MOORE COUNTY, NC - LETTERS - Archibald J. Jackson to his parents --------------¤¤¤¤¤¤-------------- Forte Thompson Mo. March the 10th A.D. 1862 Dear father & mother I one time here seat myself to lete you now That I am well hopen the lines may com to hande and find you all well. I havent much to rite at this time more than the yanks is all around usn an we are in the sugs at that tha say that the intende to take the place without firin agun an if tha holde on awhile tha will do hit for we wll starve to deth Tha have comenced to fortify on the river Below. An when we eat what we have on hande then we may do the Beste we can The pickets is in site of camp . _____bother an shoot every day an no body here yet turn over I am in earnest in the truth. I want you to do the best you can to _____ Think long of the time for if the northern men take me prizener and I am goin to do the beste I can. and if they donte I am comin home I hearde fro William laste week an he was well we ar in ten miles of each other. This sn cante see each other an if I live till my time is oute I will be free one time more an then I am goin to stay home like a man . You rite to the captain for me to come home. I am goin to try to make them think that I am sick an got to come home. Tell the girls to rite me (turn over) The reasen I donte rite more is paper can't bee had hear not easy an the bigest price in the world So I must cvome to a close A.J.Jackson to Mr SA Jackson & wife M.E. Jackson You tell Mrs John Wade that Henry drayper dide at Columbus and he was in the 12 Regtmente in Captain Joneses company an that was H>E it is marked on hed boarde and Marke Anderson is in same company with me So you can rite to me often so I remain o yours truly A J Jackson (This family moved from Moore County, North Carolina, to Tennessee, and then to Arkansas. At Ft Thompson, Archibald and company were taken over Mississippi to Ten Mile island, captured there and on his forced march, he took ill, died, and was buried outside of Chicago. He had not recovered from measles.) ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorrine Koch Djkoch2@aol.com ___________________________________________________________________