The Civil War Letters of J. W. Rabb

Chatinooga, Tenn., Sunday June 29th/62

My Dear Ma,

I have just reseived a letter from Lissy and one from Virge & one from Bet. Lissie's is dated Apr 29. Virge's is dated May the 4th, and Bet's is dated May the 2nd. You do not know how glad I was to here frome you all and to know that you were all well at that time. Well, I comense my letter again. I had to stop just now to go and isue out clover for the horses. I am mity hot now. Well, I am in better health now than I have been in a long time. I have sent you two letters within the last four weks. I sent one by Alez of La Grange. Jack Moore went home about a week ago. I did not send any letter by him, but I told him to rite to you when he got home. He sayed that he wood. Virge, I suppose, is in Lt. Mooer company. A Lieutenant, but he has to walk. I would rather be a corporal in Company "F" of the Texas Rangers than to be first Lieu in a flat foot company. Virge missed it by not coming and joining us. He could have been elected Lieu now in our company. We have but one Lieu now. We are all very much elated at the good news we have just herd from Richmond. We have give that big Yanky army a good whipping drove them twenty miles and took twenty thousand prisnors and we are still after them. I expect that we will destroy there army compleatly. About three months ago there came on from Texas a company of men and joined our regiment for ninty dayes. Ther time is now out, and they start for home. I send this letter by Nish Oliver. Ma, do not be oneasy about me. I am doing very well when I here that you are well.

J. W. Rabb 

Rabb, J. W., "We are Stern and Resolved: The Civil War Letters of John Wesley Rabb", ed. by Thomas W. Cutrer, The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 1987, pp. 185-226.

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