Tuesday, February 21, 2012

1862 February 21 Centreville, Va.

Centreville Va 21 Feby 1862
My dear Little Nannie:
Yours of 18th came to hand yester-
-day & I’m very much obliged to you for it.
I have just finished letters to Thomas
Rutherfoord and “Gustine: - I told the former that I
would be very glad to see him here about the last
of the month but that I could not encourage him
to join this company for two years or the war – He says
he has his Fathers consent to come in the Army but of
course the poor fellow will be excluded on account
of his eyes – “Gustine” desires a place in the battalion that
he has heard Grey Latham is raising but I disabused
his mind & said that whilst at any & all times I would
take pleasure in helping him I was sorry not to be able
to look encourage him to look in this direction just
now for position –
Grey Latham is again absent at Richmond
looking after the Majority [rank of Major] but I do not know about
his prospects for getting it – Its good for Grey that
Old Jeff cant be in this camp just now –
I hope Dr. D may prove an efficient soldier
& that enough Militia may volunteer to take the places
of dead, decrepid [decrepit] & non reenlisting men –
You will exclude the brevity of this if I prom-
-ise to do better next time – My love to the Cap’n & others at
home - Most devotedly “Nannie Lings” own Choctaw


Captain William A. King, Saltville Light Artillery

MSS 6682

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