Georgia:  Elbert County:  Civil War Letter from T. D. Patterson
to his mother, Mrs. Betty Ann Patterson, May 1863

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Civil war letter from 
T. D. Patterson to his 
Mother Mrs. Betty Ann Patterson

(  page one )
Camp near Addams run  May 1863

Dear Mother sisters and brothers it is with pleasure that I seat my 
self this evening to Drop you a few lines Which Will inform you that I 
am well. It is hard fur me to hafto say to you that I hird to day that 
Father was Dead  Mother nothing never hirt me as bad be fore in my life 
but it was gods will fur him to dy I hope and trust that god is with 
him fur We all hafto dy and We all ought   to be prepared to dy at 
anytime do not let this hirt your feelings any Worse that they are fur 
it is hard and We all had that debt to pay Some day  Mother I Did not 
get nair letter from home but I got one from Anna Jane Patterson and 
Obediah Minton I am truly glad that they all right to me I cold hear 
from home as often from my friends as I Will cold from home  it hirts 
me to think about him sending me Word to come home he Wanted to see me 
so bad and I cold not get to come and if I had a got to come maby I 
would a had to come back  ( page two ) be fore he died and it would 
not a bin any satisfaction to me  it is hard fur a feller to be bound 
up more that a nigger any Ways  furlows is Stoped hear now but it is 
likely that they Will start them soon they are expect a fight on Johns 
island soon I think that is the reason they stoped furlowing  I 
think  Mother I think I cold a bin at home a long a go if my officer 
Would a tried Mother I am going to stay in this Company until I get a 
furlow and then I allow to get to the fort Where Van is  right to me 
all a bout  father and What he sed and let me no Where he Was 
buried at  I hope he Was buried at hope Well  I do not like that place 
Where the rest Was at Phillipses  Thomas Patterson Wants to right some  
it is hard take it as well as you can so I must close  so nothing more 
only I hope the rest of you is all well nothing more

T D Patterson To Mrs Betty Ann Patterson


( Compliers note - This was a letter found in the personals effects of 
Mr.Darrell Rhodes, a great grandson of Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth (Sallie) 
Davis Harris, wife of Pope Daniel Harris. Mrs. Sallie Harris was the 
Daughter of William Davis and Ann Patterson Davis           . )