Letter from Ebert Smith his sister Hannah Thacher, April 8, 1863.
Creator
Smith, Ebert
Subject
Lackawanna County (Pa.)--History;United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Description
Letters from Camp Mansfield to his sister and the Honorable Mr. Thacher about his recent battle, being paid and money that Ebert was sending home.
Date.Original
1863-04-08
Rights
Item is in the public domain.
Publisher
Scranton Public Library
Physical Dimensions
20 x 24.5 cm
Coverage.Temporal
1860-1869
Type
Text
Source
Anthracite Heritage Museum
Transcript
April 8, 1863
Camp Mansfield Deap Creak Apr 8'63
Dear Sister
Your letter came to hand last nite and was received with much pleasure. I am well and hope this will find your the same I got a letter from Alfred and he said that (words crossed out) be to the blame I should like to come up and eat warm sugar for thare ant any here nothing but sate and that is 30 cents a. pound but we dont have to buy it Iwant to write a litle news to Jackson about the Green Backs that I have got this morning and about the file that is going on to Suffolk no more at present
E Smith
Apr 1, 63
Deep Creak Camp Mansfield
Honorable Mr. Thacher
Thare has been more or less excitement around here and other places on the acount of the recent batle that is now and has been going on at Suffolk for the last seven or eight days but thare has not been any General engagement our felows have been slitely feeling of them until they could get reinforcements suficient to make a clean sweep of them helish hellhounds that had jist a live walk rite up to the mouth of the canon as any thing else and I think before
they get Suffolk they will have to face some of them for we not build
them San Lords for nothing. Although we are not in them our selfs we are not sory that we left for whare our camped was is the out side peket post it has been expected by our ofisers that we would have a brush here their object is to flank our men and get this side and cut off the railroad but our folks are a ware of their capers and we went at it and they pits and build a small fort and have two pieces on it now and are waiting for them to come. We have just drawn out pay up to the first of March and I want to send about a 1,000 dollars to Pennsylvania. Sow some of you can use it if I dont 1 1/3 and I want you to write and tell me which will be the best way to send it by express would be the saftest but I cant express it only from Norfolk and I cant get thare but the express Company may send a agent up if thyd I will express it to you and you you can send to Alf or Thirston if you dont want it your self. No more at presant
Ebert Smith J V Thacher
I have got a chance to sand the green backs by express and I shal start it next Monday or tuesday if nothing hapens and you will get it at the Express Ofice to Scranton
I sould send you a order if you was not sow firm alrgt acquanted with the Expressed grants
Ebert Smith to J V Thacher
