From Jerome to Joseph, September 28, 1863
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Title
From Jerome to Joseph, September 28, 1863
Subject
Peirce, Jerome
Perice, Joseph
MA
Description
From Jerome to Joseph
Creator
Jerome Peirce
Source
Jerome Peirce Collection, National Park Service
Publisher
HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington
Date
1863-09-28
Contributor
NPS, Civil War Study Group, Josef Rokus
Rights
For educational purposes with no commercial use. Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP, FRSP 16095-16102 (FRSP-00904).
Format
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Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
Letter #163
Coverage
Massachusetts
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Brother Joseph
I send you a line this morning which I thought you might communicate to some of the boys friends if they would like to see me, I should be in this vicinity till Friday next – no Thursday. Shall have to report again next Monday P.M.
We don’t expect to have any conscripts and shall return to the Regt. next week.
My time will be much taken up, of course, but would like to see any of the friends who would like to meet me.
News favorable this morning and all will turn out well by and by at the West.
Must send a line to Capt. Sawyer and am in great haste. Letters from Alonzo speak[s] of Jos. H. is all right and well.
As ever,
Jerome
I send you a line this morning which I thought you might communicate to some of the boys friends if they would like to see me, I should be in this vicinity till Friday next – no Thursday. Shall have to report again next Monday P.M.
We don’t expect to have any conscripts and shall return to the Regt. next week.
My time will be much taken up, of course, but would like to see any of the friends who would like to meet me.
News favorable this morning and all will turn out well by and by at the West.
Must send a line to Capt. Sawyer and am in great haste. Letters from Alonzo speak[s] of Jos. H. is all right and well.
As ever,
Jerome
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
NOTE 1: The Company Muster Roll for September and October 1863 in Corporal Jerome Peirce’s Service File gives the following information: “Absent. Sent to Massachusetts for conscription Sept. 15, 1863.” The following Company Muster Roll, for November and December 1863, lists him as “Present.”
NOTE 2: Jerome’s older brother, Joseph, was born in 1820. He might have been involved in the woodworking/furniture business in Orange, Massachusetts.
NOTE 3: By “West” that Jerome Peirce is referring to in this letter, he undoubtedly means the western theater of operations, which at the time, would have meant the fighting in states such as Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, etc.
NOTE 4: Captain Christopher Sawyer, from Templeton, Massachusetts, was 28 years old when he joined Company H of the 36th Massachusetts Regiment, on August 22, 1862. He was discharged due to disability on February 19, 1864, probably due to illness rather than being wounded.
NOTE 5: Letters from Jerome and Allie indicate that he was able to see his family while on recruiting duty in Massachusetts.
NOTE 1: The Company Muster Roll for September and October 1863 in Corporal Jerome Peirce’s Service File gives the following information: “Absent. Sent to Massachusetts for conscription Sept. 15, 1863.” The following Company Muster Roll, for November and December 1863, lists him as “Present.”
NOTE 2: Jerome’s older brother, Joseph, was born in 1820. He might have been involved in the woodworking/furniture business in Orange, Massachusetts.
NOTE 3: By “West” that Jerome Peirce is referring to in this letter, he undoubtedly means the western theater of operations, which at the time, would have meant the fighting in states such as Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, etc.
NOTE 4: Captain Christopher Sawyer, from Templeton, Massachusetts, was 28 years old when he joined Company H of the 36th Massachusetts Regiment, on August 22, 1862. He was discharged due to disability on February 19, 1864, probably due to illness rather than being wounded.
NOTE 5: Letters from Jerome and Allie indicate that he was able to see his family while on recruiting duty in Massachusetts.
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Reference
Jerome Peirce 1863, From Jerome to Joseph, September 28, 1863, HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington
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