Upson County Georgia Letter A. M. Riviere to his sister Mary Elizabeth Jane Riviere Adams File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Barbara Walker Winge Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/upson.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm A. M. Riviere enlisted as a private in Company I, 6th Georgia Regiment, State Troops Oct 18, 1861, Woodson Guards, C.S.A. from Upson County, Georgia. He was mustered out Apr 1862 and then enlisted again as a private in Company I, 32d Regiment Georgia Infantry May 07, 1862. He surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina, Apr 26, 1865. His brother-in-law Curtis Albert Adams, b. 15 Aug 1833, was in the same Company. In 1863, Curtis Albert was sent to the C. S. A. General Military Hospital #4 at Wilmington, North Carolina with pneumonia. He recovered and returned to duty Feb 09, 1863. He lost his life at the hand of Union Forces at James Island, South Carolina, July 09, 1864. His widow Mary Elizabeth Jane Riviere was left with four children to raise. Below is a copy of a letter written from A. M. Riviere to his sister Mary Elizabeth Jane Riviere Adams, July 12, 1864. Mount Pleasant, S. C. July 12, 1864 Dear Sister; I will drop you a few lines this morning which will inform you that I am well and hope that this will find you the same. Eliza I have something to write to you that I hate to do, Albert is dead. He got killed last Saturday morning about day light. He was shot through the left arm and came out on his right side. He was killed dead in the field. Some of the boys who saw him fall said he did not speak a word and that it was the Yankees that killed him. They were all lying down and as they gave orders to go forward he started to get up and was shot. He was buried under some large oak trees on Johns Island where the fight was. His name was out on the head board. He was put away the very best they could under the circumstances. Eliza I have got all of his things and will send them home the first change I get. I have his knife pocket book and tooth brush and found $11.45 in his pocket book and $1.30 worth of stamps. I will take care of it and send it to you. Eliza don't grieve about him. I have no doubt but what he is better off than we are for he has gone where parting is no more. I feel like the only friend I have in the company is gone and I hope to meet him in a better world where parting is no more. Eliza I was not in the fighting as I was driving the wagon in Bill Browns place. I will close for this time. Write soon. Farewell if I never hear from you again or see you again. Your Brother A. M. Riviere Contributed by Barbara Walker Winge ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============