Civil War letter: 11/7/1862
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This letter is about somebody whom the Five Stokey Siblings never knew: their uncle Leander Provines. He was an older brother of their mother, Mama Margaret. He died at the age of 22, on January 18, 1863, a couple of months after this letter was written. I guess this letter would have been among his effects.
Probably Mama Margaret said very little, or perhaps nothing at all, to her five children about their Uncle Leander, because she didn't like to talk about unpleasant things. But perhaps Leander's and Mama Margaret's mother, Jane Gracey Provines, occasionally mentioned him.
In any case, I can't resist including this letter because it is a real, honest-to-goodness Civil War document.
This letter is about somebody whom the Five Stokey Siblings never knew: their uncle Leander Provines. He was an older brother of their mother, Mama Margaret. He died at the age of 22, on January 18, 1863, a couple of months after this letter was written. I guess this letter would have been among his effects.
Probably Mama Margaret said very little, or perhaps nothing at all, to her five children about their Uncle Leander, because she didn't like to talk about unpleasant things. But perhaps Leander's and Mama Margaret's mother, Jane Gracey Provines, occasionally mentioned him.
In any case, I can't resist including this letter because it is a real, honest-to-goodness Civil War document.
