Letter from Henry H. Dedrick to Mary E. A. Dedrick (Balsley), 1861

Creator:

Dedrick, Henry H., 1836-1921

Scope and content:

Written from Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Letter regards life in camp and financial news. The letter also includes a response from Mary E. A. Dedrick (Balsley) dated November, 1861.

Language:

English

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Dear Wife-

We have moved in our cabin and we have very good times now. We can do almost as well here as we can at home. All of the soldiers have left Greenbrier River. They come up here yesterday. Some of them will stay here with us and some of them will go to Staunton. I am on guard. I have stood one tour and I tell you it is cold.

I wrote this above before daylight this morning. I heard while I was on my post that our regiment and four other regiments was to stay on Alleghany this winter. I saw Jeremy Falls last night. He was well. Give my love to all my friends. Lissa we drawed our money yesterday and I will send you fifteen dollars in this letter. I will send you five more in this which will make twenty dollars in this letter and I will send you seven dollars by Lewis, that will make twenty seven dollars. I want you to take care of it for me. If you need any you must take as much of it as you want. I drawed $63.85. I paid $6.50 for my coat and $6.00 for a pair of boots that I got from Smith, and I paid Lewis $20.00 and [illegible] 35 cents. I wrote you a letter some time ago and I have not got any answer from it yet. I want you to write soon and let me know how you are agetting along. If you have anything to send me if you have a chance you may send it and if you don't have any chance it don't make any difference. I have more to write but I have not got time to write. Write soon. So nothing more but remain your affectionate husband until death. So fare you well my Dear. H. H. Dedrick to his Dear wife. Lissa, I don't want you to lend out one cent of it to nobody on occasion at all.

[Response from Mary E. A. Dedrick (Balsley)] Mary E. A. Dedrick to Henry

Subjects:

Soldiers—Virginia—Correspondence
Correspondence

Names:

Dedrick, Henry H., 1836-1921

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