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Object Name |
Letter |
Date |
1862/06/02 |
Catalog Number |
2024.16 |
Description |
Civil War letter, dated June 2, 1862, from Stephen H. Judkins (letter was signed S.H. Judkins) to his son, William H. Judkins, a soldier in the 48th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Includes a cover from the same correspondence with MISHAWAKA/IND. double-circle postmark and #65 3c rose tied by grid cancel, addressed to William H. Judkins, Commissary Sgt., 48th Indiana Volunteers, 1st Brigade, Quimby's Division, Left Wing, Department of the Army of Tennessee [at Moscow, Tennessee]. On the back is Dec. 4, 1862 dated RECEIVED/AT/CAIRO Ill." cds postmark. William H. Judkins (1841-1903), was born in Mishawaka, Indiana; Mustered into Co. F, 48th Indiana Infantry on Oct. 7, 1861; Promoted to Commissary Sgt. in 1862 and to full Quartermaster of the Regt. on Aug. 25, 1864; Mustered out July 15, 1865, at Louisville, KY; After the war, he was in the grocery business in Mishawaka with his father until 1886; elected as a Republican to City Clerk and Treasurer; In 1870 he became an Assistant U.S. Marshal. This is a transcript of the letter: Dear Willie, I rec'd a letter from you by Doct. Allen June 1st, 5 days from there, and as Capt. Hawks is to go back tomorrow, I thought I would write you a few lines...We hear that you are sick, but getting better. I wish you would write how you are and how you have been, for there is a good deal of enquiry about you, for I can assure you that you are not forgotten by the folks in this place. I have rented the Hardware store to Mr. Sumpkins for a shoe shop for 4 Dollars per month until I can do better... Doct. Badger is a putting you up some medicine and I wish you to be careful of your health.... We [are] exciting much about the army on the Potomac and I hope that [they] have got enough and will give up and all return home. J. O. [..?..] came home last week and returns today. He gave me a good account of you and William. He said that he did not know of either of you a drinking. Now Willie, the sound still rings in my ears, the words that you uttered on your leaving for Goshen, Pa I will be a good boy. You cannot tell how these words still comfort me when I lie down at night and think about my only son. But I have that confidence in you that you will do all that you said on that painful day that you left... Minerva says that she would go on foot 10 miles to carry you some good bread and butter...Wally does not take very well here since he backed out as a soldier. Please write as soon as you can. Yours &c., S. H. Judkins |
Collection |
Civil War Collection |
People |
Judkins, William Henry |
Search Terms |
American Civil War Civil War The Civil War Quartermaster Grocery Mishawaka Mishawaka, IN Mishawaka, Indiana Mishawaka, Ind. |
Subjects |
Civil wars Military cookery Military depots Military headquarters Military life Military officers Military service |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Lexicon sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |