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Title	Hiram Reed letter to Ammie McConnell, November 11, 1862
Subject	United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Narratives; Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 49th; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 49th (1861-1865)
Time Period	1860s
Place	Leipsic (Ohio); Putnam County (Ohio); Nashville (Tennessee)
Description	This letter from Hiram Reed to Ammie McConnell, both of Leipsic, Ohio, was written at a camp near Nashville, Tennessee on November 11th, 1862. Hiram mentions that he has 'just come in from Battallion [battalion] drill and we will soon have to go on dress parade'. Ammie was 'one whom I [Hiram] respect and truly love'. He goes on to tell Ammie he has been thinking of the good times they had and how he is anxiously awaiting to return home. Hiram Reed joined the Union Army at age 20, signing for a 3 year term of service as a Private with Company I of the 49th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI). He mustered in August 23, 1861 at Camp Noble, in Tiffin, Ohio and was discharged April 10, 1863 at Columbus, Ohio for wounds received December 31, 1862 in the battle of Stone River, Tennessee.
Creator	Reed, Hiram
Date of Original	November 11, 1862
Collection	Ohio Memory Community Collection
Format	Manuscript; Letter
Extent	2
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; For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; 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	ac1_OMCC_RL_001.tif
Digitization Information	600dpi; HP Photosmart all-in-one
Full Text	[page 1] Camp near Nashville Tenn [Tennessee] Nov [November] 11th 1862 Dearest Ammie It is with great pleasure that I attempt to addrefs [address] you this evening. We have just come in from Battallion [battalion] drill and we will soon have to go on Drefs [dress] parade. We are all well except [David J.] Wilson, he has had the ague for several days and now has the intermittable fever. Hope these few lines may find you enjoying good health. [page 2] We haven't had any mail for nearly three weeks, since I last heard from you I have written you two letters with this one, don't know Ammie whether you intend doing with me as Lydia did with Aust or not. But what did I say I did not know? Treu, I said so, but I did not mean it, no, no, for in- deed [indeed] I place more confidence in you than that. I don't believe the mail all comes through, but we heard there was a large mail in the city for us but we haven't got it yet. We came here on the 7th do not know how long we will be here, some said we will stay here, but I do not [page 3] believe it. I don't believe that we will be stationed at any point while in the service. Ammie I am sitting out here beneath a large tree on the bank of the Cumberland river writing to one whom i respect and truly love, thinking of the merry times we have spent together, of our school going days, oh Ammie how often does my mind run back to those happy scenes and often do I look forward with all anxiety imaginable when we may return home and then may we make those times more fresh to our minds by repeating them, but what did I say [page 4] by repeating? I did, but never can we enjoy those past pleasures over again Do you believe we can? but I hope we may live to enjoy similar ones. Oh Ammie, isn't it singular how a persons mind will wander back on past pleasures? I wish you could take a peep into our camp some of these nice days and see us while on parade seeing the field white with tents as far as the eye can reach, But Ammie I will stop for this time hoping soon to hear from you and then I can do better. Please write soon Ever Your True Friend Hiram [written vertically along the left margin' Addrefs [address] as before, Ommitting the name of the camp.

Title	ac1_OMCC_RL_001_001
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; For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
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File Name	ac1_OMCC_RL_001_001.tif
Image Height	4832
Image Width	5712
File Size	82802074 Bytes

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