Letter from E.W. Mudge to his mother, March 8, 1862

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Description

This is a brief letter written by E.W. Mudge to his mother while in Jackson, Tennessee. Mudge details receiving coffee and chocolate upon his arrival in the city.

Transcription

Jackson Tenn. March 8^th 1862

Dear Mother,

We arrived all safe at Jackson this morning and a gay time we have had of it. The first night about 10 p.m. the cry of coffee went aboard throughout the barr and I went with the rest and got a cup of chocolate from some ladies that were waiting at a depot with a bucket of chocolate.

Next about 12 the cry of coffee went about and I went with the rest

Good Bye

I must go

E.M. Mudge

In Collection

Mudge Civil War Letters

Subjects

Military
Civil War
Family
Communication
letters

Contributor

Mudge, Stephen

Date

March 8, 1862

Type

Miscellaneous Document

Format

Identifier

Mudge-Steve-D-0009

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