Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
McCord, William. Letter, 2 January 1862. ALS, 2 pp.
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Mss. C M
Content
A private in Co. I of the 8 Missouri Infantry (Union), McCord writes from Camp Smith, Paducah, Kentucky to his sister, Ann McCord of Yates City, Knox County, Illinois. He describes New Year's Day celebrations in camp during which "some of the boys [went] on A drunk." He notes the regiment has been in Paducah about four months where they have been working on fortifications. He predicts his unit will remain in Paducah until the conflict ends but adds, "When that will be it is hard to tell for they hain't Making Mutch head way About settlen the war." He promises to send his sister his "likeness" when he receives pay.