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From: "Pat Bowden Crumpton" <>
Subject: Re: [AR-CIVIL-WAR] Civil War Letters from Wives
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 21:10:27 -0500
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Fran,

Speaking for myself, I love these postings and hope you continue on with
them. The stories are of great interest.
The following ones certainly speak volumes for the suffering of the families
left behind.
Thanks,

Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fran Warren" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 9:34 PM
Subject: [AR-CIVIL-WAR] Civil War Letters from Wives


> If I am getting carried away with too many posting, please don't hesitate
to tell me. But I am thoroughly enjoying reading and transcribing these old
Civil War Newspapers and this is the first I've seen of this type of news
item and I couldn't resist!
>
> New Era
>
> Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas
>
> April 16, 1864
>
> The following are extracts of letters written by the better halves of some
followers of Pap Price. They need no comment. Says one:
>
> "Yoo had best kum home fur all the good yoo are doin follerin that old
fool Price about, he never did have no cense enny how an his follerers hev
less. Yoo better a grate site be looken after yore wife and childern."
>
> Here’s the other:
>
> "I speckt yu almoste must hev dide this winter the kold hes bin orfuller
then I ever see in mi life befour, and previsions is mity scace, I jest wish
yu wood cum hom and tend tu rasin yore off spring, prevision ant heer tu be
gott, I spin fur evry mouthful me and yore innercent baibs git to eat,
noboddy won’t tak Confed munny no moar fur nuthin, now ike ile jest giv yoo
a peese of mi mind and that is fur yu tu kum hoam an tend yore family befour
they starv, yu jest let the seceshers fite it out if they want tu, I have
rit tu yu fore times and aint herd but wonst I shuddent wunder ef yu wos
kiled now at this time uv riten, evry boddy is going ovre tu the feds, Yu
jest kum hoam, they all taik the oath and git komesarise rite of tu ete, ef
al the fules that’s left thair familise an fitin wud kum hoam then pese wood
kum rite off."
>
>
>
> Fran Alverson Warren
> e-mail:
> 479-369-2703
> http://www.crawfordcountyarkansas.net/
>
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