{"id":2954,"date":"2014-06-05T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/culver\/?p=2805"},"modified":"2014-06-05T13:00:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T13:00:17","slug":"i-commenced-a-letter-to-you-yesterday-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2014\/06\/05\/i-commenced-a-letter-to-you-yesterday-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"I commenced a letter to you yesterday evening"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Joseph<\/a>Camp in the Field
\nNear Dallas Ga. 5 June 1864.
\nDear Sister Mary:<\/p>\n

I commenced a letter to you yesterday evening but a shower intervening prevented me finishing it. I must confess to some delinquincy in writing home of late: but will do better hereafter circumstances permitting. I am happy to have the privilege of acknowledging the receipt of another letter from you. Mother’s of the 20 may and yours of the 23, reached me at the same time – six days ago. It is needless to say they were very welcome. I saw Frank last Monday, and he let me read one or two of your late letters. Frank was quite well. The 129th have been in no engagements since then. As I was writing to you yesterday evening I said “the rebs are still lying intrenched before us”: but I can not write this now, for during the last night our honorable foe “sloped” and up to present writing (as the newspaper correspondents say) 10 oclock A.M.- nothing has been heard of them. I an unable to conjecture whether they will make a stand at Maryetta, or go still farther.<\/span><\/p>\n

We will be in Atlanta, I think, by July 4th at the farthest. The news from the Potomac, so far as we get it, is encouraging. Our army here is being greatly strenghtened by reinforcements. As near as I can learn it numbers now all told, 200,000 effective men. This part of our [lines?] is already on the move toward Maryetta. We have just been ordered to hold our Battery in readiness to move at a moments notice. Sammy is well. He wrote to you day before yesterday. It has been raining all morning untill now. Weather here has been generally fine this spring.<\/p>\n

Mollie, how do you pass your time now? Frank says you take lessons in music and mother says you help her to make [gardens?]. How do you progress with music? It is piana you are using, I suppose. I have a glee book here, but do not sing much, No one to sing with. If I were up home for a week or two I would bother you a great deal to sing for me. I have not had the pleasure of singing with a young lady once since leaving home. Write me often and tell me everything.<\/p>\n

With love, Mary, I am
\nAs ever
\nYour Affect. Brother
\nW.J. Murphy
\nBattery M 1st Ill. Arty.
\n2 Div. A.C.
\nChattanooga Tenn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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