Letter and envelope from Perry Norton in Anderson, Tenn., to his sister in Spafford, N.Y., 1864 March 12
Anderson, Tenn.
March 12th/64
Dear Sister
I received your letter yesterday and those stamps and was glad to hear from you. I am well at present but my leg that is the same as ever we are at Anderson guarding the rail-road yet I do not know how long before we shall march there is a report here that we are going back to the Potomac army If so I shall go to the hospital again. Our Regiment has not got payed [sic] yet I do not know how long before we shall probably not get payed [sic] in two more months now we have fine weather here now it is so hot that a Soldier cannot find a moments ease So you can judge we do not suffre [sic] with the cold any I do not know of any more to write So I will close my letter for this time No more at present Write soon
From Your Brother
Perry Norton
Direct as before
Dates
- 1864 March 12
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Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository