Shipman Family Correspondence

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Document Type: Letter

Author: Jesse Albert Shipman
Date: [September 1862]
Place: Berkeley County, West Virginia
To: Andrew R. Shipman

Note: Possibly in the hand of Jackson Stepp. Written on a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad "Record of Tonnage Laden" form.

Number: MSN/CW 5043-10

Transcribed by: George Rugg, 2008

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Mr James Taylor [i.e., Pvt. James Taylor, Co. G, 1st North Carolina Cavalry] you will pleas tell my father that I am still a living and in the best of health and have seed a gratiel since I wrote to hin I will varry much oblige to you if you will hand this to my Dear father I will just say to you wee ar all well and in Burkely county in .V.a. near the Potomac wee have just come back from Meriland you need not expect to hear from meeafter wee can

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not posably right to you their has bin varry fiew men kill but several wonded wee got in harpers ferry in good time to get all wee wanted
I Know nothing

Direct to Richmond va
J. A. Shipman

A. P. Hordon [i.e., Pvt. A. P. Hardin, Co. G, 1st North Carolina Cavalry] is still living he says

Transcription last modified: 07 Dec 2009 at 01:44 PM EST

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