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14. Letter to Mary – Published in Pat Medert’s “Dear Companion” – 28 Sept, 1862

The last letter we’ve got from Jacob to Mary was on the 21st. This is one of the longer “silent” stretches in the letter collection. I’m glad I synced the date of these letters with our current date (the 28th of Sept, 1862 on the 28th of Sept, 2021). I got to feel the “silence”Continue reading “14. Letter to Mary – Published in Pat Medert’s “Dear Companion” – 28 Sept, 1862″

11. Letter to Mary from Licking Battery, KY – (Numbered 4), 14 Sept, 1862

OF MARTIN AND MARY WRIGHT Jacob married Mary Wright on 23 August 1855. I think, though I can’t prove it, that Jacob became friends with Martin Wright before he met his twin, Mary. Martin Van Buren Wright and Mary Wright moved from Illinios after the death of their mother, Elizabeth Beaver Wright, into the homeContinue reading “11. Letter to Mary from Licking Battery, KY – (Numbered 4), 14 Sept, 1862”

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8. Letter to Mary from Camp King, Ky – 7 Sept, 1862

“…yet it is true we have comparatively seen nothing to what I expect to ere long.” Jacob to Mary, 7 Sept, 1862 MY NOTES: This letter, covering events of 7 – 9 September, displays some of the longing Jacob already felt for home after just a few weeks away. The hubris of the North (andContinue reading “8. Letter to Mary from Camp King, Ky – 7 Sept, 1862”

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7. Some Background – Jacob, the 89th and the letters

I still pinch myself at my good fortune – not just in having access to my ancestor’s relatively unfettered thoughts and feelings through years of deprivation and war, but for the wealth of supporting extant documentation. My family’s collection of unpublished letters (over 125) with supporting documentation staggers me. The letters are outstanding, but theyContinue reading “7. Some Background – Jacob, the 89th and the letters”