Newberry Library - Joel W. Ames to brother, Ames family papers, Jul. 22, 1861

Joel W. Ames to brother, Ames family papers, Jul. 22, 1861

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Open book Joel W. Ames to brother, Ames family papers, Jul. 22, 1861

Title Joel W. Ames to brother, Ames family papers, Jul. 22, 1861

Date Jul. 22, 1861

Language English

Subjects Property tax, Real property, Soldiers, American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)

Description Letters, genealogical information, and legal and financial documents of the Ames Family of Lake County, Illinois. Includes Civil War draft notices for stone mason Roderick D. Ames, and Civil War letters from his brother Joel W. Ames, who died in the Battle of Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1862.

Format Correspondence

User-Contributed Transcription [letterhead: image of flag, "Protect it!"]
15th Reg. Ill. Vol. July 22, -61
Dear Brother,
I received yours the day that
we left Camp Pope. I am well
and feell much better than while at
Alton we have much better water
than we had at Camp Pope. The boys
are all in good spiritts with a few
exceptions. We left Camp Pope
on the 19th and on account of there
not being but two boats for three
regiments we stay in Alton. We
[loged?] in the out-houses and
shops of the old states prison. We
left the next day on the Meteor
for St. Charles in Missouri as
we entered the mouth of the
Missouri river we met with a sad
accident - a sergeant of the [unclear] Co
was jerked off the boat
while sipping water from the side of

Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

Archival Collection Title Ames family papers

Link to Catalog View finding aid | View catalog record

Call Number Midwest MS Ames Box 1 Folder 6

BibID 9911523580005867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 1678px × 2589px 24.89 MB

Filename 9911523580005867_midwest_ms_ames_box_01_fl_06_01_001.tif

Unique Identifier NL110WVU

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