittal as fast as they make thare appearance and I am in hopes that we will get it stoped in the Regt. that way." Myself and the boys has been vacinated several times and sow has the most of the Company and I think that thare is not much danjer of us taking it altho some that has been vacinated do take it." thare have been two deaths in the Regiment." We are still her and I do not now how much longer we will stay hear nor whare we will gow when we do leave her." But I will wright to you when we do move again." I tried the hardist sort to git a furlough to come home but failed and I do not now now when I will git to come home But whenever I think thare is any chance I will try again But you must reconsile it to yourself to remain alone untill times sow changes that I can git the chance to come home for Col Miller thinks that every Boddy must stay in the army untill just such time as suits him." He is a hard master and if I ever get from under him it will do me good to tell him what I think of him for he is the most perfect tyrant that ever lived But I am compelled to make the best of a bad bargain I can But the war I hope will not last always." I hear in a letter that was Recvd by D.R. Patterson from his Bro that Isaac had joined the Cavillery and was gowing of which I am very much supprised at and if he has not I want you to try and keep him at home untill he is old enough." He is not sixteen years old yet." he will be sixteen next May and I want him to stay at home and take care of you and assist you in taking care of every thing on the place for I dont see how you are to git along without him sow if he leaves it will compell me to resign and come home myself a thing that I do not want to do unless I could get the boys out of this Regt and thare is now chance for that at presant sow I want you to try and keep him at home." We receive the Clothes that you sent us which came in a very good time." I have nothing of any Importance to wright I wrote you a letter a few days agow." I have not got a letter from you for a long time and I am getting very ancious for a letter I want you to wright to me all about how you are getting along how my hogs are doing and how much Pork you have put up and in fact all you can think of what the Yankees have done in our country and what they have done for you." I have been told that they took my sorrel horse from Isaac and left him an old cripled horse in his place sow do not fail to wright as soon as you get this letter and tell me all the news." Give my love to all my friends and tell them that I would like to her from them, I want you to remember me when you are retiring for the night for I hardly ever retire at night without thinking of you and the children, pray for me and the Boys that we may hold out faithful and once more be permitted to return home in peace. Kiss the children for me and tell them to be good children and accept the best wishes of your husband." T. G. Clark.
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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