Smith, Ann, fl. 1862 to Asa Smith
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03742.08 Author/Creator: Smith, Ann, fl. 1862 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 July1862 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 18.1 cm, Width: 11.4 cm Order a Copy
Written by Ann Smith to her brother Asa Smith in the Union Army. Says she is glad he is doing well. Says "I try & try to imagine how you look but don't succeed very well - If I could only see you for a little while." Goes on to say that "I tell Mother I'm prouder than ever of you." Says Lieutenant H.L. Potter of the 20th regiment has been back home now for a week because of a wound in his leg. Says "he was in the same hospital with you a week or more - he wishes he had seen you." Says that their brother William Wallace Smith was lucky to avoid injury. Is sending him a copy of a newspaper that printed his letter. She says everyone was delighted with it and his bravery. The letter has been cut in the center fold and the two pages are separate.
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