Georgia: Chattooga County: Aaron Sewell Letters 1862-64 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Linda Harris Weefuddled@aol.com ==================================================================== Camp 39 Regt Ga Vols Friday Jan 15 1864 Dear Wife As Mr Greason is up to see us & going to return today I feel it my duty to write to you & I hope this will Reach you in due time.. This leaves me well as can [illegible] I hope will finde you in good health i have no news & write this time I havent has any leter from you since the one Ben Cheek brought me But would like to get one at any time I look for a leter this week I am still [illegible] to get anything that you [ illegible ] me I will not wrote mutch now for Mr gresen is going to start soon ill send you some pens & a staff & too finger Rings the pen staff is loose you can Rop it with paper & just let it stay one way the holder is loose in the sta ff just fasen it with a little brown paper or anything & not shut it up but dry it Every time so it will ceap write I bought if for my use but cant ceap it without mashing it I think the pens is sorry but they will do to write one or too leters if you will bare lite on them write whether you Receive these or not & write soon.. I was sorry to here of the death of Capt Edwards but well all have to dye sooner or later Your Loveing & A B D husband A M Sewell Camp 39 Regt Ga Vols Jan 21 1864 Dear Wife as Lieut T S Johnston is going home on furlongh I will write to you agan he has a tenn days leaf of ab cence I verry fortunate to get that the furlow business is played out now for awhile Lou ill write you a short letter & William Johnson is going to write to his father to come & see him & get Ready to come back With Lieut Johnson if you get this letter go down to see Jimme & get him to come & you come with them if you can & are well for I dont expect to get to go home till we End our part of the war unles I go without leave & if you can conveniently come do so there are women in camps Every day get Mrs. Johnston to come with you to see the boys page two Lou if you cant come you must send me some flour meat lard A goard of lard & some sweet cakes & potatoes if you have any Saved for me sasage or anything you can Send We get plen ty of meal we get no hog meat at tall & beef that ant fit to eat I eat verry often without any meat Just bread & water if I had Lard to go in my corn bread ide make out verry well.. fix up & come or write me a good leter & send me sutch articles as you can go & see Johnson & see what he will do if he will bring me such things as you will send ill pay him for his troble I would like to write more but this I hope will gave you satisfaction I am Well & hope you the same Your Loving husband A M Sewell Camp 39 Regt Ga Vols Monday Jan 25 1864 Dear Wife After my [illegible] to Regards to you I can inform you that I haven't Received any leter from you Since Mr. Cheek came up here you are due me too or more letters but circumstance mey be such that excuse you yes of corse you are but not withstanding all this I will write you a few lines to you to night as long as I can send it by hand Capt Cleghorn is going to start soon in the morning home But whether he will gewt thare on not I cant tell The Report here is the yanks made a Rade down in our county Last friday & came over to Dirttown & Ran the home guards of[f] but whether it is so we havent learnd for surtain We hope it is fars Lou I am geting anxious to here from you & to here what your notion is of cumming up to camps if you was to come & the yanks got between you & your home they would let you go back of course I expect B O Smith will get to go home Last of the week you must send me some page two Things to make me Remember you & if the yanks are not in that country & ben brings a wagon back come & get Mrs Cloyd or some ne Elce to come with you but if you dont dome nor send me anything more than a letter send me that Shure tell me what you have done with Flite & what that land can be bought for tell me whare Pa is & if he thinks he will go into Regular survise when his time is out tell him to go before A board of doctors & be Exzammo nd Wright of & have it done Rite I hope hell be Rejected Cicero ware at our camps today he was well I herd from J F & was verry mutch gratifide to here & to know that Sister Zana had got a leter from him tell her I would Congratulate her if I could see her I would have to write to mother but cant this time gave her my love I hope she is mending this leaves me will I was sick one or too days I hope you are well A M Sewell L F Sewell P S Send me my Richmond pants & tell your pa that my advise to him is to sell them boys & by land if wants to be benefited any by them but that dont concern me