S. Love letter - August 11, 1862

Tupelo Mss.
Aug. the 11th 1862
Near the Mobile and Ohio Central R.R.

Dear Father and Mother
[mentions concurrent letter to Tea; asks Father to send horses for himself and John. Regt has been dismounted for some time; "...we have been run near to killing almost ever since we have been Infatry." Officers think they would make better cavalry than infantry and better than present cavalry; asked that saddles and other equipment be rigged; "... and if it is possible for you to get a pr. of boots made by Brooks at Corsicana I wish you would do it ..."; sends $40.00]

Love Family Correspondence. Special Collections, Burnett Library, Texas Christian University. Fort Worth, TX. (TCU Box 298400)