Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Gibson, Gideon, 1838-1917. Letter, 21 October 1861. 2 pg.
Call No.
Mss. C G
Content
In a letter dated Oct. 21, 1861 at Columbus, Ky. Pvt. G(ideon) Gibson of the Crescent Regiment, Louisiana Infantry informs his sister (Elizabeth?) that he is well and thinking of home. He thanks her for the "Soot" she sent him which looked so fine it made him "think I ought to be and youaswell at church." He reports that a Confederate scouting party was "badly whipped last evening" but boasts of the recent Confederate victories in "Masury" (Missouri) and Kentucky. He asks "Sally to kiss the girls for Onkle Gid" and have them write him. He also requests letters from his parents.