Monday, December 17, 2012

1862 December 18 Yorktown Va

Yorktown Va  Dec 18- 1862
My Dearly beloved Sister
I received
a letter Announcing the Death of
Our Darling Sister Maria O [Beach?]
would to God that I could have seen
her once more on Earth She whom I
Loved so Dearly Shall I never see
her smiling face again On Earth O
it is hard for me away from friends
and all that I Love to hear Such
Sadness it makes my duty
dubly Irksome-for O God sake
is their no Doctors their that knows
any thing or what is the matter
is my folks all A going to Die and
I not be permited to Give them A

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Last kiss ere they depart for
that strange world it seems to
as if I was kept all alive to
pursue lifes Journey Solitary
and alone I feel as if I was an
outcast A burden to myself
and all around As I never had
any particular desire to go into
battle before but I long for it
now hoping that it will break the
Spell that binds me
                     My Love To all that
                     Left me  Good By
       
                      Wm H Girrel

write Soon

Sgt. William H. Girrell, Co. H., 11th Maine Infantry

MSS 1618

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