Û Letter of 15 March 1862
Transcription
March 15th 1862
Benton Co.
Aarkansas
Dear father and mother
I Seat myself once more
to let you no that I am well and I hop thoes fiew lines may find you all
the Saim I have riten twice this week all redy but i dont no whether
they will Git throught or not So i will right a Gain So i will bee Shore
that you will Git one the boys is all well and belt is Going to right
Some to you Ive told you all a bout the battl in the other letters and
you will hear it all bee fore this Can reach you I will say there is
none of the prarie boys killed or wonded So that will Suit you better
than to hear the other and it Suits me better than to have to right home
of any one beeing killed our Company was lucky not to any one Git hurt
but Still there is time fore us yett but i hop we may never have to bee
in a nother battol like the last it was awful to See us face in to 1 it
Seems like a man might as well kill him Self but Still there was a
Chance fore Some of us to live I will Say Some may think it is funn to
Git in a battol I will Say it is if we runn them but if we have to runn
it is not but then to bee in battol is funn to See each other Dodg and
Duke Down when the Cannon balls Come a long Close to a fellows head I
have smelt poward Stronger than i ever wont to a gain and i will bee
Satisfyed when this war is over but i dont wont to wont to Go home till
the war is over and i Can Come home Satisfyed but i wont them to Come to
turms first i rote to you the 11th and then i rote to the Children the
13 So i Cant right much this time i will let belt right he is all right
and full of funn as ever Jack Jack is at the hospitel to a wating on the
wounded but i think he will bee back in a fiew Days well i guess you Can
read this if you Study the Spelling book a while i have fore got how to
spell but i have improved my riting I am Going to Send this with out a
Stamp i went and put a Stamp on the letter i Sent with Janes and there
was no need of it well i must Close for the present Give my love to all
the folks and you keep a Good Share
your Self this is from
your Soon B F Harrison to my father
and mother W H
Harrison and rebecia Harrison
and all the rest of
any folks
So Good by my friends right Soon
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transcribed by Majorie Nemitz
Edited Transcription
March 15th 1862
Benton Co. Arkansas
Dear Father
and Mother,
I seat myself once more to let you
know that I am well and I hope these few lines may find you all the
same. I have writen twice this week already, but I don't know whether
they will get through or not, so I will write again so I will be sure
that you will get one.
The boys is all well and
Belt is going to write some to you.
I've told you
all about the battle in the other letters and you will hear it all
before this can reach you. I will say there is none of the prarrie boys
killed or wonded, so that will suit you better than to hear the other,
and it suits me better than to have to write home of any one being
killed. Our company was lucky not to have any one get hurt, but still
there is time for us yet, but I hope we may never have to be in another
battle like the last. It was awful to see us face in to one. It seems
like a man might as well kill himself, but still there was a chance for
some of us to live.
I will say, some may think it
is fun to get in a battle. I will say it is, if we run them, but if we
have to run it is not. But then to be in battle is fun to see each other
dodge and duck down when the cannonballs come along close to a fellow's
head. I have smelt powder stronger than I ever want to again and I will
be satisfied when this war is over, but I dont want to go home 'til the
war is over and I can come home satisfied, but I want them to come to
terms first.
I wrote to you the 11th and then I
wrote to the children the 13th, so I can't write much this time, I will
let Belt write. He is all right and full of fun as ever. Jack Jack is at
the hospital waiting on the wounded but I think he will be back in a few
days.
Well, I guess you can read this if you study
the spelling book a while. I have forgot how to spell, but I have
improved my writing. I am going to send this with out a stamp. I went
and put a stamp on the letter I sent with Janes and there was no need of
it. Well, I must close for the present. Give my love to all the folks
and you keep a good share yourself. This is from
your son, B. F. Harrison
to my father and mother
W. H. Harrison and Rebecca Harrison
and all the
rest of any folks
So good bye my friends, write
soon
© edited by Richard Harrison
