Newberry Library - Letter, McLean, Sarah to Edgar McLean, Jersey County, IL (illness, weather, Whitehall skirmish, copperheads), Envelope, Edgar McLean papers, Dec. 1, 1863

Letter, McLean, Sarah to Edgar McLean, Jersey County, IL (illness, weather, Whitehall skirmish, copperheads), Envelope, Edgar McLean papers, Dec. 1, 1863

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Open book Letter, McLean, Sarah to Edgar McLean, Jersey County, IL (illness, weather, Whitehall skirmish, copperheads), Envelope, Edgar McLean papers, Dec. 1, 1863

Title Letter, McLean, Sarah to Edgar McLean, Jersey County, IL (illness, weather, Whitehall skirmish, copperheads), Envelope, Edgar McLean papers, Dec. 1, 1863

Creator McLean, Edgar, -1920

Date Dec. 1, 1863

Place United States

Language English

Subjects Clairvoyants, Parent and adult child, Soldiers, United States

Description Correspondence, writings, and official military documents of 1st Lieutenant Edgar McLean. McLean fought for the Union in the Civil War with the 122nd Illinois Regiment, and then became a Lieutenant in the 110th U.S. Colored Infantry. Most correspondence was written by Edgar McLean’s mother and other relatives to him during his service.

User-Contributed Transcription Jersey Co Ills Dec 1st 1863 Dear Son I hardly know how to write upon such an awkward seet of paper but it is all I have at hand and I will make it answer rather than to miss writing Fanny and John are going to the office this afternoon I have been suffering from a billious [attack?] in the form of neuralga in the face for some days but I am better now though weak enough to render my hand rather unsteady Eugean is suffering from the same disease the rest of the family are in usual health we are getting along pretty well with our house our well though is not finished yet I fear it will not be this winter it is now the first day of Dec and the weather is fine there was such early frosts here that it killed the corn so there is but little ripe corn in the country corn and potatoes have both been as high as one dollar per bushel and wheat one dollar forty cnts It is reported the had something of a skirmish at white hall some two weeks ago I suppose some officers were trying to take some deserters and the citizens rebeled against it and they had some fighting I understand there was one man killed though I have not got the particulars they sent Jacksonville for soldiers and the citizens tore up some five or six miles of the railroad so that they could not get their without walking some distance copperheadism is about dead here I believe there is very little stir about it here now even the Democratic Union is quite mild to what it used to be I cant think of [illegible] if should judge you by myself [illegible]

Archival Collection Title Edgar McLean papers

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Call Number Midwest MS McLean Box 1 Folder 41

BibID 991830468805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2873px × 3578px 29.44 MB

Filename 991830468805867_midwest_ms_mclean_box_01_fol_041_01_01.tif

Unique Identifier NL11006F

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