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Letter to E.W. Mudge from his brother H.R. Mudge, February 12th, 1862

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“Letter to E.W. Mudge from his brother H.R. Mudge, February 12th, 1862,” Madison Historical, accessed October 6, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/1979.

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Description

This is a letter to E.W. Mudge from his brother H.W. Mudge from Camp Cardonelet. Mudge details wanting to fight as well as informing his brother that the woman he was interested in is a supporter of Abraham Lincoln.

Transcription

  • Camp Carondelet Feb 12th 62

    Dear Brother Willie

                You most welcom letter of the 31st of last month and I can assure you that it was most welcomely received. I have just come of from inspection and expect that we will be ordered to leave our winter quarters on account of these late reverses that we have had and I hope to God that we wil be ordered to meet the dam Scoundrels for I feal confident that we would be able to give them a dam good whippin and I think that that is just what they want to  have to just share reckless movements
    you asked me in your last letter if I wanted you to send me some books or not well[?] I could say that I would like nothing better but I am afraid that I might be ordered to leave over


    Winter [?] at any moment & then it would be a clear loss.

    in your letter I should judge that you had formed quite an agreable acquaintance with Miss Annie McLeein[?] but I see that you have not yet forgotten the Lovely Fannie Clark but you had better give up  all ideas of ever meeting her again as she is under old Abe’s control & some of his damed followers nere she [illegible] a head of you at least these are my thoughts at present for I am afraid that this cursed War will last for some time yet –

    Give love to all

    Your ever devoted Brother

    HR Mudge

In Collection

Subjects

  • Military
  • Civil War
  • Family
  • Communication
  • letters
  • politics
  • government

Contributor

  • Mudge, Stephen

Date

February 12, 1862

Type

  • Miscellaneous Document

Format

  • pdf

Identifier

  • Mudge-Steve-D-0008
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