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Ninian and Polly Ann Edmonston to sons B.B. and B.F. Edmonston, June 1864, page 4

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  • Ninian Edmonston to B.B. and B.F. Edmonston Pigeon Valley June th 1864 My Dear Sons Sit down this evening to say to you we rec’d your kind letter last evening B F ____ heare date the 6 inst BB the of do [9 do ?] which gave us all joy to know the good lord has thus far preserved your lives thro ugh the many conflicts you now pass & our prayers is continually that he may still keep you as under the hollow of his hand until this unnatural war is over. there is nothing new here worth your hear ing. through god’s abundant mercy & goodness we are all well. Wm. Allin & family left here this day was a week. they was all well. FB is at Locust Fields. Leut. Burnett has bin [sic, been] very sick but is better. Capt. J Cathy starts back to the Regmt. in the morning, W [?] Inman go in with him. I see in the Asheville News that 7 or 8 deser ters went to the house of A Johnston 4 miles south of Hendersonville last Friday week & said [sat?] for their dinner they got it then deliberately shot him down so that he died in a few hours. his son 16 years old seized [?] a double barrel shotgun & badly wounded 3 of them. a posse got after soon overtook two of the gang killing them & pursued the ballance [sic] determined to katch [sic] & kill the ballance [sic] if they could. Straphin is gone down today to take Tom some clothes as Capt. Cawin [Cowan] has got so strict he would not give him a permit to come home to get them flux [flax ?] in ____ [razing?] here right smart by [smartly?] one of the soldiers at Locust Fields ___ [wills, or two words ?] it [.] wheat crops looks tolerable well if they are not too late & the rest takes it there will be tolerable crops made My corn crop look fine & I have it is as good fix I want it I have corn over knee high. I am truly sorry to hear of the death J E Inman. he was the best of the flo ck [flock] Joseph Inman died at camp Aug Sep with smallpox Logan had a hard spell but is on the mend they have not heard from Anderson since the sur render at Cumberland Gap. I have nothing to feed horses on but grass tho help is at hand. My oats looks fine as mother want to write a line I stop & give place so fare well my Dear boys write soon may the good Lord help & save you both till we meet again __ Edmonston BB & BF Edmonston and if we never meet in this life may we meet in that world where the cries of mothers for their sons is heard no more. I must stop Dear Sons & ___ __ on a note to __ as your pa has been writing I thought I would write some It has been some time since I have wrote to you but my dear children it is not for want of cear [?] that I am so long from writing but the rest write every week I was sorry to hear you say it had been so long since you had a letter from us my dear young children you cant tell the anxie ty I feel for your safety my hea rt sinks when we get a letter for fear it will tell the sad news that you are no more and how thank ful I feel when I hear you are both well. may the god of heaven bless you both and preserve you from the many dangers that surr ound you and help you to put your trust in that good one that is able to save you from all dangers ______ fear of your Mother ME BBE BFE Possible alternate: Dear Sons, as your pa has been writing I thought I would write some It has been some time since I have wrote to you but my dear children it is not for want of cear [care?] that I am so long from writing but the rest write every week I was sorry to hear you say it had been so long since you had a letter from us my dear young children you cant tell the anxie ty I feel for your safety my hea rt sinks when we get a letter for fear it will tell the sad news that you are no more and how thank ful I feel when I hear you are both well. may the god of heaven bless you both and preserve you from the many dangers that surr ound you and help you to put your trust in that good one that is able to save you from all dangers ______ fear of your Mother ME BBE BFE and if we never meet in this life may we meet in that world where the cries of mothers for their sons is heard no more. I must stop _____________ the parts at the top and the side look like they are the end of her writing - more like a closing then a PS. Still not really clear where she started and where she stopped. -------------------------------- Perhaps a reference to Isaiah 40: 12, “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighted the mountain sin scales and the hills in a balance?” There was a lieutenant Burnett in Company I, 62nd Regiment, Lt. James A. Burnett, but he does not seem to fit the date on this letter very well. Captain James Madison Cathey, Company F, 25th Regiment, “Resided in Haywood County and enlisted at age 23. Appointed 3rd Lieutenant on June 29, 1861, and was elected Captain on April 28, 1862. Present or accounted for until he was killed at `the Crater,’ near Petersburg, Virginia, July 30, 1864.” James M. Cathey, age 23, appears on the 1860 census for Haywood County in the household of Joseph Cathey, Forks of Pigeon post office. might be a P following, but may only be an ink blot There was a Joseph L. Inman, Private, Co. C, 25th Regiment. “Resided in Haywood County where he enlisted at age 18, May 31, 1861. Present or accounted for until he died in a hospital at Petersburg, Virginia, August 11 - 15, 1862, of `meningitis.’” See July 24, 1864. Who is Straphin or Straffin? Captain Augustus B. Cowan, Company F, 62nd Regiment, “Enlisted in Rutherford County at age 27. Appointed Captain on July 14, 1862. Reported present or accounted for through October 31, 1862. Captured and paroled at Zollicoffer, Tennessee, December 30, 1862. Exchanged in March, 1863. Reported present on April 30, and June 30, 1863. Name appears on a pay voucher dated August 5, 1864, which states he was paid for service from January 1 through March 31, 1864. Reported on detail for court-martial duty on September 13, 1864. A special order dated December 15, 1864, states that his court-martial duty was terminated. Paroled at Charlotte on May 13, 1865. [Reported in command of the regiment in April, 1864]” Joshua E. Inman, Private, Company F, 25th Regiment, “Resided in Haywood County where he enlisted at age 23, June 29, 1861. Present or accounted for through February, 1864. No further records.” A Joshua E. Inman appears on the 1860 census for Haywood County, Fork Pigeon post office, age 22. Joseph L. Inman, Private, Co. C, 25th Regiment. “Resided in Haywood County where he enlisted at age 18, May 31, 1861. Present or accounted for until he died in a hospital at Petersburg, Virginia, August 11 - 15, 1862, of `meningitis.’” The 1860 census lists a Joseph Inman, age 51, and a Joshua Inman, age 55, both in Haywood County, Fork Pigeon post office. A Joseph Inman, age 51 [may actually be age 57], is on the 1860 census living in Haywood County, Pigeon River. September 9, 1863. Must be Ninian.
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  • In this letter of June 1864 Ninian Edmonston and Polly Ann write to their sons B.B. and B.F. Edmonston, describing an incident near Hendersonville, NC where a group of deserters killed a man who had provided them with food. They also describe the farm crops and provide updates on neighbors and friends.
  • Ninian Edmonston to B.B. and B.F. Edmonston Pigeon Valley June th 1864 My Dear Sons Sit down this evening to say to you we rec’d your kind letter last evening B F ____ heare date the 6 inst BB the of do [9 do ?] which gave us all joy to know the good lord has thus far preserved your lives thro ugh the many conflicts you now pass & our prayers is continually that he may still keep you as under the hollow of his hand until this unnatural war is over. there is nothing new here worth your hear ing. through god’s abundant mercy & goodness we are all well. Wm. Allin & family left here this day was a week. they was all well. FB is at Locust Fields. Leut. Burnett has bin [sic, been] very sick but is better. Capt. J Cathy starts back to the Regmt. in the morning, W [?] Inman go in with him. I see in the Asheville News that 7 or 8 deser ters went to the house of A Johnston 4 miles south of Hendersonville last Friday week & said [sat?] for their dinner they got it then deliberately shot him down so that he died in a few hours. his son 16 years old seized [?] a double barrel shotgun & badly wounded 3 of them. a posse got after soon overtook two of the gang killing them & pursued the ballance [sic] determined to katch [sic] & kill the ballance [sic] if they could. Straphin is gone down today to take Tom some clothes as Capt. Cawin [Cowan] has got so strict he would not give him a permit to come home to get them flux [flax ?] in ____ [razing?] here right smart by [smartly?] one of the soldiers at Locust Fields ___ [wills, or two words ?] it [.] wheat crops looks tolerable well if they are not too late & the rest takes it there will be tolerable crops made My corn crop look fine & I have it is as good fix I want it I have corn over knee high. I am truly sorry to hear of the death J E Inman. he was the best of the flo ck [flock] Joseph Inman died at camp Aug Sep with smallpox Logan had a hard spell but is on the mend they have not heard from Anderson since the sur render at Cumberland Gap. I have nothing to feed horses on but grass tho help is at hand. My oats looks fine as mother want to write a line I stop & give place so fare well my Dear boys write soon may the good Lord help & save you both till we meet again __ Edmonston BB & BF Edmonston and if we never meet in this life may we meet in that world where the cries of mothers for their sons is heard no more. I must stop Dear Sons & ___ __ on a note to __ as your pa has been writing I thought I would write some It has been some time since I have wrote to you but my dear children it is not for want of cear [?] that I am so long from writing but the rest write every week I was sorry to hear you say it had been so long since you had a letter from us my dear young children you cant tell the anxie ty I feel for your safety my hea rt sinks when we get a letter for fear it will tell the sad news that you are no more and how thank ful I feel when I hear you are both well. may the god of heaven bless you both and preserve you from the many dangers that surr ound you and help you to put your trust in that good one that is able to save you from all dangers ______ fear of your Mother ME BBE BFE Possible alternate: Dear Sons, as your pa has been writing I thought I would write some It has been some time since I have wrote to you but my dear children it is not for want of cear [care?] that I am so long from writing but the rest write every week I was sorry to hear you say it had been so long since you had a letter from us my dear young children you cant tell the anxie ty I feel for your safety my hea rt sinks when we get a letter for fear it will tell the sad news that you are no more and how thank ful I feel when I hear you are both well. may the god of heaven bless you both and preserve you from the many dangers that surr ound you and help you to put your trust in that good one that is able to save you from all dangers ______ fear of your Mother ME BBE BFE and if we never meet in this life may we meet in that world where the cries of mothers for their sons is heard no more. I must stop _____________ the parts at the top and the side look like they are the end of her writing - more like a closing then a PS. Still not really clear where she started and where she stopped. -------------------------------- Perhaps a reference to Isaiah 40: 12, “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighted the mountain sin scales and the hills in a balance?” There was a lieutenant Burnett in Company I, 62nd Regiment, Lt. James A. Burnett, but he does not seem to fit the date on this letter very well. Captain James Madison Cathey, Company F, 25th Regiment, “Resided in Haywood County and enlisted at age 23. Appointed 3rd Lieutenant on June 29, 1861, and was elected Captain on April 28, 1862. Present or accounted for until he was killed at `the Crater,’ near Petersburg, Virginia, July 30, 1864.” James M. Cathey, age 23, appears on the 1860 census for Haywood County in the household of Joseph Cathey, Forks of Pigeon post office. might be a P following, but may only be an ink blot There was a Joseph L. Inman, Private, Co. C, 25th Regiment. “Resided in Haywood County where he enlisted at age 18, May 31, 1861. Present or accounted for until he died in a hospital at Petersburg, Virginia, August 11 - 15, 1862, of `meningitis.’” See July 24, 1864. Who is Straphin or Straffin? Captain Augustus B. Cowan, Company F, 62nd Regiment, “Enlisted in Rutherford County at age 27. Appointed Captain on July 14, 1862. Reported present or accounted for through October 31, 1862. Captured and paroled at Zollicoffer, Tennessee, December 30, 1862. Exchanged in March, 1863. Reported present on April 30, and June 30, 1863. Name appears on a pay voucher dated August 5, 1864, which states he was paid for service from January 1 through March 31, 1864. Reported on detail for court-martial duty on September 13, 1864. A special order dated December 15, 1864, states that his court-martial duty was terminated. Paroled at Charlotte on May 13, 1865. [Reported in command of the regiment in April, 1864]” Joshua E. Inman, Private, Company F, 25th Regiment, “Resided in Haywood County where he enlisted at age 23, June 29, 1861. Present or accounted for through February, 1864. No further records.” A Joshua E. Inman appears on the 1860 census for Haywood County, Fork Pigeon post office, age 22. Joseph L. Inman, Private, Co. C, 25th Regiment. “Resided in Haywood County where he enlisted at age 18, May 31, 1861. Present or accounted for until he died in a hospital at Petersburg, Virginia, August 11 - 15, 1862, of `meningitis.’” The 1860 census lists a Joseph Inman, age 51, and a Joshua Inman, age 55, both in Haywood County, Fork Pigeon post office. A Joseph Inman, age 51 [may actually be age 57], is on the 1860 census living in Haywood County, Pigeon River. September 9, 1863. Must be Ninian.