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to: George M. Morris.
1861/08/31
Morris, Charles F., fl. 1861-1862
Charles received Elizabeth's letter and was glad to hear from George. He would like to know if Jesse is in camp.
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1861/09/20
Charles reports that a boy in his regiment was killed while on picket by an officer of his own company. His general had told the men they will be home by New Years but he does not believe it.
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1861/10/06
There was a fight and the men had to march 6 miles only to "drill quick" back to cross the "Chane Bridge." He tells his mother and brother that he is going to enlist for 15 years if they approve "for I like to sold[i]er."
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to: Susannah L. Morris
1861/10/10
Charles is enjoying himself, stating "I hafe [have] a grate [great] [deal] of fune [fun] hear [here] and I hop [hope] you hafe [have] as much at home." He hopes that Susannah is still good friends with William and that George and Mage "will not fall...
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1861/10/15
Charles is expecting "a bat[t]le hear [here] soon and I do not care how soon fore I would like to fight." Written at Camp Pierpont.
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1861/10/27
[in another hand] Charles seems content declaring "I have a fine time here." He is cooking for the company and they only drill for an hour a day now. He promises to send Elizabeth and his mother his likeness. George has told him that there are no...
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to: "Dear Brother."
1862/01/26
Charles received and appreciated the box his brother sent to him. Written at Camp Pierpont.
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to: "Dear brother."
1862/08/08
Charles was not hurt but his hat was blown off and his gun knocked out of his hand in battle. The fight was hard and he hopes there won't be another like it soon.
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to: brother.
[n.d.]
Charles is unsure whether he will make it home this winter. He describes the meals the soldiers are served.
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to: John Morris.
There was a fight and they were close enough to see the Confederates but they were unable to kill any of them.
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to: Wilmor W. Morris.
1862/02/09
Morris, George, fl. 1862
George tells Wilmor that he saw Tilley Wilson and Jones Stuart who "is s[u]ch a devel of a fool and it is good fun to watch him." George would like to know "if Matt Mitchel [got an] honorable discharge" as he so claims.
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1862/10/31
George reports that their father is getting better and promises to write Joseph very soon. He sends word to Joseph that "his purty girl Miss E. Talor had a litt[l]e one by old Hicky."
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1862/06/06
Morris, Jesse M., fl. 1862
Jesse was wounded in the shoulder in the last battle. The steamer is headed for New York and then Pennsylvania but he will try to get a furlough to come home if his shoulder does not heal.
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1862/08/27
Jesse expects to leave soon but he is enjoying himself and knows that will end when he rejoins the army as it is no "pleasure to tote a heavy knapsack in warm weather." He believes all those who will volunteer already have and there will be a draft...
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1862/10/15
Jesse is getting better and his shoulder only hurts occasionally. He thinks "the girls will soon think different after the soldiers" return and if there are not enough, "two or three can take one in partnership." Joseph has not been well and is...
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1862/11/13
Jesse is sorry their brother Charles has died but says they must console themselves "as we know he died for a good cause." Jesse had a piece of bone removed from his shoulder and encloses it with the letter. He has heard that no more men will be...
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to: Jesse M. Morris.
1863/03/31
Trout, James R., fl. 1863
Trout's leg has gotten worse since Jesse left the hospital. A letter with five dollars came for Jesse from George and Wilmor and Trout distributed the money as Jesse had asked.
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to: Jesse M. Morris and Joseph W. Morris.
1862/02/10
Morris, John, fl. 1861-1862
John updates Jesse on the spasm in his mare's leg, which John [another with the same name] has been trying to cure. He read in the paper that there was another battle in Kentucky. John tells Joseph that their mother is working on a box to send them...
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to: "Old Mr. Morris" [John Morris]
1862/07/11
Davison, Luke B., fl. 1862
Davison apologizes for any insult one of his boys may have made against Mr. Morris. He was unaware of an offense but respects Mr. Morris and wishes to know who the boy was so that he may reprimand him.
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1862/01/07
Morris, Joseph W., fl. 1862-1863
There was a surprise snowstorm and the neighborhood seems "determined to get the interest of the money invested in their sleighs." He has not been sledding yet as he is taking the chance to fill the icehouse. He reports that Anthony is the only...
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1862/01/18
Joseph just bought a Clipper newspaper; he believes "there has been a battle some place, but I cannot tell you where till I read the paper." They are only able to shoot hogs and birds when on picket. Their shanty caught fire the night they were on...
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1862/03/08
Joseph heard that John is trying to find a wife "which I sup[p]ose he wil[l] while all the rest of the boys is away." He encourages George to look for a wife as well but supposes him to be "gon[e] with Darby Kain."
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1862/03/22
Joseph reports that they wade out to the oyster beds after the tide goes out early in the morning. General McClellan's division is coming soon so he should see Charles. Written at Camp Hamilton
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to: Tilley Wilson.
1862/06/27
There was a "sharp" fight two days ago during which his regiment and Hooker's distracted the enemy so that Porter could cross the Chickahominy and position his men on a hill above the Confederate capital from which he "can shell the city from where...
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1862/09/20
General McClellan gave orders for boxes to be forwarded because he "could not spare the gunboats to guard them up and down the James river." He has not heard from Charles. Joseph has gives a list of the wounded, which includes James Miller, James...
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1862/12/20
Joseph has seen several family members and sends word that Aunt Sally is dead. He gives news of the relatives and sends their addresses.
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1863/04/16
Joseph would like to know how Jesse felt when a letter from his wife got home before he did and how their mother reacted when she learned that he was married.
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1863/11/25
Joseph has not improved since George's visit. He got "power of attorney and sent it to Wilmor." His hand shakes so he will not write more.
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1864/11/13
Morris, Samuel, fl. 1864
Charles has been wounded. He intended to visit Wilmor on his way to see his brother Joseph E. but was unable to. Joseph E. is now three miles south of Harpers Ferry. Samuel asks Wilmor's opinion of the removal of McClellan from the command of the...
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to: "Dear Brothers."
1861/12/07
Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862
Wilmor writes his brothers that Jo will send three likenesses for Wilmor's mother, for Susan, and for Elizabeth. Jesse said to tell George he is too busy drilling to write George back. Wilmor asks after the sheep and cows and gives news of family...
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to: Susannah L. Morris.
1862/01/01
Jesse has a cold but "is able to kick foot ball." It is not true that Charles was shot, Wilmor just received a letter from him and "he said it was good funn he did not get hurt." They have received new French rifles which are "warented to shoot 1...
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1862/02/27
Wilmor conjectures that "we will come home when we leave here fore the rebles are getting whip[p]ed every where thay meet our boys." He ate at a table for the first time since leaving home, at the home of a "pritty little plump girl" he met near the...
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Wilmor's regiment is leaving Camp Johnston. He heard the Confederates "talking and whistling yankee doodle" on picket last night. The 63rd lost three men and one was wounded because Colonel Morgan thought the Confederates were "new york boys" when...
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to: Mr. & Mrs. John Morris.
March 24, 1862
Wilmor describes leaving Camp Johnston on 17 March and arriving at Fortress Monroe the next day. They are "encamped at the mouth of James River [with]in about 200 yards of ex President Tyler['s] mansion." Fourteen vessels brought the men up the bay...
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March 1862
The provost guard caught 40 men from New York and Pennsylvania regiments stealing and sent them "to the ripraps to work." It is "harder soldiering than we have had yet" now.
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1862/04/16
Wilmor describes a confrontation near three Confederate forts. The Confederates nearly surrounded them and fired rifles and muskets, creating a "shower of balls mixed with grape an[d] shell" but they retreated and "lost not a man." He declares "It...
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May 11, 1862
Wilmor's regiment lost many men at Williamsburg, but the Confederates lost twice as many and "left in a hurry." The road between Yorktown and Williamsburg is strewn with "guns, wagons, knives, clothing of all kinds." He is using "secesh paper" and...
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to: "Brother an[d] friends."
1862/06/10
Wilmor is not sure whether Jesse went to Philadelphia or not but assures them that "god will shield us in the day of Battle." He describes the recent Battle of Fair Oaks, whose battlefield "was the most terrifying place I ever seen the dead lay...
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to: "Dear Friends."
1862/07/04
Wilmor reports that Joseph is getting better and Charles is well. He had been sick for two weeks and has not been fighting. He threw away his knapsack and all its contents because he can no longer carry it. He is unsure how the war will continue...
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to: Mr. and Mrs. John Morris.
1862/07/20
Wilmor has seen Charles several times and he is looking better though he was very sick. Doctor Whitssell has left with swamp fever and Wilmor hopes he has a bad case as he made men "that was not able to walk hardley" stand duty, saying they "wanted...
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1862/07/22
Wilmor reports that Doctor Whitssell is dead and some of the men "are rejoicing at his death" since he "made fun of" the sick and told them they were "playing off." The Colonel has given orders to reform the ten companies into six, putting Company A...
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to: "Friend" Wilmor Morris.
1861
Mason, Anna, fl. 1861
Mason is going to school now. She goes to prayer meetings every Friday night and there are only nine or ten men now. Bill Stewart takes the girls home one by one while the rest wait inside. She hopes Wilmor will visit before running off with "that...
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1861/10/22
Watson, J., fl. 1861
Watson considered writing earlier but explains "I know you get all the current news of your old haunts from the fair sex." He reports that conditions are improving, most of the "iron works, rolling mills, glass houses etc. have resumed operations,"...
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"Mr. Wilmor W. Morris whose application for an invalid pension ..."
1863/11/05
Barrett, Joseph H., fl. 1862-1863
"Mr. Wilmor W. Morris whose application for an invalid pension, No. 24936, under the act of July 14, 1862, is pending in this Office, must report himself for examination to Dr. William M. Herron of Alleghany City Alleghany Co Pa."
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to: Mr. Morris [Wilmor?]
1863/02/14
Smith, William, 1797-1887
Smith received Morris' letter just before the regiment went on picket so he was not able to reply sooner. He will send "with this letter the amount of the clothing you have drawn and that will be all you will nead. There will be a good bit in youre...
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1863/02/16
Miller, James, fl. 1863
Miller says if he could obtain a furlough for twenty days, he would be willing to "support old Abe in his war policy even to the freeing of the niggers." He tells Wilmor that he could "do almost any of the girls justice" including "my Mary as you...
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1863/03/21
Pedan, Samuel L., fl. 1863
Lieutenant Pedan is glad to hear that a mutual friend, probably one of Wilmor's brothers [John?], is safe at home and wishes them both well.
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to: "Sir" [Wilmor Morris?]
1863/04/15
McAtee, James, fl. 1863
McAtee's company is packed with eight days worth of rations to leave soon, he thinks for Harpers Ferry but he is uncertain. He sends news of a friend, Bitner, and hopes to be paid soon though it seems unlikely. Written at Camp Blair
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1863/04/17
Miller's company is packed up and expects to move any time now but he is not sure of their destination. He suspects that Wilmor has fallen for the "the tender looks and pleasant actions of that blue eyed lass with the curls who lives in Wilkinsburgh...
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to: "Dear Friend."
1863/02/06
Bates, Henry, fl. 1863
Bates wonders how his friend is doing. He has been working in a "wollen" factory for about three months. He reports that "there is great excitement here on the soil question."
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