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Title	Anthony W. Ross Civil War Letter Regarding Family Matters
Subject	Military Ohio Education Climate and Weather Civil War Soldiers Military life Winter
Place	Good Hope (Ohio) Fayette County (Ohio) Bristow Station (Virginia)
Description	Anthony W. Ross wrote this letter to his wife Sarah while he was serving in the Union Army during the Civil War. Ross gives his wife advice on preparations for winter, and asks about schooling for their children. In response to his wife's questions about when he will be returning home, Ross responds, "if I live I will come the first chance that is offered." The four-page letter measures 5" x 8" (12.7 x 20.32 cm). Anthony W. Ross of Good Hope, Ohio enlisted in Company G. of the 73rd OVI (Ohio Volunteer Infantry) on March 23, 1862. He was discharged when his term of service expired on March 24, 1865. His letters to his wife were written from Virginia, Georgia, and Tennessee. The 73rd OVI saw action at the second battle of Bull Run, where it lost 150 men, in August 1862. After a few months near Washington, D.C., the regiment fought in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, where another 143 men were killed. In the fall of 1863 they moved south to fight at Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge before joining General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Battle of Atlanta and on the infamous March to the Sea.
Creator	Ross, Anthony W.
Date of Original	September 23, 1863
Collection	Sara Emily Ross Papers
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts); VFM 1904
Format	manuscripts
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
Date created	2010-10-19

Title	Om3126_3976472_017
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Full Text	[corresponds to page 1 of Ross Letter dated 1863 Sept 23] Bristol Station virginia Sept 23rd 1863 Dear Wife I seat my self this morning to Answer your kind letter of the 11th and let you know that I am well at pressent and hope that this may find you all enjoying the Same Blessing I would be very glad to come home to Se you and expect to come at the first chance But untill I have the opportunity to come it is no use to fret about it you want me to tell you when I am comeing home that is as much out of the question as any thing in the world you might as well ask the man in the moon all I can tell you is that if I live I will come the first chance that is offered I am glad that you are arranging things for winter But you will find that 100 lbs of flower will not be enough to do you this winter But
Date created	2008-12-17

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