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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms2009-112_CarnahanJohnNewton_Letter_1861_1221a Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-12-21 PDF Text Text Paintsville December 21st 1861 Kentuckey Edwin Ruthven and John Anderson Carnahan Dear Suns I take this Opertunity of Dropping you a few lines informing you that I am well at this time and Hope those lines ma find you all injoying the Same Blessing I have seen a grate deal of Rough country sins I left home thare is no Cleared lands of the River as fare as wee have traveled yet the Bottoms on the Rivir is getting Broad and tolerably good wee are fifty-five miles now from the Ohio River and by Forced marches we could Reach the River in 2 days but I do not think wee will go to the mouth of the River the Northern Anny went up the River as far as Pikeville and Stole all the good horses in all this Country they wanted and took all the Beef and hogs and grain they wanted without Paying anything for it I think wee will march the Next Time wee march towards mount Stirling [Mt. Sterling] into the Bleugrass Settlements I will write to you all often if I keep my health and you must do the same thing I wish you to be good boys and obay your mother in all things She is your Best friend in this wourld use all your power to do all that you can to pleas her and keep her from haveing to mutch to Do what she tills you to Do Do it as well as if She was with you and by doing https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/John_Newton_Carnahan_Letters_[Ms2009-112]/Ms2009-112_CarnahanJohnNewton_Letter_1861_1221/Ms2009-112_CarnahanJohnNewton_Letter_1861_1221b.jpg f687178af38cf9b487599c253db5a9e6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms2009-112_CarnahanJohnNewton_Letter_1861_1221b Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-12-21 PDF Text Text doing so you will gain her confidence and save her a many a hard walk and at the same time form habits that will do you good as long as you live I wish you to mind your Books all the time you can get and Se how mutch you can learn while I am gon and if I never Return it will be so mutch learnt not to learn agane (Learn to Read the Holy bible make it the Chief Study of your lives it is good for time and Eternity). till your sisters Marge[ry] Ann Mary E and Litticia P I will write to them in my Nex letter. treat your Sisters kindly and your Sisters will love you so mutch the Better kind treatment is the thing to make Frends be kind to your Aunt Rebecky and your Grand Pappy while they are with you in the course of Nature they will not be with you long and it will be a sorse of satisfaction when they have left the shores of time that you dun so be kind to all your Relations and in fact to Every Boddy kind treatment costs nothing but makes mutch in ones favour so no more at Present but Remain your affectionate Father. John N Carnahan Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Newton Carnahan Letters (Ms2009-112) Description An account of the resource This collection contains 16 letters written by John Newton Carnahan, a private in Company F, 54th Virginia Infantry, during the Civil War. Dated from camps in Southwest Virginia and eastern Kentucky, the letters are addressed to Carnahan's wife, Juliette Sophia Calfee Carnahan, and children at home in Pulaski County, Virginia. Carnahan's letters focus largely on personal matters, instructing his children in good behavior and offering his wife counsel on the management of their farm and the sale of produce. He relays news of mutual acquaintances, makes frequent mention of his religious faith, and continually writes of a deep homesickness while pleading for more letters from home. Carnahan notes camp conditions and initially claims his health is much improved by army life, citing the weight he has gained while in service. In later letters, however, he increasingly complains of bowel trouble and states that he is suffering from "colery [cholera] morbus," which today would be diagnosed as acute gastroenteritis. Departing from personal matters in his letter of December 15, 1861, Carnahan describes the aftermath of what was probably the Battle of Ivy Mountain, Kentucky, though his casualty figures do not match those in the historical record. On January 17, 1862, he briefly writes of the Battle of Middle Creek, Kentucky, in which his regiment had participated a week earlier. Carnahan describes the Middle Creek battle again in a letter dated February 3, 1862, when he also provides a lengthy account of the regiment's movements since the previous November. Following a three-month gap, the collection resumes with a letter dated May 9, 1862. Not in Carnahan's own hand, this letter and another dated May 21 were dictated, perhaps to his cousin Mary Aston, and find the soldier in ill health in Dickensonville, Virginia. 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Title A name given to the resource Letter, John Carnahan to Sons, Paintsville Ky., December 21, 1861 (Ms2009-112) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Carnahan, John Newton, 1824-1862 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00485.xml" target="_blank"">John Newton Carnahan Letters (Ms2009-112)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-12-21 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource /kad Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc">Permission to publish material from the John Newton Carnahan collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Letters Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms2009-112_CarnahanJohnNewton_Letter_1861_1221 Subject The topic of the resource Civil War Local/Regional History and Appalachian South United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. 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