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Letters of Francis William Kimble
14th Iowa Infantry, Company 'B'
Presented by the Iowa Civil War Site
Letter number twenty-two
Band Quarters, Columbus,Ky November the 27th, 1863
Dear Mother I had the pleasure of receiving you long looked for letter. No
longer since that this pleasant morning. I was truly glad to receive another
letter from home, may be not home but from Mother. I had almost come to the
conclusion that you had not left home yet.I am very sorrow to hear that you
have, but it is too late to lament over it now. (Mary Ann had gone to see her
daughter Sarah) Mother I knew to well that you would wish yourself back in
Iowa again. Mother I have the priveledge to say once more that I am quite
well and happy, not so happy as if you had not left old Iowa, but it cannot
be helped now. I am still in camp yet but I expect that the band will move
today as the barracks is about finished. Co's B,D,A and H moved yesterday
morning. The rest of the regts is moving this morning. I guess the band boys
will live in tents this winter unless we get a house by ourselves for we
don't like to stay in the barracks with the camps for where there is so many
together we don't have any place to keep our instruments. At least no
suitable place. We have been by ourselves since I have been with the band.
The colonel will get us a house if he can or we can build one if we have a
mind to. I got a letter from Theodore Baker a few days ago and he said that
W.H. Fouts and Marty Sullivan was married the last day of October.Eliza I
want to know if Sib told you that I had sent for my minature. I wrote for it
a long time ago and haven't a card from them since. The next day after I
wrote for it, I got a letter from her with her's in it. Eliza we have had a
big meeting at Columbus and I escorted a young lady to church every night and
as tomorrow is Sabbath and there is church I think that I will have to go. I
have never asked to be excused but I get excused. I was out to Union City
last week. It was about the time that the rebs threatened to attack the town.
I believe that they have had a little picket fight since then. Our boys took
3 prisoners and killed 5 of them without any loss on our side. Eliza I want
to know how you like the Succords by this time. I close as I haven't much to
write. Mrs. Littlefield is a getting better slowly. I believe that one of Co
G 14th Iowa is sentenced to be shot the 4th day of Dec. The sentence was read
on dress parade a few nights ago. He is a deserter. Write soon F. W. Kimble
to Mary A.Kimble
Dottie [email protected]
Transcribed and submitted by great great niece
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