Letter from L. Julienne; May 22, 1864

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Letter from L. Julienne; May 22, 1864

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Davis, Unknown Ducan, Unknown Fisher, Mrs. Unknown Griffith, Mrs. Unknown Julienne, L.Mascent, Mrs. Unknown Miller, Mrs. Unknown Tuttle, James Madison, 1823-1892 Unknown, Adolphe Unknown, Billy Unknown, Clara Unknown, Clarence Unknown, Elizabeth Unknown, Henriette Unknown, Jeff Unknown, Jimmy Unknown, Josie Unknown, Julianne Unknown, Louise Unknown, Martha Unknown, Mimie Unknown, Rosa Unknown, Whitfield Wilson, Mrs. Unknown

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Crime Crime--Arson Criminal Procedure--Arrest Criminal Procedure--Imprisonment Disease and illness--Epidemic Property Management--Confiscations Starvation

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United States. Army

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Alabama--Mobile County. Mobile Mississippi--Adams County. Natchez Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson Mississippi--Noxubee County. Macon

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African Americans

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Jackson May 22^d,, 1864,

My dear Friend.

I think it is nearly two weeks, since you kind letter came to hand. I was indeed that mine reached you & that my soldier friend Mr Davis mailed it. I feared it would not reach you after I heard that he did not go to Macon. I fully intended to answer it right away, but ~~was~~ as my usual luck, I was prevented having to take the cooks place. play Lady & take charge, of Mimie' children while she went to Natchez, to attend to some important business, she went to be gone th two weeks but was gone five & some days, so you see that I am very excusable. I was glad to hear from you & Martha also Billy I did not know where he was. so you long to get back to poor old Jackson. every one who leaves it

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is delighted to get back, I am indeed sorry that the peoble in the East are so little enclinded to be hospitable. you comparison of them ~~are~~ is most appropriate. If you & ^some^ others were out of the way. it would not be a pity to for them to have a visit from the Yankees to teach them, a lesson. then they would know how to treat refugees. I do hope you ~~com~~ & Martha will try to pay us a visit this summer. I should like so much to see you both. The children speak of you very often I would like to see you. ~~the~~ Josie spoke of answering your letter to day she was delighted with yours. she was 15 yesterday. Louise has the head=ache to day. Clara, has chills, she ~~had~~ had a hard one this morning. she looks thin & pale. Adolphe & Mimie are perfect health. they all send you & Martha a kiss. Julianne left this moning for Mobile he will be away until the first

week of next, Month. we are very lonely now that Mimie & all her children have left, she got back on Monday & left on Sunday. I can assure you that I miss her more than ever. she was glad to hear from you. she would be glad to correspond with you, she left her [?] to you & Martha. she was so glad to get out of Natchez, it is horrible to live there,

Gen Tutle is so detestable, & so ridgied. he one arrested for the slighest offence. I believe I told you that Mrs Wilson, was sent to prison, she has now been sent out of the lines. & her property confiscated. she was allowed only to take her wearing clothes. the rascals, even went & picked out the sheets out of the dirty clothes baskets. one Lady died in prison I do not know her. ~~another~~ ~~was~~ The men have a negroe woman to examine the Ladies. that is more horrible than

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any thing else. & you are subject to the insults of the negroes & men. they are more horrible ~~them~~ ^than^ ever since Gen Tutle has been there, & more particularly since, their many defeats. Mimie, says that they show their revenge. for Natchez is doomed. we the small pox has been so bad & so many citizens, have had it, & men we hear, that they were burning the town. that I hope is not so. but it would not surprise me. for they are capable of every abomination. how glad I am that they ~~dial~~ did us all the harm they did & put out it is far better, to suffer for a while than to have them all the time & live under their tyrannical time & in the end put up with any thing they choose to do. enough on the Yankee subject. our poor old town is at a stand it keeps perfectly healthy & we get along very well, not starved yet. nothing new. all our friends keep well.

I have not seen Elizabeth for some

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time Jimy called to see the girls a few nights since, he said his Mother & all were well. Tell Martha that I went out to Mrs. Fisher's last week, she enquired particularly about her so did Mrs Miller. Mrs Grifeth is flourishing around, some say she is to marry Col Ducan. The children were out there twice lately & say that her place begins to look as it formerly did her garden is beautiful. Jeff. has taken a great fancy to Louise.& Whitfield to Clara, they go to school together. they supply them with bouquets, & Magnolia's. our garden looks nice, but it needs rain, we will have a great quatity of peaches & apples. I hope the Yanks, will let us enjoy them. Clarence is in Mobile

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he has been sent away twice to take charge of prisoners. he keeps well, & is delighted to have his aunt in Mobile. I have had several letters from Mrs. Mascent. she keeps pretty well, but she is so miserable about her children. I believe Rosa, has gone down to see her. I hope so for her Mother will I fear be sick if she does not. Henriette, is in Mobile, her health is not good. ~~she~~ Mrs. Mascent enquired about you & Martha, I will let her hear from you when I mite. I am sorry to say that we have no Priest. but that we had a visit from our good Bishop he was here for ten days & devoted the ~~whi~~ whole time to us. I can assure you that it was a treat to have him even for that short time. he is indeed a most holy man

if you know, him you would be so much pleased with him. he is going to send us a Priest. we use the Engine room for church. every Sunday at ten. I with some Young Ladies, have Catechisms & will continue it until we have a Priest. It is such a pleasure for me to get the children ~~together~~ together & teach them how to serve God. I have a full class, & they do so well. I did this with the Bishop's appoval & sanction. I am in hope by the time we have a Priest the children will be much improved. You will be astounded at the length of my letter, & I fear that I have treepassed on patience, but it gives me so much pleasure, to write to you& tell you all that interests me, so I beg you

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to excuse me. I hope soon to hear from You, much love to Martha . & tell her she is so mean not to write to me, Love to Billy. believe me

as ever Your friend

L. Julienne