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Letter, Mary Elizabeth Wier to Ellen Wier; 5/19/1862

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Title	Letter, Mary Elizabeth Wier to Ellen Wier 5/19/1862
Description	Letter, Sister (probably Mary Elizabeth Wier), from Enterprise, Mississippi to Ellen Lipscomb Wier. She tells of the births and the health of the Wier children and adults, of their current locations and of the activities of their friends. She also discusses that she, the Perrymans and others are caring for sick and wounded at the hospital, bringing them food and attending them on a scheduled rotation. She mentions men of the 37th Infantry, Company B. (her brother William W. Bud Wier's company), including Thomas C. Wier's new responsibilities as a company chaplain and the fact that Dr. Perryman brought home the body of Marsh, and that Brunson has died.
Creator	Wier, Mary Elizabeth, 1822-1909
Physical ID	524-1
Date (original)	1862-05-19
Date	May 19, 1862
Digital Collection Title	ASERL
Rights	Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Subject	Wier, Ellen Lipscomb, 1838-1866 Wier family Child rearing Civil war United States Wier, Thomas Coke, 1827-1920 Columbus (Miss.) Hospitals Nursing Columbus (Miss.) Enterprise (Miss.) Perryman, Bryant M. Brunson, Allan A. Marsh, Edward
Original collection	T. C. Wier family letters
Object type	text
Format (original)	Correspondence: 1 page 19.1 X 30.5 cm.
Format (digital)	JPEG
Digital publisher	Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Related materials	http://www.american-south.org/
Language	en
Repository	Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Contact information	For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679.
Tag field	ASERL VII

Title	524i
Digital Collection Title	ASERL
Rights	Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Format (digital)	JPEG
Digital publisher	Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Related materials	http://www.american-south.org/
Repository	Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Contact information	For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679.
Tag field	ASERL VII
Transcript	Monday May the 19th 1862 Dear Ellen, I will write you a few lines this evening. All are well now. Ma waz sick since last week, and Frank has been very sick. Saturday week we waz afraid he could not live. He waz perfectly prostrate in two or three hours, looked like he had been sick a month. He is better now seems almost well. His Ma has weened him. Sister Abbie and Billie got home Saturday night[.] The babie waz sick several days before she came, and is not well yet. She enjoyed herself very much, stayed in camp all the time, spent one day in town with Tallon and one with Miz Ervin. Eliza came to see her twice. Laura and aunt Jane are in Columbus. Laura spent one day all day until after supper with sister Abbie. She wanted to stay all the time out there but her babie waz sick and Dr. Izard could not

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