{"id":1955,"date":"2013-09-10T13:00:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/culver\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2013-09-10T13:00:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T13:00:53","slug":"i-shall-start-for-stevenson-at-6-a-m-to-morrow-if-nothing-happens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2013\/09\/10\/i-shall-start-for-stevenson-at-6-a-m-to-morrow-if-nothing-happens\/","title":{"rendered":"I shall start for Stevenson at 6 A.M. to-morrow if nothing happens"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Joseph<\/a><\/p>\n

Head Qrs. Co. “A” 129th Ills. Vol. Infty.
\nNashville, Tenn., Sept. 10th 1863<\/p>\n

My Dear Wife<\/p>\n

I shall start for Stevenson at 6 A.M. to-morrow if nothing happens & shall not receive the letter I expect is in the mail for me until I return, which will most probably be Monday evening [the 14th]. I wrote a long letter this morning & have but little more to write.1<\/a><\/sup> I am quite well. I intended to write to Sister Maggie [Utley] & Sarah Williams to-day, but have failed after I concluded the one to you. It was so warm, & this evening we were out on drill until after dark. I don’t know why it is, but, aside from the letters I write to you, I find but little time to write.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am generally on duty 4 days in the week, & when in Camp we have generally about 6 hours drill each day,2<\/a><\/sup> which with the company writing & Board of Survey consumes nearly all my time. I get a glance at a paper occasionally.<\/p>\n

I did not answer your letter as fully this morning as I intended but am not able to-night to do it. I am tired, & my feet are very sore & painful. I shall be happy always to receive your letters so full of interest. If I could sit down a few hours & reflect, I could find very much that I should love to write about, but I shall continue to hope that I may get home before your visit is ended.<\/p>\n

Nelson’s child is still living, & the Dr. thinks it may live a few days longer. It suffers intensely, & they would be happy if death would relieve it from misery.<\/p>\n

It is quite late, & I must close. Give my love to all the family & Remember me kindly to all our friends. May Our Father in Heaven Keep you from all harm & preserve you in health & happiness. Farewell.<\/p>\n

Your Affect Husband
\nJ. F. Culver<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. J.F.C.’s letter to his wife, written on the morning of the 10th, is missing from the Culver Collection.<\/li>\n
  2. In September reveille sounded at 5 A.M.; guard mount at 7 A.M.; company drill at 7:30 A.M.; dinner 12 noon; retreat at 7 P.M.; and tattoo at 8 P.M. There were either battalion or brigade drills in the afternoons Mondays through Fridays, and dress parades on Sundays at 5 P.M. Regimental Papers, 129th Illinois, NA.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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