101st Pennsylvania Infantry - NEW

Item LTR-10986

Description

Original Civil War soldier's letter. 5 pages, written in period pencil & ink.


May the 14^th 1863
 
Dear Miss,
 
It is with pleasure that I take this opportunity to write you a few lines to answer to your lovely letter that I received this morning and was glad to hear from you.  I am well at present and hoping these lines will find you in the same state of good health.
 
We are now at Plymouth and we have seen hard times here.  The times are getting better.  I have been on picket every other day but the hard work is most all done at this pace and have been building rifle pits ever since we have been here.  But are most threw with them.
 
We don’t like this place well as at New Bern.  This was a nice place at one time but the rebs made a raid here and burned the best part of the town.  Though it is not a large town but it lays at a nice place.  
 
I would like to be at home and go to the prayer meetings.  We would have a fine time of it. I think Levi and myself could prescribe the latest on the war at the meeting and I think I would enjoy myself better than here in this army as I am.  I will let you further tell a how sick I felt when I heard that Jacob Innes has been buried.  For he was a nice young man and treated me well every time I met or I was with him.  But I hope that he may be better off than those that are yet among the living.  I still remain yours. If I ever get home, I will call, I miss the family.  Would like to be at home and go to prayer meeting with you.  I have not a prayer made since I left old Franklin.  I think if I didn’t have to pay the enlisting, I would stay at home.  I do not think any man would enlist in this war. I mailed my other letter for you yesterday.  I don’t want you to forget and send your likeness, for I will be glad to see how you look.  I felt quite glad for the lock of hair you sent me.
 
No more to say in my letter for this time.
 
Yours truly all my heart,
 
David Kime
 
And write soon.
 
To Miss Elizabeth Schale