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James B. Weaver letters, 1860-1864
1861-09-09 Page 01
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[Top margin:] I will write to morrow & every day. May God love you & protect you. Pray for me very often. My love to all our friends. Kiss for Maud Kiss for [Bellomy?] 50 Kisses for Clara Lieut Moore is in good health. Tell Maudie to hug Mamas neck for Pa Pa and to be good girl Birds Point, Mo Sept 9th 1861 My dear darling wife, Well we have got moved again to this point. I wrote you twice from the Cape, and I will now just drop you a line & wait until tomorrow to write you a long letter. I have not time now, before the mail leaves for Cairo. Well things are about as they were when I left here except that the U.S. troops now occupy the Ky shore. When we left the Cape I thought we were going to Ky & we may yet, but not for several days. Well Col Wallace, the Commandant of this post, says that [Pillard?] is advancing on this point with 8000 troops and that he is within eight miles of us. We already here their cannons roar at Norfolk six miles distant. We are well entrenched & feel sure of success. I am just as cool and feel just as calm and self possessed as I would when I going to attend to a little law suit before [Eqr Ficklein?] Kiss me darling before I go into battle. I shall pray for us before the hour & during the hours of battle. O how well I do love you. Remember darling how deeply & devotedly I do love you my dear darling wife. 50 kisses. God love you. I will write tomorrow. Your true & faithful husband J.B. Weaver (over)
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[Top margin:] I will write to morrow & every day. May God love you & protect you. Pray for me very often. My love to all our friends. Kiss for Maud Kiss for [Bellomy?] 50 Kisses for Clara Lieut Moore is in good health. Tell Maudie to hug Mamas neck for Pa Pa and to be good girl Birds Point, Mo Sept 9th 1861 My dear darling wife, Well we have got moved again to this point. I wrote you twice from the Cape, and I will now just drop you a line & wait until tomorrow to write you a long letter. I have not time now, before the mail leaves for Cairo. Well things are about as they were when I left here except that the U.S. troops now occupy the Ky shore. When we left the Cape I thought we were going to Ky & we may yet, but not for several days. Well Col Wallace, the Commandant of this post, says that [Pillard?] is advancing on this point with 8000 troops and that he is within eight miles of us. We already here their cannons roar at Norfolk six miles distant. We are well entrenched & feel sure of success. I am just as cool and feel just as calm and self possessed as I would when I going to attend to a little law suit before [Eqr Ficklein?] Kiss me darling before I go into battle. I shall pray for us before the hour & during the hours of battle. O how well I do love you. Remember darling how deeply & devotedly I do love you my dear darling wife. 50 kisses. God love you. I will write tomorrow. Your true & faithful husband J.B. Weaver (over)
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