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Daniel W. Crawford letter to sister September 7, 1862

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Title	Daniel W. Crawford letter to sister September 7, 1862
Subject	United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 89th (1862); United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence
Time Period	1860s
Place	Lexington (Kentucky)
Description	This letter was written by Daniel W. Crawford to his sister September 7, 1862. The stationary bears a blue illustration of woman holding a flag and wearing a starred dress, pointing at the word UNION! which is decorated with stars and stripes In the letter. He describes the conditions at Camp King and says his health is good. Crawford describes an expected battle from force in Lexington that he says did not come about. He mentions the impending death of Benjamin E. Burnett, a fellow soldier. Daniel Webster Crawford was born May 16, 1842 in Williamsburg Township, Clermont County, Ohio. Crawford, age 20, joined the Union Army on August 14, 1862 signing for a 3 year term of service. He enlisted as a Private in Company B, 89th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) He mustered in August 26, 1862 at Camp Dennison. His father, Andrew Jackson Crawford recorded that his son "died of chronic diarrhea age 20 and 10 months" on March 15, 1863. Daniel was died at Churchyard in Carthage, Tennessee and is buried in Nashville, Tennessee.
Creator	Daniel Webster Crawford
Date of Original	September 7, 1862
Collection	Ohio Memory Community Collection
Format	Manuscript; Letter
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	Text
File Name	index.cpd
Digitization Information	Hasselblad H4D-50MS
File Size	763 Bytes
Full Text	[page 1] [illustration of woman holding a flag and wearing a starred dress, pointing at the word UNION! which is decorated with stars and stripes] Camp King Kentucky Sunday Sep 7th 1862 Dear Sister This is an awful hot dry and dusty place now in the day time and damp and cold at night We have no tents to shelter us from the burning sun by day not the cold and chilly dew at night. We have to sleep on the ground at [crossed out] with out blankets and the blue sky for a cover Our officers promise that we shall receive the tents in a day or two. Not withstanding all this exposure there but few sick in the regiment My health was never better than now on hard crackers salt pork and river water for coffee [page 2] We are expecting an attack from the rebels every day. There is said to be a large force of them at Lexington. Well let them come and their carcasses will fallen the buzzards on the hills of the old Kentucky. The hills for miles around are crowned with batteries and long lines of rifle pits masked with brush. It they do come there will be a bloody battle fought before they reach the Ohio river We were called into line of battle twice yesterday. All seemed cool and calm. I commended my self to the care of my maker and prepared for battle. The enemy did not come to [sic] time however and so the fight did not come off. Hundreds of niggers [sic] are at work on the [page 3] fortifications and every day sees no stronger Reinforce- ments [reinforcements] come in constantly both troops and cannon We will make a hard fight before we will give up Let us drill a little more and then [line drawn] I close this letter for it is tiresome writing here. I just now here [sic] that Ben Burnet [Benjamin E. Burnett] is expected to die. He has been sick for a day or two Write to D.W. Crawford Co B [Company B] 89th OVI [Ohio Volunteer Infantry] Camp King KY [Kentucky]

Title	AC3_OMCC_004_002_001
Collection	Ohio Memory Community Collection
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	AC3_OMCC_004_002_001.jpg
Image Height	3393
Image Width	4280
File Size	4503126 Bytes

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