Martha Misemer to brother Philip, June 18, 1865, page 3

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Martha Misemer to brother Philip, June 18, 1865, page 1

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Martha Misemer to brother Philip, June 18, 1865, page 2

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Martha Misemer to brother Philip, June 18, 1865, page 3

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Martha Misemer to brother Philip, June 18, 1865, page 4

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Details
- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
- Type
  - Text
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS_21-07_02_55_03
Transcript

letter that you are a christian & also that you had an interest in the future welfare of my Darling husband & tis consoling to me to day to think that this is so to feell that he had & still has one brother who thought & cared for his soul let me answer this sentence of your letter (Marshall are you a christian) Yes he was a christia of the first order his works & conversation told this day by day he acknowledged himself a Christian 2 years before he left home joined the presbyterian church & lived an upright whilst at home worshiped God in his family around his own fire side & his many letters to me after he left home tells me still that he was a child of God & to day he is an inhab -itant of one of those bright shining

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In this letter of June 18, 1865 Martha J. Misemer (1835-1882) writes her "Dear Brother," Philip Misemer who is her late husband, H. M. Misemer's brother. She wants to answer a question in a letter Philip had written to his brother and which she has in her possession. She assures Philip that his brother was a Christian. She asks for Philip to sympathize with her and the children and knows that the other brothers, who fought for the Confederate army are likely rejoicing at their brother's death aboard the Sultana.
Details
- Creator
  - Misemer, Martha J., 1835-1882
- Format
  - Letters (correspondence)
- Type
  - Text
- Date
  - Date original: 1865-06-18
- Extent
  - Dimension: 8" x 5.25"
  - Pages: 4
- Subject - Topic
- Location
  - Athens (Tenn.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - McFee-Misemer Civil War Letters
- Identifier
  - HL_MSS_21-07_02_55
- Related material
  - This transcription has been provided by WCU student Morgan Winstead (MA English), whose annotated version is available at Http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/wcu/listing.aspx?id=38558
- Repository
  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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