History/Letters: Isaac Murrell to Lou Eddins March 16 1862; Claiborne & Webster par., Louisiana File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Laura Bonde lbonde@bluemarble.net November 9, 2004, 8:55 pm ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Letter from Isaac Murrell to Lou Eddins Minden, La Mar. 16th 1862 My Dear Friend Lou, This leaves us all well. Mother has bin verry sick. She has now nearly recovered. On the 14th inst. She was 80 years old. She is not able to stand many such attacks as the one she is just recovering out of. Frank has passed. At least I heard so last week. She is at Mr. Eddins and appears well pleased. Perry has reinlisted for the War. John has not, but Perry thinks he will when Perry returns. Perry is here on furlough, but will have to start back about the last of this month. He is gone to the river to see his sweetheart, and I suppose will stay there as long as he can, at least he would not say at what time he would be back. Lousinda has gone with him. Her Jularker has not enlisted as he may before his time is out. George Kimble enlisted, but Kit Kimble did not; about 30 of the “Blues” are home on furlough, all having reenlisted. You never saw a more harty, healthy, fat set. Soldiering seems to help some of them wonderfully. They are all verry willing to go back and have got about 30 new recruits to go with them which will make a new company, and enable them to organizee anew as soon as they get there. Then all that does not reenlist for the war, will be sent home. Times are equally, I have no doubt but nearly all will reenlist. The girls are bad off, about the long time before the expected nuptials will some off, but John and Betsy seem to take matters quite patiently— Betsy particularly seems satisfied now that Perry has come. Lee Ann gets letters still from her Charley. Some of them I think she does not relish very well, but I guess she will not complain much of his impudence as he thinks he is privileged to write almost anything. I cannot say that she ever answers them, but if she don’t her “Big Sis” writes for boath . If the Boys all get home alive Oh What a Big Time we will have, you must come over, I invite you now. I have nothing only war news to write you. Three or four more companies are leaving her now. This week and next. Capt. FD Wimberly’s cavalry Comp will leave here today week for Tennessee; also Capt Thom W. Fuller’s Bossier Cavalry—they will number nearly one hundred each, mounted men, armed with double shot guns and sabers. When they leave there will not be over 10 men subject to militia duty left about town. DA Canfield, JJ Carter, Dr. Patilla, PP Bates, I Ratliff, EH Fay, Mr. Webb, CH Ardis, JW Lancaster and Loge and Hamilton are all in it. One company leaves Flat Lick and Homer today. Infantry. They take their guns also. Thos. Crow, WW Garland, John A. Kaler, Thos. Hamilton, Thos. Hightower and Thos. Price are in it. It is thought Hightower, Kaler or Hamilton will be the captain. They are sworn in to the Confederate States as recruits for the 12th regiment. Mr. Ayecock is captain of a company at Lisbon. I hear he left last Sunday. Mr. Boakurn is Capt of a company at Shongaloo, nearly complete, which will make the 11th entire company. Besides two or 300 recruits and volunteers who have left and joined other companies. It is said somewhere in the Bible that the time would come when seven women should cleave to one man. If these all fare as did the For Donalson men, I think the number may be multiplied by two. The girls will be in a bad fix, no one to marry and no paper to write love letters. You must know our main paper factory was at Nashville, which is now in the hands of the enemy. It is only worth about $12 to $14 a quire in New Orleans. We all look upon the evacuation of Centerville and New Madrid, if true is indicative of the worst sort of reverses—and as I have all the time contended, look out for this war to be fought at almost every country town in the south. Your Uncle, Isaac Murrell This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 4.5 Kb