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Southampton,VA
William is writing to his father RIchard W. Elliot. He was in Southampton,VA on October 13,1862. They are fighting the yankees, but they are on one side of a river and the yankees are on the other. They are 335 miles away and he has ran out of money. He is cautious, yet he is struggling with the concept. http://www.southamptoncounty.org/history.aspx -
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Union Camp Drive, Franklin
William wrote, a couple of days before, on that Tuesday, they had a right smart battle with the yankees.They were still fighting over the river in West Virginia. They have different companies that they send out to for example collect wounded men. In this battle they wounded Isaac Frazer and Tom Bringman. Their artillary men killed 4 yankees and killed many men. In this letter William is worried about his soldier friends. http://www.wvcivilwar.com/ -
Franklin Depot, Virginia
William's letter was once again sent to his father. He has not slept for 2 days, and nights. The next day he has to go on a march. They marched 15 miles of Suffolk the day after. They hadten thousand troops with them and 50 wagons. In this letter he feels pretty tired and cold. He sends his best wishes home. http://www.historynet.com/civil-war -
Edgecome County, NC
In this letter, after they left Magnolia, on the 11th, the march for 2 days. After marching for 2 days they got on train cars at Duduley Station. That was 8 miles of Goldsboro and rode till they got to Tarboro, NC. It was raining for 5 days on them and it was very cloudy. He expects that they will go to Charleston. http://www.visitnc.com/trip-idea/explore-civil-war-battlefields-in-kinston-and-goldsboro -
Edgecome county, NC
In this letter William wrote that onc ethey got off at Tarboro they marched again. They marched 8 miles below Tarboro. They are stationed out on an old field, with no tents with the continuos. Three of their regiment went to Charleston to continue fighting, they fought the 16th. Some guy named Jonas is joining their regiment. http://www.edgecombearts.org/historic-trails-program.htm -
Edgecome County, NC
In this letter William is still writing to his dad. He writes on a morning that seems very unpleasent. In this event he leaves Magnolia. He leaves Magnolia on February 11, 1863. They are all in good health for the time being. He sends the best back home. http://www.civilwar.org/civil-war-discovery-trail/sites/magnolia-springs-state-park. -
Pitt County, Greenville NC
They left Tarboro February 20, 1863. They had to march 32 miles in the next 2 days. In Pitt County it rains all the time, so they were drenched. They were stationed a quarter mile from Greenville and the Tar river. In this letter he is "drowning" and he is really cold. http://www.ncgenweb.us/pitt/ -
Greenville, NC
William is still writing to his father. Sometimes the water from the rain was waste deep. The yankees threw bombs at them from their gun boats, luckily it did not injure any of their troops. The fired back at the yankees pickets with their artilery. Then they marched another 100 miles, in 10 days. In this letter William feels homesick. http://www.historynet.com/civil-war-weapons -
Greenville, NC
In this letter William starts out with his father is sick, but has gotten better. He is sorry to hear that after his father got better his grandmother got sick. They have started a long march. They began the 15th and returned the 24th. They marched in 2 miles of Plymoth. It rained for 3 days and nights, but they had no shelter. In this letter he feels like he is tired of rain. http://www.localhistories.org/plymouth.html -
Camp 10 miles below Washington, NC
William is still writing to his father. They were expecting a fight for everyday his week. They have been hit by the yankees litle bombs. The yankees are throwing them from their gun boats everyday for a week. Their artilery men have been shooting at their gun boats, but I don't know if they have done much damage. http://articles.dailypress.com/2014-01-31/features/dp-nws-civil-war-battle-of-smithfield-20140131_1_newport-news-point-james-river-hampton-roads -
Camp 10 miles below Washington, NC
William is still writing to his father. They are now on the march again. They started on the 29th. The first day they marched they marched 30 miles. He seems to feel well. http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Weather_During_the_Civil_War -
Camp near Kinston, NC
This letter is actually sent to William's mother. His mother's name was Bidy E. Elliott. They ae marching. They had a march from Hookerton, sarting the 29th, and arriving at Kinston the same evening. The set up camp 1 mile and a half from Kinston. http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-civilwar/5664 -
Halafax, NC
William is yet again writing to his father. On May 1, 1863 they left Kinston. They left at about six o'clock. They will restart their brigade once they find a trian that is not in pieces. The guys who got killed he got his head smashed all to pieces between the coaches. http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/army-organization/ -
Halafax, NC
William is back again to writing his father. They are starting for Fredericksburg. They ran a very narrow escape that caused one man to die and one get very terribly injured because the trains ran together. So now altogether the regiment has a total of 4 injured.In this letter I think that William is feeling greatful for the condition he is in right now. http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-fredericksburg -
Camp near Hanover Junction, VA
For this last event, William is still writing to his father. In the letter it says that 25 of their troops including William were on guard duty. They were guarding the South Hanna River. It is 5 miles from their camp on the railroad. In this letter I think William was excited that he got his first letter in 2 months. http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/northanna/north-anna-history-articles/hanover-junction.html -
