re: A letter from a Civil War officer to his wife - July 14, 1861

I found some pretty cool copies of letters that a wife from Claiborne parish would send to her husband who was at war. It was mostly just random everyday stuff but things like about how hungry her and kids were, pig getting out and her having to chase it for several days until a black neighbor helped her catch it. Ended up she got real sick and was writing about that to him and died before he got back home. The black family raised the kids till he came back