Georgia: Chattooga County: Civil War Letters, Correspondence between Aaron M. Sewell and Louisa Dorsett Sewell, his wife ==================================================================== 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 ==================================================================== Correspondence between Aaron M. Sewell and Louisa Dorsett Sewell, his wife. Louisa was the daughter of John R. Dorsett and Harriett Harlo[w] and granddaughter of Elijah and Anna Richardson Dorsett of Chattooga County, Ga. [The following letter appears to be in a different handwriting than the other letters] Vicksburg Miss Saturday March 25 [18]63 Louisa as Mr. Demus is Writing this morning I will send you a few more lines I am well this morning we all are geting along very well we are in a house rite on the bank of the River we will have a good lot of duty to perform I rote you a letter yesterday it is one day before this There was an alarm given at four a clock this morning it was thought that a gun boat was passing but proved to be fals we all ware in our pitts in due time redy for a fight but all was over & we went down to the river & took a bath before day I dont feel that we are in mutch danger here you needent be uneasy for I am neaded here for awhile then I will be with you & we will injoy our lives together & talk of the war & read history & condole with each other. I here the yankey drums beating now but they are some five miles from us we see them everyday Lou if Lieut Cleaghorn gets a uniform for us I wont need but one suit & if that was summer goods it would suit verry well The government will furnish us with clothing now insted of money but they dont fit nor aint suitable atall Spring time is come & all looks green the trees is green here corn has from six to Eight blades that that was up early I was glad to here from the boys I wish i was with them in tessno [?] I would like to here from W.Q. & T.P. but I cant if seams let me now whether they have been hard from or not tell my mother to rite to me and all the rest tell Sis some day when she gets lonely to rite me & some of the boys a word or too a whole page if she choses I will [the bottom line of this letter wasn't microfilmed well enough to decipher] page two or two Tell Sister Zaner to rite to Jesse & tell him whare I am & that I am well & for him & Ciccers [?] to write to me I do love to get a letter & interest me when nothing elce wode I want Susan & Sally to rite if could get a leter a day & would be better satisfied.. Tell Mr. Echols to have a Rosen [?] year patch this time & some melons for I think I will be around to see him & have his houns in good flite for I dremp last night we were fox hunting but when I woak up it was the dogs in the city of Vicksburg Tell your Pa to be his one judge about the mare if he neads her keep her if not sell her for what he can get tell him to ask Enough for her There ae several horsemen in the cavalry that looks worse She ever did if horse feed was plenty & I could get a tansfur I would go to tennessee then I would nead my mare but no such thing as transfur now for me Lou I suppose you have hurd of the Exicution on the Sixth inst there was a man shot at this plase he had deserted the souther army & gon over to the yanks he was captured on the boat that our men took it was a solemn seane I didnt want to see it but the order was for every man to go he was made an example of for all to see what becomes of deserters but when I desert i wont go to the yanks if I do Ill try to go home There was too more shot the same day but we didnt see them... The one I saw was a Louisianan he was stande with yankey blood There [isn't] any boddy here but Dutch & Irish women of the loest class the citsons that use to do [business] here is all gon to the war & out in the county together. I will close by saying write often I still Remain your Husband & friend till Death A. M. SEWELL