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Title	Dear Sister (Oct. 14, 1862)
Alternative Title	Fort Pickering Memphis Tenn Oct 14th 1862
Author	Bunten, Watson M.
Description	A letter from Watson Bunten to his sister, purportedly Sirene Bunten, written from Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tennessee.
Subject	Civil War Correspondence
DLA Category	Daily Life and Customs Politics and Government
Date	1862
Place	Memphis (Tennessee); French Creek (West Virginia)
Format	1 manuscript letter, 19.5 x 25 cm.
Type	Text.Correpsondence
Holding Library	West Virginia Wesleyan College
Identifier	wv00011.
Note	The Bunten family resided in French Creek, West Virginia.
Transcript	Fort Pickering Memphis Tenn Oct 14th 1862 Dear Sister Your ever welcome letter came to hand a few days since and I improve the present opportunity to answer it [.] Yours found me in poor health as I have been for some time [.] I do not have any one disease but have a part of many which creates general debility[.] I have done but little heavy duty since I returned to the army and fear I shall not be able to perform much soon[.] My wound at times is quite painful but there is no indication of its breaking out again nor do I think it will[.] I am glad to hear that the great panic caused by Jenkins has in some measure subsided and sincerely hope the cause may not again be found among you but should it prove yourself to be not only the Mother of soldiers but a soldier and stick to your home[.] I am glad the boys have shown that they are willing to fight for our gallant old flag yet they are quite young to be thrown up on the world and exposed to the many temptating incident to camp life[.] No one who has never been a soldier really knows the amount of fortitude necessary to resist all the evil influences brought to bear against the soldier. [Note in margin] Please send the enclosed to Mary Ann [Page 2]Many thanks dear sister for the little bunch of flowers sent in your letter. O how I have sat and gazed at them trying to imagine who planted cultivated and picked them[.] Was it you my sister or was one of those dear little [unknown] that have I imagine grown to be good sized girls since I saw them or were they cultivated by the hand of a stranger[.] These and many other thoughts have filled my mind as I looked on the [unknown] flowers before me. We are hearing good news from the Western Army now Gen Rosencrans has utterly annihilated the combined forces of Price Sevell and Van Dorn. One boar load of the prisoners [unknown] at the wharf here yesterday. I did not see them but the boys who did represent them in a deplorable condition many of them without other clothing than a shirt and pants both of which were in tatters[.] None of them had shoes and many were bareheaded & they represent this as the condition of the entire army. We are daily expecting to hear of another great battle in Va. I was glad to here from Walter as I felt uneasy about him[.] You will excuse this short letter as I do not feel in a writing humor today[.] Give my respects to all enquiring friends[.] Write soon and believe me as ever your brother Watson M. Bunten Sarah H. Moore
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