From Jerome to "My dear ones at home", November 8, 1862
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Title
From Jerome to "My dear ones at home", November 8, 1862
Subject
Peirce, Jerome
"My dear ones at home"
Camp near Warrenton, VA.
Description
From Jerome to "My dear ones at home"
Creator
Jerome Peirce
Source
Jerome Peirce Collection, National Park Service
Publisher
HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington
Date
1862-11-08
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).
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Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
Letter #32
Coverage
Warrenton, VA.
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Camp Near Warrenton Va 8th Nov/62
My dear ones at home,
Have been expecting every moment, to be called to march, but it got to be most 2 P.M. and will commence a word. How do you do? Are you nicely fixed at B.? I trust so.
If you have received my letters promptly you will know we are on the move for somewhere towards Richmond. Do you have a map to follow us? Mailed a letter in a hurry to [name missing] yesterday at Orleans not Waterloo--don’t know as I mentioned any place. Well we marched 18 miles Thursday, about 4 yesterday in the midst of a snowstorm! Cheerless and cold, tho’ it looked beautiful in the woods. Came to camp early and soon warm fires and Coffee made all right. Am well and growing better, as you would think to see me eat. Made a beef Stew yesterday, & this morn. You see when I get home, shall be able to relieve you occasionally Cooking! I keep very busy[;] can hardly get time to look at a paper or book. Lou R gave me a little book for [?] dress, and I picked up fragments of an old reading book at Philemon gems of poetry &c.
Well, I can tell you no news. the Rebs keep ahead, and I don’t believe we shall [see] much of them, till near Richmond, when I hope the work will be closed up for winter.
We hear cannonading every day. They got a few hours the start of us at Orleans and destroyed a bridge ahead so we bore away for W. expect to go to Gordonsville, but can’t tell. You will see the moves of Burnside’s Corps, so there I am.
Have seen him twice since we left Philemon.
There is about 400,000 troops moving in various ways so something will be done.
Jos Henry has gone teamster. the knapsack was hard for him. Think he will do very well. Gen Wil[l]cox’s supply train.
I can’t say but a little today, for it is the same old tale from day to day. Marching and looking out for firewood and wants of the inner man, but you are Constantly in mind, so must say a word.
I enclose Foster’s letter, and some more flowers I got at Philemon--also a feather or two, for Lulu, for bookmarks. of no value only to associations.
Thank you for the money and wish you would send the Postage Currency for it is the best here, and bills even of a dollar are hard to get change. Shall be very sparing for don’t expect to be paid off for sometime [sic] yet.
Wrote to Martha & Jos today besides this. Ink all gone. am sorry for I like it the best after all.
How are all friends. Would I could see them. “Hope on Hope ever.” Tell Abbie I will remember her soon as possible.
Give much love to all. Did you, or they get the letter directed to Father?
As ever with many kis[ses],
from Your loving
Jerome
My dear ones at home,
Have been expecting every moment, to be called to march, but it got to be most 2 P.M. and will commence a word. How do you do? Are you nicely fixed at B.? I trust so.
If you have received my letters promptly you will know we are on the move for somewhere towards Richmond. Do you have a map to follow us? Mailed a letter in a hurry to [name missing] yesterday at Orleans not Waterloo--don’t know as I mentioned any place. Well we marched 18 miles Thursday, about 4 yesterday in the midst of a snowstorm! Cheerless and cold, tho’ it looked beautiful in the woods. Came to camp early and soon warm fires and Coffee made all right. Am well and growing better, as you would think to see me eat. Made a beef Stew yesterday, & this morn. You see when I get home, shall be able to relieve you occasionally Cooking! I keep very busy[;] can hardly get time to look at a paper or book. Lou R gave me a little book for [?] dress, and I picked up fragments of an old reading book at Philemon gems of poetry &c.
Well, I can tell you no news. the Rebs keep ahead, and I don’t believe we shall [see] much of them, till near Richmond, when I hope the work will be closed up for winter.
We hear cannonading every day. They got a few hours the start of us at Orleans and destroyed a bridge ahead so we bore away for W. expect to go to Gordonsville, but can’t tell. You will see the moves of Burnside’s Corps, so there I am.
Have seen him twice since we left Philemon.
There is about 400,000 troops moving in various ways so something will be done.
Jos Henry has gone teamster. the knapsack was hard for him. Think he will do very well. Gen Wil[l]cox’s supply train.
I can’t say but a little today, for it is the same old tale from day to day. Marching and looking out for firewood and wants of the inner man, but you are Constantly in mind, so must say a word.
I enclose Foster’s letter, and some more flowers I got at Philemon--also a feather or two, for Lulu, for bookmarks. of no value only to associations.
Thank you for the money and wish you would send the Postage Currency for it is the best here, and bills even of a dollar are hard to get change. Shall be very sparing for don’t expect to be paid off for sometime [sic] yet.
Wrote to Martha & Jos today besides this. Ink all gone. am sorry for I like it the best after all.
How are all friends. Would I could see them. “Hope on Hope ever.” Tell Abbie I will remember her soon as possible.
Give much love to all. Did you, or they get the letter directed to Father?
As ever with many kis[ses],
from Your loving
Jerome
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Jerome Peirce 1862, From Jerome to "My dear ones at home", November 8, 1862, HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington
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