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Daniel W. Crawford letter to sister November 4, 1862

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Title	Daniel W. Crawford letter to sister November 4, 1862
Subject	United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 89th (1862); United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence
Time Period	1860s
Place	Cotton Mountain (Virginia)
Description	This letter was written by Daniel W. Crawford to his sister November 4, 1862. The stationary bears an blue illustration of a soldier holding a sword and pointing with an American flag. He stands what appears to be a flat with several stars. Around him are several broken items, including a drum, swords, a canon In the letter, he talk of marching 700 from Point Pleasant, jokes with his sister and says he will try and get home soon. Daniel Webster Crawford was born May 16, 1842 in Williamsburg Township, Clermont County, Ohio. Crawford, age 20, joined the Union Army on August 14, 1862 signing for a 3 year term of service. He enlisted as a Private in Company B, 89th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) He mustered in August 26, 1862 at Camp Dennison. His father, Andrew Jackson Crawford recorded that his son "died of chronic diarrhea age 20 and 10 months" on March 15, 1863. Daniel was died at Churchyard in Carthage, Tennessee and is buried in Nashville, Tennessee
Creator	Daniel Webster Crawford
Date of Original	November 4, 1862
Collection	Ohio Memory Community Collection
Format	Manuscript; Letter
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	Text
File Name	index.cpd
Digitization Information	Hasselblad H4D-50MS
File Size	424 Bytes
Full Text	[page 1] Cotton Mountain Virginia Nov [November] 4, 1862 Dear Sister, I see your letter and one from father day before yester- day [yesterday] and it did really give me more pleasure than a present of a hundred dollars would have done. I would have ans- wered [answered] them ere this had it not been that we had just got ready to march and in fact I was pretty tired with marching. I don't think you recieve [sic] all of my letters for I try to write at least as often as once a week to some one of yous [sic] I have written twice to father and four or five times to you or Loyde [sic] since I have been in Virginia Now while I think of it I will [page 2] thank you for the mittens you sent and also the papers. I got them all right and safe. As to whether we have tents to sleep in or not I have had generally, though all were not so fortunate. I can make a good tent out of my oil cloth blanket and some poles though ten of us slept in a house last night for the first time since leaving home. The worst of it is the march from Point Pleasant to this place which is over 700 miles. Our camp is just below Gauley Bridge which you have heard of so often. It was a hard march one day we made 22 miles lots of the boys gave out and fell behind but I stood it bully I don't boast at all but they call me one of the toughest men in Co. B. [page 3] you requested me to send my picture home. This I would gladly do were it possible buy every thing is played out here. I will give a pencil portrait of myself. Take me as you knew me. Straighten my back till I am an inch and a half taller than I every was before add 10 or 15 pounds to my actual weight, color my face a dark brown and then add to this that my hair has not been cut since I left home, and you have a faint idea of the half Injin [sic] , half Arab, and half hog (a joke see Artemus Ward) that used to stay at home and keep out of the rain. [illegible] Wel [we] have driven the rebs [rebels] 60 miles without a fight. a little the tallest skedadlle of the war I think. I suppose our regiment [page 4] will quarter at Fayette, [illegible] this winter. If it does I will get a furlough and come home if possible. I think Capt [Captain] Townsly [William A. Townsley] will intercede for me with the Colonel for I have tried to be a good soldier and I think have the good will of my officers I have written my paper about full and I will close by subscribing myself Yours Truly D. W. Crawford Co. B [Company B] 89th OVI [Ohio Volunteer Infantry] Western Virginia P.S. Tell Fanny Earheart, and Ruth Winter to write to me Without fail DWC [Daniel Webster Crawford]

Title	AC3_OMCC_004_003_001
Collection	Ohio Memory Community Collection
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	AC3_OMCC_004_003_001.jpg
Image Height	3511
Image Width	4368
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