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Aug 24 2013

We arrived in Nashville yesterday morning after a tedious march

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Joseph Culver Letter, August 24, 1863, Page 1

Head Quarters, Co. “A” 129th Ills. Vol.
Nashville, Term., Aug. 24th 1863

My Dear Wife

We arrived in Nashville yesterday morning [the 23d] after a tedious march.1 The weather is excessively warm. We are camped on the South side of the city & have a fair prospect of remaining some time. We are all very busy to-day fixing up our tents & cleaning up. I have not got my desk up yet & am occupying the adjt’s. [adjutant’s] desk to write a few lines.

I recd. your letter of the 18th on the march & am very happy to hear that your health is improving.2 I have written twice to Carlisle, as you informed me in a former letter that you would start for that place at farthest on Tuesday of last week. Your last letter indicates indecision as to the time you will go, & hints lightly at your not going at all. I directed, however, in a letter to Mother that my letters should be ford. to you in the event of your not arriving,3 & I presume ere this you have received them.

I am enjoying very good health. The boys all stood the march very well, but we are not anxious for a repetition of it very soon. We are on a hill & have some pleasant breezes, but it is still very warm. I will try & write at length for to-morrow’s mail. Give my love to Mother & all the friends & kiss Frankie for me. May God bless & make you happy.

Your Affect. Husband
J. F. Culver

  1. The 129th Illinois left Gallatin at 5 P.M., on August 21, and reached Nashville at 9 A.M., on the 23d. The distance marched was 30 miles. Regimental Papers, 129th Illinois, NA.
  2. Mary Culver’s letter of August 18, 1863, is missing from the Culver Collection.
  3. This letter to J.F.C.’s mother is missing from the Culver Collection.