Cyrus W. Love to Jas. M. Love (father)Show simple item record
| dc.creator | Love, Cyrus W. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-11T14:54:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-05-11T14:54:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1862-03-17 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/8296 | |
| dc.description | Fragment - end of a letter. Discusses recuperation after wounding | |
| dc.format | PDF, 600dpi | |
| dc.format.medium | Paper | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.relation | Love Family Letters (MS 001) | |
| dc.rights | Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any photograph. | |
| dc.source | Box 001, Unnumbered | |
| dc.subject | Civil War | |
| dc.title | Cyrus W. Love to Jas. M. Love (father) | |
| dc.type | Image | |
| dc.description.transcription | (Two pages, continuous. One sheet, folded to make an envelope.) Back of sheet addressed: Estill Springs [..] Paid 10c March 17/62 Mr. Jas. M Love Springfield Limestone Co P.M.s please Texas hasten this to its destination C W Love Capt Moody’s Co Col. Gregg’s Regmt Tex. Vol. with a young friend of the Waco Rifles reported myself his name is Robt Grey he and I started to his fathers down in Alabama but I was unable to to go any farther than here – the house of Mr. Ely Petty and his wife where I have been as kindly treated as I could desire for the four weeks that I have been here I have also had a Dr Harris attending on me for nothing but he has taken as good care of me as if he were going to get a regular fee – I have also been visited by a Dr Ripito an agent for the State of Texas to distribute money to the needy Texas Soldiers he gave me $20.00 Confederate Note this is the first I have received since I left home and it was gladly recd as I had been entirely out for some time I will possibly not be able to leave here in a week or two yet as my wound is not yet healed go back to next page (Page 2) and do not know what regmt I will join but expect I will join Col. Whartons Cavalry as it is the only Texas Regmt I know of any where about here I will write to you as soon as I locate myself if I should stop any length of time at any place I wish you to write to me but until I let you know that I am located for some time it will be useless to write I have delayed writing till now because I wanted to know that I was improving before I wrote Yours with fillial regard C.W. Love P.S. I left Uncle Andrew John W & Andrew jr at Hopkinsville I have not heard from them since but think it more than likely they were taken prisoners by Jackson CWL |
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Love Family Letters [84]
The Love brothers - Cyrus, Samuel, James and John - fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. The collection contains letters written by the family during the war.
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