{"id":2655,"date":"2014-02-09T13:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/culver\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2014-02-09T13:00:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T13:00:53","slug":"i-set-down-to-write-to-you-last-night-after-finishing-my-letter-to-remick-but-was-interrupted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2014\/02\/09\/i-set-down-to-write-to-you-last-night-after-finishing-my-letter-to-remick-but-was-interrupted\/","title":{"rendered":"I set down to write to you last night, after finishing my letter to Remick, but was interrupted"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Head Qrs. 1st Brig., 1st Div., 11th A.C.
\nNashville Febry. 9th 1864<\/p>\n

My Dear Wife<\/p>\n

I set down to write to you last night, after finishing my letter to [James W.] Remick, but was interrupted; and, no opportunity offering to-day, I sent it thinking that even the short note would be acceptable. We recd. no mail to-day, but to-morrow morning I hope to receive a letter from you dated at Pontiac. I enclosed Remick’s letter to you, so that you might become acquainted with its contents & thus be able to give those matters a little attention.1<\/a><\/sup> Neither Fleming or Wolgamott have paid over anything, & Remick writes that the amount due him is $28.2<\/a><\/sup> I will send some money home soon to apply on those notes; in the meantime, collect all you can.<\/p>\n

I am not well to-night. I have had a very bad cold for several days, and I got so cold on Brigade Drill this afternoon that I have a fever to-night. The cook is making up a stew for me which I will take & go to bed, & I hope to be well in the morning. I was not up to the Regt. to-day, but presume all are well. Hoskins was much better yesterday.<\/p>\n

I enclosed a letter from Bro. Thomas [Murphy] day before yesterday, with his Photograph, requesting mine. If you have one to spare, send it; I have none here. I will write to Bro. Johnie & him soon. I have no communications from home [Carlisle] since you left. I must write to Mother [Culver] again to-morrow. Sammy [Murphy] has not called here yet. I fear he has gone through without an opportunity of coming to see me.3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

I wrote several days ago that the box of butter had arrived. We have tried it & found it excellent. I am waiting anxiously for news from Pontiac. Give my love to all. I know Mother [Murphy] will be rejoiced to see you. Remember me kindly to all our friends. May God bless and keep you<\/p>\n

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

    \n
  1. The Remick letter is missing from the Culver Collection.<\/li>\n
  2. For additional information about J. R. Wolgamott, see J.F.C.’s letter of Nov. 16, 1862. Efforts to secure more data on Fleming have been unsuccessful.<\/li>\n
  3. J.F.C.’s fear was unfounded. Pvt. Sam Murphy was still at Camp Yates, 111. Adjutant General’s Report, State of Illinois, Vol. VIII, p. 656.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Head Qrs. 1st Brig., 1st Div., 11th A.C. Nashville Febry. 9th 1864 My Dear Wife I set down to write to you last night, after finishing my letter to [James W.] Remick, but was interrupted; and, no opportunity offering to-day, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}