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From: "Fran Warren" <>
Subject: [ARKANSAS] Civil War Letters from Wives
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 19:34:47 -0700

If I am getting carried away with too many posting, please don't hesitate to tell me. But I am thoroughly enjoying reading and transcribing these old Civil War Newspapers and this is the first I've seen of this type of news item and I couldn't resist!

New Era

Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas

April 16, 1864

The following are extracts of letters written by the better halves of some followers of Pap Price. They need no comment. Says one:

"Yoo had best kum home fur all the good yoo are doin follerin that old fool Price about, he never did have no cense enny how an his follerers hev less. Yoo better a grate site be looken after yore wife and childern."

Here’s the other:

"I speckt yu almoste must hev dide this winter the kold hes bin orfuller then I ever see in mi life befour, and previsions is mity scace, I jest wish yu wood cum hom and tend tu rasin yore off spring, prevision ant heer tu be gott, I spin fur evry mouthful me and yore innercent baibs git to eat, noboddy won’t tak Confed munny no moar fur nuthin, now ike ile jest giv yoo a peese of mi mind and that is fur yu tu kum hoam an tend yore family befour they starv, yu jest let the seceshers fite it out if they want tu, I have rit tu yu fore times and aint herd but wonst I shuddent wunder ef yu wos kiled now at this time uv riten, evry boddy is going ovre tu the feds, Yu jest kum hoam, they all taik the oath and git komesarise rite of tu ete, ef al the fules that’s left thair familise an fitin wud kum hoam then pese wood kum rite off."



Fran Alverson Warren
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