David Morris to Isabelle Morris, letter, 28 August 1861

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2025.5.1

Scope and Content

David Morris, (Springfield camp, Illinois) to Isabelle Morris, letter, 28 August 1861; Keith Riggle Collection, privately held by Keith Riggle, 2015. Transcribed by Keith Riggle. The author of this letter, David Milligan Morris [1840-1917], was a son of Robert Morris and his first wife, Emaline Mills. The letter was sent to his sister, Isabelle (Morris) Atwood [1841-1884]. David was a member of Company F, 33rd Illinois Infantry Regiment, during the Civil War. TRANSCRIPT PAGES 1-4: "August 28, 1861 Thursday morning, half past ten finds me in camp Butler and i am glad is does & I hope this letter will find you well and in good spirits and i want you to say whenever the subject of volunteers is mentioned in your presence to say I have a brother in gaged in the cause of putting down this rebellion & i am not sorry i came and i never intend. I have not now time to write and if i if had I have no place fixed i now rite from off the head of the base drum. I would like to give you some information of our camp but i can’t now this time. There is said to be about 8,000 men quartered here now and i also heard them say there was to regiments left here today. 1 of infantry and 1 of cavelry and i saw them leave and it was a grand site to see so many men in sutch good spirits. i did not see any one but what was willing to go. i have not heard of any one being sick yet. i heard of one man getting killed last night. In trying to pass the gards he had no pass or as would not show it. They guards knocked him down and bayoneted him. I Haint Time to rite any more at present But will rite more soon. Post office Address Springfield Illinois Camp Butler In care of Capt Winship"

Collection

Keith Riggle Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Letters (Correspondence), Military, Morris family, Veterans--Civil War

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

RIGK-AN001-0001

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Morris, David Milligan [1840-1917]

Person or Organization

Morris, Isabel [1841-1884]

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Morris Series - Keith Riggle Collection

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2015

Notes

The letter was passed from Isabelle (Morris) Atwood [1841-1884] and her husband, Dr. Elisha R. Atwood [1830-1902], to their daughter, Ella (Atwood) Morgan [1868-1944], and her husband, Frank Morgan [1867-1940], to their daughter, Julia Ethel (Morgan) McKuskey [1896-1967], and her husband, Frank McKuskey [1875-1935], to their son, Frank McKuskey [1919-1988], and his wife, Margaret (Watkins) McKuskey [1920-1991], to their daughter Susan (McKuskey) Campbell, to Keith Riggle, a 2nd-great-grandson of David Morris. Keith shared the letter with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2015. SOURCE CITATION: David Morris, (Springfield camp, Illinois) to Isabelle Morris, letter, 28 August 1861; item no. RIGK-AN001-0001, Keith Riggle Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).