R. W. Stone War Letter, Louisiana

Submitted for the Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Barton W. Stone, 9/1998
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From: Mansfield Battle Park/Commemorative Area
      Copied from file on La. 28th Infantry


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Transcription of Letter:
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"July the 9th, 1863

Labadierville, Assumption, (cut off)

Dear Mother I have taken my pen in hand to inform you that I and Dennis is
well at presant and hoping When those few lines comes to hand they will find
you and the rest of the family injoying the same blessing  Mother I have
nothing of importance to rite you all the health of the regimen is tolerable
good at this time and We are faring tolerable Well know but I dont know how
long it will last for We are running Short of Money   We havant never Drawn
but twice sence We have ben in the Service but I think that We Will Draw be
fore long Mother We got them pants and suspenders you Sent By Mr. Wm. Heshley 
Mother I dont Want you to send us any more clothes till Coal__ weather for We
have got as many as We can carry Will know We are Camp at a little town on the
Byow Llafourch By the name of Labdierville about ten miles from the
Mississippi River and about twenty miles from Neworleans over Daverley  had A
figt at Donaldsonville yesterday and they Captured A transport and We Captured
two scooners on the Bay last Weak had abot five hundred tun on them
principlaly flour and Molasses and Bacon on them and a right Smart of Coffee 
Mother if I can git a chance to send you Some Coffee I Will By Some and Send
it to you I Can git it for A Dollar A lb Mother I want you to rite to me as
Soon as you git letter and le me know how you are gitting on and rite Wheather
you have got a good Crop or not and tell James to rite for I think that he has
All most forgot us for I havant got nary letter from him Since I left
Natchitoches nor I havant got nare none from you in Coons age if you all new
how much pleasure it Was to me to git A letter from home I think you Would
rite evry Weeak _____ your letters to Thibodaux.Lafourch.Parish,La, So nothing
more at presant only give my best respects to all of my conection and friends
if you Can find any b____ S_____ and take the gratest potion of it yourself So
nothing more at only I remain your affectionate Son, until Death, R. W. Stone
to his mother

(I have tried to copy the letter as exact as it was written.  The letter was
written on a printed report sheet, apparently all this soldier was able to
find to write on.  I will be happy to furnish a copy to any relative desiring
a copy-Gregg Davies)


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