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<p>Paint Ville Kentuckey December 24 - 1861</p>
<p>Dear Wife</p>
<p>After passing through one of</p>
<p>the Most Excighting Nights wee have had yet</p>
<p>in camp I drop you a line informing you I am in</p>
<p>good health and comfort the Excighting times wee</p>
<p>ware loaded up Partly this morning so wee could</p>
<p>have ower wagons before us in case the Enimy came</p>
<p>up he was Reported to be comeing up on us 4500</p>
<p>Strong this morning he is sed to be but twelve</p>
<p>hundred and Still at Lewisa [Louisa] sum thirty.two</p>
<p>milis below here and as the male leaves heere</p>
<p>Christmass Morning I thought I would Drop you</p>
<p>a line as wee do not no what moment wee ma be</p>
<p>attacked and wee can not till by what forses as</p>
<p>the fo can cum up by watter and it would be</p>
<p>impossible for ower [Videts?] to give us the amount</p>
<p>of forses coming against us we are [<i>page torn</i>]</p>
<p>Rosencrantzes [William Rosecrans] forces are at Whee[<i>page
torn</i>]</p>
<p>and I see in a Cincinatta Paper thare is Several [<i>page torn</i>]</p>
<p>at camp Denison thare is no telling what a Day ma bring</p>
<p>forth and ower male facilitys taken from us. I shall</p>
<p>imbrace every opertunity of wrighting home though</p>
<p>you allowed I would forget to home when I got</p>
<p>of in so mutch company this makes 9 letters I</p>
<p>have written sins I left Wytheville and Received</p>
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<p>Paint Ville Kentuckey December 24 - 1861</p>
<p>Dear Wife</p>
<p>After passing through one of</p>
<p>the Most Excighting Nights wee have had yet</p>
<p>in camp I drop you a line informing you I am in</p>
<p>good health and comfort the Excighting times wee</p>
<p>ware loaded up Partly this morning so wee could</p>
<p>have ower wagons before us in case the Enimy came</p>
<p>up he was Reported to be comeing up on us 4500</p>
<p>Strong this morning he is sed to be but twelve</p>
<p>hundred and Still at Lewisa [Louisa] sum thirty.two</p>
<p>milis below here and as the male leaves heere</p>
<p>Christmass Morning I thought I would Drop you</p>
<p>a line as wee do not no what moment wee ma be</p>
<p>attacked and wee can not till by what forses as</p>
<p>the fo can cum up by watter and it would be</p>
<p>impossible for ower [Videts?] to give us the amount</p>
<p>of forses coming against us we are [<i>page torn</i>]</p>
<p>Rosencrantzes [William Rosecrans] forces are at Whee[<i>page
torn</i>]</p>
<p>and I see in a Cincinatta Paper thare is Several [<i>page torn</i>]</p>
<p>at camp Denison thare is no telling what a Day ma bring</p>
<p>forth and ower male facilitys taken from us. I shall</p>
<p>imbrace every opertunity of wrighting home though</p>
<p>you allowed I would forget to home when I got</p>
<p>of in so mutch company this makes 9 letters I</p>
<p>have written sins I left Wytheville and Received</p>
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<p>but one yet from you and none from any</p>
<p>other person a letter from home is a Real treat and</p>
<p>Particularly Juliette Sophiah Carnahan and</p>
<p>Children if they Actually New the Feelings of</p>
<p>the Brest of the wrighter I am sure they would</p>
<p>Send him a letter once a week tilling him how</p>
<p>his own Baby Boy is dooing whether he is above</p>
<p>crawling and will walk first and What Sweet</p>
<p>Litticia Peery has to Say about her Papy and</p>
<p>how my little Mary Elen R is coming on and</p>
<p>how my Boy John Anderson is dooing if he likes</p>
<p>to lurn his Book and how my little manly</p>
<p>Boy Edwin Ruthven is comeing on if he is</p>
<p>Mothers Stay and Support and what my Eldest</p>
<p>Daughter is dooing if she helps maw all she</p>
<p>Can and is learning to curb her temper so she</p>
<p>will be her Fath[ers] Joy and pride give my love</p>
<p>[<i>page torn</i>]uring frend till me how my Sisters</p>
<p>[<i>page torn</i>] they will never wright to me I shall</p>
<p>[<i>page torn</i>] [truble?] them with a letter you had better Direct</p>
<p>to John N Carnahan Abingdon va care Col</p>
<p>RC Trigg 54 Regment va vols General Marshalls [Humphrey
Marshall]</p>
<p>Bregade letters will come safer to m by that Direction</p>
<p>as wee ma Retreet or go in Different Directions</p>
<p>Your Affectionate Husband John N Carnahan</p>
<p>Excus bad wrighting as it is all Dun on my [knee?]</p>
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<p>but one yet from you and none from any</p>
<p>other person a letter from home is a Real treat and</p>
<p>Particularly Juliette Sophiah Carnahan and</p>
<p>Children if they Actually New the Feelings of</p>
<p>the Brest of the wrighter I am sure they would</p>
<p>Send him a letter once a week tilling him how</p>
<p>his own Baby Boy is dooing whether he is above</p>
<p>crawling and will walk first and What Sweet</p>
<p>Litticia Peery has to Say about her Papy and</p>
<p>how my little Mary Elen R is coming on and</p>
<p>how my Boy John Anderson is dooing if he likes</p>
<p>to lurn his Book and how my little manly</p>
<p>Boy Edwin Ruthven is comeing on if he is</p>
<p>Mothers Stay and Support and what my Eldest</p>
<p>Daughter is dooing if she helps maw all she</p>
<p>Can and is learning to curb her temper so she</p>
<p>will be her Fath[ers] Joy and pride give my love</p>
<p>[<i>page torn</i>]uring frend till me how my Sisters</p>
<p>[<i>page torn</i>] they will never wright to me I shall</p>
<p>[<i>page torn</i>] [truble?] them with a letter you had better Direct</p>
<p>to John N Carnahan Abingdon va care Col</p>
<p>RC Trigg 54 Regment va vols General Marshalls [Humphrey
Marshall]</p>
<p>Bregade letters will come safer to m by that Direction</p>
<p>as wee ma Retreet or go in Different Directions</p>
<p>Your Affectionate Husband John N Carnahan</p>
<p>Excus bad wrighting as it is all Dun on my [knee?]</p>
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John Newton Carnahan Letters (Ms2009-112)
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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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Ms2009-112
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Civil War
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John Newton Carnahan, 1824-1862
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Letter, John Carnahan to Wife, Paintsville Ky., December 24, 1861 (Ms2009-112)
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Carnahan, John Newton, 1824-1862
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1861-12-24
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/kad
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Letters
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Ms2009-112_CarnahanJohnNewton_Letter_1861_1224
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Civil War
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
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Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence, 1861-1862 (Ms2013-029)
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Civil War
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The Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence collection consists of 19 letters by 17 soldiers, and the letters date from 1861 and 1862 and were written by soldiers stationed in and around Alexandria and Fairfax counties and Washington, DC in the first 12-16 months of the Civil War. The majority of the letters were written to family members and contain mostly news from home, camp life, and local events. However, most letters also include some piece of war news or battle/skirmish description and opinions about the war. Some letters include transcripts.
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01265.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence</a>
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1861-1862
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kad
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Ms2013-029
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Acc2017-239_WayAlexander_Letter_1861_1224a
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Way, Alexander Letter, Dec. 24, 1861
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Way, Alexander
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1861-12-24
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Letter from Way to wife [Emy].
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English
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Box: 1, Folder: 29
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<a href="https://aspace.lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/2869" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence</a>, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
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Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence, 1861-1862 (Ms2013-029)
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Civil War
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The Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence collection consists of 19 letters by 17 soldiers, and the letters date from 1861 and 1862 and were written by soldiers stationed in and around Alexandria and Fairfax counties and Washington, DC in the first 12-16 months of the Civil War. The majority of the letters were written to family members and contain mostly news from home, camp life, and local events. However, most letters also include some piece of war news or battle/skirmish description and opinions about the war. Some letters include transcripts.
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<a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv01265.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence</a>
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1861-1862
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kad
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text
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Ms2013-029
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Acc2017-239_WayAlexander_Letter_1861_1224env
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Way, Alexander Letter, Dec. 24, 1861 Envelope
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Way, Alexander
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1861-12-24
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Envelope from the December 24, 1861 letter from Way to his wife.
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English
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Box: 1, Folder: 29
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<a href="https://aspace.lib.vt.edu/repositories/2/resources/2869" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence</a>, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.