Augusta County: George Schreckhise to James M.
Schreckhise, March 5, 1862
Summary:
Schreckhise writes to his son about news from home, including complaints about
religious dissenters who avoid enlisting, although he also encourages his son
not to enlist quite yet.
March the 5 62
Der Son
Dont voluntere as yet there is too meny lofers yet.
I now sit down to anser
you
faver of the 25 and was glad to here from you that you ware
wel thank god we are all wel at
presant and all the frends as far as I now of I was at unkel L. Colins yisterday
and of corse if enny of the
frends
wold
of
bin sick I wold of harde it and non of our boy
ware
cild in the battle nere
Winchester. Thay
ware all in it but ascape.
Thare
captin was mortily
woundid and a fue of the
company cild a young Whitmore and a young haris a son of Mikel Witmore
the bricklaer that live
ner Zion. Things in he
loks
Squaly the yankes are at
Edinberg 5 miles below Wodstock and Generel Jackson is at Mt.
Jacson and I supose
thay
wil
Son have a big battle thare is
a gradel of fere that the
yankes
wil get the valy the
[unclear: cendre] part of the community and the tory think sow and I fere we have too manny of that
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part
a munst ours. thare was a
grate
menny run of but ware
caut and takin to richmond
and our legislaters let the [unclear:
dunkerds
] and quakers and [unclear: Manest]
of by paying a finde of 500 and
too
per Sent
ofn
thare property exclusive for thayr other tax but the law dont take wel with the peple at large. it
is and unjust law Son. 28 or 30 of the 79 that ware
takin
volunterd. the dunkerds as a gerenel thing are cowerds and torys. thay
out not to be a low to have
enny property or to live in a contry if thay
wont
sopart the laws. thare is a
grate
exitement in here god only nose
wat the end wil be. I stil hope and pray we wil
ultamently
wil
sucksede. I stil have faith
in our caus. I wold
leve if it ware not for mother
if I found that thay
wold get up here but as it is I wil stand my ground. we have a plenty of whete
and flower and mete on hand and
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thank god the finist prospect for a nother crop of whete I ever
saw. I sode 23 lb of ots and have ploud
al my corn ground althoue the
most of the peple are backwerd with thare plowing it has bin
sow much rane. it
bin
raning
nerly all the time it rand
last nite and this morning and loks like it wil
rane all day the rods are all most
impasable the report is that our men are on thare way in from the Alagany and wil be in Staunton today or tomorow and are gowin down
the value if sow I wil
se Daniel he is wel or was a
fue days a gow I hard from him. unkel
bob got your leter and I got
your Minits of you [unclear: Senit]. I wil send you ours with this leter for it may be the last chans as I dont
now but I stil hope not. I
wil
rite to you sone if
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I find thare is dange of
the yankes
geting to Staunton. I stil
loke unto god for pertecton he is our refuge in trubl and in
all times. I have nothing new to rite. unkel John is at [unclear: Ed]
[unclear: Shepar] he is going to the war it is purty
wel
thind out now sense the
Molish have left Jacson. Bushang prech for aus last Sonday he is in here now tending to
his mother but wil
leve
son again. I thinke he is rether much Yankey he is
rather in faver of not drawin from the north in
Generel
Senit. I have not much fathe
in him but mabe I Juge
rong he take the same grounds
that the dunkerds do the frute is verry
bacward in here thare is no
blume as yet nether
peche or apples but the peches I think wil
blume in a nother
weke. thare has bin a good maney
Deth about Waynesborough
a good del of sicknes not so
much about here.
your farther
G. Schreckhise
