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Ark. Benton Co. Sugar Creek Camp
March 14, 1862
Dear Brother & Sister I rote you a fiew days
ago onse since our last battle but as maile
matter is vary unsertin I will write agane I hav
writin to you or som one else in that visinity evry
opertunity that I had of sending a letter Our trains
have bin cut off both ways by the enemy So our maile
was cut off two at least we don't git but little
Well all is quiet in this part of Ark at present
but how long it will remaine so is not for me to
now or say The last account we had of Prise
and his armey he was on the other side of
the Boston Mountins 20 miles from hear making
his way towarge Fort Smith as fast as his men
could make their legs carry them Well I hardly
now whear to comense or what to write as I
have rote you part of the pertickler conserning
our fite and I have now doubt but you will
reade long before this reashes you a better and
a more corect account of affairs than I can give
but what i saw with my one eys I now as well
as any body and I hear a grate many things
that I beleave to be true, I will tell you how
our Batery is divided We have six gunes and a
caison to each gun One Sergent to each gun
Object Description
| Title | Civil War Letter of William Vanzant to Henry C. Vanzant, 1862 |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Pea Ridge, Battle of, Ark., 1862 Soldiers -- United States |
| Description | Letter written to brother and sister describes the Battle of Pea Ridge, fought in Benton County, Arkansas, March 6-8, 1862. He describes the set up of his battery and lists men lost and injured in battle. |
| Creator | William Vanzant |
| Date | 1862-03-14 |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | Van Zandt Family Papers, MS 213, 1838-1990: http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS213.pdf |
| Location | Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives; http://archives.lib.iastate.edu/ |
| Call Number | MS-213 |
| Format-Medium | Manuscript |
| Type [DCMI Type] | Text |
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| Identifier | 0213.VanZandt.0001-053-001 |
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| Rights | This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under U.S. copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The organization that has made this item available believes that the item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. (CC Public Domain 1.0 and RightsStatements.org NoC-US 1.0). The original object is available at the Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives (archives@iastate.edu). To request higher resolution reproductions of the original see http://archives.lib.iastate.edu/using-our-materials/making-copies/photographs-and-documents |
| Transcription | Ark. Benton Co. Sugar Creek Camp March 14, 1862 Dear Brother & Sister I rote you a fiew days ago onse since our last battle but as maile matter is vary unsertin I will write agane I hav writin to you or som one else in that visinity evry opertunity that I had of sending a letter Our trains have bin cut off both ways by the enemy So our maile was cut off two at least we don't git but little Well all is quiet in this part of Ark at present but how long it will remaine so is not for me to now or say The last account we had of Prise and his armey he was on the other side of the Boston Mountins 20 miles from hear making his way towarge Fort Smith as fast as his men could make their legs carry them Well I hardly now whear to comense or what to write as I have rote you part of the pertickler conserning our fite and I have now doubt but you will reade long before this reashes you a better and a more corect account of affairs than I can give but what i saw with my one eys I now as well as any body and I hear a grate many things that I beleave to be true, I will tell you how our Batery is divided We have six gunes and a caison to each gun One Sergent to each gun |
