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Harrison E. Randall Letters

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Document Type: Autograph Letter Signed

Author: Harrison E. Randall
Date: March 28, 1863
Place: Lexington, Kentucky
To: Zebedee H. Randall

Physical Description: Ink on lined paper; 3 pages (24 x 14 cm) on 1 folded sheet

Number: MSN CW 5013-14


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Lexington march 28th 63

     Dear Father I am not busy just now so I will try and write a little for your edifycation I am well and I hope you are enjoying the same blessing for it is a great one I never saw the nessty nesessity of haveing good health untill I came to war if a man gets sick there is no one to look after him nor no one to simpathise with him his thoughts turn towards home when he gets down and a man has got to have a strong mind if he keeps cheerful all of the time if it was not that would soon die for if he gives away to his feelings he will soon run down so there is nothing left to content with the disease that is to work in his system There is nothing very exciteing to day not so much as there was a few days a go we do not hear any thing from the rebs yes we do to but whether it is creditable

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is more then I can tell the report last night was that Maj Hays with 4 companys of our Regt was all taken prisoners whether it is so or not is more than I can tell but I rather think it is not so although there is quite a force of them in the state but I think they will have all they have asked for They are building a fort here and are pressing in all of the Negros they can find I say bully for them dont you they have got 400 of them at work which helps us out of it considerable We have not got any prisoners here now they have all gone to Louisville when they were here we had to keep a strict watch for one night they dug out through the wall into within one thickness of brick and we caught them at it Well now about my money I do not know as I shall send any home or not I bought me a pair of boots and they cost

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me the small sum of $5,00 and my watch the mane spring got broke when they came through from Richmond it was laying in the provost office and Lieut Smith [i.e., 1st Lt. Albert B. Smith, Co. H, 100th Ohio Infantry] happened to see it and he wraped his hankerchief around it and put it in his pantalloon pocket and when it got here the spring was broke so I had to get it fi repaired the Criystll and they charged me 50 cts for that and 200.40 a spring I have not got my likeness taken yet and I do not know whether I shall or not I shall send home a little money in a letter after a while the revolvr I bought cost me 9,00 and I can make money on that I shall have it to send home after a while well I must close by saying good by write soon my love to all

H E Randall

 
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