Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, June 29, 1862
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Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, June 29, 1862
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Capers thanks Lottie for her letter and for getting a testament. He also assures her that he treasures her letters and prizes them above all else. In response to an uncle trying to adopt their son, he says it is funny and that his son shall have no other name. He says he is off on picket duty and mentions the prospect of peace from Richmond. He thanks her again for her letters and gives love to her and their son.
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A1961.1, Box 2, Folder 52
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The Citadel Archives & Museum
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Ellison Capers Collection
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English
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https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/475
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Camp 24th S.C.V. J. I. June 29th 1862
Sunday Morning
My dear, darling wife
Thank you for your dear letter, with the sweet poetry, & the inscription for my testament. Of course, my darling you did right in the matter of getting the testament. I was disappointed, my angel, because I did not see your dear handwriting on the face of it, & because I feared that rather than disappoint you Mrs. Rogers had given you one of the children’s testaments. But Lottie, my dear angel, I am doubly grateful to you for the pains you have been at to satisfy me, & I want you to dismiss forever from your dear heart every thought of my not being pleased with your treasured letters. They are my only real enjoyment, without which I would be miserable. I have not said anything to uncle [illegible] about the society matter, & you may be assured that I regard his proposition to adopt our little boy as simply funny! I would not consent that he should bear another name, if that name were even the royal name of England--The dear eyes that watched over his infancy & guarded his slumbers & his waking are his mothers, & none beside. I have an horror of the idea. You are right, darling, not to trouble unnecessarily any one with your letters. Nothing so soon will make one unwelcomed as to be the cause of annoyance. Conform to habits of the family, my darling, in this matter. I am off again today on this unpleasant picket duty. Oh that the glorious news we hear from Richmond, may secure us the prospect of peace. Good bye my angel--I
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send you the sweet lines on the lonely grave to keep for me. I have to tear up your precious letter & I must now preserve these dear lines by sending them to you. Thank you again, my best beloved, for your dear letters, written to me so often. May God bless you. What hour does the train leave Kingsville for Florence, or can you find out. Kiss my boy, & may God forever bless you, both. Give my warm regards to your friends. Your own dear Ellie
Camp 24th S.C.V. J. I. June 29th 1862
Sunday Morning
My dear, darling wife
Thank you for your dear letter, with the sweet poetry, & the inscription for my testament. Of course, my darling you did right in the matter of getting the testament. I was disappointed, my angel, because I did not see your dear handwriting on the face of it, & because I feared that rather than disappoint you Mrs. Rogers had given you one of the children’s testaments. But Lottie, my dear angel, I am doubly grateful to you for the pains you have been at to satisfy me, & I want you to dismiss forever from your dear heart every thought of my not being pleased with your treasured letters. They are my only real enjoyment, without which I would be miserable. I have not said anything to uncle [illegible] about the society matter, & you may be assured that I regard his proposition to adopt our little boy as simply funny! I would not consent that he should bear another name, if that name were even the royal name of England--The dear eyes that watched over his infancy & guarded his slumbers & his waking are his mothers, & none beside. I have an horror of the idea. You are right, darling, not to trouble unnecessarily any one with your letters. Nothing so soon will make one unwelcomed as to be the cause of annoyance. Conform to habits of the family, my darling, in this matter. I am off again today on this unpleasant picket duty. Oh that the glorious news we hear from Richmond, may secure us the prospect of peace. Good bye my angel--I
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send you the sweet lines on the lonely grave to keep for me. I have to tear up your precious letter & I must now preserve these dear lines by sending them to you. Thank you again, my best beloved, for your dear letters, written to me so often. May God bless you. What hour does the train leave Kingsville for Florence, or can you find out. Kiss my boy, & may God forever bless you, both. Give my warm regards to your friends. Your own dear Ellie
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Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908, “Letter from Ellison Capers to his wife Lottie, June 29, 1862,” The Citadel Archives Digital Collections, accessed April 18, 2024, https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/475.