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Private William Brooks
Co E, 161st NYVI
"I do not know when I
can get A chance to mail A letter again..." Private William Brooks
In camp near the Red River-April 5th.,
-1864. William R. Brooks to Jane Brooks
his wife and children."
"His last letter in the collection.
He again approves of her moving to
Woodhull."
[This was written after William's regiment had marched from southern Louisiana into the Red River country. In early April they camped near Natchitoches and Grand Ecore in some of the finest country they saw in the south. The letter dated April 26 is actually the last one from him.]
in camp neer red river April ?, 64
Dear wife
I will write a little to you this
morning to let you know how I get A long
my health is not as good as it has bin
I am some lame but I hope I will be well in
A few days I hope this will find you well I
cent you 35 dollars by Mr. Hathaway and
my watch we got 4 months pay and we
have got 3 months doe us now I hope we will
get some more pay soon and then I will cend
you some more if your moving
I cannot
tell what is best you must use your own
judgment and do the best you can if you
think best to go to woodhull I am willing
we have had A hard time for A while back
it has bin very dustey most all the time
but the most we whent in A day was 20
miles and some times not more than 6 or 7
so we could stand it but we have to go
on tomorrow I do not know when I
can get A chance to mail A letter again
- - - - -
for we are going up the river and some
times we cannot cend A letter 2 or 3 weeks
so you must not worry if you do not
hear from me in A long time but I will write
every chance and you must
I cannot write for my sholder is lame
so I will close
write soon good bye
from Wm. R. Brooks to
Jane Brooks
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Date: Fri Mar 22 2002
Name: Ron Hughes
[This letter was written from Alexandria, LA, after the Battles of Sabine Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill, and Cane River Crossing. The figures William gives for casualties and prisoners are not supported by the Official Records or other sources. Soldiers wrote what they heard "on the grapevine," which was seldom
accurate. His info about burning homes and farms is supported by other sources, but his letter is the only one I have seen implying that anyone from his regiment took part in it. This is the last letter from William in the collection.]
Read the rest of William Brooks' letters:
3 April 1863 |
10 April 1863 |
29 April 1863 |
10 May 1863 |
April 1864 |
26 April 1864 |
18 Sept. 1864 |
5 April 1865 |
Last Letter
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