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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09273.12 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of 50 letters of a soldier in the 189th regiment NY volunteers |
| Title | Letter from Horace J. Hammond to Eleanor Hammond regarding his health and how much he misses her and home |
| Date | 1 December 1864 |
| Author | Hammond, Horace J. |
| Recipient | Hammond, Eleanor |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Received two letters from her last night, one dated 11/23/64 and the other 11/25/64. Happy she included four extra postage stamps in one of them. Leg is "almost well." Weather is "very warm." Has recovered from his cold. Beef for dinner tonight. If Cary comes for the half ton of hay, he can have it. She must not let the hay rot. Realizes that on the 7th of the month it will have been exactly three months since he left for war. She will "have to do the best you can about that wood." Sorry that he cannot write to Charles, but he does not have much time. If he wants to he can slip in a half sheet of paper with her letters. Thinks of Betsey often. Tells her to kiss Oscar for him. Promises her that he loves her "as much as ever and a little more if possible." Aware of the prospect of death, he promises "if we don't meet here on earth I hope that we will… meet in heaven." Tells her to keep good courage and spirits. Has sent and received so many letters that he can hardly keep count. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Union Forces Military History Injury or Wound Marriage Women's History Children and Family Love Letters Death Health and Medical Diet and Nutrition Military Provisions Military Rations Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Post Office Religion |
| People | Hammond, Horace J. (fl. 1864-1865) |
| Place written | City Point, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Women in American History; Children & Family; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Wife |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 189th New York Vols., "I" Company |