125th Ohio Infantry - NEW

Item LTR-11760

Description

Original Civil War soldier's letter. 2 page, written in period ink.



Camp near Hillsboro, Tennessee
July 29, 1863
 
Mrs. Harriet Tylee,
 
Your note of inquiry dated July 21st was received in due time, to which I gladly return an immediate reply.
 
On June 24th, the 125th Regiment was ordered to march at the same time with the whole of Rosecrans' army. We had orders to leave all who were unable to endure the fatigue of marching. Mr. Tylee was somewhat unwell and I feared he would give out on a march, where it would be impossible to leave him in good care, if I could leave him at all. So he was left with five others from my company at the convalescent camp in Murfreesboro. 
 
His letters have all come to me safe and have been preserved and sent to him at my expense. I did not hear from him for over three weeks after we left him, when I received a letter from a comrade of his in hospital. The comrade stated that Mr. Tylee had been quite sick with typhoid fever but was now recovering fast. Mr. Tylee wanted his descriptive list, which is a statement such as all inmates of a hospital require in order to draw pay or clothing while in hospital and absent from the company.
 
I sent him his descriptive list and his letters soon after I received your letter. If you would address him, unless he has moved very lately, you will address Festus G. Tylee, General Field Hospital, Ward F., Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Do not put on the name, letter, or number of his company or regiment. I think it very fortunate for him that he was left, as it would have been impossible to have given him any care at all.
 
I congratulate you for the honor you have proudly felt and justly appreciate in having such a kind-hearted, faithful, and patriotic soldier for your husband. We miss him in the company and hope that he will soon return to us. Then too, we hope the war will soon end when we can all return to our friends.
 
Do not despair, but write encouragingly to your husband and feel assured that all shall be done for him that is in our power to do. 
 
Yours respectfully,
E. P. Bates, Captain
Company C, 125^th Ohio Infantry
 
To Mrs. Harriet Tylee