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From: Kristan Jones <>
Subject: RE: [AR-OLD-NEWS] Civil War Letters from Wives
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:45:58 -0500


Fran,
Please keep the articles coming. They are great for many reasons. Some of
us find family in them and for me just seeing what the climate was back then
is neat. I enjoy seeing how our ancestors thought, how they lived, and just
the different aspects of daily life! I also enjoy just reading what they
considered news back then and how it was written. Wouldn't our ancestors
freak out if they were to read a paper from today?!

Keep up the hard work and please know above all else, you are very much
appreciated!!

Kristan Jones

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim or Joyce Arnold [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:02 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] Civil War Letters from Wives


I enjoy reading them, but waiting for our family names....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fran Warren" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 9:34 PM
Subject: [AR-OLD-NEWS] 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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