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Letter, Granville W. Belcher to Mary Caroline Belcher; 1 January 1863

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Identifier	mus.m042.0024
Title	Letter, Granville W. Belcher to Mary Caroline Belcher; 1 January 1863
Description	From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his wife, Mary Caroline, on 1 January 1863 about his health and his regiment. 6" x 9"
Creator	Belcher, Granville W.
Date	1 January 1863
Coverage (time period)	January 1863
Resource type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of a 6" x 9" two-page letter.
Language	English
Publisher	University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version)
Notes	A finding aid for this collection is available online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m042.htm
Rights	Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contributing institution	Special Collections, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.
Collection	M042 Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters.
Source	Box 1 Folder 4
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.
File extension	JPG
Color space	RGB
Bit depth	24 bit color

Title	Page 1
File size	324.704 KB
File extension	JPG
Width	1143
Height	1800
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Transcript	January the 20 1863 In camp near Greensville, Pitt County, NC My Dear Mary, I seat myself this eavening to write you a few lines to inform you that I am with my Regiment. I am not well yet. My ancle (ankle) is not well. It is some better than it has bin. I am on picket today & have bin ever since last Monday night. There is not mutch news in this lonesome part of the world. Some of the boys has bin taken by the Yankees without fireing the first gun. The Yanks gets some of the men here evry two or three days. I expect they will get us all if we stay here mutch longer. If they get me you must not be uneasy about me.
File name	mus.m042.0024_01.jpg

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