84th Indiana Infantry - 3rd Street Hospital, Cincinnati, OH - Across the street from a Whore House - NEW

Item MED-11050

Description

Original Civil War soldier's letter. 2 pages, written in period ink.


March the 8^th 1863
 
My Dear Old Friend,
 
I received your letter and was glad to hear from you.  Now William, you can’t look for much of a letter from me.  For you know that I am a poor scribe and I haven’t hardly able to sit up at all.  The doctor says that the spine of my back is very badly affected.  I have been in the hospital ever since the 10^th of December.  I have got a running sore on my back.  I can’t neither lay, sit, nor stand hardly.
 
William, I know that we have had fun together and I hope that we will have fun again but I don’t feel much like it now.
 
Now I must tell you what happened last night.  Right across the street from here, there is a whore house and the women had a fight and made more noise than a lot of dogs after a bitch.
 
Now I will bring my letter to a close.  You must excuse me for my bad writing and spelling.
 
No more at present but remain your friend,
 
George Whitgee
 
To William Kizer
 
Direct your letter to Cincinnati, Ohio, Third Street Hospital.