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Letter, Granville W. Belcher to Mary Caroline Belcher; 25 March 1864

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Identifier	mus.m042.0054
Title	Letter, Granville W. Belcher to Mary Caroline Belcher; 25 March 1864
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 25 March 1864 about teh men condemed to death, desertion, and the weather. 5" x 8"
Creator	Belcher, Granville W.
Date	25 March 1864
Coverage (time period)	March 1864
Resource type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of a 5" x 8" three-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 6
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.
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Color space	RGB
Bit depth	24 bit color

Title	Page 1
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Transcript	March the 25 1864 Near Richmond, VA My Dear Caroline, I seat myself this eavening to answer you kind and welcome letter which come to me today. Mr. B.E. Martin fetched it to me this morning. I was verry glad to here from you & to here that you was loocking so well. I am well at this time & have bin since I saw you. I have no news to write of interest. Old Geff Davis has put off shooting them that was condemed to be shot today. There was fifteen men in our Brigade that was sentenced to be shot today but it has turned out precisely as I told them it would. I do not consider myself any prophit but if I had have own the Confedercy I would betted all of it that the men that was condemned would not be sohoot (shot).
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