| Title: | [Thomas Carse?], Jeffersonville, to "Brother John" |
|---|---|
| ID | 578 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Carse, Thomas/17(2) |
| Year | 1862 |
| Sender | Carse, Thomas |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | shipping clerk for a railway company |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA |
| Destination | Erie, Penn., USA |
| Recipient | Carse, John |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | Donated by Mrs. I.J. Beattie, 120 Carsonstown Rd., Lisowen, Saintfield, Ballynahinch, Co. Down, BT24 7JN, N.Ireland. |
| Archive | Ulster American Folk Park. |
| Doc. No. | 9903183 |
| Date | 30/09/1862 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 19:03:99. |
| Word Count | 296 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | JEFFERSONVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY. FREIGHT DEPARTMENT, JEFFERSONVILLE, IND., [Indiana?] Sept 30th 1862 Brother John The last time I wrote you was at the time of Genl [General?] Nelson's order for the women and children to leave Louisville. You can form no idea of the confusion, the hasty packing of trunks, the gathering up of the infantry in arms, and the general "Skedaddling" which ensued. The greater the hurry the nearer seemed the rebels, and good, bad and indifferent who had no desire to participate in the game of "town ball", took the opportunity offered to visit their relatives in Indiana, Illinois & elsewhere. The secession citizens also had, many of them, relatives in the North, and it was amusing in the midst of the excitement to see how anxious they were to get off. But after about three days waiting for the arrival of Bragg's army I must admit we all breathed more freely on receiving the information that Buell, with his 45,000 well disciplined troops were marching into Louisville. It is true, Nelson had at least 90,000 more, but without any particular organization, wanting in both division and brigade Commanders, therefore an attack by the enemy would have created a most dreadful panic. But Buell is here and Bragg has slipped and everybody asks the question, where has he gone? and why was he allowed to go? Buell is severely censured on all sides, and most severely by his own men. It was reported yesterday that he was removed, but to day re-instated. There is now here a well-armed and equipped army of 150,000 men, doing nothing while Kentucky is being laid waste by the rebel forces. The latest excitement here was caused by the affair yesterday morning in the Galt House in which Genl [General?] Nelson lost his life. In a former letter I said to.... (Incomplete) |
