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Letter, Granville W. Belcher to Mary Caroline Belcher; 20 December 1863

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Identifier	mus.m042.0046
Title	Letter, Granville W. Belcher to Mary Caroline Belcher; 20 December 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 20 December 1863 about his health and recent military actions. 7.5" x 9.5"
Creator	Belcher, Granville W.
Date	20 December 1863
Coverage (time period)	December 1863
Resource type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of a 7.5" x 9.5" 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 5
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
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Transcript	In camp near Kinston, NC December the 20 My Dear Mary, I seat myself this morning to write you a few lines to inform you that I am well with the acception of my right foot. It is not well yet. I expect to have to march today & if I do it will be hard for me to keep with my Regment & if the doctor does not excuse I will have to suffer a great dead from the march. I went to Kinston yesterday eavening to carry some ammunition to the ordnance & the walk there & back caused my ancle to get verry sore. We are ordered to Greensville, about fifty miles from here. Our Regment is going. All the others will stay here. The Yankeys captured seventy five of our men the other day. One of the Lieutenents has bin trying to get out of the army for sometime. He could nto get it, deserted & went to the Yankeys & to them how tot get to our men that had left. The Yankees come and tuck the seventy four men that he left. The Yankees lost 9 men. Our men lost three men. That is the report. I do not nowe whether it is so or not. I am not satisfied by no means. I cant here from home. I have not herd from home since I have bin here. The last letter I got from from I got at Hanover Junction. I would be verry glad to here from you. Write soon & often. So goodbye.
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