Letter to Fannie Poindexter Vaughan (Barksdale), 1918

Creator:

Barksdale, Alfred D. (Alfred Dickinson), 1892-1972

Language:

English

Scope and content:

This letter was written shortly after Barksdale's arrival in France. The letter regards the visit of General John J. Pershing to Alfred D. Barksdale's regimental headquarters and other activities.

Other descriptive data:

August 20, 1918

Dearest Fan,

Their house is only about 7 kilometers from the front line but they laughed at me when I asked them if they weren't scared. We are between the Vosges and the Jura mountains and the country is beautiful. I wrote Father that I could see the alps but the French girls say that the mountains south of us are the Jura and that the Alps can only be seen in unusually clear weather. I was awfully disappointed not to get a chance to see you and your gang before I left.

I was so close that it seemed a shame. I felt real funny walking the gang-plank that Saturday afternoon with all of you so close and so completely ignorant of my movements. Just after I got aboard, the ferry boat (the 4 o'clock C & O) that Charles and I had crossed on the preceding afternoon passed real close to us. Well I must close and go to work. With lots of love to you and your whole gang, I am,

Subjects:

World War, 1914-1918—Personal narratives
Correspondence

Names:

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948
Barksdale, Alfred D. (Alfred Dickinson), 1892-1972

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