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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms2009-112_CarnahanJohnNewton_Letter_1862_0509 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-05-09 PDF Text Text [Note: This letter appears to have been written by someone taking dictation from John Carnahan] May 9th /62 My Dear Wife & children I think it my duty to write to you to day in order to let you know concerning my health I am improving; but slowly I can turn myself in the bed any way now; and can walk a-cross the room with help Our reigiment is at Abingdon now The report came that the enemy was at at Taswell [Tazewell] Court House and General Marshals [Humphrey Marshall] brigade was ordered to Doublin [Dublin] but when he got to Abingdon he heard the report was false & did not go any farther part of his brigade is at the Salt-works I would not be supprised if the Yankees did not attempt to get there yet When the report came that the enemy was coming Col Trigg [Robert C. Trigg] ordered all his sick to be taken to Abingdon; but I did not think I was able to go and concluded I would risk staying & am glad that I did so, I am going to stay here untill I get perfectly well I would like very much to see you all & to know how you are getting along farming, will you get your corn in this month? You must try and get along as well as you poseible can When I get well perhaps I can get a furlough to come home All of Cousin Mary's family sends their love to you all I want to hear from you as soon as possible Direct your letter to Dickensenville Russell Co Va Kiss the baby for me Please write soon. Yours very affectionately J 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. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms2009-112 Subject The topic of the resource Civil War Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Newton Carnahan, 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">John Newton Carnahan Letters, 1861-1862</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-1862 Date Accepted Date of acceptance of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal). This collection was donated to Special Collections in 2009. 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Title A name given to the resource Letter, John Carnahan to Wife and Children, [Dickensonville Va.?], May 9, 1862 (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 1862-05-09 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_1862_0509 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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