From Jerome to Allie, October 28, 1862
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Title
From Jerome to Allie, October 28, 1862
Subject
Peirce, Jerome
Allie
Virginia, near the Potomac [River]
Description
From Jerome to Allie
Creator
Jerome Peirce
Source
Jerome Peirce Collection, National Park Service
Publisher
HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington
Date
1862-10-28
Contributor
NPS, Civil War Study Group, Donald Pfanz (Transcriber)
Rights
For educational purposes with no commercial use. Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP, FRSP 16095-16102 (FRSP-00904).
Format
5.05 X 8.09 - 1st Scan
8.02 X 9.93 - 2nd Scan
5.05 X 8.09 - 3rd Scan
8.02 X 9.93 - 2nd Scan
5.05 X 8.09 - 3rd Scan
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
Letter #28
Coverage
Potomac River, Virginia
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Text
Virginia, Near the Potomac 28 Oct 1862
My dear Wife,
H. Mayo is writing so I add a word, first to say that I am smart and well this morning after a cold tedious time.
Started early Sunday Morn, crossed the Potomac in the P.M. on a Pontoon Bridge, (made of boats with plank spread and fastened). It is about 300 yds wide. crossed at Berlin Md. It rained all day and was cold, and the mud! Well, it cleared off yesterday morn, and with big fires and eatables recruited up fast. It is a beautiful morn, and we are all in fine spirits. You would be astonished to see how coolly and bravely our men put up with wet[,] cold, and hardship.
We are pressing after the “rebs,” and cannot tell you when, or where[,] we shall be heard from next. Expect to go to Leesburg[.] may move today and may not. J.H. his well—tents with us. the mail is closing, and I must close. Wrote you and sister Kate Sat.
As ever Your loving
husband. A Kiss
for Lulu, and as many
for yourself
Jerome
My dear Wife,
H. Mayo is writing so I add a word, first to say that I am smart and well this morning after a cold tedious time.
Started early Sunday Morn, crossed the Potomac in the P.M. on a Pontoon Bridge, (made of boats with plank spread and fastened). It is about 300 yds wide. crossed at Berlin Md. It rained all day and was cold, and the mud! Well, it cleared off yesterday morn, and with big fires and eatables recruited up fast. It is a beautiful morn, and we are all in fine spirits. You would be astonished to see how coolly and bravely our men put up with wet[,] cold, and hardship.
We are pressing after the “rebs,” and cannot tell you when, or where[,] we shall be heard from next. Expect to go to Leesburg[.] may move today and may not. J.H. his well—tents with us. the mail is closing, and I must close. Wrote you and sister Kate Sat.
As ever Your loving
husband. A Kiss
for Lulu, and as many
for yourself
Jerome
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Letter / Paper
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Collection
Reference
Jerome Peirce 1862, From Jerome to Allie, October 28, 1862, HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington
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