It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from this/these transcript(s) must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collection Coordinating Committee. [Notes added by transcribers are in square brackets. Dashes in square brackets indicate unclear words or letters. indicate words the author inserted to a previously written line.] MSS 7928 – Edward M. Hayhurst Letters Number of Pages: 1190 ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p001_jsApiC0.jpg) and could see the brass muzzles of their guns almost within range of our rifles, we threw a few shell into one of their camps, but they would pay any attention to us. Reserve Picket Post. Near Tennessee River Sept 7th Dear Papa [1863] You will probably be surpris to see that I am on Picket duty You will be more surprised when I tell you the reason. Because I re- fused to do a most dishonorable and criminal act, Lieut Carran has ta- ken a great dislike to me, it would not be policy for me to write on paper at the present time what he wished me to do, but if I ever get home I will explain more fully, he of course didn't want me to mess with him any more, but still kept me detailed a Co. Clerk as he couldn't well do without me, but his treatment and dislike has been so public & marked, that I thought best to punish him a little even at my own inconvenience, so I ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p002_TsSKIjQ.jpg) demanded to be restored to duty in the line, and refused to do duty as Clerk any more. this opened his eyes a little and he tried to smoth matter over but I would not change my mind, and to day finds me in charge of a Reserve Picket Post. You may be sure that I have done noth- ing without being positive that I was right when you know all the circumstances you approve what I have, done, I feel certain I cannot give up principles for pro- motion which was offered me. I am well, except a slight cold taken last week. have not heard from Tom since the first letter On the first of the month I went to the Tennessee with a [---] Recon- noisance Party I went, more to see the river than anything else. I had a fine time, we had two guns & found the rebs strongly entrenched ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p003_HEy0MFH.jpg) I the night they tried to cross. we hadn't force enough to prevent it, so Hazen said we'd have to give them a scare, so our bands of would play a tune in one place & then double quick off to anoth &c, thus represented four or five regiments I had command of a regiment of imaginary skirmishes on our left. and exercised my lungs pretty freely most all night giving the nec- essary orders. at times I was in easy rifle range of their pickets and if it had been light enough I might have got a hole in me it was funny but ticklish busi- ness, & I was glad when morning came, the ruse was entirely successful, and the enemy retired I sometimes feel afraid he will learn the true state of the case and gobble us all before we ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p004_7BHw2M6.jpg) we are ready. we have only about five thousand in this valley. Burnside is said to be pushing the rebs pretty hard, on the other side of the river. The water of the beautiful river looked so cool and in- viting that I longed to jump in and have a swim, but the glistening bayonets of reb. Sharp Shooters which I could see on the opposite side among the bushes. convinced me it was imprudent. if any of us showed our head over a st[--] or from behind a tree. in the daytime we could see little puff of smoke come out of the bushes, and just have time to dodge back again when the ball would whistle past please give my love to all from your affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p005_CpNSTYL.jpg) that Tom got the box and hope it will do him good. give my love to Mama & Willie. more by & by. from your Affec son. E.M.H. (Camp 124th O.V.J. 20 miles South of Chattanooga) Georgia Sept. 16th 1863 Dear Papa You will see by the above that we are in a Gulf State at last We have had some hard marching and a few skirmishes, in some of which I could feel the wind of the balls but was preserved thro' all, and am now safe and sound, it is was two weeks ago last night since we recd any mail 9 letters came for me last night and one today, three of those recd yesterday were from Tom. one from Beza & one from Ellen & 4 from you, the one recd today was from you, yours are date resptively Aug 22nd – 24th — 29th – Sept 4th & 7th I have written to you several times since leaving Manchester but it was no use as no mail was allowed to pass either way. We left Manchester Aug 16th after ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p006_vNdO1IB.jpg) five days hard marching we reched "Poes Tavern" at the Mountains 6 mls from Harrisons Ferry. Tenn. River we remained there until the ninth inst. daily sending out small parties to "pester" the reb's along this river the night of the 9th we marched by a circuitious route to a ford 6 mls above Chattanooga about 6 O'clk in the morning of the tenth we ford ed the Noble River, it was a splendid sight our whole Brigade crossed at the same time, the river is about as wide or a little wider than the Susquehanna at Lewisbury the water is as clear as crystal so that we can see the bright pebles on the bottom with great dis- tinctness, it is about up to my waist in depth. we took of our cloths, accoutre- ments &c and fastening them to the ends of our guns, hoisted them over our heads and "waded in" after entering the water we waded down ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p007_jTOp4UZ.jpg) stream about 1/8 mile in an oblique direction, then turned and went up stream about 3/4 mile, the current was quite swift and you may be sure I was tired when we reached this side, some of the boys were some unfortunate as to capsize but with the no serious results, the Gen' and staff passed over first the Infan try next. Artillery next and then about 1.5 o[--] mounted Infantry. the sun was just coming up over the hills, and you can imagine the scene better than I can discribe it. after resting a short time marched 10 mls to the Charleston & Chattanooga R. R. on the 11th we invade the sacred soil of Georgia and reached Ring gold, where the remainder of our Corps joined us during the night. since then we have been advancing slowly, and have at last settled down here for a few weeks, they tell us so ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p008_om1L57N.jpg) that "Rose" can form a new line since leaving the river we have been continually skirmishing, and today our Artillery are popping away at some of their out posts. on the 12th could have forced the rebs to fight a hard battle. but it does not seem to be the intention of our generals to fight yet, we pressed them pretty hard, At Ringgold the citizens fled with the troops and as we entered the town it seemed to me more like a war of conquest than to subdue the rebelion the street <&> houses were almost entirely deserted of all except a few dilapidated "Niggers" after leaving the river I have had the dysentery pretty bad at times but have kept up in the front rank all the time, and am now quite well, Burnside has formed a connection with us at Ringgold and I presume the 103rd is somewhere in this region now. I am very glad ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p009.jpg) Camp 20 mil’s south Chattanooga Sept. 16th 1863 Dear Tom Your of the 3rd inst was recd last night it had been so long since we received any mail that there were 9 letters in it for me there were also two for you, one (via McMinnville) the other directed to the Regt first and then to the Hosp. the Regt should be left off entirely, or put in brackets in the Corner I also have one other for you recd some time ago the reason I did’nt send it sooner was there was no opportunity for a long time, and when I did have a chance I didnt have a chance, we have had had a pretty hard time of it, and some fighting and skirmishing but I am alive and well. yet. we forded the Tennessee on the 10th 6 mls above Chattanooga. Burnside came down thru E. Tenn & [text written upside down in pencil at bottom of page] P.S. Directs to Cumberland Hospital Section 1st Division B Tent 5 Nashville Tenn ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p010.jpg) day before yesterday at Ringold the 103rd is with him but I dont know how near they are, I came pretty near being shot once or twice while skirmishing on the Tennessee I could feel the wind of the balls, and being taken prisoner the other day while on Picket. a reb scout rode up past me, I ordered him to halt and fired wounding his horse but he got away, as his friends came up they called me some pretty hard names and ordered me to surrender but I told them I (couldnt see it) and blazed away again. when they made off, they got Shay’s gun away from him at another place, I am glad to hear you got the box I was afraid you wouldnt succeed. my time is very limited so I must closed. I recd your $5.00 and your Sutlers Bill $2.00 For can of Milk $ .75 Enclosed in letter to you some time ago. 50 Enclosed in the 1 00 total 4.25 balance 75 [paragraph in bottom right, bordered by a financial sum] I knew you would get paid about the mid- dle of this month, and as I needed the .75 very much I used it know- ing you would be willing I will remit it as soon as I can get it. Your affec. brother E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p011_AQbhCW9.jpg) Sept, 20, 22, On the Battle Field Sept 20th 1863 Dear Our Folks 5.30 A.M. I presume that long before this reaches you, you will have heard of the battles which are taking place here, our Brigade went into action yesterday. we were terribly cut up, particularly the 124th but we had the satisfaction of driving the enemy from the field. Co. "E" lost one killed certainly and 11 wounded, there are others missing. we dont know where they are, the one killed (Corp Wade. was my Mess Mate he and I had slept together ever since we started on this campaign. he was a young ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p012_12SldjY.jpg) man of education and principle and I feel his loss very much. a rifle ball struck him in in the center of his forehead - - - - - - - Sept 22nd 1863 With the exception of a lame side caused by a spent ball, I am all right yet, our Color Sergt. was shot in the throat on Sat. -I took the flag and have carried it since thro' all the hottest firing on Sunday I remained unhurt. I cannot write any more now. give my love to all from your Affectionate Son E. M. H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p013_vWLKW1b.jpg) Sept 22nd I am all right yet E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p014.jpg) [portion of an envelope, some text obscured due to a torn edge] Corp. Corp. Corp. Corp. [text rotated clockwise] [-]ayhurst th Regt O.V.I. Division B. Tent 5. [-]and Hospital Tennessee ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p015_scr0wbh.jpg) with love to all Your Affectionate Son 1863. E. M. Hayhurst Camp 124th O. V. J. Chattanooga Sept 22nd Dear Mama Your very welcome letter was received at noon today. you probably have heard by this time of the battles which have been fought in this vicinity, we soldiers acknowledge that we were over- powered by a greatly superior force but will not own that we are whipped, our regiment lay within hearing distance of the fighting all Saturday morning till about 9 O'cl'k, when Gen. Parmer rode up and told us we could "have a ticket to the ball" if we wished it" if you had heard the shout that went up from the 124th you would have thought that we did wish it. we double quicked about a ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p016_bpPcb41.jpg) while 1 1/2 mls along the di[---]t of dusty roads, and charged on the enemy about 10 AM we drove them a mile and then fell back for ammunition and a little rest but we had hardly filled up our cartridge boxes before the regt which took our place broke and run, we waited till ' they got past us then made our second charge, driving the enemy back to where we left them. Col. Payne was shot thro' the leg. and Maj Hampson took command, another Brigade then came up and re- lieved us, and we were sent to another place where our boys were getting beatten, our regt. was separated from the rest and sent to support a regt. which was trying to take possession of a hill after about 1/2 hrs fighting they charged with a ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p017_q4pjJyG.jpg) 9 1/2 20 Camp 124th O.V.I. Chatanooga Sept 22nd Dear Joe, I am still safe, though in the thickest of the fight. Our Color Sergt was wounded on Saturday. I took our Battle Flag and have carried it ever since, the staff was almost cut in two by a rifle ball, and the flag hit in several places. but I have escape so far, from any serious injury, a spent ball struck me on the left side, but I am getting over the effects of it, and am as sunned as ever, Matt. Chandler was taken prisoner, & Cole wounded on two of his fingers. I beleive these all whom ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p018_ndebSEB.jpg) you know in the Co. who suffered any, the total loss of the Co. is 14 killed wounded and missing. one (Corp Wade) killed, 11 wounded, and two missing. I cannot write any more at present from your Affectionate brother E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p019_XQsnx11.jpg) a whole Brigade on us from two sides I was behind a tree so busy sending them "Blue pills" that I did not hear the order to retire. so that the regt. had fallen back quite a distance before I discovered that I was alone. the rebs were pretty close but I didnt relish being taken prisoner, so I gave them another shot. and then run like a 'piper.' I loaded as I run, a reb, road up and ordered me to halt. calling me all kinds of hard names. [--] I turned and told him "I could'n't see it" and then fired, he dropped, whether dead or wounded. I couldnt tell. I then run a little further, when I heard our [--] Artillery signal to "fire" and just had time to fall down when a charge of grape and Can- nister flew over my head and thro' ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p020_SvryZ7M.jpg) the enemys ranks making ter- rible havoc among them. I jump up and had almost caught up to the regt when a ball struck a tree, glanced and hit me in the side, it stuned me but did not make a hole, but I managed to. get up and walk to where the regt had halted. another charge of grape from our cannon [---] routed the rebs, our regt then advan ced and occupied the field. we stacked arms, and built fires and eat our supper right where the hard est fighting was done, but whe had got accustomed to the scenes of the Battle Field. our Color Sergt was wounded in the throat and Maj Hampson honored me by giving me the National flag to carry. and, thro all the terrible fighting of Sunday I kept it waving over our brave boys, without receiving a scratch. it is torn and tattered, and blackened by burnt powder. but we think all the more of it. Our Artil- lery has commenced firing again so I must say good bye again ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p021_W0lkHE1.jpg) Chattanooga Tenn Sept 25th 1863 Dear Tom, I presume you are anxiously waiting some word from me, I am still alive, tho I was in the thickest of the fight of Sat. & Sunday. we went into the battle Sat at 9 a.m. with 41 men and lost 9 wounded & 1 killed, on sunday 2 were wounded & 2 missing. I was hit with a spent ball Sat. evening. it knock me down, and the place is a little sore yet. but it didn't prevent my fighting all day Sunday. our Color Sergt. was wounded and Maj Hampson gave me the National Flag Sunday morning to carry. I kept it waving over the boys all day without getting a scratch. I expect you wish you had been with us, but I say I never — never — want to see anoth battle. Our loss is as follows. Corp Wade killed ball in centre of forehead. Corp Plun ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p022_1ZnunCz.jpg) Larkin, Warren, Lawless, Cortes, Emmons, Benson, Corp "Seiver, Lewis. (Lucas probably killed) Alleman, Crew, all wounded, (Chandler. missing probably prisoner) (Lucas missing probably killed). I am very sorry you are worse, you had better try and get home Col. Payne was shot through the leg Your Affec. brother E.M.H. I have not seen Mr. Boynton yet. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p023_rQ5oYgR.jpg) Chattanooga Tenn. Sept. 25th 1863 Dear Papa, I hardly know how to describe my feelings today, the reaction from the excitement of the past week is taking place, I have "seen the elephant", I have been in a battle and I never, never, never, want to be in another. my desire to see an en- gagement before returning home, is abundantly satisfied, I have written you one or or two letters since Sunday but I have forgotten what I said in them, so if I repeat anything you mustn't blame mee. On Friday we were on a hill about five mls from where our troops were fighting and as I heard boom after boom of the cannon, how I ached to be there, about midnight we were wakened up and led into the road & in the direction of the fighting ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p024_uGmjFBE.jpg) the road was lined with teams and troops, and every one seemed to think we were about to achieve a great victory, I watched the faces of our Generals, and did not feel quite so confident. there was a kind of anxious, uncertain expression about them that I didn't like Saturday morning, about daylight firing commenced again so near us that we could hear the valleys of musketry. and shouts of the men we lay by the roadside patiently waiting our time. till about nine, when Gen. Parmer road up to the Col. and said, (More troops are needed Col. your boys can have a ticket to the ball if they want.) I never before such a shout as the 124th gave at this announcement. we moved rapidly to our position and commenced advancing slowly through the woods. they were free ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p025_arJ4Tt7.jpg) from under brush, and very much like those on the Elyria Fair Grounds except that the trees were principly oak. by and by, our skirmishers commenced to fire, suddenly we heard the warning command" Battalion - - Ready - - - Aim - ," and just had time to drop when a volley flew over our heads, the fight then becam[-] general all along our line and we fired and loaded at will, it is im- possible to discribe the effect of the first fire on our men, some sh[--]t troubled and shivered as if they had an ague fit, but still kept their places, some cowed down and run like whipped [---] but most stood up to the [---] rack like men and our regt. came out praised by every one it was hard for me to a[---] by and s[---] boys dropping like sheep around me, without ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p026_AIF4Sxe.jpg) any power to prevent it. at night we remained possession of the field, it presented a scene of the wildest confusion, guns, bayonets rammers, cartridge boxes knap sacks, canteens haversacks, tents blankets, hats dead bodies, and wounded men men lay scatter about in every conceivable position is a sickening sight, but we soon became accustomed to it after we had stacked arms, the Lieut. Carran called me, and in the presence of quite a number of the officers and men, said I was deserving of the highest esteem for the cool and judicious way in which I tried keep the men in their places, and the kindness which I showed to the wounded. &c - &c he appologized for all that he had formerly done to wound my feelings. of course ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p027_0Yg94Nz.jpg) I made the best I could of it, but I would much rather he had kept quiet for I cannot easily forget the past. the Major told me our Color Sergt. was, wounded, and that he (the Maj. would like me to take it, but did not like to detail me, of course I said I was at his command, tho' I felt as if I was almost doing wrong, for I knew I was increasing my danger tenfold. It is impossible for me to tell you all the incidents of the past week. you will have to wait till I go home. Serg't Boughton arrived on the 22nd and brought the knife and pencil all right, you could not have sent any thing that was more needed I have not had a knife for a long time ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p028_UrJfAWQ.jpg) and the one you sent is very very acceptable, we are too unsettled at present for you to send me a box. but when you do, I wish you would send me 2 shirts – 2 pr socks, and 2 or 3 hand kerchiefs, <1 pr. mittens & 1 pr suspenders> I may need my over coat, if I do I will let you know in time, never mind about the watch, if you succeed in have ing it fixed, you had better keep it for your own use, as I might lose it, and can get along without it I got a letter from Tom the other day, he said he had been worse, I am at a loss, what to do about him give my love to all from your Affectionate Son E. M. H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p029_1js9lA5.jpg) Chattanooga Tenn Sept. 30th 1863 Dear Mama I got so tired of waiting for the mail this morning that I thought I would look over my old letter again. including yours of the 12th inst there are 16 received from home since we left Manches- ter, the date of the last from Papa is Sept 13th making 17 days in which so many changes might take place As I am still Color Bearer. I dont have much to do just now, so that the delay of the mail is very trying I dont know how much longer I shall be Color Sergt. I told the Major when I first took the flag that I wished to do it during the battle only, as I am not good enough guide to lead the Regt. on Drill or Parade, so I expected to be relieved, but they havent done it ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p030_RgR2yTN.jpg) yet. perhaps they think the fight is not over yet. The rebel Camp fires can be seen at night and our pickets hear their "Reveille" at the same time as ours, Prisoners and deserters report that their commander intends to drive us back to Ky. but he has to drive us out of his own fortifications yet our troops have been very busy in strengthening them the last few days, and Batteries are masked, and if the enemy should attack us before we get ready to advance we will— - - well: it cant be called any thing else than butcher them. "Rose'" says there have been too many priso- ners taken, and has arranged the Army so as to destroy them. I was speaking to one of our Surgeons who was taken prisoner and paroled he went over the battle field of the 20th and says. that we cannot say that we killed and wounded a great number, but that we butcher ed them by thousand, that their loss was greater, far greater than ours. or else they carried off many more of our men than they did of their own. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p031_6nrT0gv.jpg) our fare at present is "Hard Tack" "Sow Bellie" Sugar C Fresh Beef, Sugar, Coffee, & occasionally a little Tea, I can drink the Coffee, but tea does me a great deal of good, particularly that which comes from home. We have plenty of rations such as they are, I wash ed my pants and blouse the other day, and when I sat down to "do my ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p032_qjMFTNz.jpg) mending I discovered a bullet hole in the left leg of my pants, which I had not seen before, it was probably caused by a pistol shot as it is small, but I cant find any scratch, My side hurts a little once in a while yet. but is almost well, the ball must have hit me where I was hurt when I fell from the scaffold in Elyria some ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p033_7eYVey6.jpg) time ago, You will see that I am pretty hard up for stationery this is my last, I havent even an en- velope to mail this with but I guess I can find one. I left most of my paper in the Co desk when we left Manchester and it has not come up yet, so you will please excuse the diminu- tive size of my sheets Capt. Bullock has applied for another ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F10_p034_N8e4P9F.jpg) extention of his fur- lough, I guess he will stay at home as long as the war lasts if he can, I think he has had enough of marching, give my love to all from keeping a large share for yourself Your Affec. Son E.M.H. I have just succeeded in obtaining an envelope, ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p001_E4HPwCO.jpg) Chattanooga Tenn October 1st 1863 Dear Willie It is a long time since you got a letter from me is'nt it. but I believe you owe me one if I remember right. I expect you would like me to give you a discription of the "battle of the Chicamanga" wouldn't you but I cant, such a thing is in- describable by any one like me, if you can imagine hundreds & thousands of muskets going of at once and all the time, and now ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p002_Lnlmliq.jpg) them thirty or forty cannon banging away all at once, and the rifle balls and shells whistling and shrieking and bursting around your head, and see the men drop.- ping dead and wounded on every side, adding their cries and groans to the yells and cheers of others — you can get a pretty good idea of what I was in on last Saturday and Sunday week, What would you think if I should tell you that — there was a Lieut who had a squirril sitting on his shoulder during all this noise and confusion early Sunday morning I noticed an Officer in one of the other Regts. going around among his men cheering them on, while a gray squerril sat on his shoulder mun- munching away at a piece of "Hard Tack" apparently all un- ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p003_zf3mHgW.jpg) conscious of the din around him and late in the afternoon I noticed that same "bunny" sitting on his masters shoulder as we were charging accross a field I suppose you would like to have had some trophy from the battle field, but I had too much else to do and think about to secure any prizes, I received letter from Papa dated Sept 16th today, I have not heard from Tom, for sometime, when he last wrote he said he had been worse, if he dont does'n't write soon I shall try and get a short furlough to go and see him It is raining hard today, this is the first rain we have had of any account since leaving Manches ter Aug 16th I am very well today give my love to Mama & Papa ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p004.jpg) keeping a good share for yourself from your Affectionate brother E. M. Hayhurst I expect if it stops raining long.) to have a cup of good tea for supper. made from that which Papa sent. E. M. H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p005_v90bvEA.jpg) Chattanooga Tenn October 3rd 63 Dear Papa Yours of the 16th was day before yesterday, I was glad to hear that you were all well, and that you were getting along so well with your school, I am sorry that I could not write to you oftener while we were marching, when you dont receive my letters you must not blame me for it. Capt. Bullock has applied for another extention of his furlough I dont expect to see him back here, very soon again ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p006_VCWH5SW.jpg) I have not heard from Tom, for some time. when he last wrote he said he was worse, I presume that owing to the great number of wounded which have been sent to Nashville that his quarters have probably been changed maybe farther north. I hope so, at all so if he should get to Louisville or Cincinnati, I think if you could afford it, it would be well to visit I think you could get him home if you tried pretty hard, may be discharged I have come to the conclusion that he is not fit for a soldier and should be discharged I felt afraid lately, that when you heard we were at Chattanooga you would send a box to me. I think it will be very difficult if not impossible to get one through from Nashville. one of our trains of 300 wagons was entirely destroyed by the reb's a few ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p007_Ta1I6qp.jpg) days ago but you can tell much better and sooner than I can when the way is open, I know but very little that is going on, and our mails are very irregular. if you should send me a box, maybe it would be well to send my overcoat in about six weeks from now I think it will be cold enough, to make it quite comfortable. I wish the war would close up soon, so that I wouldnt need it at all, I am very well today, please give my love to Mama and Willie, keeping a good share for yourself from Your Affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p008_hjiSrW2.jpg) Chattanooga Tenn, Oct 6th 1863 Dear Papa If you dont like the looks of this paper you will have to burn it. it is almost impossible for an enlisted man to keep his paper dry and clean. Your letter of the 23rd was received today it is just such an one as I expected I expected you would feel worried as soon as you heard the first rumor as I lay on the ground Sunday evening I I listening to the cheers of the rebs' when they thought they had us in ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p009_kOWtasp.jpg) a trap, how I thought how good it would be for me to have a some means of letting you know that moment that I was perfectly safe I am sorry that Mama fee worries so much, I wish she could persuade herself that all will be right in the end, I feel very hopefull, and have ever since we left Triune, I feel almost sure that I will be preserved alive thro' the war, But I must confess, I felt as if I might have an op- ortunity of visiting Richmond when the rebs pressed us so close Saturday evening. I suppose you have all sorts of stories about the battle, I see that some of the Nashville and Louisville papers have a very eroneous impression of some things they say that "Crittendens Corps was driven back in great confusion" ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p010_SCyNE0L.jpg) this is utterly false so far as Palmer Di[-]. is concerned at any rate, it is true Crittenden acted dishonorably but all his men did not. there is one thing I want you to distinctly understand (i.e.) Hazens Brigade was fighting all day Sunday, and his troops were the last to leave the field at night Yesterday the enemy shelled us a little, but today they are quiet and it is rumored that are retreating to Atlanta. if this is true, we will probably have some more marching to do as soon as we get things fixed up here. If "Rose" should organize another campaign it is possible that our Brigade will be part of those left to hold this place. as we bore the brunt in the late march- ing and fighting. but not probable as Hazen is too much of a fighter. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p011_GiVJI0A.jpg) I am well, never felt better since I left home, but I suffer some these cold nights. Give my love to Mama and Willie, keeping a good share for yourself from Your Affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p012.jpg) [text rotated upside down at top of page] With love to all I remain your affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst [remaining body of text] does not seem inclined to relieve me We are living on half rations, but I get along pretty well so far. Enclosed please find some ambrotype frames they are secesh property, confiscated by one of the men in the regiment. I got them from him to send to Willie thinking they might please him. Chattanooga Tenn. October 9th 1863 Dear Mama I have nothing to do tonight so I thought I would write you a short note though I have but very little to write about, I dont feel very well to- night, that is, I mean in spirits, I begin to feel discouraged, Oh! how I wish this war would end so that I could get out of the society I am in now it is very very hard if I could only get away from the Co. like I was at Franklin, I could get along I received a letter from Tom today dated the 1st he did not say how he ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p013_17taQI5.jpg) was, but that he was going to be sent to Lousville. I think I have not heard anything in a long time that pleased me more, I think he will get to Ohio now, and probably home after a while. I think if such a thing is possible he should be discharged, he is not fit for a soldier and there is no use in keep- ing in the service if he should get home he would probably get well again, and think he could stand it, but I feel sure he could not. The rebels are still in our front but do not seem inclined to fight I wish they would so that we could feel a little settled, at night we can see their camp fires and in the day their tents can be seen on the hill sides. they drop a few shells among us once in a while, and that is about all. I still carry the colors the Major ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p014_Cj0f7JL.jpg) Chattanooga Tenn. October 11th 1863 Dear Papa I received your letter dated Sept 25th last night I am very sorry that my welfare troubles you so much, but I suppose I cant help it, it worried me very much to think how bad Mama would feel when she heard of the battles I believe I told you once before that it was unnecessary to put the Div. or Corps on my letters, in fact I think it is the cause of their delay sometimes, my address all the company and number of regt. "via ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p015_1JxGryQ.jpg) Chattanooga is all that is necessary. We still belong to Hazen's Brigade, tho' [-] Palmers Division, but "they say" that we are assigned to Gangers Corps not Division. in the fight we occupied the left centre I think, Palmer was in command of his Div. I saw him several times in the thickest of the fight, but he reported to Granger H on Sunday for orders, because Critten den was "no whar". I also received a letter for Tom, from you, you dont address his letters right enclosed you will find his proper address if you put the Co, & Regt under his name it is very apt to be sent here instead of the Hosp, as B P. M's are not very particular to read the whole address, they generally know where the Regt. without. I recd a note from Tom saying that he was going to Louisville, so I presume ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p016_gbSrVQy.jpg) he will be in Ohio before long. We are living on quarter rations now. I presume because of the trains that have been destroyed lately, if the rebs cant whip us they can bother us considerable, we havn't the corn &c to helps us, that we had at Poes Tavern, I have taken a hard cold and feel quite unwell today so please excuse this, I'm afraid the cold nights are going to spoil my soldiering qualities. Give my love to Mama & Willie. Your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p017_d0CR4rg.jpg) Chattanooga Tenn Oct 16th/63 Dear Tom, I just recd yours of the 3rd inst. The one you wrote previous to this, and saying that you were going to Louisville came several days ago but supposing your position was changed I did not answer it a letter from Papa & also a book from Joe came here for you yesterday. I have read the book which is called "Marian Grey" but I think I had better not send it to until I know for certain whether you are going to L— if you want me to sell it for you instead of sending it I will do so We are having a pretty quiet time here just the rebs are camped on the hills all along our front making them white with their tents, our picket lines are within speaking distance of each other. I went out the other day to hear one of their bands which was playing they have some splendid players. they have a very strong force and though they shell us a little occasion- ally, dont seem to be inclined to attack ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p018.jpg) us, I wish they would so that we can settlee the business I’m getting tired of it. I got a letter the other day from Joe. he says that “Ella Bullock died of the typhoid fever, last week” We have been living on half, and quarter rations for some time but they say we are to draw our full allowance today. I am well, except a cold, and am still Color bearer Hoping that you are better I remain your affectionate brother E. M. H. [text rotated upside down at bottom of page] If you can get a discharge I think you had better. Ed. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p019_dpkAuJ4.jpg) Chattanooga Tenn October 16th 1863 Dear Mama / Two letters from Papa and one from Joe, were recd last night. They were dated respectively the 1st 4th & 5th inst. yours of the 4th also came at the same time. how glad I was to know that you had received my letters, I knew you would feel very anxious until you did get them, early in the morning. before the firing commenced on Sunday as I sat behind the slight breastworks we had hastily thrown up I thought that in all probability we would have a hard fight that day ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p020_saePuwF.jpg) and that possibly that would be my last chance of writing home. Knowing how much you would prize such a note, how could I help writing? even tho' the b[-] shells burst and balls flew thick around us before I had hardly commenced. Our Regiment certainly deserves its good name for we were in the thickest of the fight during both days. I dont see how you got the idea that Cole was a prisoner. I noticed that he kept out of all danger of being captured, he was wounded it is true, but so slightly that it was well in a day or two. the skin of two of his fingers was barely cut through. Tell Papa that his dream was a true one ('Hayhurst's House still stands in the Civil War" but we cant say that it "flourishes" I feel pretty well today, we drew full rations this morning, and the ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p021_sn4Om3t.jpg) storm which has lasted since last Monday has cleared off. the sun is now, shining brightly on the variagated hills which surround surround both ourselves and enemys I went down to our picket lines to hear some of their brass bands play and I must confess they have as good if not better than we have I have not tried to find Floyd Smith as I have not had time. you must remember that we have a large, very large army here, and that it is no very short job to find J. C. Davis Division if it is here. but I will set to work tomorrow, and will find him if he is here. Joe said in his letter that Ella Bullock is dead. Oh! how hard it must be for her poor father. he thought so much of her. please give my love to Papa & Willie keeping a large share for yourself from your affectionate son E. M. H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p022_7pMOZAt.jpg) ammunition gave out entirely at dark we fell back to Rossville, our Brigade being the last to leave the field. some parts of our army was pretty badly cut up, but not half so bad as the rebels were, it was a hard battle, and although we gave them the field, they were out far more than we were, Cole had two of his fingers scratched a little. Matt Chandler has not been heard from & is probably a prisoner, I washed my pants a few Chattanooga Tenn. October 17th 1863 Dear Joe Yours of the 5th inst. was received night before last. I was glad to hear that you were well, but very sorry to hear of the death of Ella Bullock how bad her father must feel, you see that young people can die at home as well as in the Army. do you feel prepared if your turn should come next? do you mingle with the right kind of companions? I know your position in the store is a very much exposed one, and the temptations are very great but you know the right from the ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p023_wbPq2Ja.jpg) wrong. I hope you will be carefull remember Joe— that your character is forming now, and that a great deal depends on your associates. I am sorry I couldn't get any relics from the battle field for you I thought of it several times while the shells were bursting and rifles balls whistling thickly around me, but during the fighting I had too much to do taking care of the flag. & when it was over we left the field in the hands of the enemy. I cant give you a very good dis- cription of the great battle, as I am a poor hand at it but I'll do the best I can, the "waded in" about 9 AM. on Saturday the 19th we were in an open woods and the rebels were in a dense thicket we lay down and loaded and fired at will it was while we were lying down that Col. Payne was wound- ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p024_zJKGNrQ.jpg) days after the battle in the Tennessee, and when I came to mend them found a bullet hole in the left leg, which I had not noticed before how it went through without hurting me I cant tell. When you write again I wish you would find out what Cyrus & Aut's address is now & let me know. The book which you sent to Tom came here, as you did not direct it right I recd a letter from ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p025_sSnV9cL.jpg) him a few days ago saying he was going Louisville, and as I have no money now I cannot send it to him. now, I have read it. and when I hear from him again will try and send it to him if he should not go to L-. When you see Mr. & Mrs. Gandem tell them I am well, and that I hope Aut. will never have to be in such a fight as I have. remember me to all friends and write soon to your affec. bro. E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p026_BOyYVii.jpg) ed, & Corpl Wade killed, we soon shot away our ammunition. two old regiments who had been in the "Stone River" fight then came up to relieve us, so that we could go back and get a new supply. but the rebs charged on them and made them run like pipers. before we could get any cartridges, we didn't care but fixed bayonets and charged on the rebs with such a yell that they soon broke and skidaddled like so many sheep it was fun to see them throw away their guns &c and, "git" some yes- a great many would jump behind the trees, and desert to us when we came up. It is impossible for you to have any idea of how the field looked after this charge. the ground was strewn with the dead & wounded of both parties. guns - cartride boxes - bayonets - hats - caps. - haversacks - knapsacks, tin cups - canteens, "Hard-tack" "Sow-bellie" ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p027_0i9C6YL.jpg) human heads-hands-feet in fact every thing lay scattered all through the woods, when night came we stacked arms and slept on the battle field Early Sunday morning we threw up a slight breast work of logo-stones- &c pretty soon they pitched into us again then the confusion was indiscribable we had two Brigades of 6 Regts each behind this breastwork besides 30 Cau[--] we all loaded & fired as fast as we could & the rebs did the same, just think of 30 cannon firing as fast as they could, the shell shrieking, howling and bursting, wounded men- and horses groaning and shrieking all armed us, once in a while a shell would cut a large tree off, and it would fall crushing amongst us. I was carrying the flag through all this yet I escaped unhurt we kept moving and fighting till almost dark when our ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p028.jpg) [text rotated counterclockwise at top of page] I wrote a letter to you dated the 11th it should have been the 12th the 1st anniversary of my enlistment Ed. [remaining body of letter] Chattanooga Tenn October 20th 1863 Dear Papa I will have to write with a lead pencil again, as my ink is almost all gone, and the Sutlers are all ordered to leave here. I want to save it to address letters with. I am very short of stationary and have no other way of getting it than from home, I dont know why the sutlers are ordered away, but I presume it is because forage is so scarce, our horses and mules are dying for want of food. the rebs’ are giving us a pretty hard pull ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p029_02XKk2g.jpg) in this respect [-]. I have just returned from a long walk, to where Gen. Davis' Div. is encamped, I found the 74th Ills. [-] it was not in the battles of Chickananga, and Floyd Smith is safe with his Co. so says a member of Co. "T." I did not see him as he was away just at the time I was there. I had quite a pleasant walk this morning up the river as far as our picket lines. I want to get some cane to make a broom of to sweep my tent with the young shoots make first rate brooms for this purpose. I little thought years ago when I paid .25 cts for a fish pole that I would be cutting the cane on the Tennessee River this Summer, if I had a line & hook I could get plenty of poles ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p030_T2BgIDk.jpg) for nothing fishing is quite a passtime with some of the soldiers and they are pretty successfull just now Tell Mama that the flag I carried in the battle one month ago today was the nation al banner which was presented to the 124th the day we left C— & that I lead the Regiment I walk about six ten or twelve paces in front of the centre, and of course am a conspicious mark, it seems a miracle that I should escape without a scratch. With the exception of a cold which makes me hard of hear- ing. I am very well. Give my love to Mama and Willie, keeping a good share for yourself from Your affectionate son E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p031_gpE4esP.jpg) Chattanooga Tenn. October 24th '63 Dear Papa Yours of the 8th was recd right before last I forget now whether I sent you a particular de- scription of the Sunday's battle, I can hardly remember anything that occured during the first fes. days. after the battle, but the scenes which transpired during the fight are in- dellibly stamped on my memory, and if I ever get home, I can tell you some things which will make your blood run cold, there was one kind of ball which the enemy use on ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p032_qBq5Lj2.jpg) Sunday that I never heard of before it is called the "Minnie shell" they fit their muskets, and are filled with percussion powder, and when they strike burst, making a most fearful wound, there was a private in the 23rd Ky. standing by me when the rebs were trying to take our Battery he said "Sergt." I have got lost from my Regt. but if it is the "Stars & Stripes" so I'll help you take care of this one" the words were hardly out of his mouth when a "Minnie shell" struck him between the eyes, tearing the top of his skull off and literally blow- ing his brains out. I have been thinking about my watch lately, and I have come to the conclusion that you had better not send it at present. as I don't really need it and if I sholuld get wounded seriously or killed it would be lost ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p033_Sa8hRJ0.jpg) for even the members of my own Company cannot be trusted. I guess I can get along without the suspenders some time longer We are having a great deal of rain latlely and it is now "pattering on the tent." the river is pretty high. I went fishing the other day but a storm came up and drove me back to camp without any fish. I would like to tell you about our position &c, here, but cannot, as all such correspondence is strictly for- bidden. and if it should be discovered it would be apt to go hard with me How I would like to "call in" tomorrow evening as you "are gathered round your evening camp" and make a short visit, but I think would not feel right at home, until the war is settle over. I am well. all except a cold, we ex- pect to shell the rebs as soon as it ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p034_loYUluU.jpg) clears off. we need the wood they are using, to much to allow them to remain where they are, I can see Braggs H'd Q'r's from the door of my tent. the deserter say- Jeff. Davis is with him. I wish I could get a shot at the old fellow I guess he would be right in the way where I was going to shoot Enclosed please find the dimentions of what my shirts should be, make them a little larger (partic- ularly the sleeves) to allow for shrinking. Give my love to all. Your affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p035_8IJdwBh.jpg) October 29th 1863 Dear Papa I hardly know how to head this. we are on a ridge (just below "Look Out Mountain") which skirts the western shore of the Tennessee. you have doutless heard of our daring exploit in capturing this point night the 26th or rather the morning of the 27th The night of the 26th our Brigade (after a large number of the best men had been chosen to man the boats.) crossed the river at Chattanooga and cut across the bend which you will notice marked on the map just below ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p036_YSn5Ika.jpg) the City and came out opposite their place. the (chosen men) about three hours before daylight. took the boats and came quietly down the river to where we were, we then crossed and as we clambered up the rocks the rebs were so astonished that they fired but two or three voleys and run and our boys had posessesion of the ridge before they fairly knew what was up and it was too late there to make much resistance. The 124th was the first to land we lost one officer and three men wound- ed, one of the will probably die. the rebs pounded away at us an hour or two with shell but didn't hurt us any, we were not long in making a pontoon bridge of our boats, and now we have several pieces of Art planted, Hooker joined us last night coming up the valley along the R.R. and we have the fires on "L.O. Mountain" sur- rounded. this morning before daylight they tried to cut their way out about 1 1/2 miles from where we are but some of Hookers boys ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F11_p037_5xkrAj6.jpg) drove them back, the fight lasted about 1 1/2 hours and was pretty sharp, the enemy are Longstreets men, and the 11th & 12th Corp's are quite honored in having the priviledge of fighting their old opposers. Hunger which has troubled us for so long, will have to skeddaddle pretty soon, as we have R.R. communications to within a few miles of this point Your welcome letter of the 11th was recd yesterday, tell Mama that I dont know anything about my "Enlistment Papers" I had forgotten that I had any. There was great rejoicing among us soldiers at the result of the election, but the removal of Rosecrans has discouraged a great number of the boys, they dont un- derstand it. I have not heard from Tom for a long time, I am very well, but rather hungry just now. Give my love to all from Your affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p001.jpg) [text rotated counterclockwise at top of page] If you have not already sent my over coat. I think you had better try and sell it and I draw a new one let me know in your next. the government price is $9.50 Ed. [remaining body of letter] “Picket Reserve” near Chattanooga November 7th 1863 Dear Papa After enduring the severest hardships and exposure our Brigade returned to the old camp in Chatta— It is useless I think to write to you about the sufferings which we experience, you probably read enough in “the papers,” I have heard it said and believe it to be true that “the Dept. of the Cumberland has endured and is now enduring more hardships and severe exposure than all the rest of the U. S. A. put together” When Hooker’s Army came up to where we were the other day those old soldiers (said to be tried and experienced) actually grum- ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p002_t9OFuUo.jpg) bled because they marched over ten miles that day and then had to gon 400 y'd's from camp for spring water, while we poor fellows were on a high rocky ridge had to climb down to the river for drink and were thankful if we got back without being pecked by a "sharpshooter" The 124th is on picket today and I stay with the flag on the "Reserve." the sun is shining bright and warm and the feathered songsters are cheering us with the same songs that they so late- ly sung to our friends in the north. Immediately after our return to Camp we were the happy recippients of a large mail. I claimed six letters and one paper, three from you dated resp' the 18th 20th & 25th left. I was entirely out of stantionary until the receipt of these or I would have written sooner. Capt. B.- reached the Company several days ago. (a changed man) I think his sickness and the death of ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p003_cySvKtW.jpg) Ella has made a better man of him, he has talked a great deal to me about Ella. crying like a child most of the time. Joe sent me some stationary by him, but it is in his valise and that is at Stevenson Ala. It is true I am now under Granger again, and I am glad of it, but he has in all probability forgotten me, and for me to be noticed it would be necessary for some friend to speak of me. It is almost impossible to decide where so many opinions are expressed, but the more I learn of the position of the Army on the Chickamanga battle field, the more I am lead to think that "Rosecrans" was not only defeated but that it was done through his own mismanagement, I always have had great confidence in him, but some circumstances show strongly against him. I hope he will come out all right in the end, I feel afraid now that we will have to spend the Winter in the (*Which you know I have not got here) ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p004_CviJRHG.jpg) service. I did hope to be at home on my twenty first birthday, but it dont look much like it now. I am pretty well just now, my stomach and bowels do their work admirably (probably because they have so little to do.) but the desease of the heart troubles me some, I have never said any thing to the Surgeons about it. Patterson has returned to the Regt and I guess I will speak to him some day. I have not heard from Tom, since he went to Louisville. I had intended to write more than this when I commenced but will have to close now. I thought I had given you a full discription of my share in the awful battle of The 20th I will try and do so in my next. with love to all I remain Your Affectionate Son EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p005_XOuJMXx.jpg) Chattanooga Tenn Nov. 14th 1863 Dear Papa Yours of the 27th ult and 1st inst were gladly received yesterday. I hope that Mama is entirely well by this time. I am very well but rather tired of holding the pen as I have been very busy the last few days making out our Muster & Pay Rolls, we are to be paid today if it does not rain too hard but the prospects are for a rainy day. four months pay is due us, this will make my pile $68.00 I intend to send home $60. as soon as a good opportunity offers. I am glad to hear that you are so successful with my ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p006_jxkyl5z.jpg) money. but at the same time I dont wish you to invest any which would be of service to yourself I see that the papers have got a wrong impression in regard to our acchievement on the morning of the 27th ult. it was "Hazens Brigade" that did the job, we did not take Look Out Mountian, but a much small ridge just below it on the river but with it in our possession. L.O.M can do us no harm, the rebs keep banging away at us from their high position but they can do us but little injury. the battle which you speak of although close by us was fought by Hookers men who had just arrived the day before. Capt Bullock's valise arrived the other day and I now have 9 an ab[---] a large supply of good stationary. The change which has come over Capt B. is very great. he has made ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p007_7Gq94h9.jpg) me Co. Clerk again, I have heard him tell other Officers that cant get along without "Eddie" and doesnt see how Carran did, or why I was put into hire duty, he wants me to give up carry- ing the flag, but I guess I can do both I consider it a great honor to be "Color Bearer," I can remember reading a long time ago, the narrative of Sargt Jasper and the American Flag. I thought then how proud I would feel to carry our National Banner in Battle, little dreaming I should do so before I was of age, I have now carried it while under fire three different times, at the Battle of C-a.- during a reconnaisance which our Brigade made soon after the fight and the morning of the 27th Ult. The 20th of Sep. will never be forgotten by me, on Saturday night I lay down to sleep in the cold and on the battle field, [-]ying with hardly anything ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p008_AXpovTt.jpg) to eat and tired out with the ex- citement of the day. those who were asleep at daylight, Sunday morning were quietly wakened, we were drawn up in line of battle on a slight elevation, stacked arms and set to work making rude breastworks of logs rails &c. at this time the Major gave me the flag, our breastworks were soon completed, Batteries plant and each Regiment assigned its position, our Div. reported to Gen. Thomas, as Crittenden was "no whar." we held the left centre, we lay down behind our pile of logs quietly and anxiously to await the course of events it was here that I wrote you the short note that I sent. About 8 Oc'lk. our skirmishers on the left commenced firing. pop would go a gun away off in the woods, by & by pop - pop - would go a couple more, then a whole volley. after a while bang! - ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p009_2ueAyl5.jpg) bang! - bang! three or four more would go pretty close to us, in about fifteen minutes the firing on the left because general one continued roar of musketry it kept coming nearer - nearer - nearer and we knew that our boys were getting the worst of it but we did not dare to leave our position unguarded to help them. in our front was an open woods and to the rear a large meadow and corn field the cornfield was next to the woods on our left. in the meadow we had planted 30 guns shotted with grape and cannister and pointed towards the left where the firing was now most terrific. soon we could see groups coming out of the woods bearing the wounded off these became more and more numerous till by and by the thined ranks of our boys began slowly to appear, they ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p010_9XTlG5u.jpg) would march slowly backwards. loading at the same time. when loaded halt give the enemy the charge. this they kept up till they reached the meadow when the dense grey columns of the enemy began to appear. pouring a deadly fire into the thined ranks of the Yanks. the bugle call sounds "Lie down"! not a "blue coat" is to be seen. at the same moment we here the quick sharp notes of the bugle is heard again telling the artillerists to fire. and every one of those <30> terrible "War Dogs" hurl their contents through the rebel columns each charge clearing a road of its own do you remember the sound of the scyth as it passes through the heavy grass, as I saw and heard the grape and cannister clearing their way thro' the mass of human forms I thought of the time when I used be in the Harvest field, the enemy did not seem to notice their loss, but closed up the ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p011_e6odymd.jpg) gaps like water, and came steadily on to receive another such charge from the guns, but they kept steadily advancing driving our men batteries and all accross the meadow into the woods as soon as our boys gained the cover of the wood they rallied and strange as it may seem drove the rebel army panic stricken back again to where the first fire commenced. Oh! how we cheered that seeming handful of men, the enemy then received reinforcements and drove our boys again clear accross the open space to the woods our boys rallied again, and the same scenes were repeated until at last the "Yanks" held the ground where the skirmishing commenced, to say that that was a bloody field would not be expressing it at all, the firing now ceased entirely, and for about 15 minuets not a sound was to be heard save the cries of wounded and dying ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p012_CPAYAMs.jpg) men. Oh! what an anxious and awful silence that was to us who wh were on the ridge behind the breastworks for we felt sure our turn would come next. sure enough our skirmishers were soon driven in, and at we went, the rebs brought their artillery to bear on us, but it didnt do much harm as their practice was very poor. it was their Infantry that did the mischief. they charged on us several different times and were driven back with great slaughter. we having the advantage of the breastworks it was during their last charge that that a young Kentuckian came up and offered to stand by our flag as he had got sepparated from his Reg. I forget just the words he said but he had hardly ceased speaking to me when a Minnie shell struck him in the forehead and exploding tore the top of his head off spattering his ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p013_g3EPBqz.jpg) warm blood on my hand, it was for several days that I could feel that hot bloody spot and rub as hard I could it wouldnt go away. another anxious silence followed this last charge. the enemy seemed to be concentrating on the Centre and right by and by the "ball reopened" on our right the roar of musketry was most terrible it kept growing louder and louder, and nearer and nearer, we were soon ordered to support the right and as we left our breastwork, the enemy took possession of them. we moved rapidly and were soon engaged it was at this time that W. H. Parker was taken prisoner, he was Color Corporal, and for some reason left his past and before I could call him back, he was gone and the next we heard of him he was in Richmond. We fought our way ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p014_b6vOrNe.jpg) out to an open hill where Granger had made a stand, and joined him this was about sundown, we lay down here almost surrounded and waited till darkness came on, when we quietly slipped out the only hole left (Hazens Br'g'd being the last to leave the hill.) and reached Rossville about ten Oclock, if Rosecrans had come up with a few fresh troops Sunday afternoon I think we would not have left the field. I would like very much to see a newspaper account of the battle. I would like to know what others think about it. If Bragg keeps his army where it is all winter there wont be much fighting to do next Spring 130 men and officers deserted and came into our lines night before last they all belonged to the same Regt. and say that the remainder ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p015.jpg) would come in last night if they could get away, I have not yet heard that they did, We are ordered to “fall in” for pay so I must close for the present with love to all. Your Affectionate Son E M Hayhurst I have drawn $68.00 in green backs and will send you $60.00 at the first good opportunity ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p016.jpg) [text rotated counterclockwise at top of page] up to us. Many of those voices were hushed in death before the next sun rose, about midnight the enemy attacked Hooker but were driven back the fight last over two hours. our loss being about 300. this was all the fighting that was done while we were on the ridge or in the valley. Hooker is now there, but has done no fighting since of any account. Look Out is not in our possession, yet. but is of no importance now as our communication is open by water to within six miles of this place. Enclosed please find a receipt for $60.00 of my pay. you can get it [text rotated counterclockwise along left side of page, finishing the paragraph from the top of the page] cashed at the County Treasury with love to all I remain your affec. Son E. M. H. [remaining body of letter] Chattanooga Tenn Nov 17th 1863 Dear Papa Yours of the 5th was received on the 15th and the one dated the 8th this morning just after returning to Camp from picket I am surprised that the papers should get our doings so mixed up. I supposed that you would get a full account from them of every thing so I did not mention names &c, very particularly when writing to you. On the night of the 26th ult Gen. Hazen’s Brigade (the 2nd Brigade 3rd Division – 4th A. C.) embarked in Pontoon boats and dropped down the ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p017_TnEfbpy.jpg) river past Look Out Mountain and the rebel camps to what is called "Brown's Ferry" at the foot of "Racoon Ridge" the enemy had possession of the Gorge at the landing of the ferry and had a picket post stationed in it, the Brigade was joined hear by a Company from each Regt. with the Colors, and we all together crossed and commenced landing the 124th being the first to reach the shore, it was just as the first light of dawn commenced to appear. the enemy were completely taken by surprise and their first actions were comical in the extreme, the pickets fired their volley at the stars instead of us, and then instead of retiring and reloading they stod stood on the bank yelling to us "Dont you land here. - Dont you land here - if you do well kill every one of you" and such like ex- pressions - just as if we had gone ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p018_p4FGxN5.jpg) to the trouble of giving there to do as they said, a few shots from our boys made them "git" but before we were landed they returned with re- inforcements and formed a line of battle in the Gorge, they fired pretty briskly but didn't do much damage the boat I was in was hit two or three times but no one hurt. They kept yelling to us that it was impossi for us to take the Gorge &c, but we yelled back that we didnt want it that the ridge was what we were after just them so at it we went and were soon on top and felling trees for breastworks, the rebs saw that they were fairly surprised & went back to the valley where they had a Battery with which they banged away at us in spiteful man- hurting no one and wasting lots of ammunition in about an hour they moved up the valley and joined their ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p019_ZL3T1bU.jpg) main force. our Regt then clambered along the Ridge about one mile towards L. O. M. to Shin Bone Ridge here we threw up slight breastworks and quietly waited to see what the rebs would do next they commenced throwing shell at us from Look Out only one of which burst within 1/4 of a mile of us, late in the after- noon we heard skirmishing on the left and by and by heavy blue columns began to appear from the woods in the valley about a mile distant. as soon as they saw us they healted as if doubtful whether we were friend or foe, with a glass we could see the Crescent flag of Seigles old coops and knew that they were our friends and I stood up in our breastworks waved our flag to them, immediately their banners were unfurled and the salute returned and cheer after cheer came floating down the valley and ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p020_FKvurZG.jpg) Camp 124th O. V. J. Chattanooga Tenn Nov. 20th 1860 Dear Joe Your last letter was recd several days ago. I was very glad to hear that you were well and enjoying yourself. Capt. Bullock reached the Co. on the 30th ult. his valise which had the Stationary in it that you sent came up a few days ago. the articles all came safe, and are very welcome, the paper is much finer than we can get here at anytime and at present we cant get any at all. the book is a very ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p021_na3z2II.jpg) interesting one, I have not had time to read it all yet, the one you sent to Tom by mail I read soon after receiving it. I still have it & will read it again by & by. I have been in another little fight since I last wrote to you but as usual did'n't get hurt Our Brigade i.e. (the 2nd Brigade 3rd Division 4th A. C.) took possesion of what was called Racoon Ridge on the morning of the 26th ult. They picked the best men out of each Regiment these men got em- barked at this place in Pontoon boats and floated down the river eight miles to Brown's ferry at the foot of Racoon Ridge, here they were joined by the remainder of the Regts and the Colors and we all crossed together there is a gorge in the mountains at the ferry, in this the reb' pickets were stationed as soon as they ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p022_lp1trMI.jpg) discovered as crossing they fired off their guns at the stars instead of us and thier without reloading ran down to the bank yelling at us "Dont you land here- dont you land here- if you do we will kill every one of you- there is no use for you to try to take this place - you cant do it" &c- just as if we came there to do as they said, our boys gave them a good volley, which made them skeddaddle back to the valley, they soon rallied however and with re- inforcements returned and fought us pretty hard for a few minuets there were several balls struck the boat that I was in (I stood in the p[-]on with the flag. (as I am still Color [---]) but no one was hurt - The 124th was the first to land, and as we clambered up the bank. the rebs' formed a line of battle in the gorged and yelled to us, "Don't you come here - ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p023_am6VrWI.jpg) You cant take this gorge" we yelled back "we dont want your gorge now" and then commenced climbing up Racoon Ridge, with out paying any attention to the enemy, and before they knew what was up were on top and felling trees for fortifications, from here we could "sock" it to them pretty well and soon made them "Git" and run back into the valley leaving most of their dead an from the valley they banged away at us with a Battery but did not hurt any one, the 124th lost altogether 4 wounded one of whom has since died in the after noon we <(the 124th)> moved along the mountain up the river to within two miles of Look Out Mountain to a ridge called "Shin bone ridge" here we threw up breastworks and stayed nearly a week, until Gen Hooker came up and relieved us, he is there now ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p024_eSErpaT.jpg) and fighting a little today, I can hear his Cannons booming as I write. the night after he (Hooker) came up the rebs pitched into him pretty hard, but he drove them off with considerable slaughter while we were on Shin bone ridge we lived on parched corn (i.e. indian corn) and had to climb down the rocks to the river for drink, and were thankfull if we got back each time without being picked by sharpshooters, we returned to Camp about the 5th inst, have put up Winter Quarters and are now comfortably fixed for the Winter, and of course I expect we will have to leave them pretty soon Lucius Cole has been caught stealing he took a blanket from N. R. Parmely and traded it off. he is in arrest waiting Court Martial. I expect it will go pretty hard with him as such tricks are not very popular here, he seems to be proud of it tho' as he braggs how sharp he was to do it. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p025_JPUPzsc.jpg) I am very well just now, with love to all I remain as ever Your Affectionate brother EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p026_4XEVyZM.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.J. Chattanooga Tenn November 21st /'63 Dear Willie Your very welcome letter was received several days ago, at the same time you were having a snow storm, we soldirs away down in the Sunny South were having a cold chilly rain. Oh! how cold the wind blew from the N.W. but it soon cleared off and the sun came out warm and pleasant. When we came to Chattanooga it was a very pretty place where we are now camped, the hills were covered with beautiful houses and gardens and groves, but we have torn down ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p027_g5rJhnc.jpg) or burnt all the houses, and cut down all the fruit trees and woods for fuel and the hills are now covered with the shanties and white tents of the Union Army. Most of the citizens went with the rebs when they left here, and most of those that staid have to leave now; there is nothing here for them to eat, and it is as much as we can do to get "grub" for ourselves. I hope that Tom has his furlough by this and is at home by this time I expect you will have [---] times on Thanksgiving, I would like to be at home that day if the war was over but it dont look much like it now we expect a terrible battle here soon, we were going out to fight this morning. & had every thing ready to start at day light, but it commenced raining hard and we had to give it up for today, but it only delays it a little, I am glad Mama used my old ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p028_oVUffOz.jpg) coat as she did. I hope she will use all my clothes so, for I have grown stouter than I was at home and I dont think they would fit me very well, now. I am glade that those picture cases please you, I thought they would so I got them for you. The mail has just arrived bringing an p illustrated paper from Joe, but no letters for me. the last three mails have brought none for me, and I begin to disappointed. it is an unusual thing for them to come with nothing for me. You speak in your letter of some fish hooks you sent me, I guess you forgot to put them in the letter before you sealed it up as they did not come.. I am very well now. I think this is a very healthy place. Give my love to Papa & Mama & write soon to your Affectionate brother E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p029.jpg) I am very well indeed today Chattanooga Tenn. Nov 22nd 1863 Dear Mama Papa’s letter dated the 15th inst is just received. I hope that my letters informing you of my safety have reached you long before this I hope some of the Cowards at home will be drafted to take the place of those who are soon to fall I intended to write you a long letter today but we are preparing for battle and I will have to close, saying that I hope “all is well” with love to all I remain Your affec. son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p030_twipyeU.jpg) Skirmish Line Head Qr's 124th O.V.J. 12 M. November 25th/63 Dear Our Folks I am all right so far You will learn all that we are doing and have done, by the papers so I will say nothing about it The 124th has lost only four 1 killed 3 wounded, none from Co "E". the one killed was standing just behind me by a sharpshooter was trying to make the Colors fall, but hit the wrong man. Sergt. Boughton is all right. the 41st was on our left & had to advance accross an open field. their ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p031.jpg) loss was very great. ten were killed within five minuts, (so they say) We are finishing up the war I hope, at least it look very much like it I am very well indeed in spite of the rough times I have seen & hoping that you are the same I close, with love to all As ever E.M.H. [text rotated upside down at bottom of page] 30 20 20 10 20 ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p032_ZPMbWdf.jpg) [1863] Missionary Ridge Thanksgiving Day Dear Our Folks (Nov. 26) Glory,-Glory,-Glory- to the Union Arms, what reason we have to be thankful today the telegram has will propably tell you most by tonight. Of all the fighting and the gallant charges which I have seen the performances of yesterday "capped the climax." our victory is complete, the 124th *captured seven (7) pieces of Artillery (the famous Rebel Washington Battery) Hazens Brigade took in all over 20 Guns, &c-&c-&c. E.M.H. captured a *(besides over 200 prisoners & stand of arms) ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p033_sfJDABb.jpg) a reb cedar canteen from a mem- ber of the 41st Miss. Vol, and an reb Officers Haversack full of Grub. I have been offer $6.00 for the it several times The 124th did not lose very many as they were deployed as skirmishers the 41st lost heavy. Sergt. Bough- ton was wounded very painfully in the thigh, but he is well taken care of and is doing very well, I did not see him myself. his Lieut told me Cap Bullock is all right, he showed himself a brave man, I am all right except a slight bruise on the heel, I have not time to write any more just now, with love to all I remain as ever EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p035_z6C4rod.jpg) [late Nov./early Dec. 1863] Camp 124th OVJ 12 Mls from Knoxville Dear Papa When you learn of our hard marching you can easily account for the scarcity of my letters, we left Chattanooga on the 28th ult. we have halted this after noon a little before dark, and I take the opportunity of writing this short note. I am completely exausted, and can write but little this has been the hardest march we have ever had. They say that Longstreet whom we have been trying to "gobble" has skedaddled to Va, if so we will probably not ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p036_eb4Nuw2.jpg) have to fight right off. I am (except being very tired) very well, hoping that you are all well at home, I close with love to all, from your affec son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p037_cFNJ0li.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.J. near Knoxville Tenn. Dec. 9th 1863 Dear Mama How do you like the looks of secesh paper. This is a sheet which I picked together with the enclosed letter by the body of a dead rebel on Missionary Ridge. I thought you might be interested in reading the letter, you will see by it that the writer has lost another son in the disgraceful Cause of the Rebelion The last letter i have received from home is dated Nov. 21. you may be sure that I am getting very anxious for mail. I wrote a short note to "Our folks' on Thanksgiving to let you ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p038_kOetQUj.jpg) know that I was all right after the fight which I was expecting when I last wrote you I carried the colors through the fight since then our old color Sergt. who was wounded at Chickamanga, has returned to the Regiment, and I am now simply (Co. Clerk) I have stood our forced march to this place very well indeed, the 103rd left their camp just before we came in, & follow Langstreet who is said to be forti- fying at Strawberry Plains about fifty miles from here, I was disappointed very much in not seeing either Cyrus or Austin, but hope to yet. their Chaplain told me they were both well. These hard marches and poor grub go rather rough, but I expected them when I enlisted, and as it is a much ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p039_fLengmL.jpg) quick shorter way of crushing the rebelion than laying in Camp would be, I am more than willing to do it I have just drawn some corn meal and as we may march again at any moment I will have to cook it now I like the meal much better than the flour we get sometimes as it is much more digestable, and I can cook it into much more palatable food I am getting to be an expert cook and am as independent as any old batch can be, just think what and old batchelor I am, being almost 21 years old, and haven't even got a girl picked out yet. I have seen some very pretty ones in East Tennessee, but alas! they are most all secesh Hoping that you are all well and that I will hear from you very soon I close with love to all. E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p040_fdqzotH.jpg) Picket Post 124th O.V.J. Near Knoxville Tenn December 10th 1863 Dear Joe The have been having an- other long, forced march, we left Chattanooga on the 28th ult. for this place. Burnside with his Army was here in a pretty tight place, and after we thrashed Bragg away from Chattanooga we had to come here to drive Longstreet off, we marched 20 & 25 miles a day, with no "grub" except what we could forage, Longstreet when ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p041_sntHeMr.jpg) he heard we were coming, took the Lieut and "lit out" and Burn- sides Army is now following him the 103rd left the morning we got here, so that I did not see th[-] boys. their Chaplain told me that Cyrus and Austin were both very well, You have probably read in the papers all about our fight at Chattanooga, I went through all perfectly safe, since then our Color Sergt. who was wounded at Chickamanga returned to the Regt. and I am no longer Color Bearer of course Our Regiment is on picket today and I take this opportu[-] ity to let you know that I am doing very well I have not been in Knoxvill[-] yet, so I cant tell you anything ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p042_ItVcdJY.jpg) about the City, but as soon as we are relieved from picket I shall try and get a pass to visit it. The Cumberland Army has about cleaned the rebels out of Tennessee and we are now quietly waiting for to see what Burnside will do with Longstreet who is said to be fortifying about fifty miles from here. Hoping that you are well and that I will hear from you soon I remain as ever Your affectionate brother E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p043_NtaSbvs.jpg) the seats are all taken out and I[-] is used as a kind of convalescent Hosp I wish you would send me by mail a small pocket testament I had the misfortune to lose mine. I have seen but one Chaplain and one agent for the Christain Commission since the battle of Chickamanga with love to all I remain as ever your Affectionate son Camp 124th O.V.J. near E.M.H. Knoxville Dec. 13th /63 Dear Mama I am tired of waiting for a letter from home, we have received but one le mail since we left Chattanooga. and that was on the 2nd or 5th day of our march Since I last wrote you I have seen Cyrus he came back to the City for Hospital Supplies (the Regiment is now at Strawberry Plain) I staid with him all night night before last, he has much easier times than I have and has ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p044_a17hdVN.jpg) seen no soldiering at all hardly. Yesterday I visited the noted City of Knoxville and was not very favorably impressed. There is a high hill on the eastern side of the river from which a very good views of the town and surrounding country can be had the rolling country and distant hills with the river winding and glistening among them from a beautiful picture, but the sad havoc of war has destroyed all the beauty of which Knoxville may have boasted, every thing [--] in and around the city bears the common stamp of the curse of slavery. all southern towns have the same look in this respect I visited fort Wagner where Burnsides men were said to have ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p045_ZEpS452.jpg) Near Clinch Mountain Dec 20th 63 Dear Mama Since writing this letter I have not had an opportunity of mailing till just now, I send this short note to let you know that I am well and have just received 11 ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p046_FCD0VGN.jpg) letters, 5 of them from home I write by the light of Camp fire and in great haste with love to all I remain as ever your affectionate son E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p047_zIlUyok.jpg) done such gallant fighting. it is not near so strong a place as the first line of entrenchments which the 124th & 41st captured on Monday the 23rd ult. but the blood of the rebs was still to be seen in the ditches. What was evident by the prettiest part of the town was burnt by our pickets during the seige. many handsome resi- dences are now in ruins I went to Gen. B-'s Hd Qr's and saw him start on his way accross the Mountains as I saw him ride off. I wondered how long it would be before the rest of us could go north. the rebelion seems to be in its last struggles and I begin to hope again that it will have to give up for the present sending my clothes, it is almost too ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p048_Qi8PdTE.jpg) uncertain to risk the express, when we cant even get mail my old shirts are entirely worn out but "I succeeded in getting a good one in Chattanooga and can get along some time longer now, I need shoes worse than anything else the pair I have entirely worn out and it is impossible to get new ones now, they say that there is a load coming up the river and that they will get here before long, The cheapest & poorest shoes sell in Knoxvill for $7.00, boots for $16. & $18. I concluded not to invest I asked a little [---] pedlar how he sold his candy, only a quarter a stick and three quarters for a ginger cake, everything else averages the same, how would you like to live here with your present income Today is Sunday but I have no Church to go to. I went into the Baptist Church in the city yesterday ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p049.jpg) [text rotated counterclockwise at top of page] badly worn that my feet were wet nearly all the time, I am glad to hear that Tom is so near home I think, I know he had better not return to active service even if he does get better. tell him that he has seen no service at all compared to what we have endured since he left he cannot stand such exposure. he had better be transferred to to the Invalid Corps if he cannot get his discharge. I hope you have not sent my clothing, as prob ably we will never see Chattanooga again and it is impossible to get such things to this place, maybe you will have a chance [text rotated upside down at top of page] to [-] send them by some member of the Regt there are [text rotated clockwise on left side of page] quite a number at home now. hoping that all are well, I close love to all, E.M.H. [main body of letter] Camp 124th OVI near Clinch Mountain Tenn December 22nd <(1863)> Dear Papa Our mail came at last, yesterday I went to see the boys in the 108th which is Camped about two miles from here and when I returned found two letters waiting for my attention, yours of the 26th & 27th ult & 7th inst and Ma- ma’s & Willie’s also of the 7th were among them, it is needless for me to say that they were welcome, The paper which Joe sent did not come our mail was overhauled at Chattanooga by Lt. Carran who is there (playing off they say) sick & ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p050.jpg) I presume he appropriated it to his own use. I am very sorry as I would like to see a newspaper account of our battle. Tell Mama that I did not have time to visit the hospitals in Chattanooga and not even to see Sergt B— and of course can tell her nothing about them. but I heard yesterday from a reliable source that they were very much crowded and that the patients were dying off very rapidly. mostly from dysentery. I feel anxious about Sergt. Boughton, tho’ his Lieut. told me his wound was not dangerous. and that he was well taken care of. While you were spending Thanksgiving Day at home. I was contemplating the various scenes of a most glorious but rather bloody battle field and also the splendid view of Chattanooga & and the surrounding country from Mission’ Ridge. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p051_IOk8I11.jpg) At the same time we were not at [-]c a, Longsheet was displaying his agility at Knoxville, it is true that his main object was defeated. but I think it was a wholesome dread of the Cumberland Army which was coming up in his rear "double quick" that made him "light out" We are now about 18 or 20 miles from Kc. Longstreet is north of us strongly reinforced by Ewell, but we are enough for him. if our generals will only lead us right. The 103rd is about two miles from here. I have been to see the boys twice, Cyrus is very well and is very popular in the Regiment. Austin does not look very rugged but he says he is much better than he has been. At Kc, I saw and had a very pleasant talk with Dr. Griswold he was very friendly indeed. and congratulated me on my good healthy appearance. he said "from ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p052_3zAlGxl.jpg) a lank shaky easy to blow away boy. when you enlisted you have grown to be a solid well built man" Last Sunday was my birthday and I am now in my 22nd year I expect you wondered how I was spending the day. The most important thing I did was to buy a canteen full of molases and make some candy. which Capy. Bc & I enjoyed with a reasonable relish. We are still on short very short rations and I suppose always will be as soon as we fairly earned full rations &c at Chattanooga we had to leave them not to go to a wrmer climate but to the cold regions around Kc. but we are willing to stand it so long as it helps to put down the rebelion. we will I presume soon march on Abingdon Va. their great Salt souree. I got a new pair of shoes the other day. my old ones were so ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p053_ttwoLOE.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.I. near C[---] Mountain Tenn December 28th/63 Dear Willie Your letter dated the 7th inst. came with a pile of others about a week ago, the fish hooks were in it all safe, but we are a great ways from Chattanooga now and may never see it again tonigh "they say" we are going to spend [--] into there, if we do I will have a good chance to use them Christmas was a d[--] cheerless day to me, I would much sooner have been at home than here, the war seems to be progressing very well ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p054_yD6Nobu.jpg) and hope I will not have to spend many more ho[-]y days in Dixie. Our Regiment is camped on a hill side, and in such a position with regard to other hills in the vicinity that no matter which way the blows it is sure to carry the smoke of our fire into our tent. Capt. B.- and I bunk together. we have a "dog tent" which affords but little shelter this time of year, but we have good blankets, and make out to sleep pretty warm, rations are becoming more plentifull and if the weather was only a little more agreeable we would get along very well indeed. I presume we will do no more fighting until spring, and by that time I hope the war will be pretty near "played" I presume that by this time Tom is at home, if he is tell him that I received two letters from ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p055_TMx63DL.jpg) him written at Camp Dennison, tell him never to come to the Regiment if he can help it he cannot stand what we have to go through now if he cant be discharged, he had better get into the "Invalid Corps," he can serve his country better that way than in the field tell him that McDowell Reid & Williams have all been transferred to that branch of the service. They have just brought in some rations and as I have to [--] them to the boys. I will have to close with [---] [---] [---] Your Affectionate brother E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p056_IFtwvpH.jpg) [Dec. 1863] 3.30. P.M. Dear Papa Since writing the enclosed I have climbed to the Summit of Clinch Mountain and now one of the most splendid views that my eyes ever beheld lies at my feet. The Houston (or Tennessee (or Holston as it is called here) winds and glistens among the little hills. and patches & patches of ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p057_5C5OT5A.jpg) evergreens, shining brightly in the clear December sun, the white tents of our various camps form a pleasing contrast to the general wintry aspect of nature. and away off in the dim distance I can see the smoky mountains, & still farther off the Allegahnys in North Carolina. The Mountain is very abrupt and rocky and it is a very tiresome and risky job to climb it but I feel well paid for my trouble now that I am here. the highest ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F12_p058_xefK6qC.jpg) point (on which I am now sitting) is a flat rock about five feet in diameter, a little bunch of laurel is growing at my left in a crevice from which I pluck two or three leaves to send as me- mentoes. The sun is setting behind the Cumberland Mountains, and I will have to hurry or be caught in the dark With love to all I remain as ever your affectionate Son E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p001_k4Bvrds.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.J. near Cluich Mountain Tenn Jan. 4th 1864 Dear Papa Yours of the 17th & 19th ult are just received, the one which you speak of having mailed at Norwalk has not arrived, the reason is, one of our back mails was sent to us from C— a with a wagon train, and the roads being very bad it has been very much delayed we expect it in tomorrow I am sorry that our ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p002_ZMKgW1r.jpg) "countrys good" requires that we should be so far from our supplies, the which you have forwarded would come in good play just now, but I very much fear that it will be long before I get them. This Army is now (and has been since we left C-a) enduring privations for the union cause which cannot be appre- ciated by all those who are at home, I have had enough clothing so far, but none too much, and have not suffered as much as most others, but it will not last long, I do not believe in writing everything but now that it is "done gone, and past" (as the southerons say) I may as well tell you that my bare toes paddled paddled over the frozen ground in East Tennessee untill a few days ago, I have good pair of shoes now. a great many of the men whose shoes ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p003_dhsOkQ2.jpg) were worn out were left behind when we came here, but I expected we would have a fight, and could not hear the name of being in the rear, I had a terrible cold to pay for it, but am now entirely well again. I healthier and stouter now than ever before, and am continually gaining in spite of short rations &c.c- Gen. Grant is here with us, we are to move forward tomorrow if the weather will permitt, and meet or drive Longstreet, I do not an- ticipate much fighting. many com- plain and say we should have a resting spell now. but I agree with Grant as to shoving things ahead, as long as possible, even if I do have to lose my nice shirts &c sent from home. The 41st Ohio has reenlisted and is to start for Ohio in a few days to recruit. I presume the main ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p004_IxAVX78.jpg) fighting will be over when they return to us, the rebellion is coming down pretty rapidly that is certain and the western armies have the honor of making it do it, tho' tis a dearly bought honor, I am writing by the light of our Camp fire, so please excuse the penmanship &c I have not heard from Sergt. Bcm since we left C[-]u. I dont know what I would do with my money if it was not for you, and am perfectly satisfied with what you have done with it and very much obliged for you for attending to it Hoping that you are all well and that I will be at home before many months I remain Your Affectionate Son E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p005.jpg) [paragraph rotated counterclockwise at top of page] I am very well now but rather tired as I was on guard duty yesterday and got no sleep last night. enclosed please find a ring for Mama I made from of a piece of Laurel taken from the summit of Clinch Mountain With love to all I remain your Affectionate son E. M. H. [remaining body of letter] Jan. Camp 124th O.V.I. near Clinch Mountain Tenn Dear Papa You will see that we are still “living in the woods”, I had hoped that we would be on our way back to Chattanooga before this but for some cause we are still here with very little to eat for either man or beast. our animals have not had any forage for three days, there are plenty of rations for the men at Strawberry Plains (eight miles from here) but have not enough leaves to draw them here, “They say” that there is a force ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p006_SNPSz6k.jpg) [left page] coming by way of Cumberland Gap from Ky. to relieve the "Cumberland Army" troops who are now here, and that as soon as they arrive (which will be in a day or two) we will start back to Chattanooga. I most sincerely hope that this will be the case as I will then stand some chance to get my box, and will have an opportunity of taking a good cleaning up once more, we have been shunned so long from com- munication with the civilized world that I begin to feel like a wild indian, another reason why I want to get back to to C — a is I have become attached to the place since our late victory, altho' war's rude desolation has destroyed the beauty of the City, the surrounding hills and valleys, and the river still retain natural beauty [right page] and it was there that the most splendid battle of the war was fought of which I was a spec- tator. I did obtain a memento from the foot of Mission Ridge in the shape of a Rat-tan Walking Stick, but we left so hastily for this place that I could not send it to you. rat-tan grow in great abund- ance along the river &c about C-a I had often noticed it, but never thought what it realy was 'till just before the battle I had the pleasure day before yesterday of seeing for the first time in my life a wild deer, he trotted up to within a hundred yards of my tent, and for a moment stood gazing at us with a mingled look of curiosity and fear. I had no load in my gun, and before I had time to ram home a cartridge ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p007_5NlooCm.jpg) he tossed up his head gave a snort and bounded away thro' the woods, several of the boys followed his track in the light snow for a short while but returned with nothing but a few rabbits for their tramp Your letters of the 28th & 28th ult arrived yesterday, in your last you do not say any thing about this "Donation Visit," I presume your severe tooth ache made you forget it, I think I can sympathize with you. tooth ache in the army where a good surgeon is not to be found is any thing but pleasant It would have been impossi- ble for me to have got the box no matter how soon you had sent it as the Express route was not open to C—a, until after we left you did the best you could, and there are considerable hopes now of my getting it. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p008_IghLsyQ.jpg) Camp near Knoxville June 21st 1863 Dear Papa 64 It is now a long time since I wrote to you. I have a good excuse (viz, hard marches We left camp near Chuich M'n I the 14th inst and after rapid marches over very bad roads, our Corps arrived at "Dauridge" Tenn on the 15th but I did not get there until Sunday afternoon (the 17th) I had the misfortune to sprain my foot, and it was with difficulty and pain ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p009_eX7i0DL.jpg) that I hobbled along at all Our forces left Dc Monday morning making a sort of "Potomac Move" (I think) I got wind of it and thought it best as I was so lame, to get to the rear as soon as possible I tried to get a ride in an ambulance but did not succeed, (it is almost impossible for an soldier to get in an ambulance, they are not made for us, but to carry Doctors Comforts & Delicacies) I limped along all Sunday night & Monday night <26> (26 hours) and then just escaped being captured, haveing made in all that time but about 17 miles many of our poor sick boys were taken prisoners particularly in the 23rd Corps, the 103rd which is in that Corps lost several today by dint of very harsh ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p010_XNGSlpx.jpg) talking I succeeded in getting a ride part of the time, but I think I will follow the Regt. no farther, I am going to try and get a Surgeons Certificate and get into a Hospital in the City until my foot gets well, our Med. Dept. is miserable, and it is very, very unpleasant to be either sick or disabled in our Regt. I do not understand Fosters "Strategic movements) but I do think there was some cowardice displayed on Sunday and Mond- Yours of the 1st and 3rd inst were received yesterday I am glad that you saw Tom, but hope that he will never come into the field again he cannot stand it. I am tired tonight I will have to make this d[--] with love to all I am your affectionate son E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p011_bJll4MC.jpg) Jan 20 Camp 124th O.V.J Knoxville Tenn Jan. 22nd 64 Dear Papa I wrote you a hasty letter last night, and fortunately have an opportunity of mailing it. Contrary to [---] expectations, our Brig'd did march today, and I have concluded to keep out of the Hospital if possible. your letter of the [---] 3rd inst. came two or three days ago. I am glad to hear that you had are (or were) all well that you had such a [---]ing testi- [---] of friendship [faded] N[--] Y[---] pr[---] At the same time that [--] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p012_HHWq1fI.jpg) were having such cold weather [--] the weather, we have it pretty [---] were here. "The town [--] suffer at such times. I have been at the Army in the ford y[-] for many [---] [---] and I hope that an Army will never pass near the [---] of [--] my friends Oh! it is terrible, you who have never followed in the wake of large body of troops came from [--] idea of this desolation [--] [--] it is t[--] avoidable came of when we halt for the night as quick as our guns are stacked the org. make "a break" for the rails, and in less time than you can think there is not a fence to be[-] seen any - wheres near camp if there are houses within a mile the stray stacks, corn bins, and hen roosts are soon striped by the hungry soldiers, what the citizen will not sell, the more unprincipled one. will steal and rob, we have well ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p013_gBYwpFU.jpg) organized for [--] parties, who take every thing in the shape of hay, corn, wheat, cattle, pork, teams to haul it with, and "[---]" to drive [--] [-] the mills and millers are presented into the [---] for all thro' we give receipts, which good Union men, can get cashed in Knoxville but the secesh have to stay at home and grit their teeth or anything else [---] is all are treated alike so far as taking for[--] and giving receipts is concerned but when it comes to setteling the bills there is a distruction made , so you see by the time two or three Corps pass through a country it is pretty well cleaned, this would not be so contd. we get government rations, but we are compelled to live on the country, the Union men understand it and are satisfied but oh! how the secesh g[--]ble, which we were at Chuich Mountain. I got pretty hungry, and ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p014_xEYSmZX.jpg) in company with two of our boys went out for aging, we had to go six miles from camp and soon the risk of being gobbled before we could find any thing, we at last got some corn, took it to the mill and had it ground, I then tried to busy a pig from an old secesh, but no he would sell to a yank! any how so in confiscated one, much to his dis- satisfaction. In one of your letters you spear of future plans, it hard for me to tell what I shall do when the war is over. but it was always been my most cherished plan to invest my little pile in a house and a few acres for you to live on . I think you have "lived out" about long off. I would like Michigan very well. I have often very often thought over this plan and will carry it out, if we live. Another mail is just about to leave so good bye for the present with love to all I remain ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p015_oSbJIPn.jpg) [text written 90° sideways] sorry that it should be [--] after t[--] [--] it was to you, but such is that for [---] of work if Tom has not yet [--] led for the for that (which I hope never will do) I wish you would send me a new winter blanket as my olf one is about worn out. Hoping that you are all well and with love to all I remain your affectionate son E.M. Hayhurst [text written normally now] Tennessee Jan. 26th 1864 Dear Papa In the first [---] I don't know how long. I sit as [-] a table on a dwelling house [--] home. I am staying at the residence of a wealthy citizen about eight miles from Knoxville, [--] Land. between Kc c and London for this doable purpose of guarding [--] Liberty (E[--] vicinity m[--] [---]. In addition to my sprain ed foot, which does not get any better, I have the [---] [--] [--] town . it [--] [--]nd j[--]e for [--] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p016_7m8jNcR.jpg) fellow like me to talk & having such a complaint, but m[---] marching and great exposure brought it on at last, my right leg from the toes up to my [--] was most terribly sore, I could not move any part of my body without the greatest pain, but a good warm bed and indoor [--] a[-] me great good and I hope in a few days to be fit for duty again the 124th is camped about a mile and a half from here guarding a portion of the route against Morgan who has taken command of all rebel Cavalry in this Dept. The man with whom I am staying is quite wealthy in land &c but I guess it you and Mama had his place, things would look very different, the floor is without carpet a loom stands in one corner ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p017_YrP17DJ.jpg) the sitting room, the family bed in another and an old fashioned oaken broom (which is seldom use except to drive dogs out with) in another a yankee clock. looking glass, and plaster paris image or- [---] & the mantle piece over the fire place, in which a roaring fire is blazing, the only comfortable but [-]ing thing in the room. I have quite a comfortable feature be in the parlor which is used for [---]ry, for the present as soldiers confiscate all they find out side the both [--] is very good for a soldier, Corn bread, unleavened wheat bread, fried [--] or breans, molases apple sass" potatoes, milk, and Jeff. Davis (corn) coffee, the work to done by a set of fat "niggers" who are gradually earning [--]t that are free I was discribing to the "Lad of ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p018_i8FIoD0.jpg) the house our northern cook stove. sewing machine &c. was perfectly and [--] [--] "allowed the yanks" were a heap s[--]ter than the "jol[--]ys." I was talking with the "man of the house <("Mr. Walker)> about various R[--] of paper moving &c. and c[--] asked him if he had ever seriously of our "State Bank of Ohio" Book Bindery Notes" oh yes he'd had lots of them they were as g[--] as wheat and he would as soon have them as gold. The weather is beautiful the last few days, just like our pine season, the planters are [---] their oats and rebuilding fences &c but Mr. Walker "reckons we'll have a right smart of rainy weather before lastly. I have given up all hopes of ever seeing my box, I am very ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p019_68zwpOP.jpg) [text written sideways 90°] loves a big [--] and a [---]be of little ovens about a foot broad are their cook- ing facilities, I dont believe you would suc- ceed very well with such th[--] I would give. They make their own a[-]th (homespun) and the "niggers" and now busy spinning cotton, I have got quite accustomed to the lum[--]e, spinning wheel, My sheet says stop writing, with love to all of [--] Your affectionate son E.M. Hayhurst [text written normally] Tennessee Feby 1st 1864 Dear Mama I am still staying at Mr. Walkers. I have almost entirely recovered from the rheu- matism, but my sprained foot still troubles me, I have been unable to procure any liniment of way kind, our medical dept. his is almost worthless, Co. "E" is now at Campbell Station about six and a half miles from here I have that they had received a [--] but no letters have been sent to me, this makes me ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p020_Zg0IdNW.jpg) anxious to join, [--] but I am going to [--]t a little [--] longer to see if my fort [--]t [---] well. we have been having some [--] splend[--] w[--]the p[--] week it rained hard last night and this [---] [---] [---] come out warm just like [-] opening spring. I expect you wonder why I came here to guard two [--] property, he is one of the worst kind of secesh (i.e.) he voted t[--] "separa- tion ticket" and assisted the rebs' all he could when they first came here, but soon found it a p[---] concern, and when we became the "Powers that be" he took the oath to save his property and claims to be a good y[--] man, he is sociable and friendly and am treated with all the kind- ness his family is capable of ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p021_kyxDKlQ.jpg) Where our Regt. camped about [---] miles from here last Sabbath I was so lame that I could scarcely walk. Mr. Walker asked for a guard against pl[---] soldiers. we had no hospital where I could go and rations were very short indeed. so I at last consented to do what I did not like (guard a rebs property) for the consideration of a good bed and plenty to eat. to tell the truth the poor fellow hasn't much left to guard. the boys pretty near "cleaned" him be- for I came here Mr. Walker talks very well he is "[---] sick of the war." [---] "[---] [-]p[-]n yankees will kill [---] [-]il in the land before [---] mo[--]s "&c, &c, but his farm[--] practice will leak out little ones have been taught to sing ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p022_rcSn7Ex.jpg) secesh songs, and it is ho[--] [--] make them [-]nsdenta[--] [---] [-]hey must not do so before Lincoln. Soldiers all the news- papers he has except Brow[--]rows are rebel. I have clipped several pieces from the "Tennessee Baptist" a rebel religious paper of the baptist denomination, which you will please find enclosed. I put two copies in my knapsack intend ing to send them home when an opportunity offers, they were issued about the commencement of the war. How I wish I knew how matters were progressing, I get no late papers whatever and very little mail, and am com- pletely in the dark as to our countrys condition; how I wish the miserable war was over and I at home. The folks here have no ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p023_1h91F8i.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.J. near Campbells Station Tenn Feby. 3rd 1864 Dear Our Folks You will see by the adress of this that I have returned to the Regt. not because my foot was well but the Capt. wanted me to do some writing. I receive two letters from home dated respectively the 10th & 17th ult. I hope that by this time you have received some of my tardy letters I am sorry to hear that have been having such cold weather at home, we have been very fortunate in that respect. I will mail with the two papers which I speak of. hoping that you are all well I close with love to all. EMHayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p024_mnSfrVd.jpg) you could send home ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p025_8K6k2i5.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.J. Campbell's Station Tenn Feby. 8th 1864 Dear Mama As I know you wish to hear from me frequently, I commence this letter, though I have nothing in the world to write about, a large mail came the other day, bringing me my testament and two letters neither of the letters were from home however, the testament was marked Jan 23rd the date of my last letter from home which was received in a previous mail was Jan. 17th so I conclude there are some back letters somewhere. I am very well indeed, have plenty of corn ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p026_c7ZjV77.jpg) meal and pork to eat, and are getting fat in it, my sprained foot is now so that I can go about camp without much trouble, but I fear it will be long before I am able to march again, I did think once that it was well, but soon found when I came to exercise it much, that it was not so, The testament which Papa sent is just exactly what I wanted and was received with great pleasure, I lost the one which I brought from home an long time ago I did not write for another one, at first hoping to meet some Chaplain or C. S. Agent who could give me one, but such persons have pretty generally "played out" of our portion of the Army A rumor is being circulated pretty generally around Knoxville that Charleston has fallen, and that the war is about to close, Oh! how I ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p027_ZxZhooE.jpg) wish that such was actually the case. in one of Papa's letters he says he dreamed that I came home on furlough and that I said I did not like the service as well as I expected I dont like Soldiering one bit. but I am disappointed at all, when I enlisted I expected to see some pretty hard times and long marches, and I have most certainly, I did not anticipate that our Regiment would see much fighting and I felt a sort of regret that I did not volunteer sooner that I might take an active part in battle, but I have seen enough and if there is no more fighting to be done I can go home feeling perfectly satisfied. though I bear no bodily scar as proof that I been where the howling cannister and shrieking shell carried awful distruc- tion to our ranks, and sorrow to many a northern home. I have seen death and suffering ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p028.jpg) enough to convince me that this war has cost too much to be “patched over” it must be kept up now till the rebels are completely conquered and slavery entirely destroyed. Hoping that you are well and that I will hear from you soon, I close with love to all, Your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst [text rotated counterclockwise at bottom of page] Beza wrote that Tom had got home. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p029_NxXQlcP.jpg) Campbells Station Tenn Feby 13th 1864 Dear Papa Your welcome letter of the 1st inst came last night. I began to wonder what was the matter with the mails, I think that one of your letters must be lost, it prob- ably was written on the 22nd or 23rd of January. I received the testament which you sent me, but it is men- tioned in none of your letters, I am glad to hear that Tom succeeded in getting home and that his health is so much improved but I hope he will not be so foolish as to come to the front again, we can get along without him and he ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p030_bnSUnxw.jpg) can serve his country just as effectually in Ohio as in Tennessee and I feel sure that he cannot stand active field service I would be most heartily rejoiced if our Armies could go home before the 4th of July, but I presume that such will not be the case, tho' there is a rumor very well circulated here that Jeff. Davis is has offered to surrender if we will spare his life. and that Lincoln will be apt to do so. but I dont think and hope he will do no such thing. Davis and his Cabinet have got to swing if I have anything to say in the matter. Our Corps is scattered along the road between Londen and [---] place. the most of it being stationed at L- our teams &c are being sent across the mountains on ac- count of the scarcity of forage ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p031_fNSwhdn.jpg) here, many of the mules died along the road from starvation, it is almost as bad as Chattanooga for the animals but the soldiers have plenty of pork and corn meal, the weather has been very fine for the last few weeks but the rainy season has set in and I suppose we will considerable rain before the spring opens. I have a first rate shantie built with a good fire place in it (all my own work) and as long as we stay here I will be very comfortable. We are ordered to make out Pay Rolls. the Paymaster is at Brigade Head Quarters, and I suppose we will receive two months pay sometime next week. I am very well, please give my love to Mama and Willie keeping a good share for yourself from your Affectionate Son EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p032_HWVvteI.jpg) Camp 124 O.V.I near Knoxville Tenn Feby 8 64 Dear Mama Day before yesterday I received two letters. one was the missing one written by Papa [---] 23rd and the other was [---] very welcome one mailed on the [--] inst it makes me feel [--], when letters come through in eight days. and from Papa come last night all the [---] for the 4th Corps comes by way of Chatt- [---] it makes but little difference how [---] are addressed Gen. Hazen sent word to our Regt. that if we will give him order [-] will have all the expr[--] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p033_sRIDUEx.jpg) for us at Cc a brought to us I of course had mine enclosed among the rest, I saw one of our boys this morn ing (just from C-a) he [---] [---] my box in the express office all safe and sound, so you see there is some chance for me to get it yet My foot got pretty well rested while we were at Campbells Station, but [--] I came to march I soon found it was not well, yesterday [--] went into Knoxville, Cyrus gave me a [-]the[-] of very good [--]ent and I always feel the [--]fit of it he [--] [-] best respects to you, It is my left foot at each is sprained so of [--] it is not the old difficulty of my right foot. He have has quite a change in the weather it is now very cold, the co[--] say that spring opens about the same time here that it does at Co[--] We now have R.R. comm mi- ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p034_RXLythQ.jpg) cation to Louisville Ky. a very long [---] but I guess we can [--] it we are receiving plenty of [--] but still continue to [--] the country. having the others for the spring campaign which we [faded] to with great [--]t[--]st. My fingers are most froze - I must stop writing , with love to all I remain Your Affectionate Son EM. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p035_35dk6MN.jpg) Camp near Knoxville Tenn Feby. 25th 1864 Dear Papa, I am behind [---] now, our Brigade made a recon- noisace in the direction Sevierville a few days ago. we returned to this our old camp having been absent twenty four hours, and harching during that time over thirty miles The Brigade left again yester- day for Strawberry Plains, but I was so used up that I could not go along I am afraid the rheumatism is going to trouble me. Our Corps has been lying pretty quiet for the last few weeks, having the 23rd & 9th (Burnsides Corps) to watch ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p036_2F1NTEl.jpg) enemy, while we took a good [---] spill before pitching into [---] that continued report (Longstreet hea[-] [-]ly reinforced, and in a meancing att[--] but the other day when "we 'uns" took a notion to punch him up a little, lo! and behold! "he was "done gone" and "clard out" it is a shame and dis- grace to the Union Army to have a body of troops officered on the 9th & 23rd Corps are the men are all right if they were only managed right. Tom reached the Regiment on the 21st he is not very well, and never will be while here, I am sure I said and did all I could to keep him back where he belonged. I know he cannot stand active service, and I also know how how hard it was to have sick men properly disposed of which we were at Manchester, and it is much more so here. as our line of communicatoins is doubled. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p037_gCHq1XV.jpg) but it seems that some persons thought they knew more about such things than an "old Soldier" It is all right about the rubber as I succeeded in drawing one form the Q.M. Dept a few days ago. I presume that on account of our recent movements our being paid for two months is "played out," I hope so as the it is so near time for four months pay to be due, I expect that the arrival of my box will be delayed for the same reason Tom is here with me, as he was also unable to march, I will try and get him into a Convalescent Camp, today and if I can get transportation on the cars will join the Regiment tomorro I have lately been wondering how you are getting along with your school I think that it is too much for a per- son of your age to to act as pastor of ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p038_Msh6rxx.jpg) a church and teacher of a union school both, I think you lead: better give one or the other up. what role you recieve for attending to one occupation together with what little I send home, should be enough to support you, Mama, and Willie quite comfortably, and if you contin- ue to help La[---] as you did in Elyria, it is about time you to quit as it is not only an injustice to yourself and Mama, but to him, I think if he was shoved off the plank plank for a few days he would learn to service. Hoping you are all well. I close with love to all from Your affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p039_qmhp1M3.jpg) Who will help?—Mr. Lincoln having decided that the Bible is contraband of war, has prohibited the import of it into the South, and consequently the supply of Testa- ments for our soldiers has failed. Now the startling fact comes to light that there is not a set of stereotype plates for printing even the New Testament in the whole South ! nor a set of plates for the Bible. This fully illustrates how entirely the South has depended upon the North! Shall this be so two months longer? The Southwestern Publishing House this week resolved to stereotype the New Testament, pocket size, for the use of Southern soldiers and our Sab- bath School. We have not the means to do this work, and are sorely pressed to carry on this paper, but to issue the Word of God we will go forward, believing that he will put it into the hearts of the lovers of his Word to aid us. Who will aid us by forwarding us any sum from $1 to $5, to be repaid in Testaments to be given to the soldiers or for your own use. They will be printed from the latest revised edition of the American Bible Society and American and Foreign Bible Society, and will not cost exceeding 20 cents each, perhaps 15. Not less than 100,000 copies will be needed for our Southern soldiers. Who will help by pre- paying for one hundred, or fifty, or twenty-five, or one dozen or half dozen Testaments. We will publish a weekly list of those who will aid in getting up the first Testament ever published in the South. If each minister would lay it before his church he will find very few fathers who will not subscribe for five copies ($1) for his own family, and few churches that would not take 100 copies, ($20). ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p040_6lGHU7t.jpg) L. T. HARDY, Auctioneer and General Agent, Buys and sells to order Goods, Wares and Merchandise, Negroes, and Stock of all descriptions; and pays par ticular attention to the purchase or sale of Real Estate. Office - 42 Public Square, NASHVILLE, TENN. nov24tf ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F13_p041_zMYqL2N.jpg) CLEVELAND, Oct. 31.--Copeland's confession is published, he says the two Messrs. Plumb of Oberlin, Ohio, furnished him money to go to Vir- ginia. Mrs. Sturtevant of Cleveland, knew the plans but don't know whether her husband did. C. H. Langton, a colored man, is also implicated. No other developments are made. 1860 ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p001_N03SFvF.jpg) Mar. 27? (2nd) Knoxville Tennesee March 3rd 1864 Dear Papa The box which you sent me has arrived at last, safe and sound, it was brought from C—a at the expence of the government so it did not cost me anything, noth whatever was spoiled, even the green apples were all sound with the exception of two which were slightly specked, if you knew how much I needed the articles which it contained you might [---] [---] [---] how I felt when I received it, and the fact that it came from home made it double valuable, tell Mama that the shirts and socks are made just right, ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p002_TvBaV9B.jpg) and oh! how much more comfortable than the miserable treaty. I a[--] had to wear lately, the apples a chu[--] are splendid and will do [--] go at good, soldiers need all the fruit they can get. I am very well at present with exception of oh[---]ce atisue, my foot has got well but I am still till and sore with ob[----]atis[--] I am in Conv. Camp here, it is anything but pleasant to be left behind, but I could not help it. we have plenty to eat and the weather is very good, so that we are doing pretty well just now. I presume that you have already heard how bad the small pox is among the soldiers here, the surgeons have vaccinated a great many, & our Doctor seemed to think it would be safe for me to subsist to the oper- ation, so I had it done, it is working very well and I will ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p003_HCvNvf6.jpg) soon be over the effects of it there is so little news that I will have to make this a short letter, hoping that you are well and with love to all I remain as ever Your Affectionate Son E.M.H. (Yours of the 20th ult just arrived, being 11 days on the way, I drew a Blouse this morning, and went down to the Houston and took a good wash, and now feel first rate dressed up in very new clothes tell Mama, that they could not have been better fitted if I had been at home) Ed.— ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p004.jpg) [text rotated clockwise at top of page] Camp near Morristown Mch, 13th. Dear Papa I have not yet had an opportunity of mailing this. we reached this place today. While walking be side a little stream an hour or two ago I found several small fragments of quartz which I enclose thinking they may interest you, I am getting the better of my “aches and pains” as the weather grows warmer. It is expected that we will have an engagement with the enemy either here or at Bulls Gap, very soon, but doubt it some. With love to all I remain as ever Ed.— [main body of letter] Knoxville Tenn Camp 124th Ohio New Market Tenn March 10th 1864 Dear Papa I returned to the regiment last night, I am not fit for active service yet but I was getting no better where I was, and I had got tired of being “in the rear,” I found your letter of Feby 28th waiting for me,– I agree with you that the war is not quite over yet. if our different armies do not meet with any disaster it will probably be finished up next Fall, but if any one Department meets with a signal defect it will be prolonged ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p005_4uiUAG6.jpg) another year, how very, very much de- pends on the faithfullness of our leaders during the present campaign I am glad that your school is so near its close, and that do not intend to take it next term, I think the salary does not pay you for your work and worry When I was at home I thought it was most honorable &c - for a district to clear itself from draft by volunteering but sixteen months service has changed my mind, I am always sorry to hear when a place has cleared itself, for then the government cannot compel some of the cowards at home to do their share, I wish every able bodied every able bodied citizen in the country $2.00 or compel him to enter the army I think they would soon make short work of the rebellion. You have several times lately asked for a discription of my part of the ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p006_1kSiEBf.jpg) Mission Ridge affair, I think I sent you one, but it is probably lost or you would have received it before this, you know that I am a poor hand to write letters &c, I cant put in the big pl[-]used &c of newspaper correspondents. We received our first intimation that we were to attack the enemy whose white tents dotted every hill side round us, on Friday (I think), on Sunday night we were ordered to prepare to move on Mission Ridge at day light, we had considered it almost impregnable, and you can imagine our various feelings on the receipt of such an ordered I was Color Bearer and knew that I would be one of the most conspicious marks that night I lay down in my bunk feeling almost certain that I was about to pass my last night on earth but never the less I slept very sound, as soon as he heard of our intended ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p007_v7uwa64.jpg) move, Sergt Boughton came to see me, he requested me, if anything happen ed him to let you know all immediately promising to do the same for me if I should be the unfortunate one About noon on Monday we were ordered to "fall in" and were marched out to and the Brigade line was formed with the left resting in front of Fort Wood and the right in front of Fort Palmer there were nine regiments in our Bg'd the 1st- 6th- 41st- 93rd- 124th- Ohio—5th 6th- 23rd- Ky and the 6th Ind, - the 41st and 124th were near the centre after we had become duly formed the word "forward" was given and the whole line commenced advancing as we neared our picket lines they were ordered to advance as skirmishers and we to load our pieces, when the enemy saw us doing this, the idea that I we were about to attack them flashed accross their minds for the ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p008.jpg) [text rotated upside down at top of page] I sent $20, in a letter by a friend who is to put it in the Office when he reaches Ohio, I lent Tom. $7.00 which you owe to credit me with. [remaining body of letter] first time (a captured reb’ gave me a very vivid discription of their feelings as they watched from their rifle pits our operations in the valley below them, they thought we were on a grand Review and were perfectly astonished when they saw us com- mence wading.) After their first three or four steps our skirmishers were salluted with a rattling fire from the rebel pickets who were (as usual) within easy speaking distance, most of the balls whistled harmlessly over our heads, you may be sure our boys gave them a most vigorous reply, and as they turned their backs and made a break for their first line of breastworks the shout that our boys gave was only exceeded by, the exultant hurrahs that rang through the clear air as we drove Braggs beaten army over the ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p009_jjJOfBj.jpg) ridge on the following wednesday. — When our skirmishers just commenced to fire our line was all out of our breastworks and fairly in the field morning rapidly towards enemys rifle pits, we were moveing accross a large meadow and numbers of startled rabbits jumped out of the tall grass and went hopping towards the rebs' and as they neared them took fresh alarm at their guns and turned to- wards at their guns and turned to- wards us, finally as our lines came nearer and nearer, they became so terrified that they would shove their heads in the grass and shiveringly await their fate, but we had too much else to think about just then and rushed on over them bent on the destruction of men not the innocent little animals When we came within a hundred yards of the little ridge on which the enemy had their first line of rifle pits and of which Oreland Knof is a ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p010_f5meFW5.jpg) part, we had orders to "fix bayonets" and "charge", many of the rebs jumped up waved their hats to us as a signal sprang over their works and discharging their pieces among their own men dropped them and skedaddled for our lines, they were greeted with "bully for you" — "well done Grey back's— &c &c, but a strong guard was placed over them, and they were immediately sent in to the fortifications, to make sure of them, we soon had possession of the ridge, and were ordered to them up breast works on the opposite side which we did under a shower of shell from Mission Ridge, that did not hurt us any, the 41st was on our right, and in the "charge" were not so fortunate as they had a very different class of men to fight they did not reach the rifle pits until we flanked their opponents, and then with not quite two thirds their men ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p011_Gi1dy4z.jpg) We lay on this ridge all that night and the next day and night and made our grand charge on Mission Ridge on Wednesday after noon, on Tuesday Hooker was fighting on L.O.M. I had a good position from which I could see it all with a glass, he steadily drove the enemy round the point of the mountains first the line of rebs came in sight quickly followed by a line of smoke- fire and blue coats and waving banners, the first appearance of the flags was greeted by many a hearty cheer from us as we lay watching the fighting with the deepest interest part of the fight was above and part below the clouds, We have orders to march so I must close for the present, hoping that you are all well, and with love to all I remain Your affectionate son EM.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p012_njGwclY.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.J. near Morristown Tenn, March 14th, '64 Dear Joe It is a very long time since I wrote to you, I have been where I could not write very well even to Papa, I have not received any mail for a long time from any where, it seems strange for the mail to come so often and not bring any letters for me, I received the box which Papa sent me, several days ago, every thing came perfectly safe, even the green apples, Cole was not so fortunate, his box got as far as Knoxville and was stolen ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p013_VJqlnpK.jpg) It is reported here that we are to have a "big battle" soon the enemy are al strong force in our front written a few miles of us, Tom is here and he may have a chance to see a fight yet before he gets out of the service When I was in Knoxville a few days ago I saw and took dinner with Cyrus, he was very well, and seemed to be enjoying himself, he has a very good place and easy times We are now over forty miles from Knoxville, and rations are pretty short yet, but I get along very well, I trade my coffee to the citizens for corn meal, and shoot a pig occasionally, which keeps me pretty well supplied most of the time I wish you would get me an ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p014_8UfKZbm.jpg) ambrotype case like the one you sent Tom, and send it to me by mail, Papa will pay you what it costs, We were paid off to the 31st Dec two weeks ago I sent $20.– by letter to Papa. I sent a a rebel canteen by Sergt Wyman, he promised to give it to you, Papa wished me to send it to him, and I thought it the best chance I would have you keep it 'till he visits Elyria, I took the Canteen from a dead reb' on Mission Ridge, the day we captured that place. it was marked with a lead pencil on one side "Thomas Darden- Co "I" 41st Miss. Vols. Missionary Ridge Oct 29th 1863" I have carried it since then and the writing all got rubbed off, I have some other little trinkets which I got there and ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p015.jpg) which I will send when an opportunity offers, Hoping that you are well and that you will write soon I remain as ever w Your Affectionate brother E.M.H. Give my love to my friends, and remember me to acquaintances ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p016_qE6g1nX.jpg) Camp 124th Ohio, Morristown Tenn March 17th '64 Dear Mama I received your very welcome letter night before last it found me feeling pretty sick, my stomach has been out of order for several days, and I have for the first time since I entered the army been troubled with severe pains in the bowels, I took a pretty heavy dose of salts this morning, and begin to feel I some better now, my lameness is almost gone, Tom. is with us now, he seems to be pretty well. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p017_RqWTt0l.jpg) While I was at Knoxville I received my box, you cannot think how glad I was to get it, my socks and shirts are made just right and feel so very comfort- able, the fruit did me a great deal of good, the silk hand- kerchief and suspenders were just what I wanted, I have not written very regularly lately for several reasons, I will try and do better now. While in convalescent camp at K— I had an opportunity of noticing the doings of the Chris- tian Commissions they are supply- ing the temporal wants of needy soldiers, but I do not think they forward their spiritual interests much, the army is sinking lower and lower every day that part which is in the field has absolutely nothing done for its spiritual welfare, I attended the Episcopal ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p018_PDQJ9H3.jpg) church in K— a week ago last Sabbath, but it all seemed to me like a heartless ceremo- ny. The spring seems to be about opened, the blue birds are very num- erous and lively, the peach buds are just beginning to burst I tried to give you a discrip- tion of the Mission Ridge fight, but was interupted by marching orders, I will try and finish sometime when I feel better my old clu[-]rous are all that is left of what I wore on that battle, They are faded and worn, but are of interest I have no doubt, to you as I wore them in every fight and skirmish of importance that I have been in, I will send them with this, Papas letter of the 6th came with yours ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p019_QErnld5.jpg) My over coat came a little out of season, but I had the good fortune to sell it for $7.00 to be paid next pay day, this was a very good bargain as I would have be could not carry it p in warm weather and they cost only about $6.50 now, I am very tired so I must close with love to all — Your affectionate son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p020_YmSxHua.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.J. Strawberry Plains March 19th 64 Dear Papa We have been marching yesterday and to- day, and sieze a few moments to night just to let you know that Tom and I are pretty well, I received your letter of the 8th inst, yesterday There are a great many rumors as to where we are going, some say to Chattanooga others to Cumberland Gap en rout for East, but it is hard to guess, it is so dark that I must close ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p021_COJPiGg.jpg) with love to all I remain as ever your affec. son E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p022_Mnu2yho.jpg) and can't expect anything else, I wish when you can you would send me by mail 2 gutta percha pocket combs such things are not to be had here for any Camp 124th O.V.J. near price, Strawberry Plains March 20th 1864 Dear Papa I wrote and sent a very short note to you last night, as I expected to have to march today, but for some reason we have not started yet and we may not go at all today, your letter of the 8th inst was received day before yesterday, you wish me to write particularly about my own health, the linament that Cyrus gave me had the desired effect and I am now free from all rheumatism, and my sprain ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p023_UMQceSL.jpg) foot is quite well, about a week ago I began to lose my usual appetite, and soon got quite sick, I thought that my stomach was a little out of order, and that a little dieting would make me all right again, but, I soon got worse and severe pains in my stomach and bowels, so I went to the Surgeon and he gave me a dose of pills and as I expected, they had no effect one way or the other I then went to the Hospital Stewart and coaxed a big dose of salts from him, and I think it has cured me, as I feel first rate today and have a reasonable appetite. I am glad that you have got through teaching, and that you do not intend undertaking it ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p024_TbLK9w6.jpg) again.- I wish that I could be at home this Spring and Summer, to help you cultivate and eat the vegetables which you write about, but I suppose we are "elected" for another Summer Campaign, it is very hard for us to guess what is to be done with us, rumors are numerous. some think that the 4th Corps will all return to its old position in the Cumberland army, others that we will remain as we are now to hold this line while other Depts do assume the offensive, others still, think we are ordered to Cumberland Gap en-route for the Potomac Army Mch 22nd I had written so much, when the "General" was sounded and off we started for another tramp. we are now at Rutledge, 35 ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p025_3C9Rhp3.jpg) miles from Knoxville, they say we are to stay here some time, but I doubt it. I received your letter dated the 13th last night, I wish I could have been present at the baptism that evening, bu instead of lying in my shelter tent, we had just reached Morristown that day and as I did not feel very well I lay down pretty early in the evening, - I hear a great deal about the barbarity of the rebels towards our prisoners and you may be sure that I will not be taken without a struggle. Perhaps you will be surprised surprised to hear that we are having quite a snow storm today, but such is the case we are up among the Moun- tains ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p026_JifGZQC.jpg) I sent a rebel canteen bySergt Wyman of our Co. to Elyria it is the one I took on Mission Ridge, I wrote to Joe about it telling him to send & give it to you when he had an opportunity, when I first got it, it was marked in lead pencil "Thomas Darden Co "J" 41st Miss [-]ols," written in a very good plain hand, but the marks are all rubbed off now. Hoping that all are well I close with love to all from your affectionate son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p027_KEZL2Yt.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.J. March 25th '64 Dear Papa I have come to the con- clusion that the General commanding this Department is trying to get it the same name that the Army of the Potomac has, we have been run- ning round from one place to another ever since that Dandridge scrape, and have [-] accomplished nothing, we went out to Rutledge to stay, so they told us, but we have "fallen back six miles already, I wish we were back again in our old place, in the Cumberland Army We have been having some nasty weather the last week or ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p028_15oTOYs.jpg) two, one day it will very warm and pleasant, and the next so cold that we cant keep warm even with big fires, a few days ago we had quite a snow storm, but it soon all went off, and yesterday it was warm enough to go without our blouses, and this morning we crawled out of our tents into six inches of snow, but warm weather will soon come now I hope. Tom's health is much better now and he gets along very well, I am very well indeed, having entirely recovered from my sick spell, but I cannot drink coffee, I believe it was the cause of my sickness I need when marching some warm drink, and I think it would be a good idea for you to send me by mail about 1/4 lb of tea, it will come safe, soldiers are receiving a great many things ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p029_dYF1eUB.jpg) that way now, even shirts &c, if Mama would make a tight linnen bag, it would be a good way to pack it as paper is very apt to be torn open, every thing that can be had here costs twice or three times what it is worthe, and it is much cheaper to have such little things sent by mail, tea we cannot buy here at any price, I have been offered $3.50 for the silk handkerchief you sent in my box. & $1.50 @pr for the socks I owe Joe, two or three dollars for stationary &c which he has sent me at different times, I wish you would pay him when you have an opportunity. Capt. B– received a letter from home the other day, saying that Lamar was in Elyria and that you were expected there soon for the purpose of officiating at a wedding, if such is the case I ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p030_pCbdorj.jpg) presume that I will hear of it soon. – I sold my over coat a few days ago for $7.00 this is a good bargain as I could not carry it, and a new one costs less than that now. Give my love to Mama and Willie, keeping a good share for yourself from Your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p031.jpg) Racoon Ridge Camp 124th O.V.I. March 26th/’64 Dear Papa Part of our Brigade and the 124th among the number has gone out on a reconisance Capt. B— detailed me to stay and take care of his things, so I have nothing to do but, write this af- ternoon, – Several w Some time ago I wrote you about our first days work in the battle of Chattanooga, I will try and finish now. On Tuesday afternoon when Gen Hooker on our right drove the enemys left off L. O. M. Gen. Sherman attacked them on their right ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p032_jwB5GRJ.jpg) about five miles up the river above the City, he fought them from about 3 1/2 or 4 P.M. Tuesday until we drove there in the centre from Mission Ridge, and during that time was repulsed seven different times, with very great slaugter. It was here that Gen. Grant played a "yankee trick" on Bragg. the rebel position on their right was to strong for Sherman to take with his two Corps, so Gen. Grant ordered one of the Potomac Corps– either the 11th or 14th which was lying idle to move out and up the valley in plain sight of the rebel General on Mission Ridge to the woods near where Sherman was, and then to Counter March down the river bank and out of sight to its old position, this was done several times, and Bragg thinking that overwhelming ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p033_kpGUjFO.jpg) reinforcements were being sent to Shermans aid, with drew a large force from his centre in front of our Corps (the 4th) (which was mostly concealed in the woods) thus weakening it so that we charged on it Wednesday afternoon and not only drove the troops off Mission Ridge, but sent the whole rebel army panic stricken and in few utter rout accross the battle field of Chickamanga. our regiment had just been relieved from the skirmish line . when Gen. Hazen, received orders to put his best regiment on the line and pre- pare the rest of his Brigade for a charge on the Ridge, he said he had but two regiments he would trust in such a position the 41st & 124th Ohio, and sent for the two Colonels and made them draw lots to see which ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p034_dBycNxd.jpg) should take the responsible place, the lot fell to Col. Pickand who was then in command of the 124th, so our boys had to go back again on the skirmish line. I was ordered to take the colors and guard to the rear of as they would be allowed on the skirmish line, but I did not like that arrangement so, as soon as the column was formed I took position in the second division near the colors of the 1st Ohio. It did not take us long to form and then came ten minuets of anxious waiting, (the signal to advance the whole line was six guns from Fort Wood) presently "boom" 2-3-4-5-6 times came thundering from the fort them our bugles sounded the "forward" and we commenced the terrible undertaking, we had a[-] number ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p035_ymEgD37.jpg) of masked batteries along one line, which had been planted during Tuesday night, these im- mediately opened on the rebel batteries on the Ridge, and the 124th commenced skirmishing with the enemy and, the fight was fairly opened, when our column reached the open valley the rebel artillerists from all sides directed their fire on us, who can describe the scene then "There were cannon to the right cannon to the left, and cannonin front, oh! how it volleyed and thundered and roared," the shriek of the shell and howl of the cannister shot mingled with the cries and groans of wounded and dying men and horses, was perfectly awful, it seemed as if the very earth would burst open ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p036_3EaCMHb.jpg) under our feet, but the soldiers appeared to pay little or no attention to this they moved steadily on in good order until they reached the foot of the hill when the lines broke, and it seemed as if it was a strife to see which could reach the top first, when about half way up we had to ly down and rest a few moments, and as we arose again the rebel infantry commenced pouring a terrible fire into our ranks, the colors' of the J 1st Ohio fell three times in quick succession the each time the bearer was shot dead, but our boys soon reached the breastworks, and as they spring over there the rebels threw down their guns and ran down the other side of the ridge in utter rout, it was now our turn to do some of the killing and many a "gray back" fell before he reached the bottom. The artillerists continued to fire on ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p037_V3pxIBc.jpg) us until we commenced to use the bayonet on them, when they cried for quarter like cowards, but our boys made good use of them, compel- ing them to reverse their guns and work them on the retreating columns of their own men, I had hardly planted our flag when Maj. Hampson road up and "Hello! Hayhurst you here, why I was just blaming myself for ordering you to stay in the rear, where's the rest of your guard," I could not pretend to say as I had lost all sight of them coming up the hill, neither could he tell me where the regt. was, "Every one fights on his own hook just now" he said, – Our bugles soon recalled the different regiments, and we formed on the ridge, stacked arms, gathered up the wounded and prepared to make ourselves comfortable for the night. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p038_pHudXSe.jpg) I am very well at present. but do not like the idea of being left behind. Tom was very well when he left with the regiment. With love to all I remain Your Affectionate Son E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p039_V31LAyO.jpg) Knoxville Tenn. April 1st 1864 Dear Joe Your letter of the 17th inst was duly received. I was very glad to learn that Wyman took that canteen through all safe It would be hard to tell all that we have been doing since last New-Years. with marching picketing & building big fires to keep warm, we have managed to fill up the time pretty effectually I wish I could have been present at the Sanitary Fair in Cleveland. but I dont care enough for a furlough to go to the great trouble that it is to ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p040_XfSSkN1.jpg) get one. maybe by and by I will get one for a few weeks but I do not intend to just now I was surprised to hear that you were sixteen. you must be getting to be quite a man, you are at that age now, when people expect a great deal of you. never say or do any thing which you would be ashamed to say or do before any lady, ac- quaintance. I find that this is the best rule to go by on all occasions. Newspapers almost always get lost in the Army mails, but other packages generaly come through safe, the Ambrotype Case which you sent came all right last night, you may if you please send me about two quires of fine note paper and ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p041_XK6AEMp.jpg) small envelopes to match. Papa will pay you for them. I am now in Knoxville on bus- iness for the Regiment and will probably stay several days longer. I stayed with Cyrus night before last. Hoping that you are well I close with the usual wishes from Your Affectionate brother E.M.Hayhurst C[-]. "E" 124th O.V.J. 2nd B'r'g'd- 3rd Div. 4th A. C. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p042_XM5fNpz.jpg) Knoxville Tenn, April 1st 1864 Dear Papa Your letters of the 16th & 18th ult were duly received I am very glad that your school is closed, that it was so profitable and that your health is so much better. I think if you let teaching alone and spend your leisure time in the garden and fields this Spring and Summer, that your health will continue to improve. I met Sergt Wyman here on his way home, and hardly had time to enclose the money which I sent you in an envelope. much less, to write anything, I knew ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p043_QqyF6D6.jpg) that you would recognize the superscription. I agree with you that Gen. Grant intends to crush out the rebelion as soon as possible. he evidently designs taking Richmond this Sum- mer. he seems to be moving the best fighting men to that Department, and should not be very much surprised if we went there before the campaign is over. I do not care particular- ly about belonging to the Army of the Potomac but may be its reputation will improve this Summer. Our Brigade is still at Powder Spring Gap. I am at Knoxville in company with Capt. Bullock on business for the Regiment we will prob- ably remain here a week ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p044_bINgpZx.jpg) longer. I stopped with Cyrus night before last. he treats me with the greatest kind- ness, he gave me a new pair of drawers (Sanitary Goods) which I very much needed At Powder Spring-Gap I found several indian relics, one of which I enclose thinking it might be of interest to you, I picked it up on the bank of the stream stream which runs past our camp. Every thing was in my box which you sent mentioned and perfectly safe and unin- jured With love to all I remain Your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p045_oUZPjOJ.jpg) Knoxville Tenn. April 4th 1864 Dear Papa Letters from home come pretty slowly now-days. but as your school is now closed I presume that they will be more frequent hereafter. I am as usual very well indeed. I have had a very pleasant time since I came back from the front. you may be sure that I do not write any more than I can help. my spare time is mostly spent at the "Bell House" with Cyrus, I went there night before last and stayed until this morning, he expects to go to Washington D.C. soon, and on his return will visit home, if does go I will try and send a belt by him to you which I picked up on Mission Ridge - Joe wants one of the trophies which I got on the Ridge, and if the belt gets to you safe I wish you would let have either it or the canteen, whichever you like, I also have an awl case which I took from ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p046_j25iYfT.jpg) one of the caisons of the Washington Artillery which we captured on the Ridge, I will send it too as soon as I have an opportunity (if I dont lose it before). We had quite a storm last night and as the warm sun comes out this morning the green fields, and gay peach orchards look splendid, what a splendid country this will be when war has ceased to desolate it and the Yanks' have a chance to culti- vate it a little,- I have a room in the mansion of a wealth reb' who when our troops came here, packed up and left with his family they necessarily left some furniture and most of their "niggers" all of which we appropriate to our own use, the building is very much like one the Starr places in Elyria - with grounds &c to math it is situated out side of Fort Sanders on a knoll from which we have a fine view of K- the river - and the country towards the north, there are a couple of Uncle Sams Steam Boats going up the river to the city now, loaded to the waters edge with rations clothing and troops ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p047_dejTLxD.jpg) "They say" that our R. R. train ran clear to "Bulls Gap" yesterday, and that there were no rebels there if such is the case I presume our Division has advanced to Bean Station in the Rutledge Valey, by this time if this is the case I will have quite a tramp when I rejoin the Regiment Supposing that Mama wants some thing to do I enclose a pattern for a set of chevron which I want her to make for me, I dont like the large size so I thought I would have a small set. the ground work should be a fine black coth and the stripes either silk or fine braid of a light blue color. Give my love to Mama and Willie keeping a good share for yourself from Your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p048.jpg) Apr. 4, ’64. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p049_tqRvCnh.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.I. London Tenn. April 11. 1864 Dear Papa Your letters dated March 24th-26th-29th & April 1st were all duly received, the last came last night, just as I got through my writing at Knoxville, and Divi sion came through on their way towards Chattanooga, and Capt. and I joined our Regiment We recalled this place last night, and are waiting for the rest of the Div' to cross the river, it has rained every day since we started, but Tom and I stand it very well indeed I am glad to hear that Mr. Boynton was so successfull in collecting ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p050_FGrqj5c.jpg) that Brook's Account, but I am sorry that he would accept no fee I should feel more independent I think his success, proves in a measure what I always have believed to be the case, that Brooks realy would be pay if he was only forced to. I am glad that Joe is going to leave Elyria I think if he had done so some time ago it would have been better for him Dr. Patterson is still our Surgeon, he has an assistant by the name of Bidwell As I am pretty tired today I will have to make a short letter do you this time, with love to all I remain Your affectionate Son E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p051_NV1DDOH.jpg) Bivouac - 124th O.V.J. Tennessee April 17 Dear Papa Your letters dated the 1st & 8th inst are received, the comb came all safe, and is just what I wanted. I was very much surprised to hear of Uncle James being in Ohio, it must have been a great pleasure for you to have him for a guest, I should think he might make an agency for such a business very profitable if he worked it right. Since I last wrote we have made quite a march passing through Philadelphia Sweetwater Athens- Charleston & Cleveland ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p052_rFXShWj.jpg) and are now in bivouac six miles from Cleveland on the road to Chattanooga which is about twenty three miles from here, — You can't imagine the pleasure with which we undertook this march in re— turn to our old Department- our knapsacks seemed to weigh nothing at all hardly, — the papers are right about the removal of Gen. Granger, Gen. O. O. Howard assum- ed command of the Corps on Dec tenth of this month, he is the man to whom those extracts scrape of referred to which Mama sent me some time ago. I hope he will make a change in the moral character of our troops.— It is very hard to tell whether it is the intention to make an advance from this Department ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p053_j4WE5HX.jpg) soon or not, but it seems to me that it would be best to decided the matter at Richmond first, I hardly think it is safe to advance from here yet, but there is one thing I feel pretty certain about, that is that this Summers Campaign is going to settle the rebellion, I would like to have a short visit home before active operations commence but that is impossible now I presume that we will be paid in two or three weeks four months pay, if we are I shall have another little pile to send to you. Give my love to Mama and all the rest from your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p054_wBElyWb.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.J. April 22nd/'64 Dear Papa I write to day just to let you know that Tom, and I are well, we have a very pleasant camp here, and are drilling, fixing up for the coming campaign it is the general opinion that we will make an advance from here soon, and that it will be in the direction of Dalton. Your letter dated the 11th inst was received two or three days ago. I am employed about as usual with my pen. Yesterday I attended a Court Martial, as witness against two deserters ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p055_fqHfNci.jpg) Enclosed please find a little stone which came from Cluich Mountain there are a great number where this once came from, they are all about the same size, and seem to be composed of quartz. Hoping that you are all well I close with love to all Your Affectionate Son E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p056.jpg) [text rotated upside down at top of page] Give my love to Mama and the boys reserving a good share for your self from Your Affectionat Son E. M. Hayhurst [main body of letter] Dear Papa Your very welcome letter of the 15th inst was received day before yesterday, I was as usual very glad to learned that all were well at home– also that the Arrow head which I sent had arrived safe, I be-lieve that as yet I have never lost any thing which I have sent by mail, since I have been in the Army. I congratulate you on your being elected President of the Board I think tho’ that you are able to fill a much higher position but I presume that if you consult ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p057_teWkur2.jpg) you own comfort and inclinations you will remain simply Pastor of the Baptist Church, which in my estimation is as honorable a place as a man can fill now days. Tell Mama that I will not disgrace those chevrons or the own that is making them if I par- ticipate in the big battle that is coming of next Summer in Georgia I have past through two battles and several skirmishes - unhurt and I suppose according to the general average it is my turn next to get "picked", if I am wound I will of course get home, if I am killed it is all right, and I am ready, - I would rather- much rather be killed than called a coward and Chickamanga coward was returned to the Co. a few days ago, I would not for the world bear what he ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p058_d3TjrmJ.jpg) has to, but he has no sense of honor whatever. so he dont mind the taunts of his comrade. You probably remember that L. Cole was reduced to the ranks for theft.- he has decended to the worst kind of a "common thief" it is one of my duties as a Sergt, to investigate the matter where any of the men lose anything and I most always trace it to him, if I detect them stealing once or twice more, I am afraid he will find a berth in some of one of our Military Prisons, We already feel the advantage of a strictly religious commander yesterday was the first day of unbroken rest which we as a Regiment have enjoyed since -- — well since we left Cleveland. -- when we have not been on the march we have had some grand Review or the ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F14_p059_K6Z495G.jpg) like I hope May Gen. Howard will be our Corps Commander as long as I am in the service I have thought very much lately that it would do you good to travel a little and see some of the lives of the day, if you could get an agency to Chattanooga or Knoxville, for the S.C. or C.C. and pay us a visit during the coming warm weather it would do you great good physicaly, and be a fair opportunity — for you to see much more of the war than you have yet done, Joe and Willie could take care of the garden &c, I am sure Mama could spare you a little while for the good of the soldiers. Both combs which you sent me arrived safe - the last which you sent I find is very strong and is of course very acceptable ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p001_uTmvAAD.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.J. May 1st 1864 Dear Mama Papa's letter dated the 22nd inst-which contained the clee[--]s was received night before last, the last has been a very busy week for me, and yesterday I had to make out our pay rolls. so that I have hardly had time eat, and none at all to write letters The cl[--]ous are just what I wanted and look gay, you may be sure, the idea of having them made so small was original with me I believe, - I don't like the regulation size - it looks to co[-] gandy, a number of our "non-commissioned say they are going to send home to their lady friends for clee(--)ons like mine ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p002_TQnHWyG.jpg) they say it is not fair for me to monop- olize so pretty a style.- Today is one of the most pleasant we have had, we had quite a thunder storm last night, which served to cool the air, and the bright sun shining on the new dress which natime lids put on makes it look most beautiful, Oh! how hard it is that such a beautiful country should be over run by two such armies as are now organized in our country, when nature is so peaceful and every thing works with such harmony, that men should be engaged in such unnnatural and deadly conflict. how glad I will be "when this cruel war is over"—Papas letter of the 19th inst speaks of the high premium on gold [--]d consequent great cost of gold living often speak of the great extravagance of dress that is practice by the higher classes in society, it begins to look to me as if our country was in great ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p003_L8RzolG.jpg) danger from this source if the ladies would pay more attetion to curtailing their day goods bills and less to sanitary fairs, thereby keeping our gold at home I think they would accoplish more for the good of the nation, although it might cost them greater self denial, The treatment which our men received at Fort Pillow, has only made our boys determined to fight harder than ever,– we have rumors that some of our pickets were captured at Peuggots and murdered in cold blood, – if the rebels choose to inaugerate such a policy we can carry it out as fiercely as they can, if they raise the black flag we will do the same, and carry it through the Summers Camp [--] we dont belong to the Dept of the [--] now, I have heard many since the Fort Pillow affair swear that they will never take another prisoner ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p004_94rymRC.jpg) For my part I dont like to see men killed unnecessarily, but if the rebels murder ten of our men I think we should immediately execute thirty of theirs, I feel sure that it is the quickest way to conquer them and the quickest is the best I think We are going to send our baggage to Bridgeport Ala, tomorrow, whither I presume we will soon go, it seems to be the intention to make the general advance from there, our Corps may however make a flank movement on the enemy at Dalton, With exception of a cold which makes me pretty hoarse I am very well, Tom is also, With love to all I remain Your Affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p005_XyEgN9Q.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.J. near Catoosa Springs Ga May 5th 1864 Dear Papa Yours of the 26th ult was received this morning, - You will see by the heading of this that we have commenced our grand move in this Department. we arrived here yesterday about ten o'clock are about 1/2 miles east of Ring gold and ten or fifteen from the battlefield of Chickamanga, - Catoosa Springs is a great "Watering Place" for the upper ten d(---) of Georgia, it is with all a very romantic and enchanting Summer resort, Tom and I took a walk through the grounds this afternoon ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p006.jpg) they remind me very much of Spring Mills Pa, but the springs are much smaller being on the average about a foot in diameter there are twenty three in all, each one has its name on a board posted over it, we took a list of the names they are as follows – Healing Spring Magnesia White Sulpher Nrs 1,2,3 Congress Blue Sulpher Nos 1,2 Buffalo Black Sulpher Nos 1,2 Coffee Red Sulpher Nos 1,2; Epsom White Sulpher Excelsior, Alkali Red Sweet Freestone Calybeate Bedford Emitie and Choutmobousga some of the names are merely fanciful ones, while others indicate the chemical character of the spring, although some of them are scarcely three feet apart there is as much difference in the taste as there ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p007_OeHkzMq.jpg) is between milk and wine, there are good accomodations for the visitors, in the shape a fine large hotel, a ball room, bathing rooms, a ball alley, and one large bathing house where the bathers were in the habit of taking lunch on floating tables, a large steam boiler was used for heating the water for the numerous baths, a great number of little bowers are errected over the various springs and in other parts of the grove, the hills that surround the place are covered with the new fresh foliage of the oaks- maples-elms-sweet gum, &c and the gay blossoms of the dogwood - and wild honeysuckle making a most beautiful picture, I presume that this time last year the gay secesh girls and reb officers wandered among the beautiful trees, but this year Uncle Sams boys have pos- sestion. and narry a female is ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p008_BZG7AJM.jpg) is to be seen except "de culled" one It has got so dark that I must close, with love to all from your affectionate son E.M.H. Please find enclosed some shrub blossoms which I found growing wild on the banks of the Chickamanga, I am afraid they will lose their exquisite flower before they reach you ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p009_BnfHquK.jpg) Near Buzzards Roost May 10th 1864 Dear Papa I presume by this time you have all sorts of rumors about the fighting in our Dept for the last few days. Our Brgd was under fire all day yesterday the Regt lost about 18 or 20 men our Co -2 -Sergt Smith shot thro' the thigh - Private Turner through the bowels, Tom, and I are all right so far, but we expect some hard work today, and there is no knowing what will happen. Tom went in very well and fought like an old soldier, he didn't show half so much fear ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p010_dGH4ezp.jpg) as I anticipated. I feel very sure of the success of our army here, I think we have the schools just when we want them, The reb sharpshooters are picking away at us now, and as we will have to change position, I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p012_63UuHPJ.jpg) Skirmish Line 2nd Br'g'd- 3rd Div- 4th A.O. Near Buzzards Roost May 11th 1864 Dear Our-Folks Our Regiment is on the skirmish line today and as I have a shelter behind a good big tree I thought I would write a few words to in- form you that Tom, and I I still live and thrive, we did not do any fighting yester day but in the evening we came out here, last night was a pretty rough one as it rained most of the time, but we killed time, talking the rebs, ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p013_kz7BNIN.jpg) they occupy the top of the ridge and our line is about half way from the top,- when darkness comes on both lines advance a few rods to within speaking distance, the subjects of conversation are various and the praseology characteristic of the men speaking, soldiering is pretty rough business, and soldiers learn a pretty rough mode of speaking, they offered to meet us half way with whiskey to trade for coffee, we offered to give them all the hardtack wanted if they would come all they way, but they said they would live on parceled corn before they would do that. I asked them how they liked the "Yankee Cone-Dodgers" we had been sending during the day-" Go to — with your — shells"- I then asked why they did not return them "We da[-]sent" yesterday morning they brought two cannon ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p014_Vsi7dfc.jpg) out and threw some shell into our camps, -- our artillery opened on them and knocked over one of their guns, since then they have kept quiet, one in particular has a spite against the tree which covers me, and every now and then plugs a ball into into they only way I can get a shot at him is by crawl -ing of to another tree and that is to riskey just now - Tom has charge of the syhad that are on watch. just they are banging away pretty sharp just now, every now and then they "fetch" one of them, - A letter from home dated the 29th ult. came night before last. I am glad the "Paper-Coller Soldiers" have to come out, the doings of the government begin to look like business, With love to all I remain Your Affectionate Son EMHayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p015_XR59HSx.jpg) Camp 124th OVJ May 19th 64 Dear Papa I write to inform you that Tom and I are still safe, our Regt. was engaged on the 14th & 15th inst but God protected us still, we have been marching- throwing up breast- works & skirmishing ever since the battle so that I could not possibly write sooner, I begin to feel pretty well tired out, we are now near Kingston with love to all I remain ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p016_SRP3kls.jpg) Your affectionate son EMHayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p017_XwyEETv.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.J. near Kingston Ga. May 22nd 1864 Dear Papa Today has been the warmest day that I have known since I have been in the army. We have been lying here two days getting what little rest we could after our hard work since we left Catoosa Springs, they told us today that tomorrow we (the 4th Corps) was to start for Louisiana to the relief of Banks, it is through that what other troops are in this Dept are enough to manage pofueston and that we can easily be spared. I hope such is the ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p018_khHKjyA.jpg) the case, but I dont like the idea of having our Army divided up so. I presume that the papers have told you before this time of our fight on the 14th & 15th inst taking it all together it was no fight at all compared to Chickawa[-] our Regiment made one charge on accross an open field, where we lost over thirty men in about ten minutes when darkness came on we built breastworks and fought behind them on Sunday,-I had seen no official report of the fight, but I think we hurt the rebs much worse than they did us, when we followed them on Monday to the Coosa River and beyond, we found great numbers of their dead, besides a great many burial trenches where it was imposs to tell how many had been covered up, all the news that we get from ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p019_pNIOibT.jpg) Virginia is most encouraging they have a different man at the head of affairs there now it begins to look as if the war was going to wind up this time, I hope it will all be over with before cold weather the part of Georgia which we have been through is a fine country, but the crops are all most an utter failures I like the people better than the Tennesseeans, the Tennessee folks are sneaking and cowardly, profess ing to be good unionists while the Yanks are around, but doing all they can to aid the rebelion when an opportunity offer, the Georgians are bold open secesh, and are not afraid to call us all sorts of hard names right before us, The rebel officers have to suffer in this campaign, I have seen many a beautiful Mansion in ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p020_1Rfm9Gr.jpg) flames which belonged to some General or Colonel, if the rebs dont cry Surrender pretty soon the torch and sword will complete ly desolate Georgia. Enclosed please find some wild honey suckle flowers which I gathered near Catoosa Springs With love to all I remain Your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p021_Wtf7Fxg.jpg) Altoona Mountains May 25th /64 Dear Papa Yours of the 15th inst was recd day before yesterday, it found Tom and both well, but very tired, we had been marching over a dusty road during one of the hottest days I have ever endured I presume the papers keep you pretty well posted in regard to our movements and successes, we have succeeded in flanking the enemy out of the best positions that nature can make, and I presume ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p022_p6Y13c0.jpg) that we will not have much fighting to do until we drive them into Atlanta, the portion of Georgia which we have passed through so far is a most splendid country, the dwelling houses of the rich planters, are got up with considerable style, and look quite house like and refined, they form a strong contrast to the log shanties of the Tennesseans, a great number of the inhabitants leave their homes, and fly with the rebel armies at our approach how terribly duped they must be, where the families remain quietly at home their property is respected, but when they leave them, every thing is destroyed or appropriated to the use of the soldiers in many instances the buildings are burned, some I presume by order of proper ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p023_FfL0BbZ.jpg) authority, and others by stragglers Strawberries are ripe but the supply is not equal to the demand so I have not succeeded in getting any yet, peaches are about two thirds grown and are very abundant You were right when you tho't that we were very differently engaged when you were writing letters, and the rest of the folks enjoying the comforts of home and a quiet sabbath, the battle at Resica was raging pretty fiercely Sunday afternoon Hooker was on our left charging the rebel works, and we were lying in our breastworks, picking off every reb that showed himself. Hoping that you are all well I will close with love to love to all from your affectionate son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p024_FrArUaO.jpg) The Battle Field May 28th 1864 Dear Papa I am completely [--]rn out, [--]d the hard fighting &c which we have had lately Tom and I are still untouched God preserved us all through the awful work of yesterday and we have great reason to be thankful, it was the worst fighting I have ever been in and what made it harder for me was the impression that it was all uneccessary, and the result has proved that I was right, our Division was copletely defeated, our Regiment was cut up scattered and surround ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p025_MgeOrMl.jpg) but most of us managed to escape in the darkness, I dont see how Tom and I ever got out but weI managed some how Lucius Cole was shot dead, a rifle ball struck him in the head, I am unable to write any more at present so I will close with love to all from your affectionate son EMHayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p026_F4OATFl.jpg) On the Battle Field near Dallas Ga, May 31st 1864 Dear Papa I embrace another poor opportunity of writing to you, if it was not for the great anxiety- which I know you feel for us I would not write atall, Toms health improves every day and if the rebs let him alone he will come out of this campaign very well indeed, I am becoming worn out, I have a bad state of bowels, and I sometimes fear that I will ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p027_MJ6fEwE.jpg) have to go to the rear, you must not expect me to write you any letters of discription, which so much fighting is going, since the 25th there has been a constant boom of artillery and rattle of musketry the rebels fight most stubbornly Bragg dont run the institution now, I getting sick and tired of the business Hoping that you are all well I will close with love to all from your affectionate son E.M.Hayhurst The tea which you send is very acceptable ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p028_SwQ3rB2.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.J. June 9th 1864 Dear Papa Our Army moves on the enemy this morning, again Our Corps is to support the 14th and takes the rear, it is said that Sherman thinks the rebels have crossed the river, so he is going to find out out, and if they have not, help them a little. our army is very much worn out, and for myself, I dont feel like doing anything, for some time to come, it was expected that we would take a resting spell, here or at the river, we may stay there a ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p029_aYDF7aQ.jpg) few days after we oust the rebs. I have noticed in some of the northern papers which are cir- culating in our camp, lists of the killed and wounded in the 124th they are very incomplete and incorrect. I never saw so many gross [--]ders before, I presume that it is the fault of our regimental officers, our company has lost three killed eight wounded and two prisoners four have been taken sick in consequence of the severity of the campaign, and now we have only twenty men in all left in our Company, other companies in the regiment have lost heavier than we have, so that the regiment has reduced to less than half the number that we started with, we have lost seven of our bravest and most reliable officers, Maj. Hampson ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p030_Zi52R8N.jpg) who led through those awful scenes at Chickamanga, was killed by a sharpshooter on the 29th he was acting on the staff of Gen. Wood, our Division Com'd'r He had been in the service over three years, and was wounded at Pittsburgh landing, and slighty wounded at Mission Ridge. The Sergt of our Company who was wounded at Rocky Face near Buzzards Roost was. Fred C. Smith of Ra[--]ville, not H. A. Smith of Elyria. he was one of our best men, and my bunk mate I think I never felt worse since I have been in the army than I did when I saw him lying pale and bloody among the rocks on Rocky Face, I think he would have died if it had not been for me, Capt B— son refused to let any of us go to him ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p031_jWYQRPu.jpg) to help him although he was but a few yards to our rear, but I went in spite of all he said, and he could not help himself. it made him mad but I did not care, I tied up his wound which was bleeding very rapidly with those two [---] handkerchiefs which you sent me in my box he makes the second bunk mate I have lost in battle, Tom and I are as well as can be expected under the circumstances, Hoping that all are well at home I will close with love to all from your affectionate son EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p032_9vGVVxV.jpg) Camp 124th O.V.J. Near Accworth or some other place June 11th 1864 Dear Papa Your letters of the 29th ult, and June 1st came last night. they found me feeling some what under the weather, I do not feel any better today, and begin to feel afraid that I am to have a sick time, Tom is well and in good spirits, - It gave us great trouble to learn of the ill ness at home, but hope that long before this reaches you ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p033_nfAFnVB.jpg) you will all be well again, I am afriad you worry your selves to much on our account I know it is natural but you always remember that if it is best for it to be so, God will most surely protect us, Our Division lost more in this campaign that any other Corps in this m---, we are reduced to less than half the number we started with They have given us a position in the rear, and tell us we are to keep it unless absolutely needed, in the front, - but I expect if there is any hard fighting to do we will be showed ahead The tea which you send me is very ac--- it does me great good ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p034_Oeq6aSR.jpg) As I do not feel like writing any more I will close with love to all from Your Affectionate son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p035_4qrUi7A.jpg) On the line June 21st 1864 Dear Papa It is now a long time since I wrote a letter home I have been so unwell that I had no inclination to write, besides we have very few opportunities of sending our letters. when we do write them, it is now a week since our regt has sent off any mail, It is a shame the way the men in our Division are treated, When we started on this campaign Gen. Sherman issued an order which was read to the men in which he said that he ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p036_HOwWYL4.jpg) wished them to write as often as they possibly could to their friends at home, letting all that should occur under their own observa- tion, &c -&c -- and that he wished Division Com'd'r's to furnish every facility for the men, to receive and send off their mail matter, , he was opposed to any correspon- dents, as their writings were generally paid for by interested Officers &C, and that unworthy persons thus received for a time the praise for which the brave ones did, - and he wished his men in giving true accounts of engagements, &c to contradict all such false statements I am sorry to say that while other soldiers receive their mail reasonably often, those of Woods Division, have to carry their letter frequently over a week before they have a chance to send them ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p037_fWzEwVz.jpg) yours of the 3rd and 8th inst were received several days ago, I was very glad to learn that the illness ness at home was abateing, and I hope that long before this reaches you you may all be entirely well again, - I hardly know what is the matter with me ever since the battles on the 28th -- 29th of May I have had a kind of fever, accompanied with a bad state of bowels, the fever seemed to increase at night, in the morning I would feel better, the doctor gives me pocoess some of which I take and some I dont, I dont have much confidence in him as he gives me morphine or opium most of the time, I am getting rather weak, but I have kept up so far and I guess I will stick it through. Tom, is quite well,- and wishes me to say that if you have not ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p038_mgLSnzR.jpg) already sent his package, that you would send him a pocket com[-] with it as he needs it very much, We have been giving the rebs some most terrible [---]ading the last few days and still drive them slowly, but surely, we are now about 4 mile from Marietta With love to all I will remain Your affectionate Son EM. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p039_tCPmv9h.jpg) Gen Field Hosp. 3rd Div 4th A-C- June 22/64 Dear Papa You see that I had to give up at last. I was sent here day before yesterday. I think my fever is broken, but I am very weak, sick men dont re- ceive very much attention, it is all given to the wounded which I suppose is perfectly right, they bring around twice or three times a day some coffee of dishwater quality, and a hard tack a piece, it is lucky for me that I have no appetite They change surgeons every days or so, so that no one prescribes for no more than [--] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p040_V4jghm5.jpg) I hope I will soon get so I can go back to the regt. but I am terribly weak Our Division had considerable of a fight yesterday but I do not think our Brgd was engaged, as I have seen them bring in [--] wounded from it, they are all from of the 1st & 3rd Brgd. I have dated this the 22nd but I dont believe it is right I have no means or spirit for keeping track of the day of the month or week Your welcome letter of the 11th was received just before I came to the hosp, I am glad to learn from it that you are getting well again at home hoping that you will still continue to do so I will close with ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p041_Keb7yfx.jpg) much love to all from your affectionate son EMHayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p042_WAcmUk9.jpg) 1864. Gen. Field Hosp 3rd Div 4th A. C. June 24th Dear Papa I feel much better to day though very weak yet, my fever is entirely broken and I am going to try and go to the front today, our Division was heavily engaged and lost a great many wounded Tom was all right at the last accounts I had The Hospitals here are become ing very much crowded, with wounded, but they are well fed and taken care of considering the circumstances, I shall be ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p043_r1325Hc.jpg) most heartily glad where all this fighting, and suffering is over, why dont the rebels give up now and then save many precious lives, they seem to fight with the greatest stubborn ness, that they ever did, it looks as if they were trying to kill all the Yankees they possibly can before they do give up, it is some satisfaction to know that they loose as many as we do. Hoping that all are well at home I will close with much love to all from Your Affectionate Son EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p044.jpg) [text rotated counterclockwise at top of page] will be terrible for him when he hears of it. I see by an Elyria Dem, that Mrs Wilkinson has offered her house &c for sale I presume she is going to live with Ellen in Delaware I also saw that Mr. Leonard was drafted, I rather expect to see him here soon, he wrote to Capt. B– from Chattanooga that, he had the promise of a mission to the front in a few days I think my health is improving, tho’ I am still very weak Our Cr. is on the skirmish line but I hardly felt able to go out. give my love to Mama, and the boys. keeping a good share for yourself from your affectionate son EMH. [remaining body of text] In the front near Mariette Ga, June 26th 64 Dear Papa, Your welcome letter of the 15th inst was received last night. I was very glad to hear that you were all well again at home. I should very much like to see the account of which you speak of but it hardly seems worth while to send papers, to us, I think you are mistaken, if you think that I thought we would have to go to Banks assistance, no such idea ever entered my head that I can remember, if it did I must have been dreaming. When we left ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p045_tb7sT8J.jpg) Catoosa Springs I had an idea that a Corps from Bank's Dept. would in all probability cooperate with us, tho' I believe I did not write anything about it. I guess I was pretty near right too, it is rumored that the 13th A. C. has come up, the 42nd Ohio I believe is with it — It has been my impression ever since this Cam- paign opened, that the enemy would concentrate their whole force here and in Virginia. for the last great struggle, this it seems they have done, and of course we have to do the same leaveing all the minor points with just enough troops to act on the defensive. — We have come to a decide stand still here in the centre, double lines of breasttworks, with numerous massed batteries is enough to stop ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p046_sp6I44U.jpg) any one, I dont know what our flanks are doing, but I presume they are all right, The rumor that Sherman had met with disaster, which you speak of in Toms letter, you have probably learnit long before this, was false,- The movements of our Army as a whole have been most completely successful and triumphant, ever since we first started, in one or two instan it is true small parts of our Army have been defeat as it was with our Division on the 27th of May there we were badly whipped through the mismanagement of our Officers, but when you remem- ber that there is three or four divis sions in a Corps, and that we have 8 or 10 Corps here, you will see what a small matter it was to the whole Army. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p047_SbeNUgg.jpg) Our company is gradually dwindling away, we lost two more the other day one slightly wouned, the other was shot throug the body and died in a few hours, the circumstances of his death are very sad, he got among some of the sharpers in Cleveland, and was forced to en- list to get out of trouble, his poor old father said he couldn't let Ju[-]es go soldiering alone so he enlisted with him, they have kept together, and with us ever since we left Cleveland O. until about ten days ago the old man became entirely worn out and very sick so that we were obliged to send him to Chattanoo it was hard for him to part with his boy but he had to go,- in less than a week after he left, the son was shot and died, oh it ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p048_XZaktES.jpg) In the front June 28th. 64 Dear Papa I have borrowed some pale ink, and will try and write a short letter although I have nothing much to write about. I am very weak yet, I have no appetite for the pork and hard tack, and they give us nothing. I sometimes think every thing is going on well and I hope it is so. yester- day there were several attempts ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p049_leLzBvm.jpg) made to break the enemy's line, which proved to be utter failures with great loss on our side, our troops are worn out and I am sorry to say some of them are very much dis- heartened, If we succeed in making the enemy leave his present position, Sherman will have to go into camp and rest his army three weeks and give them proper diet or he will have nothing to fight with they give us nothing but pork and hard tack with a little fresh beef occasionally that is all fly blown, such a diet in this hot climate is enough to make any one sick, the weather is becoming intensely hot, if they would furnish us with plenty ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p050_s9yPMs7.jpg) In a letter that I received from Elyria not long ago it was intimated that you would you would probably visit that place in July for the pur pose of marrying one of the best girls in the place, if you do go I wish you to do some more buying ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p051_X1E2iDp.jpg) for me, I want an inkstand filled with the best kind of writing fluid there is a kind made of gutta percha they are round, about an 1 1/4 inches high and 1 1/8 inches wide, the top is made to screw on, it will probably cost $1.00 or $.75, those little [--] round wooden ones, and flat gutta percha ones, are not worth anything at all, and I dont want either kind. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p052_XZC2pOd.jpg) The other side of this will give you some idea of the kind of ink stand I want, it can be sent by mail without any trouble I know. For the other boys have recieved several filled with ink, it should be wraped up well ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p053.jpg) [ink sketch] in strong paper and plainly directed ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p054_VVIpOnL.jpg) of "mixed vegetables" we could get along first rate, but no they wont do that, I know they can be brought to us, the are very light, 100 lbs would do our Brgd a week or two, they can bring great quantities of whiskey for the officers, and occasionally they give the men enough to make them about half tight but I guess I had better stop writing about such things. I must have the blues this morning. — Tom is complaining all little this morning of the diarrhea. I am under the necessity of doing what I do not like to that is of sending to you for money. I would have kept more money with me if I had had any idea that it ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F15_p055_MvltRj7.jpg) would be so long before we were paid, we will not be paid until this campaign is over and it may last two months longer, so I wish you would enclose a $5.00 Green back in your next. I think it will come safe, as I think I receive all your letters. nothing but green backs will pass here Day after tomorrow I will have six months pay due me and if the new pay law is a law it will amount to $108.00. Hoping that all are well at home I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son EMHayhurst. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p001_dQKMBdp.jpg) Gen Hospt No 2 Ward 2 Chattanooga July 4 Dear Papa (1864) I arrived here from the 2nd inst. why ride form the forest almost used me up. My fever is broken they say, but I have no appetite, the diet they have here is very good but after the first few swallows, it is all force work, I am very weak yet. but hope to get and appetite and be able to eat something, which will bring up my string - with a great deal of love all I will close from Your affectionate son EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p003_9FsTgak.jpg) Gen. Hospt. No 2 Ward 2 Chattanooga July 8th Dear Papa (1864) I will try and scribble you a few lines to inform you that I am better today, there is a young man in the same tent here he helps me a great deal and said that when men got able to ride on the cars they were sent to Nashville. I have had no fever since I have been here, but appetite does not increase any, the diet is very good which they use here and eat what they give me Hoping that all are well at I will remain with much love Your Affct son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p005_65ELtME.jpg) Gen Hosp No 2 Ward 2 Chattanooga July 10th Dear Mama. (1864) I a going to write to you this time, but it will be a very short letter I have been here 8 days, but have gained very little, they have good diet they give us toasted bread, & stewed peaches, or some black berries, or huckle berries. Just as it happens, I generaly eat nearly they give me, and hope that in a few days I will begin to gain more rapidly, I keep up my courage and trust in that kind Father who has always protected me in time of danger. I cant write any more now Give my love to Papa and ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p006_mdFPQe6.jpg) and the boys, reserving a large share for yourself from Your affectionate son E M Hay hurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p007_yk8Z72X.jpg) 1864. Sherman Hosp Ward 10 Nashville Tenn July 12 Dear Tom They have sent me to this hosp, to stay till I get well they say. I am very weak yet and unable to write much remember me to Capt B- till I hardly expect to get a furlough they are furloughing wounded men but sick men dont get much chance. Hoping you are well I remain your affec broth E M H. If they send and money in my letters from home you may send a dollar or two to me I cant get paid here for two mouths and I expect ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p008_vaAlre2.jpg) expect to be back to the front in less than that time E ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p009.jpg) 1864. Nashville Tenn Sherman Hosp X Ward 10 July 12 Dear Papa I have been sent here from Chattanooga I arrived last night I am very weak, the diet is not so good here, the Dr. me to be fed on bread and milk I want you to write me, and when you address the letters besure and leave off the Co. & Regt or I wont get them they will go to the Co Give my love to mama & the boys keeping a good share for yourself from your affect son E M Hayhurst Sherman Hosp Ward 10 Nashville Tenn ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p010_zK9KRbD.jpg) I keep up good courag all the time which worth every thing. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p011.jpg) OUR COUNTRY OUR HOMES Cincinnati Sanitary Commission to our Brave Soldiers. 1864. Sherman Hospl Ward “10” Nashville Tenn. July 14 Dear Papa I am going to try and write home every other day, I feel better this morning but I have to write slow, and rest once in a while. I am very hard up for money, and I want you to be sure and send me a $ 5.00 in your next no matter what you have sent to the regt be sure and leave off the Co. & Regt in the address of the letters just address the letter as this one is headed, I am so tired I must close now. give my love to mama and the boys tell them I keep up good courage, and hope soon to be well and strong again ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p012_iK27erj.jpg) keep a good share of love for your self from your affect son E.M. Hayhurst Sherman Hospt Ward 10 Nashville Tenn. be sure to send the $500 and will risk it. I need it very much ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p013_5EVlNDQ.jpg) 1864. Sherman hosp Ward 10 July 16 Dear Mama I am very weak the Dr has not stopped the diarhrrea on me yet and I cant get much strength until it is stopped I hope he will soon stop it and I can get so as to write to you. I must close now give my love to all keeping a good share for yourself from your affen EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p015.jpg) From your affect Son E M Hayhurst 1864. Sherman Hospt Ward 10, Nashville Tenn. July 29th Dear Our Folks I had intended to write here to write home every other 3 days, but an absesce or consuming boil broke just between my legs in a very bad place, it rendered me almost helpless. I am better today and will soon be able to better help my self. I receive several letters, but the one containg the $5,00 containing has not made its appear- ance, I can not write any more now as I am have to do what I do do by spells, give my all and be assured that I trust the All wise one who has brought me out of all dangers Heretofor ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p017_6XnE90w.jpg) 4 Sherman Hospital Ward 10. Nashville Tenn. Aug 3, 1864 Dearest Wife I write b[-]y the side of our dear Eddies couch. He has been very sick and I feel that he still is so though a little better. I have not yet seen the surgeons, when I do I will immediately write a- gain. You may judge that he was glad to see one. He cried like a child. His first and only words for a long time were "Oh papa I never expected to see you here." His disease is not the Dia[-] [-]hea. It was fever at first and now he has terrible fever sores on a part of his body which causes a great deal of pain and suffering ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p018_in9Ni8r.jpg) He also has a troublesome cough arising he thinks from a cold. He is very much emaciated. He can not sit up and can only determine in bed with great difficulty to him self. My visit cheers him and the privilege of finding him alive I shall ever regard as one of the special causes of gratitude to God. I was greatly favored on my journey and got through in the least possi ble time. I found very gentlemanly officers in Louisville and obtained my pass without difficulty after attending to the necessary forms. The Sanitary Commissioners in Louisville receives dayly from Nortonville a report of the Hospital in which every pa tients name is mentioned. Ed die's was therefore on their books and I learned that at the date of their last report he was still living and was encouraged to hope that ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p019_jeB1D2q.jpg) I might yet meet him, though I tried to keep down too much ex pectation until I actually found him. My impression is, without knowing the surgeon's opinion that he will not be fit for ser- vice for some months. When I see the surgeon I will perhaps know more definitely. I do not expect to be home for several days. I think certainly not before the last of next week, Eddie sends his love and says he is trying to do the best he can. Give mine to the boys and accept the largest share for yourself. Your affectionate hus- band J.W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p021_rEIg275.jpg) Sherman Hospital Ward 10. Nashville Tenn. Aug. 8. 1864 My Dearest Wife I hope that Eddie is slowly improving, but it is very slowly. I should feel more encouraged if it were not for those exhausting abscesses. Another large one has formed on the point of his bone and now he cannot be turned in bed at all. Poor fellow, he cried with sheer discouragement when he found that another was making its appearance. They seem to be caused in his fever ed condition by the flesh being chafed or bruised and I therefore fear that the other hip on which he now lies will have on, in that event he can lie in no position ex cept upon his face without injuring one or the other of these sores. Those ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p022_HN3EsXK.jpg) which first came out appear to be healing up. This gives me encourage ment that the others will in time of his strength will hold out. I do not think that he is any weaker though there is hardly any perceptible change in the time that I have been with him. I am anxious about the church. I came away so suddenly that I could make no arrangement for the pul- pit except for the one sabbath . It is not at all probable that I will be able to get home now before the next sabbath. If the brethren could be with Eddie one hour they would say to me "stay by all mean stay." Tell Joe[--] to try and keep the weeds out of the garden. I hope that your strength may hold out. Give my love to the boys and keep a large share for yourself. Your affectionate husband J.W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p023_33fBfHg.jpg) Sherman Hospt Thursday Aug 25th. 64 Dear Papa Thinking I might not be able to write tomorrow in time to go off. I thought I had better write this afternoon, I am much better today, Gladson dressed my sores this morning without any assistance, the sore on my left hip is so much better that I could help myself so well that he did not need any help that piece of white stuf that all came out of the left hip where he took off the dressing, the sore that the Dr opened last night discharg very freely when he took the poultice off, my right is getting pretty sore and ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p024_ructFjq.jpg) I presume will soon begin dis- charging. I do not think this hosp. will be broken up yet awhile – they brought in about 70 new patients this morning, filling it up toward 7 With love to all I remain your Your affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p025_caZ94hE.jpg) Sherman Hosp Aug 28th 1864 Dear Papa I believe you said that if I would mail my letters on Mondays We'd & Fridays that you would get them quicker, so I think it better to write the day before so as to be sure and get them off, I still continue to improve the sore on my left hip is becoming very painful but think the worst will soon be over, I quite helpless on ac- count of my hips being so sore all the other sores are doing very well. I receive the enclosed letter of (--)'s today, Hoping that you are all well I will close with ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p026_u8A8pH2.jpg) love to all from your affectionate son EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p027_87lvWh9.jpg) Sherman Hosp Aug, 30th 1864 Dear Papa I do not feel quite so well today as usual, the sore on my right hip is in its most painful stage and together with the left one "which is still quite stiff and sore" makes me almost helpless, I still have a good ap- petite, and get plenty to eat, I get boiled onions, pretty often, beefstake and toast baked apples, and could have all the potatoes. I want but do not think they agree with me, I have had tomatoes but twice since you left and those I bought, but I get along very well, I am sorry to say ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F16_p028_LZPe1NS.jpg) that Dr Walden has left us, he made his last visit this morning, this ward is filled up all but 9 beds most of the wounded are very bad ones, Hoping that you are all well at home. I will close with love to all from your Affectionate son EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p001_8TT8jhL.jpg) Sherman Hosp Sept 1st 64 Dear Papa I expected to get a letter from you today but it did not come I feel very anxious to know whether you reached home safe. My sores are doing very well but my right leg is still entirely powerless and very pain- ful, – My stomach & bowells are very much out of order today but I hope they will be all right again before long I have sat[-]d nothing but what the Dr. prescribed with love to all I remain your ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p002_d8sBri0.jpg) affectionate Son E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p003_yfXITxb.jpg) Sherman Hosp. Sept. 3rd 1864 Dear Joe Your letter announc- ing the arival of Papa at at house, was received last yesterday,– I am glad that you have been doing so well lately, and that you are try- ing to live a better life – you will never be sorry for it. I your corn etc will do well for I think such things will be needed during the coming winter. I am getting along very well now, my stomach etc are all right again, my sores are ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p004_d57z9VX.jpg) doing very well.– We were mustered for pay yesterday I presume we will be paid in about a week.– Hoping that you are all well at house, I will close with love to all from your Affectionate brother Edward M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p005_qvRMFOR.jpg) Sherman Hosp Sept. 4th 1864 Dear Papa Your welcome letter of Aug 29 came yesterday, I am very sorry that you had the diarhea, but hope that you will f are entirely long before this. I signed the Pay-Rolls this morning, the Pay-Master is to be here tomorrow. We received the news of another battle by Shermans main army on the Ma[-]in road, but no particulars, so that I cannot tell whether Tom, was in it or not ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p006_XlQ6NcG.jpg) I am as usual doing very well my sores continue to heal rapidly, and my stomach &c is still in good order, I hope that by next Sunday I will be able to get out of bed alone. Hoping that you are all well, I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p007_k40AQze.jpg) Sherman Hospital Sept. 5th 1864 Dear Papa Your letters of the 30th & 31st ult are recd I am very glad that you were getting better when you wrote and hope that by this time you are entirely well. I am getting along finely I am now sitting on the edge of the bed and writing on the stand, but it hurts the sore on my right hip some This hospital is to be broken up, all the patients are to be moved tomorrow, I dont know what will be done with me but hope for the best. The weather is very pleasant ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p008_5USPVU3.jpg) here today. Hoping that you are all well, I will close with love to all from Your Affectionate Son EM Hayhurst Sept 6th 1864 I did not seal this yesterday hoping that by this time I would know where I was to be sent, but I can know nothing yet.– I am still improving, I can get out of bed on to a chair alone, but my right hip is too stiff for me to get back again without help. E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p009_bJ2hwWQ.jpg) Sherman Hosp Sept 8th 1864 Dear Papa Yours of the 1st & 2nd were recd yesterday, they found me still improving, my sores have got so that they hurt but very little, to which they did, I expect they will move me away from here today, they sent nearly all the patients to Louisville last night, they wanted me to go, but I felt sure that I could not stand it, I dont know when they will send me, but I guess my furlough and pay is played out, the State Agent was in here last night, and I had quite a talk with him, he told me to be sure and apply to him if I got into trouble ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p010_EDBwUS3.jpg) or wanted anything, I took quite a liking to him, Hoping that you are all well I will close with love to all, from your Affectionate Son E M Hayhurst Gen. Hosp No 19, Wd 3 ` Nashville, Sept 9. Dear Papa I was brought to this place this morning, it is in the centre of the city, and is quite as pleasant as the Sherman Hosp. the ride was pretty hard on me, so that I feel pretty tired. With love to all I remain Your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p011_JlDlFQ4.jpg) 1864. Gen. Hosp. No. 19 Wd 3 Nashville, Sept 11th Dear Papa I presume that I shall not receive lose some of the letters from home, on account of changing hospitals. your last was dated the 2nd inst. I am doing very well indeed gaining strength every day. I am now sitting by and writing on a stand.– as soon as my nurse can get me a pair of cruches, I am going to try and walk alone.– This is a much better hospital than the Sherman they have plenty of the best kind of food prepared almost as good as it can be, every thing is neat and clean, I had bread–cooked ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p012_fEuZxgc.jpg) tomatoes – potatoes mashed in milk and butter – mutton – and mutton soup I am in the 3rd Ward which is a large cool and airy room in the 3rd story of a large brick building in the center of the City– I dont know whether I can get a furlough from here, but I will be sent north as soon as I am able, certain I will not get paid this time the Sherman Hosp broke up without our drawing our money and I got here too late to muster for the two months pay which the soldiers are to receive tomorrow. I dont know how I will get along without the money. With love to all I remain Your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p013_4swTrLH.jpg) Gen. Hospital No. 19 Ward 3 Nashville, Sept 13th '64 Dear Papa I begin to feel as if I would like to hear from home, but I presume it will be several days yet before I get a letter. I still continue to improve my sores are going to take much longer to heal than I thought they would when you went home – but I contin ue to gain strength every day. I keep up a good appetite and have plenty of good food to eat. my stomach and bowels are in the best kind of order. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p014_7m9g97E.jpg) I can walk a few steps at time, and if my sores were only well I would begin to ask for a furlough Yesterday was [--] of general rejoicing here, over the late victories of our armies. one hundred guns were fired at noon, and at night the city was illumi- nated, and they had quite a display of fireworks, all this I could hear – I did go out to see it. Hoping that you are all well at home I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p015_6VDFX4u.jpg) Gen. Hosp No 19 Ward 3 Nashville Sept 15th/64 Dear Papa I have just had my supper, and will try and write you a short letter before dark. I still continue to improve I have got so now that I can walk quite well with a cane it hurts me some, but every time I try I succeed better. – it is quite a relief to hobble to the window which overlooks the Cumberland and country beyond, and watch the boats for a while. – I cant sit very long at a time, my bones are most too prominent yet. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p016_qyT8x9V.jpg) There Doctor asked me yes- terday if I did'n't want a furlough, I told yes by all means when I got able to travel, he said that would not be long, and it was best to speak in time, - I think it will be two or three weeks before I will feel safe in leaving a hospital It is getting too dark to write so I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p017_ObVVo5i.jpg) Gen. Hospt.' No 19 Wd 3 Nashville Sept 18/64 Dear Papa How I would like to be at home today, and go to hear you preach, - if I continue to improve as rapidly as I have done, I hope I will soon be able to travel, and as soon as I can go I think they will send me home. I heard yesterday that the mail which was directed to the Sherman Hosp. is at the Medical Directors, and as soon as I can send there, I think I can get all my letters, I suppose there are several there for me. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p018_N7hqKmJ.jpg) We have been having very pleasant, cool weather here for the last few days, very differ- ent from what it was when you were here. They are bringing supper around, so I must close for the present, with love to all I remain your Affectionate son Edward M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p019_aWt1Onh.jpg) Gen. Hosp No 19 Wd 3 Nashville Sept 20/64 Dear Papa How vividly one year ago today comes to my mind this afternoon, what aw ful scenes I witnessed that day I think if I should live for a thousand years, they would still be as fresh in my mind as today. I expected certainly to get a letter from home today, but it did not come. twelve days seems to be a long time, for to wait for news from home, I begin to feel afraid you are sick. All the mail that was directed ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p020_cSYcfpA.jpg) to the Sherman Hosp. is sent sent to the Med. Directors Office, and In suppose there are several letters there for me, but I have not had an oppor- tunity of sending for them. I am still improving in strength, and my sores con- tinue to heal, but it is slow work with them, the one on my back is about as big as a half dollar, the one between my legs is only about three quarters of an inch long, those on my hips are going to bother me the most as they heal very slowly indeed. Hoping that you are all well at home I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p021_02YtpOh.jpg) Gen. Hosp No. 19, Ward, 3 Nashville Sep 22/64 Dear Mama Why don't some one write to me, it will be two weeks tomorrow since I wrote giving my present ad- dress, and it seems to me I ought to have received an an-- swer before now. I am still doing very well indeed, my stomach and bowels are perfectly healthy, and my sores are healing up, though very slowly, I walk a very little every day, and the exercise does me a great deal of good, though it is but slight. - I sit up a little at a time, but my bones ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p022_onMH3iu.jpg) are so sharp that I cannot do it long at once, I presume that you are look ing forward to the time when I shall visit home, - it is not best to be too confident, though the Surgeon has promised me a furlough, yet soldiers are very apt to be disappointed There is very little to write about in a hospital, so you will have to do with short letters, when I write so often. Hoping that you are all well and that I will hear from you soon I will close with love to all from Your affectionate son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p023_LyHxw6J.jpg) Gen. Hosp No 19. Ward 3. Nashville Sep 24th, 64 Dear Papa Your very welcome letter of the 18th was received this morning, Joes letter also came today I am very sorry to hear that you were sick, but hope that you are well by this time. I am glad to hear that Tom is all right after the battles he has been in, I have not received any letters from since then, tho' I presume he has written. It is two weeks yesterday since I came to this hospital, I can see a great change in my condi- tion since then, I have gained a ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p024_hhksFNp.jpg) great deal of strength, my ribs and back bone dont show half so plain, the sore between my legs "which is the nearest well" is only a little larger than a dime, those on my hips have improved very much indeed, tho' the skin has not healed much yet, when I first came here my stomach was still weak, and now I can "go" anything that comes along, I get what they call "full diet" now, I have spent considerable since you left, for fruit &c, so that my money is getting pretty short again, I will need more before I start for home even if I dont use any more for fruit &c, and I would like to spend more for such things, but it is so risky, I disliked to ask you to send any by mail, but perhaps you had better send me a little at ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p025_vsxolkH.jpg) a time in a few letters, if I get a furlough I dont think I will be able to start for home before the last of the month.- You might send $5. or so thro' the care of the State Agent, and have it come safer, but I don't like to trouble him for such a small matter. Hoping that you are all well at home, I will close with love to all from your Affectionate son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p026_yg98AGr.jpg) Gen. Hosp No. 19. Wd 3 Nashville Sep 25/64 Dear Papa Your welcome letter of the 20th. came this morning - I am very sory to hear that Mama was sick. I am afraid she works too hard, and worries too much about us boys. I am very well today, the weather is quite cool and pleasant, just the kind for [--]s in my condition I have nothing of interest to write about so you will please excuse the brevity of my letters. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p027_37CrhOR.jpg) Hoping that you are all well, I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p028_bEymXqI.jpg) Gen. Hosp. No 19. Ward 3 Nashville Sept 27th/64 Dear Willie I suppose that you would like to get a letter from me, so I am going to try to write you one today. I am feeling first rate this morning it is very clear and pleasant, and I feel more like sitting up, than I have done since I began to do it. I expect you would like to know how they manage things in this hospital, — Early in the morning a little after daylight, the drum beats for every one who is able to to ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p029_zragc59.jpg) get up, it makes noise enough to awaken every one whether they want to or get up or not, - about half past six the drum sounds again, for breakfast, it is brought up to us from the kitchen on a "Dumb Waiter" after breakfast the nurses dress the wounds and sores, – each nurse has ten or twelve beds to take care of, and generally they are about half of them occupied, my nurse has nine beds and seven of them are occupied, but some of the patients are going to be sent to Louisville today, –The Surgeons make their visits at half past eight in the morning and four in the evening, between four and five they dress the wounds again. – There are two ladies here who are agents for the Sanitary Commission one or the other goes through the wards each ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p030_fhDXdT2.jpg) day to find out what we need. if we want anything no matter what it is she will get it and send it to us. one of them gave me a nice pair of leather slippers the other day, if I want canned fruit - pickles - clean handkerchiefs - socks - or any thing all I have to do is to say so and can get it. I have been sitting up much longer than usual, and am getting tired - so I must close with love to all from your Affectionate brother E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p031_X0n2hFm.jpg) Sept. 29. '64. Gen. Hosp. No. 19. [--] 3 Nashville Sep 29th '64 Dear Mama Your very welcome letter of the 22nd was received day before yesterday, just after I had mailed one to Willie. I was brought here in a crowded ambulance. I had to hold myself up from the seat on my hands and arms. where the road was nice and se[---] the driver would make in here. go very slow, and where it was rough and stony he would whip them into a run, so you see I had a pretty hard trip of it. but when I got here I was treated ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F17_p032_W6GLsmK.jpg) so kind[--] and handled so tenderly that the change was a great relief. I have a very good and kind nurse, my Surgeon is pretty old man he is from Ohio, and is very pleasant and sociable indeed I am very glad you find so much pleasure in those little flowers, I thought when I sent the seeds that it was very doubtful about their grow- ing in Ohio. I am as usual getting along very well. Hoping that you are all well I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p001.jpg) Oct 1st 1864 Gen. Hosp. No 19. Wd 3. Dear Papa Your welcome letter of the 25th ult and package of stationery were handed to me by Mr. Roberts this morning, I was very glad to learn that you were all pretty well at home I am very well today, except my the sores on my hips, they are pretty painfull today, a new Surgeon (Dr. Merrill, who is said to be the best Surgeon in the Dept.) took charge of this ward yesterday, he said the reason the sores didnt heal any faster was that they had become dormant and ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p002.jpg) or stationary, and they never would heal over unless stimulated in some way, so he burnt them out yesterday and this morning with B'm'd't of Potash, it was a pretty painfull operation but they feel easier now, he said there was no disease in them, that he never saw heal their looking sores, but that sores of their character needed such stimulating every week or two, or they never would get well. -- I cannot sit up very long at a time on account of my hips, so hoping that you are all well, I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p003.jpg) October 2nd 1864 Dear Papa As this was too late for the mail I did not send it last night. - my hips feel much easier this morn- ing, but I begin to feel almost discouraged, it seems as if they never will get well>,- I dont think now that I will get home before November, - I have a good appetite and am gaining strength and flesh very fast but the sores come on very slowly. – With love to all I remain your- Affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p004.jpg) Gen, Hosp, No. 19, Wd. 3 Nashville Oct 6th 64 Dear Papa I should have written yesterday, but waited hoping to receive a letter from you, no letter came, the last I received was dated Sep 28"th and was brought by Mr. Roberts last Saturday My [-]ealth is still very good and my strength increas- ing, but my sores do not get along well enough to suit me, the one between my legs is about the same size it was ten days ago, and the others heal very slowly indeed. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p005.jpg) I have a good appetite and my food agrees with me perfectly, my stomach and bowels were never in better order than they are now and I eat anything they bring me. We have been having a great deal of rain lately, and at night it makes time pass more rapidly to listen to it pattering on our tin roof the nights are pretty long to me, I do not sleep very sound. Hoping that you are all well at home, I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p006.jpg) (I am very sorry to hear of Joe's sickness, I begin to think slow now that the free use of ardent spirits is good for fevers, and have no doubt a little whiskey would do him good,) Gen. Hosp, No 19. Wd 3 Nashville Oct 7th 1864 Dear Papa I received your letter containing $15.00 this morning, the one you mention as having $3.00 in it has not arrived, yet, but I expect it in this afternoon's mail, The money which you sent is very acceptable, and will last me until I get home or can draw from the Pay- master.- I am very, very glad that you have got well again I was very much afraid your exposure in Nashville would have a more serious effect. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p007.jpg) There was an old father came here this ward to see his son who had been wounded, and after nursing him two weeks the young man did, the old man's grief seemed as if it would kill him, he said "if mother and the girls were only here I would not mind it so much, but it [--] hard to be alone "- I am very well today, my sores feel and look much better than usual, those on my hips had turned to a dark gray color and I was very much afraid the Gangreen would get into them but they look natural and healthy again. Hoping that you are all well, I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p008.jpg) 1864, Gen. Hosp. No 19. Wd 3 Nashville Oct 10th Dear Papa Yesterday was the coldest day we have had this Fall, in the morning, every thing was covered with a heavy frost until after sunrise, and it kept so cool through the day that I did not sit up any. Tomorrow is our State elec- tion, and if I live I shall have the priveledge of casting my first vote, they have made the necessary preparations here so that we can all vote. I am feeling very well ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p009.jpg) today, the sores on my hips and back are doing very well, the one between my legs has extended up on the left side, about an uncle, but I think it has stopped now, and as it is perfectly healthy I hope it will not trouble me much I am afraid that, that three dollar letter has fallen into the same hands that some others did, and that I will never see it, Willie's letter of the 2nd inst came on Satur- day.– Mr. Roberts came to see me yesterday, and very kindly offered to do anything for me which I needed, but fortunately my wants are very few now, he complained of having the diarrhea and ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p010.jpg) thought he might return home soon, Hoping that your are all well, I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p011.jpg) U.S. Gen, Hosp, No 19. Wd 3 Nashville Oct 12th 64 Dear Papa The last letter recd from home was Willie's dated the 2nd inst. I presume I will get one today, I am as usual doing very well today, my sores look first rate, and are beginning to heal faster than they have lately, - I hope now that I will be able to get a furlough the first of next month, my sores will not be well then, but I think I will be able to' travel ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p012.jpg) Today is the second anniversary of my enlistment what a life time of experience I have had in those two short years, I have seen the "elephant" and watched him perform all his tricks. The election yesterday resulted of course in a great union majority, most of the democratic votes were poled by the employees in the government shops, who are principaly irish, almost all the soldiers vote the union ticket. We have fine weather here now, the cumberland is much swollen by the late rains, and the boats are taking advantage of it, in bringing great quantities of merchandise ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p013.jpg) and government stores quite a large fleet came up yesterday, and are now rapidly discharging thier car goes at the landing, it is very pleasant to sit by the window and watch them. Hoping that you are all well, I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p014.jpg) Gen Hosp No 19 Nashville Oct 15 Dear Papa Your letters of the 7th & 8th were received yesterday and the day before, I was very glad to learn that you were all well, and are so comfortably fixed for the winter Your letter of Sep 29 which contained $3. — made its appearance yesterday, one of the nurses found it among some other letters in one ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p015.jpg) of the Ward Masters drawers, it was marked on the envelope that I gone home on furlough, I feel pretty well today, but my left hip is not doing very well, it filled up too rapidly shutting in some bad flesh &c, which formed an absess nearly an inch deep, we succeeded in cleaning it thoroug ly last night and it feels better this morning it will delay the sore at least three weeks in getting well, — The Dr, made out a number of furloughs yesterday but he said that I would not be able to travel alone for a ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p016.jpg) - long time yet, I could get a discharge now, but would rather not if I can help it, Hoping that you are all well I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p017.jpg) Gen. Hosp No 19. Wd 3 Nashville Oct 17th Dear Papa I expect I wrote some rather gloomy letters lately, my sores caused me considerable pain and did not seem to be doing well so that I did feel low spirited for a few days, they are getting along much better now, the one on the left hip is pretty painful yet, but it is healthy If I could have some one to take care of me I think I might make ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p018.jpg) the journey home, but I do not think it would be well to leave the hospital until the sores are entirely out of danger which will not be for a long time yet The sun is shining bright and warm today but the air is quite cool, the river seems almost choked up with fleets of heavily laden boats from the North, – business seems to be picking up wonder- fully in Nashville, though the prices are still out of sight. Hoping that you are all doing well at at home I will close with love to all from Your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p019.jpg) Gen. Hosp No 19. Wd 3 Nashville Oct 20th 64 Dear Papa Your welcome letter of the 13th came day before yesterday I am feeling very well today, my sores are doing much better. Hospital life is so mo- notonous, that I have nothing to write about so you will please excuse this short note, with love to all I remain your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p020.jpg) 1864. Ward 9 Joe Holt Gen. Hosp Near Jeffersonville Ind Sunday, 23rd Dear Papa I presume you will be some what surprised to learn that I am here, The Dr. astonished me yesterday morning, by saying that I must go north, I objected very much but it was of no use, and I was packed off on the 7 AM train, we reached Louisville last about 11 last night, having been detained by the rebs operations, near Bowling Green, I rode in a hospital car and stood journey much better than ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p021.jpg) I anticipated, it hurt my sores a good deal but did not injure them any, we were brought over the river this morning, and now I am in a free country once more, I expect to be sent to Ohio in a few days I learned yesterday that Dr. Walden is at Division Hosp, and I will try and get sent there, Hoping that you are all well, I will close with much love to all from Your affectionate son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p022.jpg) Ward 9 Joe - Holt, Gen. Hosp Near Jeffersonville Ind Oct 25th/64 Dear Papa I wrote you a short note on Sunday just after I arived here, which I presume you will receive today or tomorrow, - I feel very well this morning, my sores hurt a little because they have not been dressed regularly for the last few days, but they are healthy and fresh, The Surgeon told me should go to Division Hosp in a day or two, – there is ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p023.jpg) to be an ex[--]ation here today, they are discharging a great many, and I they will want to discharge me, I would rather not leave the service now, but I dont want be transerred to the Veteran Re- serve Corp, and I will probably have to take one or the other They told me at Nashville that the farther north I went the poorer I would find the hospitals, I do not find it so, this hospital goes ahead of any thing I have seen yet, everything so very com- fortable and handy, and the diet could not be any better, ham & eggs, – beef, roasted and boiled, potatoes; – tomatoes, onions, pickels, apple sauce and bread and butter, - all well prepared and served up in clean white ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p024.jpg) dishes, – they give [--] here not warm dishwater, it all makes me feel us if I was pretty near home, Hoping that you are all well at home I will close with love to all from your Affectionate son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p025.jpg) Joe. Holt Gen Hosp. Near Jeffersonville Ind October 27th 64 Dear Papa I expected last Sunday that by this time I would be at Camp Division, but they have not got ready to send me yet. I feel very well this morning all except my left hip, it troubles me very much, night before last I discovered that there was "proud flesh" in it. and had it burnt out with caustic. it is very sore yet, and looks quite unhealthy, and I had them put some cloride - soda ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p026.jpg) [--]t this morning, the other sores are all healthy and doing very well, I have had to be my own doctor since I left Nashville, – the surgeon here dont pretend to examine the wounds and sores When I get to Dennison I guess you will have to come there and take me home I think it will be the best place for me after all Hoping that you are all well at home – I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst "Enclosed please find a diminuitive sea shell which I found in my new sponge this morning" ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p027.jpg) Steamer Gen. Buel Cincinnati Ohio Oct 29 – 5 AM Dear Papa (1864) We arived here about 3 this a.m. and are now waiting transportation to Camp Dennison, I feel pretty well this morning, but my sores hurt very much, owing to their hard usage, they have not been dressed since yesterday morning about this time and I fear will not get much attention until afternoon, I think you had better ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p028.jpg) come to Camp Dennison as soon as posible and take me home, I think I can get any furlough by the time you get there, if not we can soon after our State Agent here says we are all to be sent home immediately, I will finish this when I get to Camp Division We Division Hosp 12th Divis Section 12 Wd 73 We arived here at 12 M. I have had my sores dressed and they feel much better but the one on my left hip looks very bad. I am very tired and will have to close, with love to all from your Affec. son E.M H ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F18_p029.jpg) Dennison Hosp Ohio 12th Division Ward 73 ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p001.jpg) Dennison Hosp. Ohio 12th Div Ward 72 Feb. 8th 1865 Dear Papa I arrived here all safe and sound, at 9.30 A,M,- I have settled up all right with the Surg, in Charge, the certificates I had were all right. I expect to get some money on Saturday for rations &c, but I do not know whether I can get all, I am very well, except a hard headache, As I am very tired and ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p002.jpg) will have to close this with love to all from Your Affectionate Son E M Hayhurst Write to me here but do not send any letters which may come to Fairfield for me, until you hear from me again do not send the Dis. Poll yet Ed. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p003.jpg) Dennison U.S.A. Hosp 12th Div. Ward 72 Feb 9th 1865 Dear Papa I mailed a short note to you this morning, anouncing my safe arrival here yesterday morning. I left Sandusky at 5.10 P.M. day before yesterday, reached Shelby about 7.30, the Cleveland Accron train was 5 hours behind time, very fortunately for me, if it had not been I would have had to wait ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p004.jpg) there till half passed twelve, I waited at Columbus three hours, (at the Soldier's House) and reached here about 9.30 yesterday. I am very well this morning all except my left hip. it hurts pretty bad. I presume I have taken cold in it. I think the weather is not so severely cold here as at home, but there is considerable snow on the ground, – I am as comfortable as I can be here, but I feel the inconveniences of the hospital very much after being at home so long, the society is perfectly horrible here now, it is pretty hard to come from home to the company of men who have no respect for decency or ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p005.jpg) religion, I am afraid I cannot get transferred to Cleveland as I expected, they have put a stop to general transfers. I am sorry now that I did not report at Cleveland, I might have done it just as well as not. I shall try pretty hard though to get there, before I'l give up. You may send all my letters here, and my Dis. List to the Surgeon in Charge of this hospital. It is expected that those who have their Discription Lists here will be paid off next month, Tell Mama that I made my bed this morning because I wanted it done right, Give my love to her and all the rest from your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p006.jpg) Dennison U. S. A. Gen. Hosp Feb 12th 1865 Dear Papa I presume that you who are at home are just about going to church, oh how I wish that I was out of the service and at home, you cannot think what a hard thing it is for me to stay here, after being at home for three months where every thing was quiet decent and orderly, it is pretty hard to be here where I hear nothing but profanity and obscenety. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p007.jpg) I am sorry to say that I have not been very well since I came here I took a hard cold, and the sore on my left hip has become much worse, it is nearly three times as large as when I left home, the one on my right hip has commenced running again tho' it is not very large, I begin to feel almost discouraged about them, they hurt me so bad yesterday that I could not go to Hd. Qrs to get my money, and I am afraid that I will lose it on that account, I forgot to tell you in my other letters that I came through from Shelby on my old passes and I paid half fare from Sandusky to Shelby. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p008.jpg) Dr Highland says that my sores should be entirely healed in two or three weeks when I told him that they broke out last July, he said they were not properly treated or they would have been well in two months I have a very comfortable bed, but I would suffer with cold if I had not brought the shawl with me, I get plenty to eat tho' not a very great variety, it is very different from home fare, but I guess I will soon get used to it. If you have not done it already. I wish you would send my Dis. List. to the Surg. in Charge. Hoping that you are all well, I will close with love to all from your affec son E M. H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p009.jpg) Dennison U. S. A. Gen. Hosp. O. 12th Div. Ward 72. Feb 15th 1865 Dear Papa Today was the one appointed for the great Draft to take place, this mornings paper says it has been postponed, probably for some time, – I am certainly very sorry, for I think it shows a lack of energy at Washington, And we do realy need the men, Grant should have large reinforce- ments ready to use by the middle ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p010.jpg) of next month, and they cannot be had if the Draft is delayed much longer. The weather has been quite mild here for the past two days, and it is now raining a little, I think there is great danger of taking or increasing colds, but I have not done so yet, my cold is getting pretty near well, and if I do meet with any drawback will be all right in a few days. My sores look much better this morning, they cause me very little pain now and I hope will not be much longer healing. I had expected when I reached here to draw some clothing and send it to the boys, but I am too lame to walk to Head Quarters where I must go to get it, and I find that it is difficult to send it away from camp, I would ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p011.jpg) have to get an order from the Surgeon in Charge, and that re- quires rather more ceremony than I care to go through with just now, the reason of this rule is, there have been a large number of blankets stolen from the beds and sent away, the convalescent soldiers are blamed for it. but I am inclined to think nurses, ward masters, and stewards had something to with it. for they have the best chances. I find that Porters Chemistry is not near so good a one as Wells. but I can learn very much from it, and read a great deal every day, – I wish I could spend the coming Spring and Summer at home where I could have everything quiet, and access to standard works such as the Encyclopaedia I feel my limited knowledge ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p012.jpg) more and more every day. and as I improve in health I feel much more like studying Give my love to Mama and tell her think of her in almost every thing I do. Hoping that you are all well and that I will here from you soon, I will close this with love to all from your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst “I wish you to write particularly about L’s hand, what the Surgeons think of it &c.” Ed. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p013.jpg) 1865. Dennison U. S. A. Gen. Hosp. 12th Div. Ward 72, Feb. 16th Dear Papa Your very welcome letter of the 13th inst was received this morning, two days after it was mailed, Ellen's came also, I presume the Dis. Roll came to Hd. Qrs. but I have not been there to enquire. I shall certainly be glad when you are through with the school, it seems hard for you to be so continually busy ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p014.jpg) whether you are well or sick. I feel much better this after- noon, my sores are not very painful and I think they have commenced healing again I summoned courage enough to walk to where Sergt. Curran stays, this afternoon, I was quite surprised to find Mrs, Curran with him, she came last night. I am inclined to think that our Division is at Cincinnat today, no paper carriers came out this morning, and it is rumored that there is an unusual large number of soldiers there. There is so little going on here that, I have nothing to write about, so you must excuse this short letter. Hoping that you are all well I will close with love to all from Your Affec. Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p015.jpg) Dennison U. S. A. Gen. Hosp. O. 12th Div. Ward 72 Feb. 19th 1865 Dear Papa This makes my second Sabbath here, I feel much better today than I did last Sunday, I have entirely recovered from my cold, and my sores are healing slowly, This is one of the most pleasant days we have had I went to meeting this morn- ing, the Chappel is about ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p016.jpg) half way between here and Head Quarters, it was well filled and we had a pretty good sermon, from the words "lay hold of eternal life" — There was a good number of ladies present. Mrs. Carau, was there but I did not speak to her. They say that my Dis. Roll was received all right at Hd. Qrs. – if so, I will be mustered for pay at the close of this month.- if I get paid I presume I had better express the money to you, and you can use or invest it, I will get quite a pile when it does come. I will send with this your letter received on the 16th I intend to send all your letters home again, in this way, then I will not be apt to ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p017.jpg) lose them, you may put them in my drawer or some other safe place, I could get a position as clerk here right away, but I do not feel inclined to go to work until my sores are healed over, I can pass time well enough in studying. Tell Mama that the rug she made for me suits very well, I sleep very comfortably. They washed my shirt and drawers so poorly that I concluded it would be better for me to put them away, and wear hospital clothing, the Steward objected to letting me have any this week, as I had clothes of my own, but I got them at last, if they get ahead of me, they will be apt to know it I will try going to Hd. Qrs, tomorow if the weather is pleasant, and see ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p018.jpg) if I can get some money, I am afraid now that I cannot get it, as I have put it off so long. Hoping that you are all well- I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E. M. Hay hurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p019.jpg) Dennison U. S. A. Gen. Hosp 12th Div. Ward 72. Feb 21st 1865 Dear Papa I received your letter of the 16th enclosing one from Elyria yester- day morning, at the same time I also received one dated Oct. 25, 1864 it had gone to Nashville, thence to Joe Holt Hosp, and from there here, the news in it is rather stale. I feel very well today, have a good appetite, and plenty to eat such as it is, my sores still require dressing, and are painful sometimes ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p020.jpg) but they are nearly healed. Dr. H– is slightly non plussed by them, he is still out of humor with me, because I declined being experiemented on, He is very popular here as a Surgeon and most of the difficult cases of Gangrene are sent to him for treatment and he is very successful with them generally, but he has a case of the common itch which he has been treating now for nearly three months, and it is not cured, nor likely to be from all appearances, I saw Mr. & Mrs. Curran yesterday, she intends returning to Fairfield in a day or two, and will bring Mama my chevrons, I took a notion to rip them of the other day, and send them by her, so as not to lose them We have quite pleasant weather most of the time since I returned, I begin to think there is quite a difference of climate in the two places ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p021.jpg) We received a telegram last night (which was confirmed in the papers this morning) announcing the evacuation of the City Charleston, and its occupation by our forces, the rebels are getting poked up pretty badly it seems, I hope this Spring's work will end the war, some of our papers seem very confidant, that it will. This morning I got some hot water from the cook house, and washed my clothes, when they came back from the wash house they looked worse than when I took them off, and I was ashamed to put them away in such a condition, I now were hospital clothing. Hoping that you are all well and that I will here from home frequently, I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p022.jpg) Dennison U.S.A. Gen. Hosp 12th Div. Ward 72 Feb. 23rd 1865 Dear Papa Yesterday I received your very welcome letter dated the 19th - it found me feeling very well indeed; with the exception of my sores, I think I never felt better in my life, - I have a much better appetite now than the last week or two before I returned to the hospital, the sore on my right hip has dried up again, and the one on my left ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p023.jpg) side is very small, the flesh is very sore on my back but I do not think it will break out again Yesterday my name was sent in to the Exammining Board, and I presume they will examine me tomorrow. - I am not bad enough off now to get a discharge, and I presume they will put me in the V.R.C. tho' I am not sure of that, I saw my Discriptive Roll this morning, it is all right, and I drew a little clothing on it, the priec of clothing has been very much increased since Jan. 1st so that I thought it best not to take much just now, We have news this morning of the fall of Fort Anderson, and the probable evacuation of Wilmington. Our Armies seem to be meeting with nothing but success, Hoping that you are all well and that his hand is much ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p024.jpg) better by this time, I close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p025.jpg) Dennison Gen. Hosp. O. 12th Div. Ward 72, Feb 25th 1865 Dear Papa I had hoped to hear from home today, but no letters came, I presume that I can hardly expect to get more than one letter a week, from you while the school lasts. We have quite mild weather here, at present it is raing raining with every prospect of continuing so during the night. With the exception of my left hip I feel very well today, the sore is ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p026.jpg) very small, and still growing less, but the joint is very painful, it is not stiff, nor does it hurt me to walk but while I am sitting still it hur aches very much. Yesterday, I was examined by the Board and was decided that I should remain here for further treatment. Next Tuesday we will muster for pay, and will probably be paid shortly after. I hope to get all that is due me, and send it home by Express I have so little to write about that my letters are necessarily short, but I write often enough to make up for that. Hoping that you are all well and that I will hear from you soon, I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p027.jpg) Feb. 26th 1865 Dear Papa I wrote the foregoing, too late for the mail, yesterday and it will have to wait till tomorrow. I went to church this morning, the Chaplain preached a very good sermon, he seems to be a good, hard working man, and I intend when I have an opportunity to get acquainted with him. I should judge from his style and some things which he said, that he was a presbyterian I saw Dr. Walden at the Chappel but did not get to speak to him, I intend to hunt him up, when I get so that I can walk without much difficulty. Give my love to Mama and the boys, keeping a good share for yourself from Your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p028.jpg) 1865. Dennison Gen. Hosp Dear Papa I received Aut's letter yesterday, and will enclose it with this, thinking you might find it difficult to read part of it I have interlined it in some places You spoke in your last of my collecting some small mineral colle specimens, I had found several very pretty ones, and put them away in my box, two of the gayest of which I will enclose. the one with the shell impression I broke out of the centre of a round stone, about three inches through, the out side of the stone is very hard, but the inside is quite soft, and easily cut with a night knife, all through the inside are numerous little shells, together with a branching ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F19_p029.jpg) white substance, that resembles corral. There seems to be quite a variety of fossil remains in this neighborhood and I have some large ones that are worth preserving, when I get enough that are worth sending home I will forward them to you. We still continue to have very fine weather, and the convalescents are busy in the gardens My sore hip looks very much better today, but it is not well enough for me to take much exercise yet,- otherwise I am all right again. With love to all I remain Your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p001_DOmSADt.jpg) [Sep. <5?> 1862] E'memate' Friday eve 9 1/4 [-]ell[-] Dear Our Folks We have all arived safe and sound, I am in tip top health and spirits I write this on the back of my knapsack sitting on warehouse truck partly by moonlight and partly by the light of the street lamp, it is a beautiful [---] ing and I can almost see to do it without the lamp, we arrived about an hour ago, we will probably camp out, here on the pavement. Elegant boys' attention Good bye for a little while. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p002_e9G9UcW.jpg) Saturday morn. I have had, a good nights rest in the private housee of a good muin entrance. I have just got up from a splendid breakfast, if soldering like what we have experienced for the last two days I am in for it. I have had Mr Leonard for companion so far. I do n[-] [---] well go[-] yet. we are to meet [-]t head qaurters at 8 oclock so I must close for the present. give my love to all Good life, for the present E M Hayhurst The rest of the company are all so far as I know. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p003_r4o0OFo.jpg) Treasurer's Office, Lorain Co., O. Elysia, Sunday Morning 1860 <8 O'clk> North Bend, Gen. W. H. Hansons Farm Hamilton Co. O. (7. sep. 1862) Dear Our Folks I have a little leisure time just now, and will try and improve it in writing to you. If you received my work of yesterday, you already know that we arrived in Cincinnati all safe, I still continue to enjoy splendid health, I never felt better in my life, I cannot begin to discribe our journey down here in a proper and interesting manner, but I will do the best I can. We had a fine [----] Sindusky arriving there sometime between 8 and 9 o'clock. We lodged in the Colton House close to the Depot. Mr. Lernard & I hired a room for 8.25 but it was so close & warm that we could not sleep very much, I got up just at daybreak a went down to the Lake shore and washed myself ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p004_ciSJySA.jpg) [left page] standing when I could just see in the dim light of the morning, the Stars & Stripes morning over the barracks, on Johnsons Island, [---] Afternoon I have so much to attend to, that I have to write this letter by matches We breakfasted in our room from the rations we had in our knapsacks the rest of the boys, had the privalege of eating at the table by paying $25, but we were to poor for that we left Sandusky at about 8 O'clk on the S. D & C. R. R. we had a splendid ride through the Mad River valey, from which we pass into the Big Mi[--]i River Valey. We stoped at Dayton about a half an hour, remaining in the cars most of the time, we saw a whole regiment of our volunteers "the 112 I believe" march past us and get into another train to follow us into Cincinnati, When we left Sandusky we had one car [new column] but at almost every station there were squads of men waiting for transportation so that by the time we arrived at C, we had as large a train as the engine could draw, at Clyde 160 men from Aberlin joined us, Theo. Patterson being one of the number, Mr Leonard and I are chums sharing Blankets and knapsacks, he has a good [--] rubber blanket we dined at half past twelve. at every station where we were to stop long enough the conductor would let us know, and we would get out and fill our canteens. he 'the conductor' was a first rate, obliging fellow, at a place called West, Liberty, the Ladies heard that we were coming, and about half an hour after when we arrived they had a table, the whole length of the train about as far as from the jail to Manvilles Stone, spread, with all the substantials and delicasies ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p005_u5gWq4S.jpg) E M. Hayhurst. Care of Capt Cushing Company As 1st Regt. Ohio River Militia North Bend Hamilton Co. O. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p006_apvnzLl.jpg) E.M. Mayhurst Care of Capt Cushing Company Os. 1st Regt Ohio River Militia North Bend Hamilton Co. O ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p007_NROv0AY.jpg) I have a chance which you could think of. I have a chance to send this letter and will have to do it without finishing it, Love to all E M Hayhurst I send enclosed a piece of the foundation stone of old Gen, Harrisons residence, D E M. Hayhurst Care Capt Cushing Co O 1st Regiment Ohio Militia North Bend Hamilton Co Ohio ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p008_xAy70cj.jpg) NEARLY BURIED ALIVE. — A Mr. Eckman, of Cleves, Hamilton county, Ohio, was taken violently ill on the morning of the 15th ult., and according to two physicians who atten- ded him, died about five o'clock the same day. The next morning he was placed in a coffin and carried to the church about two miles distant, where a funeral sermon was preached. As the last hymn was to be sung, the audience was startled by unusual noises, and the sound of vigorous kicking, proceed- ing from the coffin. The coffin was speedily opened, when Eckman was struggling to free himself from his unwelcome position. Blood was flowing freely from his mouth and nose, but in a few minutes he was able to speak, and the next day he was able to walk about his room. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p009_2bHoRi1.jpg) For Sale by all Booksellers, and by THE AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION. 316 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. NEW ROOFING MATERIAL AS CHEAP as Shingle and much cheaper than Tin or other Metallic Roofs, and much more durable than either. It in appearances resembes Slate, present- ing a smooth unbroken surface. FIRE PROOF and perfectly air-tight, admitting no snow drifts, and equally well adapted to flat and steep roofs. Suita- ble for covering over Old Roofs of any description. All the qualities claimed for this roofing, embra- cing Superiority over every roofing material known, have been thoroughly tested by the FRANKLIN IN- STITUTE and after the application of the severest tests they had the INSTITUTE building in Seventh Street, above Chestnut, Philadelphia, covered with it. Reference Mr. WILLIAM HAMILTON, Actuary, Franklin In- stitute, Philadelphia. MESSRS. M. W. BALDWIN &Co. R. R. Lococotive and Engine Manufacturers, Broad street, Philadelphia. Mr. SAMUEL SLOAN Architect No. 80 Suth Fourth Street, Philadelphia. Mr. CHARLES RUBICAM, Builder, Chestnut Street above 20th Philadelphia. For Samples, or further information in regard to ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p010_iqoDie5.jpg) untill we are better organized, my wm will not come for some time 7 O'clk A.M. Gen. Harrison's Firm North Bend Hamilton Co Monday, Sept. 8th <1862)> Dear Our Folks I shall make one more desperate effort, to write a decent letter. I have so much to attend to that it is very difficult write it all, I was interupted three or four times in[-] writing the letter dated sunday, 8 O'clk A.M. and then had to break off very abruptly as I had a good chance to send A. I believe I was telling you about our dinner at West Liberty. it was indeed a most acceptable repast, we eat all that we could, and then the ladies gather all they could into all sorts & sizes of packages they had a great quantity of good ripe apples, of which you the way in which are recieved the smiles and compliments, the the ladies, the cheers, and and waving of handkerchiefs from all, all along the road and after we arived, with City, we were [---]tin- naly hailed with the following, 'Where from boys,' ans. "Elysia Loraine." compliments "Billy for Lorain," "God bless you boys," "Hoorah for the sqeserile hunters of the North," "Hurrah for the underground R. R. boys." &c "&c &c." we have not suffered for anything we have been most splendidly received Friday night "the first night in the City, we were quartered on the private citizens. there had been a sort of a vigila[---] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p011_o6q4Mlf.jpg) [left page] committee formed to whom, each family agreed to take a certain number men, so you see they were ready for us Mr Bullock, Maj Wilson, Mr Leonard, and I were handed over to an rich generous old gentlemen of german decent by the name of Radebaugh, he had just enough of the german about him to make him interesting and enough of french to make him most pleasantly polite. we had good Two of us were put in a room, where we had good soft beds & gas ligt, and indeed every convenience that you could think of, we had the use of a good bath tub which was very acceptable. we all agreed that if this was solgering were in for it. I am ordered to report at head quarters with rifle and amunation ready for picket duty, good bye if I don't get a chance to finish this. E. M. Hayhurst; Dear Our Folks Guard House We dined at Brother Radebaugh's "he is a 2 O'clk PM Methodist" Sis Radebaugh's gave Mr L. a pair of shoes "that just fitted him" lined with fur, and took his old boots and had them fixed up in good shape by an old infirm shoemaker, with whom she was acquainted she then made me wear them while she had mine fix. we left the head quarters of our company,"the 8th ward Engine house" at half past 1 o'clk. to report our selves to the Gen. but were met on the way by his Adjutant who ordered us to the Ohio and Miss. depot, when we arrived there all those who carried rifles were [right page] ordered to prepare their amunition for imediat[-] service and those who had muskets were in formed they would be furnished with cartriges. when we arrived at this place we selected a good camping place close to the head quarter deposited our baggage, and loaded our guns. expecting that the guerillas would try to cross sometime during the night. Stone and some others backed out when there was a good prospect of a fight. you will probably think that we were poorly prepared for a fight, but each man knew his place. we elected Cushing for Leutenant at Sandusky and we obey him just as though he was a commissioned officer. the Commander at this place told us to build our barracks as near the head quarter as possible, as he wanted us for special duty, we being the best squad in the regiment in every respect. there was a great quan- tity of pine lumber on the banks of the river which we immediately took possestion and ourselves good barracks. the owner of the lumber is a good union man and says he would rather see it used in that way than to see it burnt by the rebles. we have for a fire place the chim- eny which Old Gen. Harrison built when he settled here, all vestiges of the home have entirely dissapeared many years ago. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p012_bkt3bmA.jpg) We are encamped on his farm right at the edge of the river banks. it is indeed a sacred spot. yesterday afternoon Mr Leonard preached to the soldiers, right in the front of the Gen's last residence which was burnt, some time ago, I cannot describe to you my feelings when I heard this great company of volunteers singing in the open air on this interesting place. the outskirts of the crowd were lined with ladies from the town about half a mile back among the hills. Henry Star & I carried the notice of the service over there in the morning Sat. evening I took a most refreshing bath in the OHIO I went about 1/3 of the way across the water being very low. I also washed my shirt at the same time. I sent in a letter yesterday a piece of the foundation of Gen. Harrisons last Home. Mr Bullock succeded in dodging the guard which was placed around it and secured a large piece. I am now serving as Pick- et, or regimentall guard as they called some times, I go out as picket two hours, and then come in and rest four hours in the Guard Quarters, being away from the company for 24 hours. Each company has a company to furnish for this duty 24. hrs every 3 or 4 days, each man volunteers at present [---] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p013_k4It3YQ.jpg) Dear Our Folk's. 10 O'clk P. M. I am now writing by the light of the camp fire. I am on my four hours relief, and as we "the picket guard" are turned out of our guard house to give place to some [---] sec[--] prisoners, which were brougt in by our scouting party we have to have a fire to keep the dampness off we have to keep awake to be on hand when our relief expires at 11 Oclk tomorrow at 8 O'clk. I, will have been awak over 24 hrs. there are probably some in Elyria who still continue to throw cold watter on our expedition. but we all want our friends at home to distinctly understand that not one of us would stay here a day longer than we are needed, we are preparing ourselves rapidly for fighting s[--]er, but the ofcer can have no absolute control unless we are sworn in for a certain length of time our squad have unite with another one makeing a company of about 50 men they had an election of officers today while I was on duty the following were chosen Capt. Cushing - First Liut, from the other squad - Bullock for 2nd Liut- H. R. Vaughn Orderly Sargeant,- I have not heard who the other officers except myself who am 4th, Sarg. Mr Leonard is Chaplin of the Beginning I will have to close now as the bearer of this letter is just about leaving ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p014_Tn7pabp.jpg) Tuesday 8 A M I will probable have an oportunity to get a blue woollen shirt as Fisher is Suther. The m[-]st pleasant state of feeling exists in our company, we have every thing in common. we have every thing in its place so that each one can get it when he wants it, I have not heard a single cath, f[-]om any member, or any thing to ridicule religion, I said I would have to stop writing, but I hardly know how, I will have to leave a great deal to tell after I get home, Give my love to the girls and tell Beze, Brynton that Will Stevens is in the regiment, and that I had quite a long talk with him, with love to all I will say good bye E M Hayhurst I send with the bearer of this letter: Mr Smith a stone which I knocked of Gen's Old Chimny ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p015_AfkuWOf.jpg) Camp Herrisen Sept 12th, '62 Dear Papa I never so glad to receive a letter as I was this morning when the Capt had me yours dated, the 9th I am sorry to hear that mama was sick I [---] that she is better by this time, I worked so hard the first two or three days and being deprived of for 36 hours being out on guard I was completely ex- austed day befor yesterday morning. it was a very hot day so that I could but very little sleep, and right before set at ten O'clk we were all called up and ordered to do what we could towards fortifying our camp as an attack[-] was expected before morning we gathered up all the logs and driftwood that was [--]ng along the shore and piled there up in good solid strong breast works, we then went to into our bunks and had just g[--]to sleep when a train arrived from C[--]. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p016_a9NtFzT.jpg) [left page] loaded with pricks and spades, we then went to work [--] again we dug a trench inside of our, breast works, and piled the earth up against them making a good protection a against any rifle balls, but useless in case they have artillery to use against us, we worked almost all nigt, and if I ever was worn out I was yesterday morning I sleppt all day yesterday in spite of the great heat and all night last night. I much better this morning while we were at work on the entrenchments there was hardly a word spoken above a whisper, acording to orders, as the enemys scouts and spies were across the river on the look out of all the information they could get, yesterday morning I found on the [---] the breast works [---] the old chimney an Indian arrowhead, a relic worth preserving, I do not know how long we will stay here, probably for 30 days as [right page] we have enlisted for the emergency not to exceed that time. Mr. Leonard is the chaplain of regiment and has acted as such an dress parade our camp is much better regulated now we have a very fine man for Colonel, we have plenty to eat, salt pork and beaf, and hams, fresh beaf and mutton, good bread and coffee sugar better than can be bought in Elyria, and rice, but fruit is scarce I would give most any thing for some of those citrons which are growing in the garden home, I feel the need of ripe fruit very much Mr Bullock and I went back into the country to see if we could find any vegetables, we got about half a bushel of tomatoes by hard beging and bribing. we bought a quart of vin egar, and cut some of them up in it they were delicious. I bought a blue woolen shirt for $2.00 and had to grab for it at that price, it is a very comfortable ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p017_AJ364HT.jpg) article in the cool damp nights, I co riged up a fishing line thre day or two ago and caught some Missisipi cat fish in the canal, they are very much like those which we used to catch in the river about baligomingo only a good deal longer, the canal, is filled with water from the Miami river, and is just back of the camp I have kept pretty still today as I need rest very much Gen Harrisons statue's not rebuilt I sent a piece of the foundation ston to you by Mr Smith, the milkman, last night after most of us had got to sleep. Capt Custing came to each one and roused him up, to find out whether he knew where to find his gun and am unition in case of alarm this was unnecesary in my case as I always sleep with my rifle by my side and my powder and balls in my pocket ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p018_tieHtqd.jpg) this is indeed a new business for me to lie down on the hard boards raped up in my blanket with my gun by my side expecting to be called up to fight and possibly to die, and yet I do not feel afraid, I feel almost careless or reckless. Last monday night we had a very interesting and lively prayer meeting, out in the open air, I made seats by placeing board with end on the ground and the other on the bottom of an old, skiff we had a very refreshing rain last night and it feels very comfortable today, write to me just as often as you can, a letter is worth a great deal here till some of the girls that letters would come very handy although I might not find time to answer them all, as I am kept very busy, give my love to all and keep a large share for yourself. Write soon. Good bye for the present, E. M. Hayhurst. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p019_E5KloZH.jpg) Camp Cleveland Oct. 27 Dear Papa It is late and as I have been very busy all making out our Muster Rolls for I am to tired to write much of letter tonight I have seen Tom several times. he is well and says the Battery is to be mustered in tomorrow, I am well and will sleep warm and comfortable tonight. As I forget to write my resignation to the Church. I wish you would do it and sign it for me, and hand it with Church Book to Bro Redfield before Wednesday eve. When you write to me please send my furlough and a paper which is folded in it you will find them in my old vest pocket with love to all I remain Your affectionate son Edward M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p020_cJdMeA1.jpg) Camp Cleveland 1862. Oct. 27. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p021_HzdVovx.jpg) Camp Cleveland Oct 31 Dear Papa I cannot leave for home this week, and probably not next week I have had a great deal of writing to do and have not been over in the City. yet to see about a blanket &c, I have been quite comfortable so far. I sleep in the Officers quarters and have all the blankets that I need I use four I continue to take my sulfer and apply the ointment I have not scratched any scarcely since I came into camp, when a place begins to itch I put on the salve and it stops it imme- diately I have used most of the salve and will have to go over to the city and get some ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p022_ZCb6trZ.jpg) more before long. Yesterday morning Capt. Bullock had Thom transfered to our company and at noon we were mustered in and the bounty $25.00 and enlistment fee $2.00 paid to us in U. S. Notes. I think that Tom will get a furlough home pretty soon when I will send my money to you, as I have a very good place to keep it Tom gave me his to take care of if I had my $3.00 in small bills here I could trade it all of for Greenbacks as small bills are very scarce here, I think that I could make ten per. ct. in the opper- ation, but it is too late now. give my love to all interested and write soon to your Affectionate Son Edward Hayhurst P.S. I have got to make out the company accounts today I will try and get tonight and go to some barber shop and take a good wash Edward M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p023_PtqirrW.jpg) Camp Cleveland Nov. 4th 1'62 Dear Papa Ella Bullock delivered the package which you sent to me all right it was very acceptable as I have not changed my shirt since I left home, the salve came just in time as what I brought with was almost all gone. I think that you can look for Tom at home again in a few days as the Capt thinks as I do, that is that he will get well a great sumer at home than here. Dr. Catlin is his docter and they get along pretty well, I have had a pretty good spree today The Capt. got a pass signed for me this morning until 9 O'clock this evening and as I was going over to the City I met Mrs. Bullock and her escort when I right about faced & went back to camp with them. Capt. and I showed them round and after dinner I went with Thank to 73 State St. West Side a walk of about 2 miles where we found Tempa Foote, after staying there a little while I left Thank, there and went to see Hanah, about a mile farther, she is well and will probly go to Elyria soon, after staying there a half a hour I went over into the City and bought me a pen and jack knife I tryed to find a rubber blanket but could not find one as my time was very limited. I have walked about 10 or 12 miles today, and owing to my new boots my feet are pretty sore, but I got back to camp in good time Some of the boys grumble a great deal about the hard fare which they have here. for my self I have plenty and good enough for any soldier I think that if they do ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p024_CWfTdwl.jpg) not get enough to cut in is the fault of the boys more than any one else, I have felt unusualy well since I came to camp until lately I have taken a hard cold within the last two or three days but will soon get over I think I am afraid that I cannot get home again but before we move but will if I possibly can. Tom is better today than he has been, but still he will get a furlough as soon as we can get the Colonel to sign one, give my love to all who care any thing about me, and tell Mama that the hood which she made me is very comfortable these cold nights Please write to me as soon as you can and oblige Your affectionate son Edward M. Hayhurst. P.S. The package which you sent to them by T[--] Express has not arrived yet and probably will not until some of us go to the office for it. I did not think of it today when I was over in City I will send those test tubes by Tom as you requested, whenever you want to send us anything do it by some one who is coming to camp, as it is very difficult for us to get passes out of the lines to get anything. E. M H. [written vertically on right edge of page] Nov. 4: 62 ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p025_M6Os9hD.jpg) Camp Cleveland Nov 7th 1862 Dear Mama I you would like to receive a letter from me, I always think of you when I get into my bunk at night and put on my night cap to lie down to sleep I find that it "the night cap" is very comfortable these cold nights it is very cold tonight but I am getting used to such weather. I have been very well since I came to camp until the last few days. I took a very hard cold a few days ago and it has been getting worse until today I feel much better today and I think I shall be well again in a short time. I have drawn all the clothing that I intend to have got a very good overcoat which is very comfortable outofdoors today, I comfortable at night as I still have my quarters in the officers barracks and have all the blank- ets that I need. I had hoped to get home again before we leave camp but I think it is very doubtful now I will if I can I drill regularly every day at the regular hours and the rest of the time I write for Capt. Bullock I suppose that I will not get any extra pay but it will be a recomendation to a higher possition, I have had a great deal to do and time does not hang heavy on my hands. Yesterday afternoon Thank and Hannah came to see me, it is very pleasant, see, friendly faces here in camp, They are coming again on Sunday and I expect to get a pass and go with them to the City to church I have not seen any blankets yet that I thought would do I found one which was used for three months and can be bought for $1.00 but I thi it is hardly worth it. Tom need not bring me any sulphur or salve as I can get both here It is getting very late and I will have to stop give my love to all interested and write soon to your affectionate son Edward M. Hayhurst I do not like the idea of Papa's going to Fairfield I think that he had better continue to teach. E. M. H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p026_vV7laA7.jpg) Nov. 7, 1862. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p027_M8ZAUWy.jpg) Camp Cleveland Nov. 10th Dear Papa Tom brought me the letter and basket which you sent me, the are both very acceptable, I expect to have a grand feast today, I am glad to hear that Joe, has got such a good situation and I hope that he will be faithful and sustain a good reputation, I wish you to consider that money of mine as yours. I shall very possible never need it myself and I would much rather sooner hear that you were using it than that you had taken a church, I hope that the folks at North Fairfield are so poor that they cannot make you a good offer ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p028_YrOovOp.jpg) [left page] Lieut Story gave me a pass yesterday morning until 8. o'clock in the evening I went to the West Side B. C. the con- gregation was very small, the singing most miserable, and the minister nothing very extra, so that I did not enjoy the meet- ing very much, I met Mr. Darrin "the son of the minister in Norwalk" there, he gave me a very friendly invitation to dine with him, but I thought that it would be bet- ter for me to go to Hanah's when I got there I found that she had gone into the country I then went to where Tempa Foote was staying expecting to find Thank there but she had gone to Dr. Catlin's over in East Cleveland, as it was past the dinner hour I thought that I go there and call on Thank it took me some time to walk over, so that I did not get there until near four O'clock, they were just sitting down to their Sunday dinner of course I had to accept their very cordial invitation dine with them, although I [right page] felt anthing but pleasant in doing so they had a very well spread table, and so far as eating was concerned I made good use of the opportunity. they had stewed chicken, sweet potatoes, turnips, preserved pears, cakes, &c&c. The Dr. & Mrs. Catlin were very polite and friendly to me and seemed to try to do all that they could to please me, they envited me to gine them to dinner every time that I came over to the City but I do not think that I will ever find my way there again. I think the sulpher which I take has about knocked the itch endways. I have not used any of the ointment for sev- eral days and I itch but very little. If I come home again it will probably not be much before Thanksgiving Please give my love to all my friends and keep a large share for yourself from Your Affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p029_pbVLS6X.jpg) Camp Cleveland, Sunday Dear Papa I have received but one letter from you since I left home and I begin to feel as if another would be very acceptable I send by the bearer of this (Frank Snider) $52, in U. S. notes. $27, belongs to and the rest to Tom, I wish you would send me a cotton undershirt as soon as you possibly can, as the one I have is getting very dirty give my love to all interested and write soon to your affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p030_13C6yol.jpg) Sm ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p031_X9ykjXh.jpg) Camp Cleveland Nov. 13th Dear Papa I think that so far, I have done pretty well in writing home. I do not keep any account of the letters which I have sent home but I think that I have written several which have not been answered, tell Mama that I am expecting an answer to the one which I wrote to her last week. I am very well at present except my feet which are pretty sore, as my boots which were made at Stam, have shrunk so much that it was with great difficulty that I could get them on the last two or three mornings. yesterday I was det[--]ted as Sergt. of the 2nd Relief Patrol Guards, and my tight boots and the hard sidewalks hurt my feet so bad that in the evening I went into a shoe store on Superior St. and bought a larger pair, with inside felt who they [-] told that they were a pair which had been in the store for over six months, so that I guess that they wont shrink much, they cost me $3.75. and I think that they will wear as long as the old pair would have done, if I cannot sell the old ones here I will bring them home when I come and one of the boys can wear them. I do not know how long we will stay here, but will probably not leave in less than a month and if not I will not get home before Thanksgiving days, which I suppose comes two weeks from today, You will please excuse the looks of this letter, as the room is full of men who are smoking and swearing and disputing in regul- lar Bar Room [---] fashion, and one of them is just drunk enough to make him crazy. I wish that I could have command here for just one week, I will venture to say that there would be a change in some things. Please give my love to all my friend and write soon to your Affectionate Son Edward. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p032.jpg) P.S. Please find enclosed a $5. U. S note which belongs to Tom he wishes you to send him five dollars in small bills, and you had better send some of the purest you have got. E. M. H. [text rotated counterclockwise] Nov. 13 ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p033_bV74dgk.jpg) Camp Cleveland Nov. 16th Dear Mama (1862) I presume that you are almost entirely alone today I would love to be at home today and go to Church and S. S and Prayer Meeting as I used to do, but I cannot go to meeting anywhere today as we have no service here, and my Dress Coat is at the Taylors, to have the Chevrons pat on, and I cannot dress up to go over to the City. Tom has been a little sick again but is almost well again. I enjoy very good health, now, my eruption is not at all troublesome now. I have not used, hardly any of the salve which you sent me by Mrs. Bullock, I have taken all the sulpher, and the next time that I go over to the City I will get some more, to take as a kind of preventive more than anything else, if Dr. Davidson ever [---] enquires how I am getting along, tell him that I have cured the disease by taking Sulpher internally and applying Red. Precipitate externaly, and you may also [--] inform him that I can tell him something about the Itch which he does not know. I think that probably I can get to be clerk for the Adj. or May: if I can I will resign my present position to Tom so that it will be much easier for both of us. As it is very uncertain how long we will stay here. I think it would be a good plan for me to have a straw bed, not because it would be softer for I have got used to the hard boards but because I could have all of my blankets over me instead of only half and could there fore sleep much warmer, I will try and get a pass to go over to the City tomorrow an see what I can find in the shape of something to make a tick of if I can find some- thing cheap enough I will buy it and make it up myself, and if the experiment succeeds Tom can get one too, I wrote a letter to Papa a few days ago and sent in it a $5.00 U. S. note as I have not received any answer I begin to feel anxious about it I have not heard from home since Tom returned to Camp. I wish that you would write often as letters are very welcome. share for yourself from, Your affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p034.jpg) Nov 17th 1862. Dear Mama Contrary to my expectations I will not go over to the City to day, as it is a very rainy day. I received a letter this morning from Papa, it was very welcome of course. I am very busy to day and can- not write so much as I would like to give my love to all from your affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst Nov. 16. [text rotated counterclockwise] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p035_x2Qiefp.jpg) Movement of Troops. The steamers used in transporting Gen. Gorman's forces to Des Arc, have ar- rived at Memphis, and on the 26th were being loaded with fresh troops as fast as possible. Gen. Grant was to leave the morning of the 27th. At last accounts General Clernand's force and squadron had reached Young's Point, twenty miles from Vicksburg.— Forces still continue to go forward to join his expedition, It is supposed it will be three weeks or more before the warm work of redu- cing Vicksburg begins. The statement that the water is flow- ing through Gen. Butler's cut-off at Vicks- burgh is confirmed. Several new gunboats have left Cincin- nati for the Cumberland, and a large fleet of transports is at Louisville taking on board troops and stores for the Army of Rosecrans. Heavy reinforcements are going forward, and we understand the 124th Ohio, Colonel Payne, at Elizabeth- town, Ky., is under marching orders for Nashville. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p036_vkIZa3T.jpg) Rules of the Bazaar. The Hall will be opened each day at 10 A. M. Goods taken on commission only by sanction of the Executive Committee, who will keep a faithful rec- d of the same. No Raffling allowed, and goods sold at fair prices. The Executive and Advisory Committees will be one responsible for the debts of the Bazaar, and hich debts can be incurred only by direct permis- on of said Committees. By order of jan22td EX. COMMiTTEE. NOTICES. PROBATE NOTICE TO ADMINISTRATORS AND GUARDIANS—All Executors,Administra- ors and Guardians, whose time for settling their ac- ounts as such has expired, are hereby notified that nless their accounts are settled on or before the 1st f March next, citations will issue, in accordance with he law, at their expense, and no allowance will be made for their services, under a law passed last win- er. DANIEL R. TILDEN, Probate Judge. January 28, 1863. jan29d3tw2t Office of Collector of Internal Revenue, } For the 18th Collection District of Ohio, } Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1863.} THE ASSESSOR of this District hav- ing rendered to me his Annual Collection List, ommencing Sept. 1st, 1812, of all persons liable to e payment of a United States Tax; all persons able to the payment of such tax in said District, ithin the County of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, re hereby notified that said Taxes have become due nd payable, and that I will receive the same at his office during the next ten days. All persons ho shall neglect to pay the taxes so assessed upon hem, within the said the days, will be liable to ay ten per centum additional upon the amount there- f. This notice will apply to all takes due for the September October and November 1862 ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p037_mQG7FdS.jpg) Camp Cleveland Nov 17th Dear Papa Please find enclosed a letter for grandma which you will oblige me by sending to her as I have forgotten her Address, I am well, and Tom is getting well again fast, I mailed a letter today to Mama, which I hope she has received and read by this time, give my love to all, and write soon to your affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p038_ewxHx3V.jpg) letter which you mailed this morning also two papers' which arrived today Please give my love to all friends and write soon to your Affectionate son Edward Hayhurst Camp Cleveland Nov. 21st Dear Papa I did not receive the letter which you mailed to me yesterday morning until this morning, owing to the awkwardness of our 'Orderly.' I am sorry to hear that you have taken cold but I hope that have entirely recov- ered by this time. If you think that it is policy for you to settle in North Fairfield, do so of course but I think that you had better keep on teaching even if you had to use my money for support I think that probably you can do better as a teacher by and by. I still hope to be at home next Thursday but it is very difficult to get ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p039_mQQjYWi.jpg) a Furlough for more than two days and as I wish to be at home on Sunday I will have to work very hard get a satisfactory one. We 'the 124 m ' have been very busy in moving our Camp about a 1/4 of mile. it was most wretched work yesterday, in the rain and mud but I had good tight boots' and got along very well, all our Company Now Commissioned Officers are quartered in a building by ourselves, I have a much warmer bunk now than I had before, I wish that if you have time you would find out what the stuff for a bed tick would cost per yard and let me know, before as soon as possible Tom is in the Hospital, although he is not seriously ill I thought it would be better for him to be there than in the wet and mud and cofusing of moving, and therefore urged him to go yesterday morning. I went over to see him this evening and took him the ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p040_JTO88GO.jpg) Camp Cleveland Dec 2nd Dear Papa I arrived at camp about 12 O'clock yesterday. I was very tired as I had a very heavy load to carry for such a distance. I went with Ellen to where Hanah lives and from there to camp making about one half of a mile further than it would have been to have come straight from the Depot. Tell Mama that Tom enjoyed those Shells and Quinces very much. I got some hay and filled the tick [---] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p041_0BJulsJ.jpg) which I brought with me and made myself a very comfortable bed, I think that if you could get some very light cheap stuff and make Tom and I each a good tick" that it would pay very well, it would not be worth while to get expensive stuff, and it must be very light so as to carry easily. It is still uncertain how long we will stay here, but we probably not leave for two or three weeks, we have not got our arms yet but expect them soon. and when we do get them we will be apt to leave very soon, enclosed please find a reciept which belongs to Mr Leonore which you will please hand to and tell him that I forgot to give it to him yesterday. please give my love to all interested and write son to your Affectionate son Ewd M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p042_fRua9JJ.jpg) my window untill it filled up with rain water from the caves I then set it on the coals in the stove, I thought that had allowed room enough for them to expand but alas for my ignorance as cook, they swelled, and kept on swelling untill I had to get another cup, and pack some in, by the time they were Camp Cleveland Dec13 Dear Papa I received the package and letter which you sent to me by Sergt. Parmely this morning, it was very acceptable indeed, and I shall make use of the ointment tonight I was very glad to see Parmely, as the other Sargt. <"Smitty"> is not fit for the office which he holds, although the Capt. thinks so, things have not gone on very smothly for the last two or three weeks. I am glad to hear that the Colonel ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p043_o8UFm3c.jpg) thinks so well of me, I had not supposed that he had ever noticed me. I hope that he will testify his good feeling in something more substancial than words. I find that I have become very unpopular among as great many of the worst class of men in our Company, because I did my duty last Friday night you probably remember the circumstances as I told you about it when you were here the last Saturday, I do not care very much as I did perfectly right in what I did do. I spent a pretty dull Sunday yesterday as it rained all day and I could not get a pass to go out of camp. This afternoon I got very hungry for something good to eat. I got some very nice dried apples [-]of one of the boys and commenced to cook them in a tin cup, I filled the cup about half full of apples, and then held it out of ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p044_CXNuG43.jpg) cooked well I had two cups as full as they would hold, cooking is a new business for me. but my supper tasted first rate, please give my love to all friends, I received my $10,00 R. R. Bounty today, and lent it to Parmely as he was very much in need of money I suppose that Tom will not get it I forgot to ask you when you were here what my bed tick cost please let me know in your next letter, and if you have not done it already charge it to me I am writing this letter in my bunk on the little narrow shelf which you probably notice when you were here, which will account for the poor penman ship my candle is almost burnt out, so I will have to say good night Please give my love to all interested and keep a large share for yourself from your affectionate son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p045_VrnajGx.jpg) and put it into it "my ear I mean" and started for the City. when I got back late in the night the pain was all gone and with the ex- ception of a little singing in my ear I felt first rate. I will have to close I have a chance to sent this, please give my love to all and oblige your affectionate son E. M Hayhurst Camp Cleveland Dec, 20 Dear Mama 3 1/2 O'clk P.M. <(1862)> I wish that could spend today at home instead of in camp. I believe that it is the first birthday which I have not been at home, The sun shines most beautifully but the wind is very cold, and when I go out side of the barrack's it mak<-es> my ears and nose tingle this morning Tom and another one of our boys went to a slaughter house and got a beef's heart and ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F1_p046.jpg) liver which the butchers are always willing to give to the soldiers. I cut off two or three slices from the heart and stuck them on a bayonet, and toasted them over the coals in our stove it was rather different from the usual way of broiling meat but it tasted first rate when it was done. I expect that I shall cook a great many meals in that way before I get through soldieri <-ng> My health is at present the best that it has ever been, and Tom’s seems to be improving very rapidly. Last Thursday I was ordered to take a squad of men over to the City on Patrol duty it was very cold and we were to start at six O’clock P.M. about 3 O’clock my ear began to acke very hard, but I took an onion and roas- ted it in the coals, and took the heart [text rotated counterclockwise] Last Thursday I recieved a letter from Papa, and a paper yesterday which was very acceptable ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p001.jpg) Dennison U. S. A. Gen. Hosp. O. 12th Division Ward 72. March 2nd 1865 Dear Joe, I received your letter dated the 26th Ult. yesterday morning, I think that when you mail letters to me on Mondays and Wednes days, they are received a day or two sooner than when sent on other days. I feeling quite well today, the sore on my left hip is a little smaller than it was a few days ago, and does not ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p002.jpg) pain very much, it troubles me the most at night, for the last three nights I have slept but very little till near morning. In the last letter I received from Papa he spoke of a picture of Cousin Mary, which he said he would enclose, as I did not find it in the letter I supposed he forgot to put it in, but as you did not speak of it, I begin to think some P. O. Clerk has it. Yesterday was the first of Spring, and a very pleasant day it was here, the sun shone brightly all day, and there were plenty of blue birds examining our bird houses, as if they contemplated occupying them for the season,- I presume that by this time you are at work for Mr. Adams I guess it is the best you can do this year, there are no openings here for those who have not been in the Army, ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p003.jpg) tho' for discharged soldiers there are plenty of good chances. The affairs of our Country seem to be prospering very much indeed just now, and there are very many even among the soldiers who begin to think that the volunteers will all return to their homes befor the "Fourth," but I doubt it some, I think I shall serve my full three years I received a letter from Tom yesterday it is quite interesting, and I enclose it with this, with usual good wishes and love to all I remain Your Affectionate brother E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p004.jpg) Dennison U.S.A. Gen. Hosp 12th Division Ward 72. March 6th 1865 Dear Papa Your letter dated the 2nd inst was received this morning, I am very sorry to learn that you are still troubled with a cold, I hope that the mild weather which we shall soon have, will enable you to get rid of it. We still continue to have tolerably pleasant weather, the sun has been shining very warm today, our ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p005.jpg) gravel walks have become dry and hard making it very pleasant walking for those who are not too lame. I heard this morning that our Division was ordered to go to Knoxville, I should not wonder that if such is the case, for I think we need a stronger force than is now there. My left hip continues to trouble me, the sore is now about as large as it was six months ago, and it has an unhealthy appearance, I am afraid that I will have to use Nitrate of Silver on it tonight, Dr. Highland does not say much about it, but he says I should use the caustic, and I think so myself, although I dont think very much of the Dr. my leg troubles me most at night, then the joint and the flesh below it clear to the heel aches very much, I hardly like ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p006.jpg) to write you this, but I presume you like it better when I tell everything. Cousin Mary's likeners came safe, in Give my love to Mama and the boys, and write often to Your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p007.jpg) Dennison Gen. Hosp. O. 12th Division Ward 72. March 8th 1865 Dear Papa Your letter written last Sunday has just arrived, it finds me about as usual. I burnt my left hip pretty thoroughly with caustic, and it shows quite a hole, this morning, I hope it will now heal up soon, it is very sore and troubles me some to walk. I have a good appetite and have become used to hospital fare again, but I think if I was at home I ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p008.jpg) would get well much sooner, and if I could be transferred to Cleveland I would soon be at home, Dr. H has not very much good feeling for me, so my chances are small. I received a letter from Fred, Smith this morning, which I will enclose with this, he is one that I carried off the field at Rocky Face, his letter is like some of "Haul's" With love to all from I remain Your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p009.jpg) Dennison Gen. Hosp. 12th Div. Ward 72 March 12th 1865 Dear Mama I have so little, except my own health, to write about that it hardly seems worth while to write so often, but I presume you are glad to get a letter no matter how short it is. This is a bright pleasant spring morning in fact we have had pleasant weather most of the time since I returned to the hospital. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p010.jpg) I feel quite under the weather today, and hardly feel like walking up to the chappel, my digestive organs are out of order but I think they will be all right again in a day or two. My left hip has not hurt me very much for several days, but it does not seem to heal very much the sore is about the same as when I left home, all the other sores are well. Papa's letter dated the 8th was received yesterday morning, I think you have not received all my letters. I in one of them I asked you me to send three photos (yours, Papa's, & Joes) that were in my drawer. I miss- laid them when I left home, and I think they are in the drawer, but I am not sure. I sent my chevrons to you ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p011.jpg) by Mrs. Curran, she expected to get home on the f 4th inst Hoping that you are all well I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p012.jpg) Dennison Gen. Hosp 12th Divison March 16th Dear Papa Your letter dated the 12th inst was received yesterday I am feeling very well today my sore hip looks better than it has done for a long time The weather is very unpleasant today, it is raining hard and the wind is quite cold, it is quite a change from the bright sunny days which we have had for some time. I judge from the news we get that the rebels are getting in a pretty tight place in Virginia and N. Carolina, I most sincerely hope the present ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p013.jpg) campaign will use those armies up entirely. I have so little to write about that you will please excuse the brevity of this, With love to all I remain Your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p014.jpg) Dennison Gen. Hosp. O. 12th Div, Ward 72 March 17th 1865 Dear Papa One of the boys in this ward goes home tonight on furlough, he takes the C. C. & C. R. R. and has volunteered to leave a bundle addressed to you at Greenwich Station for me, said package is about 18 inches long by 7 or 8 in diameter and is addressed to J. W. Hayhurst North Fairfield Ohio, (Care of Frank Rodgers Mail Carrier,) he is to leave it with the ticket agent or baggage master, it contains an Over Coat ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p015.jpg) My old blouse and a coller box, containing a few mineral specimens, I would like you to have the coat washed and kept for me, the blouse I don't care what you do with it, - I don't know whether the contents of the box are worth much, I found them all within a few rods of this building, most of them are fragments which I broke off longer ones, - there is some limestone, and some quarts or flint, in both of which are shell impressions; - In one of the larger pieces you will notice if you look closely, a black coal like substance about 1/4 inch long, resembling a small piece of fern leaf, it left a distinct impression on the piece from which I broke it - The small shells and other white fragments with red stone adhering to them I took from the same piece as that which I sent home, to you by letter, ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p016.jpg) If I had more notice I should have had a better collection, but I had but a few minuets to pack them up after I found that I could send them, hereafter when I find anything worth preserving I will save it for you, in a few days I expect to be able to take very long walks, when I will have better opportunities, You had better speak to Uncle Frank about the bundle. he will find it at the Depot after tomorrow. I received a short note from Tom, today, which I will enclose, he asks for what I cannot send him until after I am paid, and by that time he will have plenty I think, as the papers say that Pay Masters have gone to Huntsville. This St. Patrick's Day, and ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p017.jpg) Willies Birth Day also I believe, I wish I had something worth sending him, in place of something better I will enclose a ring for him, which I made befor since I returned to the hospital. Hoping that you are all well and that I will hear from home often, I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p018.jpg) 1865. Den. Gen. Hosp Ohio 12th Division March 19th Dear Papa I mailed a letter yesterday morning, telling you that I had sent a package to Greenwich Station addressed to you, I bought the over coat very cheap, and thought it the best chance I would have to send it home, it was to be left in the hands of the ticket agent or baggage master at the Depot. The mineral specimens were the best I could get at the ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p019.jpg) time, there is not a very great variety, but some of them are very pretty I think, I think you have not received all the letters that I have written, in one of them, I asked you to send me (by mail) a few flower seeds if you had any to spare, I will have an chance to do a little gardening on my own account this spring, in another I spoke of yours, Mama's and Joe's Photo paples, which I wish you to send to me, I think I left them in the drawer where I kept my letters &c, I expected to have received my pay before this but it is now uncertain when we will get it, and if you wish to go to Cleveland you had better not wait for me to send my money, if you do expect to visit the City, let ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p020.jpg) me know when, so that when I do get paid I can judge whether it would I reach you in time, I think that the 7-30 Bonds will be the best to invest in now, as gold is coming down so rapidly, and if I should receive my money too late to send to you, I think I had better go to Cincinnatti, buy the bonds and express them to you, what do you think about it? My left side troubled me very much last night so that I slept but little, and can hardly walk today, it looks about the same as when I left home, it may be a little smaller, otherwise I feel very well, The weather today is very pleasant, it seems as if Winter was gone entirely. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p021.jpg) Hoping that you are all well, I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst Joe's letter dated the 14th came yesterday ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p022.jpg) 1865. Dennison Gen. Hosp 12th Div Ward 72 March 22nd Dear Papa Your letter dated the 15th was received on Monday the photo's came all right. My health is very good, and I get along very well now, hospital does not seem quite so bad, now that I am getting used to it again, – My left continues about the same, as when I left home, the other sores are still sound, and the soreness is gradualy ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p023.jpg) going out of them. I sometimes feel afraid that my left hip will not get well, notwithstanding the Surgeon's assurances to the contrary, since the others healed up it has not materially changed it fills up, and puffs out with an unhealthy looking flesh, and then sluffs away again, sometimes I burn it a little, but it does not seem to do it any good. My appetite is very good indeed, and I make out to get a pretty good supply of food. Last Sunday evening there was quite a number of Surgeons at the Div. to "practice" on a man's leg, which they finally amputated. Dr. Walden was among them, I had quite a long talk with him, he seemed to be a little surprised that the sores were not entirely heated, he thinks it would not be well ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p024.jpg) for me to be discharged, he says that I will not have to do any thing but very light duly before my time is out, and not anything at all while the sore continues to discharge, and that I had better be receiving $20.00 per month and board, that to be at home receiving nothing, - He enquired about you and wished to be remembered kindly to you, Yesterday we had a heavy thunder shower, today the sun shines very warm and pleasant, but the wind is blowing a perfect gale, I think that the war dispatches are very encouraging lately, the "Anaconda" seems to be tightening its folds very rapidly now, This written very poorly, owing to a bruised thumb and fore finger, I attempted yesterday to work at my old trade again, and got my fingers ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p025.jpg) pinched for it, Hoping that you are all well I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p026.jpg) Dennison Gen. Hosp 12th Div. Ward 72 March 26th/63 Dear Papa I presume that you are now busy preparing for this evenings service, you cannot think how glad I would be to be at home today it is quite Sabbath like here today, owing that most of our [---]ly patients have been furloughed, but still I would much rather be at home, but time fly's rapidly even here and it will not be long now ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p027.jpg) till my time is out. I feel very well today, but my left hip does not seem to change, the right hip is gradualy resuming its natural appearance, where it was callous good muscles seem to be forming, and they seem to work all right, at all wants I dont feel it but little while walking the other places are all right and the scars are gradually growing out. Dr. Walden advised me not to be detailed as clerk, if I could help it, he said it might not be best, and that I had better hoe in the garden, I presume he thinks it would be too confin ing for me, Yesterday the Steward ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p028.jpg) asked me to take charge of the Dining Room and I have come to the conclusion it is the best I can do, I compelled to do any duty until my hip heals, but all I will have to do is to see that the convalescents get their proper meals, and behave themselves decently while doing so, it will not occupy me over one hour at each meal time, - My chief reason for taking the place, is that I will eat with the Steward and therefore get for better food and have it better prepared than I would as a convales- cent or Hd. Qrs. Clerk, this I think is what I need to have my hip heal up, and any time I get tired of the job I can quit. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p029.jpg) Your last letter was dated March 19th you speak of having heard from Tom, I presume that you already know that he is now en route for or at Knoxville I have heard from different sources that the Corps had started for that place, I received a good letter from Ellen Wilkinson the other day, they have bought a home in Delaware and are to take possession the last of this month, I With the usual love to all I remain your Affectionate Son E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p030.jpg) Den. Gen. Hosp. 12th Division March 28th '65 Dear Papa Your welcome letter of the 23rd was received yesterday I am glad that the bundle arrived safe, I felt a little afraid it might get lost at Greenwich. You will find among those minerals which I sent, one which is composed of small pebles, and what appears to be some kind of mortar, I took it from a large mass on one of the hillsides in our ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p031.jpg) camp, it projects several feet from the surface, and is evident a natural formation, I presume it is what is called "conglomerate" there is quite a variety of it here, and I am sorry I did not have more to send to you at the time, – Enclosed you will find a peble which I picked up yesterday it I is different from any I have sent I think. I dont understand white why our letters should be lost I am sure they are addressed plain enough: I think I have acknowledged the receipt of the photos in two different letters, they came all right, I shall be glad to receive those flower seeds, I will not do very much gardening, but I think I will take a small bed for flowers. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p032.jpg) I feel very well today, and I think my hip looks better, I get first rate "grub" since I took my place in the "Dining Room", and therefore like it very well, Hoping that you are all well I will close with love to all from your Affectionate son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p033.jpg) 1865. Dennison Gen. Hosp. 12th Division March 30th Dear Papa Your letter of the 25th came yesterday, the seeds which you sent are very accept and a much better variety than I expected to get, I will take a great deal of pleasure in culti- vating the flowers during the coming summer, The man who has charge of the garden, is a young fellow who was wounded and disabled at Jo Atlanta, I got acquainted ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p034.jpg) with him while coming from Nashville, he is a first rate fellow and one of the best soldiers I have met with; he has been fixing up our flower beds, and they are now nearly ready for seeds, if those you sent do well, you will have the honor of furnishing the best flower garden in Camp Dennison. I have planted the Verbenas in a box and will keep them in the Ward when it is too cold for them out, and will do the same with the Cluria Astors and others as soon as I can get boxes. Our lettuce is up, and onions are sprouting, and we have about two acres of potatoes planted, we have plenty of cabbage and tomatoe plants growing in a hot ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p035.jpg) bed, so you see we are likely to do well in the vegetable garden also. We are having a great deal of rain today, it comes down in a perfect flood, the air is quite warm and spring like, and the fields are getting very green and pretty, it begins to feel as if cold weather was gone for this year. I am very sorry that Lallians hand is so bad, I did hope from what Surgeon told me here that he would be able to use it again in time, but I suppose that is not possible now, I am very well today, and my hip seems to be getting better it pains but very little, and does not discharge near as much as it did a few days ago, ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F20_p036.jpg) Hoping that you are all well and I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst I am very glad that you are thro' with your school teaching and hope you will not undertake it ahgain soon Ed. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p001.jpg) Dennison Gen. Hosp 12th Division April 2nd 1865 Dear Papa I have so little to write about, that it hardly seems worth the attempt I feel very well today, and my left side does not pain me but little. I think it is going to heal up now in a short time, the sore is about as large as when I left home but it has moved up the hip about half an inch, and discharges ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p002.jpg) but very little, - I think the exercise I take, and my improved diet is going to help it very much We are having splendid weather here now, I think it is the most open Spring I have known, the trees are beginning to bud out, one of our peach trees is in full bloom, and our grass plots are beginning to look fine, I have been making some fancy picture frames since I came here, they would be an ornament to our parlor if you had them, but are hardly worth the Express, I will send them sometime. if I get a good chance They say that we will certainly be paid next Thurs - ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p003.jpg) day, if we are I think I will try to go to the City, there are some things I would like to get and I think I can make it pay. Hoping that you are all well and that I will hear from you soon, I close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p004.jpg) Dennison Hosp O. 12th Division April 4th 65 Dear Papa Yours of March 30 was received yesterday I was very much surprised to learn of the death of Aunt Elizabeth, it must indeed be a hard affliction to Uncle Lamar and Cousin, I believe that I met her but once, at Lewisburg, so that I have but f slight recollection of her. I hope you will not again undertake teaching and preaching both, I would be ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p005.jpg) glad if you could get a good paying school, and give up preaching entirely, but I think it is too much for you to do both, - I did not think that it was your birthday when I wrote on the 20th or I would have mentioned it, I have a present for you (of my own make) which I will send by and by, I presume that now is the most intensely excited time in the U.S. since Fort Sumpter was first fired on, we can hear Artillery firing all around us in, honor of of our great victories, - the soldiers here in the hospital seem to take things pretty quickly, with the exception of some pretty rather hearty cheers, every thing goes on ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p006.jpg) as usual, I today received payment in full ($268. —) to Feb, 29th 65 I think I will not go to the city as I first intended, so I will express $250.00 to you tomorrow, via Greenwich, I enclose a letter from Tom received yesterday, he speaks of my Sergt Warrent, which I have never received, I wrote to him requesting him to attend to it, the result you see, - you must remember that Capt. Bullock does not realy control the matter. With love to all I remain Your Affectionate Son E.M.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p007.jpg) Dennison Hosp, O, 12th Division April 3rd 1865 Dear Papa Today I forwarded to you via, Greenwich Station by Express $250. – it consisted of twenty five ten dollar bills, National Currency, of various States, I presume you will receive it with this letter on Friday (April 7th), I paid the express charges ($1.00) and took a receipt, which I will retain until I am sure you have received the money, - It is my impression that the New Issue of 7-30[-] will be ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p008.jpg) the best to invest in, but as you will have much better chances of knowing them myself, I wish you of course to use your own judgement in the matter, - When you have disposed of the $250, - I would like you to send me the [--]umbers, &c, &c, of the different Bonds which you have belonging to me, - The interest which you have and will receive you must use toward squaring our accounts. Your letter of the 3rd inst came this morning, I am very glad to learn that Lamons hand is improving and hope that it will soon heal up, I begin to think I have the advantage of you in climate, we have had since March 1st the most pleasant spring weather I have know, Hyacinths are in bloom, the trees are beginning to leaf out, and the hill sides around us ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p009.jpg) hospital begin to look splendid in their new grass. Every dispatch we receive seems to be an improvement on the preceding one, and I begin to think the war is about to end, I now hope that most volunteers will be at home next Fall, My health is still improving, and I hope my hip will be healed in a short time now, I get along very well in the Dining Room, much better than I expected, With love to all I remain Your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p010.jpg) 1865. Dennison Gen. Hosp. 12th Division. Ohio April 9th Dear Papa Yours of the 4th inst. was recieved on Friday I am very glad to hear that you are all well and that Laman and is improving, I am very well indeed and rapidly gaining strength I can walk as well , as I ever could now, after walking a half mile or so I have to limp a little the sore on my left hip ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p011.jpg) is very small and has moved up nearly an inch from where it was when I left home, so I think it will soon close up as it is further from the joint I think the hard fighting of the war is being rapidly finished up. Lee's Army is entirely crushed out of existence and Johnson's will be soon, I that before my time is out there will not be an armed rebel left. In your enclosed letter you speak of the vicinity of Toledo as our future home, I hardly know what I shall wish to do when I am free, I am acquainted with some very fine young men from the northwestern part of the State, and they represent it as being a fine country, but I must confess that I have ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p012.jpg) fallen in love with Southern Ohio, if the past two months has been a fair sample of the climate I have thought a great deal about several different kinds of of business to go into when I get out of the service, but I cannot think of any that I would like as well as my trade, I sent you by the American Express $250.— last Wednesday, I presume you received it on Friday as it was directed via Greenwich, the charges are paid, Hoping that you are well I will close with love to all from your Affectionate Son EM. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p013.jpg) 1865. Dennison Hosp. O. 12th Division April 10th Dear Papa I received yours of the 6th this morning, the seeds came all right, for which please accept my thanks, the late good news has made me most decidedly lazy and I have not done much gardening yet, the citizens of Cincinnati must be burning a "right smart" of powder judging from the noise they make, we are to fire two hundred ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p014.jpg) guns here tonight and to have a grand illumination, the same to be repeated next Friday, I today expressed to you a paper box containing two picture frames of my own make, and some fossil specimens. The frames I made of two old cigar boxes, with my little penkife, one is for you and one for Mama, as birth day gifts, I could not get them properly varnished here, so you will have to get done, by some good cabinet maker at Norwalk the varnish should be applied in very thin coats, or it willsettle in spots and spoil the looks of them, I will send the pictures for them as soon as I can get them, let me know what it costs when you get them varnished ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p015.jpg) My health is very good indeed and my hip is still improving Hoping that you are all well at home I will close with love to all from Your Affectionate Son E.M.H. The charges are paid on the box, it is directed via Greenwich Station, ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p016.jpg) [paragraph rotated counterclockwise at top of page] Our flags have been at “half mast” ever since we recd. the confirmation of the Presidents death, and the engines and cars that were on Friday decked with gay flag and ribbons, are now covered with flags draped in crape The faces that looked smiling at us as they whirled past are now sad and drooping. Your letter acknowledging the receipt of my money came yesterday I am well and my hip is almost healed. Hoping that you are all well at home I close with love to all from Your affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst [remaining body of letter] Dennison Hosp. Ohio 12th Div. April 16th <(1865)> Dear Papa My feelings were such yesterday that I could not write to you or any one else and I can hardly do it today, tho’ I hope I am a little calmer, After a day of the greatest rejoicing America has ever known, we are plunged into the very deepest sorrow that we can possibly feel, and with this there is such an awful feeling of rage and hate towards the ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p017.jpg) rebels and their sympathizers that I actually tremble for the country, I am perfectly bewildered, and know not what to think or do, The excitement here and in the city is terrible, one copperhead was shot dead yesterday in the street, and his execution <(a solider)> was allowed his liberty, all copperheads in this vicinity decamped imediately on hearing the news, or many of them would now be swinging from the trees around our camps I dont say that this feeling is exactly right, but it cannot be helped, human nature can stand no more, the last strand has been piled on, and now let them look out, we have one copper- head in this Div. (a conscript) we ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p018.jpg) told him to keep perfectly quiet not say a word, or he would swing the corner of our porch, he has decided to keep quiet so far, but goes about with an exultant sneaking look on his face, that galls the boys very much, and he may get pretty roughly yet, there is no use for me to say any thing about Friday and yesterday, you will read it all in the papers, but perhaps you would like to know how the soldeirs received the news of Mr, Lincolns assasination, the boys had just sat down to breakfast when my paper was thrown to me from the morning train, I took it into the dining room and opening it, the first I saw were the startling chapalets announcing the shooting ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p019.jpg) and murder of President Lincoln and Mr. Seward, I read them alloud to the men, and as I glanced along the table, they stared at me (some with their cups knives or forks half way to their hips) with such a look of amazement and terror ( I dont know what else to call it) that I cannot discribe it, their leaving their meal half eaten they two or three at a time hobbled off to their wards, without saying a word hardly, but this silence did not last long, it was not many minuets before all were out in front of the Div. if such human curses will ensure the punishment of traitors the rebels are pretty certain to receive them. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p020.jpg) 1865. Dennison Gen. Hosp. O. 12th Division Ward 72 April 18th Dear Papa Yours of the 12th came yesterday, I was glad to learn that you are all well and that you had received the picture frames all safe, I felt afraid they would get broken I feel somewhat better this morning than I did on Sabbath, I was not at so engaged that I could not attend service in the morning, but in the evening I went, Mr G[---] preached a ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p021.jpg) very appropriate sermon, his text was from the Psalms "My times are in Thy hands", I hope that the death of our President is going to do more good to our cause than I first expected. On Friday we were flushed with victory and felt exceedingly good natured towards the rebels, and were almost ready to receive them back among us to plot fresh treason, that is done for now, the rebelion must be utterly crushed, if the leaders wish to remain in the Country alive they will have to prove that the plot to murder the President and Cabinet was concocted by some Madmen unbeknown to themselves, and even there they will have a pretty hard "row to hoe" for allthough Mr. Johnsons beginning shows he wishes to follow Lincoln's general instructions, I think he will be terribly severe on all ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p022.jpg) secessionist, Mr. Johnsons disgraceful conduct on the 4th of March made me distrust him, I felt very gloomy when I knew he was to be the President, but I think he makes a good commencement, and I hope he will continue thus, at all events we must help him all we can, and not give the Copperheads the first chance, When I first heard of the assasse- nation, I hoped that Johnstons Army would not surrender until after our men received the news but it seems they have, just in time to save themselves, I enclose with this some little shells together with a fragment of the substance from which I separated them, With love to all I remain Your Affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p023.jpg) Dennison Gen. Hosp. O. 12th Division April 19th Dear Papa Yours of the 17th is just received, it finds me very well indeed and my left hip improving, tho' not very fast, - This day is the one on which we are to observe the funeral ceremonies of President Lincoln, our flags are at "half mast" and draped in morning, and the Band is playing mournful dirges, nearly all seem to feel very sad, but with this sadness there is an expresion in most ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p024.jpg) countenance which indecates but little for bearance with rebels, - I hope the murder of Lincoln is going to crush the rebellion more completely than it would have been other wise, I had some photos taken a few days ago, I and enclose one you will see by examining it that the apperator here is no artist, perhaps you can improve it with a little paint, Last evening I took a stroll down the banks of the Ma'aii, and set a fish line just for amusement on returning to it a half hour after wards, I was quite surprised to find I had caught a Cat fish to large to manage, I I had to call one of the boys to help me, secure him, he made a good breakfast for twelve of us this morning, and there was some left, I guess you would have laughed some at the motions we made while pulling him out of the water, I came ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p025.jpg) pretty near being ducked, Whe have very fine weather now and the foliage is coming out rapidly. Hoping that you are all well I close with love to all from Your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p026.jpg) Dennison Gen. Hosp. O. 12th Division April 24th 65 Dear Papa Yours of the 20th is just received, I was sorry to learn that you and Lamar had been sick. I hope that by this time you are entirely recovered. I am very well today, tho' tired and worried. I have been acting in the Stewards place (he being absent on private business) and find it no play, he will be back tomorrow night and I shall be very glad to get rid of the job. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p027.jpg) I am very much disappointed in Gen. Sherman, what can he mean by giving the enemy such an advantage, when he might have been completely crushed. he certainly knows better, he must have been in one of his "Crazy Spells." When I first returned to the hospital I ripped off my old chevrons, and sent them to Mama, in the care of Mrs. Sergt. Curran, I think you have not acknowledged having received them, if you did I wish you would mention it in your next. Saturday and Sat. night were very cold and I fear it injured the fruit in this section, the weather today is quite pleasant. Hoping that you are all well at home I close ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p028.jpg) with love to all from your Affectionate Son E. M. H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p029.jpg) Dennison Gen. Hosp 12th Division April 26th 65 Dear Papa Your letter written on the 22nd came today, I was very glad to learn that you were all well, and hope you still continue so, I was very much surprised to receive hear that you had received that $5.00, some clerk has done his duty for once, I am pretty well today, except a swelled face, I ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p030.jpg) think I have taken cold and it has setteled in a broken tooth, it does not pain much, but is very unpleasant, We have had a very pleasant day today, the garden is doing very well, I planted some of the flowers seeds yesterday, which you sent me, the war seems to be so near over that I do not feel as much interest in the garden as I expected to Give my love to Mama and the boys, and if you should receive this before going to Elyria, you may remember me kindly to friends there, Your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p031.jpg) Dennison Gen. Hosp. 12th Division April 30th Dear Papa The war is virtually over, and the soldiers will soon be on the way home, I presume there is no use to try to conceal from you the fact that I will soon be with you (Providence permitting), the I would like to take you all by surprise, you will see in the Cincinnati Papers the Order from War Dept to muster out men in my ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p032.jpg) circumstances, I expect to be wearing citizens clothes before next June, I dont know whether I shall go directly home, I have some thoughts of giving to Marietta, I have formed the acquaintance of a young man here who owns an "Oil Farm" in that vicinity, and he has invited me to spend a few weeks with him when he goes home; if he gets discharged when I do, I will be strongly tempted to go with him, I heard last night that Major Lewis 124th O.V.J. was on his way to the front, and they ordered him to remain in Nashville, as the Regiment would soon be there, en route for some other Department, notably Texas; I have some doubts about ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p033.jpg) it, it does not look probable. My health is very good now and I enjoy myself very much, I take long walks down the river and out into the country the which is very fine in this region, last Thursday I went nearly three miles from Camp and got a large bunch of lilacs whose sweet perfume I am now enhaling the foliage is nearly full grown on some trees, and the scenery is beautiful and I can feel perfectly safe without any arms, no fear of being shot by some prowling bushwhackers Hoping that you are all well I close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p034.jpg) Dennison Gen. Hosp. O, 12th Division May 5th Dear Papa Yours of the 20th and 29th are received, I am very well indeed, my left side has at last healed up, you cannot think how glad I am, I have not had to dress it for some time, and it does not hurt me any unless I strike it pretty hard, I can walk as well as I ever could, this of course I have ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p035.jpg) not regained my full strength yet, I expect to be mustered out before the 1st of June, but am not certain of it, it will take a long time to make out the papers, and we will be the last ones, I hope I will get home in time to help you build your grape arbor I heard a few days ago that our regiment was expected at Nashville, but have not yet heard whether it had arrive there You speak in your letters of Gen. Sherman's strange conduct, I must confess that I cannot see through it even now that we have all the proceedings published, – but I cannot condemn him quite so much as the Cincinnati Gazette does, I think that paper is entirely too hard on him I take the Commercial, and have access to the Gazette, and Evening Times ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p036.jpg) And as far as I can judge I think the Commercial has acted by far the most honorably. Our Flower Garden looks fine now, many of the early plants are in full bloom, none of the seeds which you sent me have come up yet except a few verbenas which I planted in a box soon after receiving them; I of course do not take as much interest in them as I would if going to remain here all Summer. The man who commanded our Brigade at Franklin Tenn. was Chas. C. Gilbert. Hoping that you are all well at home I close with love to all from your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p037.jpg) Dennison U.S.A. Gen. Hosp. (12th Division) Ohio. May 7th 1865 Dear Papa One year ago today we moved out from Tunnel Hill, against the rebels who held Rocky Face, it it was just about such a day as the present, a warm pleasant Spring morning; How much I have passed through since then; I feel that I should be very thankfull, for being premited to go thro' it all, and that I now have a reasonable prospect of soon returning to my home, in as good ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p038.jpg) health as I ever enjoyed. If we can get the blanks I expect to commence tomorrow the work of making Muster Out Rolls and Discharges, for this Division of course it will take time to do it, but I think now it is pretty certain that I will soon be at home; Some think we will get away next week, but I think if we able bodied men get off before June 1st we will do well. Your letter of the 3rd came on Friday, with the poor little Jolu[--]ees all wilted up; but should judge that when they were fresh they looked much finer than the little black insignificant things we have here, some of The China, Astor, Larkspurs, China Pinks, Phlox, Californica, Mignionette Holland Beauty, Portulaca, Widow in Weeds, which you sent are all coming up plentifully, and if I remained here long enough I would have a fine flower Garden ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p039.jpg) We had Radishes of our own raising for [---] Yesterday, our Onions and Lettuce is large enough to use, The Potatoes, Cabbage, Beets, Tomatoes &c are doing fine, and there will be a large crop for somebody I think if after your hard walk to Norwalk, you only invested $2,50 as you say, it was hardly worth the trouble, $250, would have paid better. I met Dr. Walton on Friday, he [--]gined particularly for you, and me to remember him to you when I wrote, he has had great trouble with his Division, it is supposed that they were poisoned, two have died, Hoping that you are all well I will close with love to all from Your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p040.jpg) Dennison Gen. Hosp. O. 12th Division May 10th /65 Dear Papa Yours of the 5th came on Monday, it found me suffering from a very sore throat, which is almost well now. I hardly know when we will be "mustered out", although they have recieved the orders and have commenced to make out the papers, the officers seem to have no disposition to hurry the work, I do'n't know why, unless it is because they are recieving ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p041.jpg) good sal pay, and wish to keep the thing running as long as possible, in other places many of the troops are already on the way home; I have not received a letter from Tom, since they were at New Market, and I have heard from the Regt only twice since then, the last time, they were expecting to be at Nashville in a few days, the papers are so entirely silent in regard to the 4th Corp that I hardly know what to make of it I have not sent Grandma the one of my Photo's, I thought they were such poor pictures, that I concluded to wait for better ones When I am "Mustered out" I think I will go to the City and have some good ones taken, When you write to Aunty ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p042.jpg) you may send my love to her and thanks for the flower seeds I hope soon to be where I can enjoy them. We have very wet weather yesterday and today, the rain is pouring down now. Give my love to Mama and the boys, keeping a good share for yourself from your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F21_p043.jpg) Dennison Gen. Hosp May 14th 1865 Dear Papa I am well, but over head and ears in work, so I cannot write a letter. Hoping you are all well I remain with love to all Your Affectionate Son E.M.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p001_AY5eenw.jpg) We will probably [-]o[-] near within a day or two for trash[-]la. Ford House Louisville Dear Papa Jan 5th 1863 I have found an oppor- tunity at last to write to you, you will probably be [---] but surprised when hear what [---] as you [-]ittle expected [-]o comm[--] when we started for Coving[-]on I was very sorry that we had come off without seeing you, I expected to see you at some one of the Stations near Fairfield, but I was disappo- inted. We got to Covington on Fryday morning. on Saturday afternoon we recieved our arms and equipments and Saturday night, we got on a boat and came here where we arrived at 12 O'clok, yesterday, so that, yesterday while you were probably preaching to the good people at ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p002_kpukWan.jpg) Fairfield. I was riding down the Ohio river. Mama has probably told you that I had a pretty hard cold when we started, it has been getting worse instead of [---] and I have been so sick that I dra[--]t [--]y the journ[-] at all when we get on the boat at Cincin ati I thougt that it would not be safe for me to ride out on the deck, and Orderly Parmely who was also sick and I managed to coax our way into the cabin [--] the officers, and when they were not watching us we st[-]ped into one of the [--] state rooms are [--]ned the door here were no mattreses in the bunks but we easily remedied that by sp[--]y our blanket and overcoats in t[--]m, we had a good nights rest [right page] and were protected from the damp night air, in the morning we got out on deck by an out side door so that the officers did not know any thing about it, so you see we took our m[--]ty "soldiers never cheat" our regiment slept spent the night on the ground in tents last night, but Orderly and I conclududed that it would not be [-]afe for us to do so, and we got out side the lines and came at this hotel and staid, I [-]ougt some Castor oil and took a heavy dose last night which I think did me some good as I feel som c[-]sier this morning I went to a Photographers this morning and had a type taken for some Card pictures, they wil I finished tommorrow and if ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p003_5Ml4R7R.jpg) we leave before, the Photographers is to send them to you, our guns are the Springfield rifle, they are our light and nicely finished and I like them very much, Louisiana is a very pretty place but the [--] in [--]k lazy a good for nothing there are plenty of darkies here, I had a little slave to wait on me last night, he is a very smart little fellow and I would like to send him on the underground RR to you. I heard a man tell him he was going to make his slave obey him or put him in jail it would have done me good if I could have had the priviledge of knowing him during when you write to me direct to the Regt and It is pence, Give my love to all interested write some to your affectionate son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p004.jpg) it was on a hill side in the woods on the spot where Morgan encamped two weeks ago. I made a bed by laying two rails down a filling up between with leaves and stray and the spreading my bed tick over them. I had my blan ket and rubber to spread over me my cold is getting better I think but it is slow work. write as soon as you can as I have not heard from home since I left camp Camp near Elizabethtown to your affectionate son E. M. H. Jan. 9th ’63 Dear Papa We have got down “In Dixie” at last, when I wrote to you while at the Louisville hotel I hard- ly expected to write the next time from this place, we are place here to protect the laborers while rebuild- ing the railroad bridge which the rebel Morgan distroyed a week ago last Sunday, he had quite a skirmish with our troops [text rotated counterclockwise on right side of page] her address if there are any to spare give them to friends ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p005.jpg) and took about eight hundred of them prisoners, whom he paroled some of the houses a pretty well riddled by his cannen, I begin to see some of the dessolating effects of war a great many of the houses are almiss entirely destroyed by shot and shell and the fences are torn down and burnt. We came from Louisville an the R. R. as far as Coles- burg, where the bridges has also been dis- troyed, we encamped there for the night, the place is in between two hills about 500 yards high which are so close together that to use the boy’s expression we could hardly turn round On the hill sides there were a few groves of some of our Soldiers whom Morgan killed when he went through there. Yesterday we commenced our first reg- ular march, we came to within three miles of this place when we encamped again without our tents [text rotated clockwise on left side of page] you can give one to Mama and send one to Grandma as I do not know [text rotated upside down at top of page, some obscured due to tear in page] I had my pictures taken while in Louisville enclosed [tear in page] they are very poorly done ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p006.jpg) parting salute over the grave of the soldier. but I hope that this terrible war will soon be over on sunday night the body of one of our Cols who was killed in the last great battle in Tenn was brought to Camp Senter our Camp for pro-Elizabethtown Ky. textion, there are a great Jan, 12. 1’63 Dear Mama I have recieved two letters from home at last one was mailed the 6th and the other on the 9th of this month they were very acceptable you may be sure, we do not recieve our mail very regularly and when the letters do come, they come all in a heap. please tell Papa that I like his plan of sending me stationary as it [text rotated upside down at bottom of page] Tom is getting along very well his heal [text rotated counterclockwise on left side of page, continuing last sentence] health seems to be very much improved [text rotated upside down at top of page] many rebel sympathizer here. during the fight here with Morgan we lost a few men who were all killed by the citizens Morgan did not kill a man although he lost quite a number. this sheet is about filled Give my love to all friends and write soon to your affectionate son Edward M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p007_FSf6k3s.jpg) is a very scarce article here, it is true the Sulter has such things for sale but he charges so outrageously that I will not patronize him if I never write home. I have a few postage stamps which compose my whole store of money but I presume that it is best for when I do have money, I find a great many ways to spend my stay in Louisville cost me considerable as I staid at a hotel, and those Photographs cost $3.00. you need not send me any money at present as I do not realy need it now. I have slept in a tent on the ground since we came to this place I get along very well as we have enough straw, and very pleasant weather as present it [new column] is like Indian Summer, and I enjoy myself very well consider- ing my bad cold but it is im- proving though I have lost my voice almost entirely but I hope to recover it when I get well We have very good accomodatio here as regards water a clear stream of ice cold water runs along the southern border of our Camp. Yesterday to a camp kettle and went down to the creek, built a fire, and heated some water and washed one of my shirts a pair of Drawers and socks it [---] was a splend- id day for drying, and when my clothes were dry they were as white as any femenine could make them, I felt like a rich man when I rolled them up and put them in my knapsack to p[--] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p008_DZpvoJs.jpg) on next Sunday, last Sund[-] Mr. Bowker preached in a [---] church over in the town, I went to hear him and it did a great deal of good as it is the first- -sermon that I have heard since I went to Mor Page's in Cleveland six or eight weeks ago. We at present expect to stay here for a month or more. "if Johns Morgan will let us" to [--] guard a R. R. Bridge which they are about rebuilding. There are a few rebel wounded in private houses they were woun- ded when Morgan was here a few weeks ago, there are a few of the union troops in the hospital sick one died on Sunday and another yesterday. '[---]' a squad of our Regt. buried them. it is very sad to hear the muffled chime and ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p009_TXp8MiK.jpg) here, among other things I found what a lot of gun trimmings which proved that the rebels captured more than they could take care of, and had to burn them Please excuse the looks of this letter as it is written amidst a great deal of confusion, give my love to all & write soon to your Elizabethtown Jan 16th 1863 Dear Papa You will probably be surprised when you know that I am writing this letter while sitting in the Pulpit of a church, but such is the case, we had a very sudden change in the weather here, night before last it com- menced snowing and in the morn- ing it was nearly two feet deep, the weight was so great that it broke a number of our tents down. the one that I belonged in was one of the number, but Tom and ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p010_pK5UyZM.jpg) I were fortunately[----] in the Capt's tents some of our boys suf- fered a great deal not being able to sleep at all during the night The camp was in such a miser- able yesterday, that we came over town and took possesion of some vacant buildings our company get into a church from its appearance I should judge that it had not been used since the war broke out there is a bullet hole passing through both walls, which was probably made when Morgan was here as the building is near where the of the fight took place, Tom is in the Hospital as it is the most comfort- able place at present and he is not very well, there is plenty of room there, and the Surgeon wanted me to go too. but I thought that I would rather stay with boys as long as I can. My cold is about [other side of page] the [---] I ever had but it is better now I think, al- though my voice is almost com- pletely gone, I can speak but a few words at a time, and those but a little above a whisper. I am taking a syrup, which Surgeon Patterson gave me it is made of Epicac syrup Squits and Cam phor. If I continue taking it long enough it I think that It will do me good, I have recieved two letters from you <[--] mailed the 6. & 9. inst.> and written sever- al, but I should judge from a letter which Tom received yesterday that none of them have reached you We expect: as soon as we can travel to go about 3 miles down the R. R. towards Nashville to a [--] Stockade to guard a bridge "I mean our Company" six Com- panies are to stay here and the others are to go to different Stockades along the Rail Road ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p011_E8pVHfg.jpg) when you write direct as us- ual to Elizabethtown, and I will get the letters sometime within a month, I have a splendid Springfield Rifle which carries a half inch ball, and if we are to believe the various rumors which reach us, I shall have an opportunity to try it on some of Morgans men before long It goes against my feelings very much to see this old church used as it is, when I think of the many fervent prayers that have been offered up, here by slaves, "it is said to be collered churche's meet- ing house" and then look around & see the men playing cards, and swearing, it seems very hard to have such a war existing in our country I wish that it could be settled soon but from what I hear the prospects one not very favorable A day or two ago I went to look at the ruins of the R R Bridge ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p012_wTnRHdl.jpg) the other night I would have had to sleep on the wet if it had not been for the Lieut, he told Tom and some of the other boys and I, to bring our blankets into his tent and stay, and althoug the Capt. did not like it much he knew enough not to say any thing. The sun is shining very bright and I think that the snow will even pass off. please excuse the looks of this letter as I am in the same room with from 40 to 60 men and some of them are very rough characters so that it is almost impossible to write a good letter. Give my love to all friends and write soon to your affectionate son. Elizabethtown Ky, Ewd M. Hayhurst. Jan 18th 1863. Dear Mama I have a good oppor tunity to write this morning as the Capt. is absent and I have the key to his desk. I wish that I could be at home this morning to go to meeting for although I am in a church, I am surrounded by very different circumstances from what I would be if I could have my own way. I am sitting in the Pulpit, some of the boys are playing cards, some are cleaning their rifles, ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p013_fzpsLKm.jpg) while others are engaged as I am, writing to friends at home, Tom is has got better and seems to feel first rate, he is fixing up something to eat just now. I have received but two letters from home since we left the mails are very irregular, and it is very trying to have to wait so long. We were waked up last night about 11 O'clock and ordered to be ready to form a line of battle at a moments notice but the rebles have not come yet our pickets were disturbed a good deal, in the early part of the evening, we are surrounded by enemies in citizens cloths and we are liable to be attacked at any time by small bands of Guerillas It amused me very much to notice the different effects which the alarm last night had on the men, some find their traps, and others took it as a joke, Capt. Bullock was the most [right page] excited of any, he is not fit to command the Company, and I am afraid that we will be completely demoralized if he ever leads us into battle, but much as I would like to be in a figt I hope that it will never take place when he has command. I getting used to the hard crackers and salt pork though it went pretty rough at first. if it was not for my bad cold I would get along first rate, but in the evening I am always ready to go to bed. I am getting so now that I can talk pretty well in a low tone. and I hope that in two or three weeks my voice will be entirely recovered. One of our best men, "Edwin Cain" died at Louisville of a Congestive chill he was taken sick in the morning and before night he was dead we sent his body home to his friends. Capt Bullock acted very mean about he would ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p014_A79hjK3.jpg) not give anything and even refused to let us send him home but we went to the Col. about it he acted like a man, told us to do just as we pleased and helped us as much as he could Anthing Wetzel has been in the Hospital almost all the time since we came to Kentucky, I sometimes feel afraid that he will not get well so long as he stays here, he took a very hard cold in Cleveland, and has added to it very much, Parmely is sick in Louisville, he has been reduced and Sergt. Charles E. Wyman promoted to his place. Capt. partly offered me his place some time ago, but I suppose that he thought he could make more money by keeping me to do his writing for him, when we were in Cleveland he told me that I would make a good Orderly and if he ever had an opportunity he would give me the pos- sition, I hope that the time will soon come when he will lose his shoulder straps. he has not received his commis- sion yet, and it is possible that he never will, he is very much disliked by the men, and some of the Regimental Officers ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p015_NntFQvb.jpg) Spring, the Winter begins to break up here about the first of next month, when warm wether comes I think that I shall get along very well, you will please excuse the looks of this letter as I have to write with my paper on my knee which is very unhandy. Please give my love to all friends and tell Mama not to worry about her boys, as we will come out all right in the end, write soon to your affec- tionate son Elizabethtown Ky. J 22nd 1863 E.M.M. Dear Papa I was very much cheered to day by a letter from you dated, 13th inst I had about lost all patience with mail carriers, this is the third letter which I have received from home since we left Cleveland, our mail accomadations are very poor, they have to carry it all the way from Louisville by stage, as the R. R. Co which we are sent here to protect refuse to carry it for us, the letter which I received to has been only nine days on the way, I am sorry that ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p016_XznwdSk.jpg) I presume that by this time you have recieved some of the letters which I have written to you, I have sent quite a number since we have been in this place, one of which contained those Photographs which I spoke of in my Louisville letter, I have got into the Hospital at last I thought for a while that my cold was get my letter and kept away from the doctors as long as I could, as they give sugar coat pills and quinine for all kinds of diseases, but I coughed so much last night, that I could not sleep and this morning Lieut. Carran told me he wished me to come up town with him a little while and when we got to the Surgeons Gn. he told me to come in with him I objected as I had applied to the Surgeons Once before about five weeks ago and he gave me half a [other page] down sugar coated pills, "very appro- priate for a cold in the throat, I think" but he insisted on it, therefore I obey- ed, we found the Capt. there, with Dr Smith , who had [---] he examined me, and said that my speaking or- gans, the Lar[--]ng "Larynx I believe he called it," was very much in- flamed, and that It must be treated severely and promptly If I ever expected to recover my voice he put on my throat a very power- ful draft. It has created quite a sore place, but I can talk plainer tonight than I have been able to since we left Cleveland, I think now that I shall be well in a few days, Dr Smith says that I must stay in the Hospital until, I do get well as our quarters are not very com- fortable, Tom's health is very good he seems to be getting along very well, as his exposure increases his ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p017_jhodU0N.jpg) strength seems to increase also I received a letter today from Mr. Leonard dated the 16th he say's that Auttum Greg passed through the Murfreesboro Battle safely, and that Capt Allen is dead how many brave men are giving up their lives for their Country, although there are but few troops stationed here I frequently hear the muffled drum a great many die with the camp fever although it is not so prevalent here as it is in some places: if Tom, or I ever get seriously ill I shall use every means in my power for us to get home, as the Hospital is a poor place for one who has the fever although they are taken care of as well as could be expected under the circumstances, this morning when I got up the air was quite warm and the birds were singing in a very lively manner it gave me great pleasure to hear them as it indicated the approach of ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p018_SPZTXPv.jpg) Letter No. 1. Elizabethtown Ky. Jan. 25th 1862 (1863) Dear Mama Two more welcome letters from home arrived yesterday; No's 4 & 5 I have recieved five letters from home, including the one written to Tom & I jointly, so I suppose that one has been lost some where, those five were dated 5th 8th 13th & 20th inst. a letter does me more good than a good meal. I also recieved one yesterday from Cyrus, he is well and still at Frankfort I dislike to tell you, that I am still in the Hospital, to tell the truth I have ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p019_xEehT12.jpg) had a pretty hard time of it. Dr. Patterson brushed my throat out the other day with Nitrate of Silver I am almost well now and all that keeps me here is the sore on my neck caused by the blister, we have one or two bad cases of Typoid fever, and sev- eral very bad cases of Pl[---]y. I makes me feel bad to see the boys suffer so but they are well taken care of as we have very good nurses, I hardly know how to thank you for that little package of bandages which you gave me, it is very useful in fixing up my throat. the pieces of linnen are worth as good as the gold here, as such arti- cles are scarce, I could not have had my throat properly dressed if it not been for them. Our company has moved ten miles down the R. R. to a Stockade, they went this morning. It goes pretty hard for me to be left behind, [right page] especialy as I am the only one, the boys having got well enough to trav- el, but I shall join them soon. Tom's health seems to be improving he gets along much better than I ex- pected, The weather is very pleasant and the birds are filling the air with thier beautiful songs. This a very pleasant country to live in if the people were only right, but it is cursed with slavery. there is no business activity, like we have in our northern towns, with most of the stores you have to go inside before you can tell what they have to sell, a man just sticks up his name, and takes it for granted that we know whether he is a Shoemaker or Watchmaker. I suppose that you wonder how I like the service, now that I have got down in Dixie; I it full as well as I expected if not a little better, and so long as the war continues I wish to be a ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p020_kv3ffJT.jpg) soldier, but I hope that it will end soon, although it looks rather dubious just now. Mr Bowker is very much liked by both officers and men, he has charge of the mail department Lieut. Carran told me the other day that he "Mr. Bowker" does more for the Regiment than any other chaplin that he ever knew. I am glad to hear that Joe, has good employment, does he have the priveledge of going to school, if he does not he can study a good deal after he shuts up the store. I will have to call this letter No. 1. as I do not know how many I have written, Please give my love to Papa, Joe, & Millie and keep a good share for yourself From your affectionate son Ewd. M. Hayhurst (Direct as usual, to Elizabethtown) ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p021.jpg) The boys are getting jealous of me because I recieve more letters than any of them even Capt Bullock, I hope they will always have reason to be so. E. M. H. No 2. Elizabethtown Jan 26th 1863 Dear Papa I recieved your kind letter, No. 6. today. it came the quickest of any that I have yet recieved from home, being only 3 days on the way. I believe that the govern- ment has at last made arrangments with the L. & N. R. R. to carry the mails. so that I hope that they will be more regular hereaf- It certainly would be very convenient for me to have a little change just now, as there are a great many things which I would like to get, but which are not abso- lutely necessary. but I think that I would [text written upside down at top of page] Jan 27th Since writing the above we have reciev’d Marching Orders, to Nashville, direct as usual until you hear from me again. E. M. H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p022_XK0LuNg.jpg) lose much more than I would gain, as any one who has it must expect to lend a good deal or else be considered selfish, and when once lent it is gone I cannot tell you how Tom is as he is with company about ten miles down the Railroad in a Stockade whither they went yesterday morning, he was well and in good spirits then, I am improving rapidly and hope to join the Co. soon This is a glooming day out of doors, as a regular old fashioned drizzling rain is falling, This is a [---] place, and I would not like to make it my home, the houses are build mostly of brick and in the [---] style, i.e. with the eaves to the streets I find that I find that I like the Elyria style the best the men & boys mostly dress in cotton stuff of the "Butternut" hue are generaly unsociable, though I have succeeded in getting a little conversation out of one or two, they generaly are down on the President [other page] on account of his Proclamation of freedom to the slaves, although it does not affect them directly, I do not know how the ladies dress as I have seen but one or two since we came here, the darkies are abund- ant and look where you will you are sure of seeing some, there one old slave who does most of the washing for the boys here in the hospital, she does it at night after her day's labor for her master is over, she cannot count and when she washes several prices for one mom it is very amusing to see her figure up the charges, sometimes when she gets a little mixed, she makes them pay for each piece separately, I think that will be paid soon, as I made out the Co. Pay Rolls last week we will be paid up to Jan 1st I presume. I received Mr Leonards letter and answer it immediately. I am glad to here that you are goig to move to Fairfield, as your traveling ex- penses would amount to considerable ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p023_oDUqU4a.jpg) by the 1st of April, and in stormy weather it would be very unpleasant to travel, I did not take my gun with me to meeting, as the Church was not far from the camp, and we had Pickets out all round us: I am without it now, as they would not allow it in the Hospital and when the Co. moved, I had to give it up to the Capt and it was taken along, I did not like to, for I think a good deal of it, and I know, it will not be as well taken care of, as if I had charge of it, You will please excuse me for not writing with ink, they do not furnish such things for the Hospital, and the Capt took his desk with him, Please send me a package of plain, white, envelopes, to send, letters to the girls in, as I am not supplied with article, and have no money to buy it, if it was to be found in these parts, Give my love to Mama and the boys and keep a large share for yourself from Your affectionate son Ewd M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p024_s1veM3h.jpg) Jan 23rd Dear Papa That draft raised a blister on my throat as big a hen's egg last night, I did not cough any during the night and this morng I can talk plain English E M H ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p025_orEjXDB.jpg) [-]ILY CLEVELAND From the 124th Regiment. A correspondent writes us from this regiment of its movements from Coving- ton to Elizabethtown—which we have no space for—then goes on as follows: Camp Senter, Elizabethtown, Ky., } Jan. 23, 1893. } We halted at a place called Goldsboro'. This is the place where friend Morgan paid a flying visit one week before we ar- rived. He left his track—he burnt the depot, post office, and all the railroad bridges ten miles south of here. There are some things of interest connected with this place. It was in this township that President Lincoln was born. A Un- ion man pointed out the very spot. Only one man voted for Mr. Lincoln in this township; he is quite an old man; said he knew Lincoln when he was a boy; that he had many a frolic with him, and he was a fine fellow. I noticed a fruit farm situated on the side of the mountain and table land above stocked with peach, ap- ple and strawberry. The owner told me that his peaches bore finely the past sea- son, and he realized $4 per bushel for them in Louisville. All of his trees and plants were in a flourishing condition. Of course he was a Union man. He came from Indiana six years ago; bought his farm for $5 per acre. Land can be bought here now for fifteen adn twenty dollars. I think this is a fine country for fruit. Our regiment is encamped near Elizabeth- town, on the banks of Salt River. This is a miserable, broken-down, secesh town. It deserves the fate of Sodom, though I think there are two Union men in the place. Four regiments of Union soldiers have been captured here by Morgan, and we may be the fifth. Our Colonel says there will be some fighting before he sur- renders, and we glory in his pluck. The fighting men of the 124th will stand by him to the last. Our initiation has been severe; we had hardly commenced living in our new camp before it commenced raining, then turned to snow, and in twelve hours we were nearly buried alive. We had no stoves in our tents. Our Colonel did not leave us there long, but procured quarters for us in the churches, which we are occupying now, I am satis- fied, that our Colonel will do all that he can for the comfort of his men. Though he is a stern disciplinarian, he is lenient to those who are ready and willing to per- form their duty. As regards the army, I have conversed with men from old regiments, and they all tell the same story, that the army is discontented, and nearly disheartened.— And I will tell you the reason, it is the white-livered pupies at the North, who are crying peace, when there is no peace, neither can be, until the rebellion is put down. If you want your armies to march on to victory, you must show them that your sympathies are with them; that the cause, for which they are fighting, is your cause, and that you will sustain them, with your honor, your property, and your lives, if necessary. Cease talking of peace, armisties, foreign intervention; so bend all your energies to the one main object, viz: crushing the rebellion, and so sure as there is a God, in Heaven, we will triumph in the end. Yours, from time to time, with the faith of our fathers, in the hope of the Union. HARD TACK. A Remarkable Confession.—It is not alto- [---] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F2_p026_12wG8JC.jpg) [-]D H[-] UARY 30, 1863. deprived of those features which made it odious without countervailing advantage to the United States. Congress had al- ready provided that the President might employ such persons of African descent as he might deem useful. Under the bill not only [-]lack Brigadiers, but black Maj. Generals might be appointed. The opposition of the Border State men was not factious; it was made in serious- ness, because the bill might cause serious injury. They had submitted to a good many things which they considered inju- rious. He begged of the gentlemen that when they found it necessary to adopt measures in violation of their judgment, they would ake the dose as palatable as possible by gilding the bill. Mr. Dunn was favorable to the policy of this bill, but wished it to provide explic- i[-]ly that black men should not command white men. Mr. Porter offered an amendment to meet this point. Mr. McPherson said the author of this bill would confine the officering to white men. Voices—Who is the author? name him. Mr. Wickliffe—The author is the Secre- tary of War. New York, Jan. 29. The Captain of the steamer Eagle from Havana states that the American Consul, Shufelt, at Havana, protested to the Span- ish authorities against allowing the pirate to leave until 11 A. M. of the 23d, but the pirate Captain stated that the Federal cruisers would capture him if not allowed to go. Soon after the pirate had passed the guard ship at night, the Wachusett arrivd at the same spot wen the Span- ish authorities kept the Wachusett till morning before allowing her to enter the port. Advices from New Orleans per steamer Dio Bee state that Gen. Grover was at Baton Rouge with 20 Regiments. A strong force at Carrolton was under Gen. Sherman. Gen. Banks was still in New Orleans. He had reiterated Gen. Butler's order, taxing certain rebel merchants for the support of the poor. He had caution- ed the public against offering insult to soldiers, and refused to allow the repub- lishing of Jacob Barker's paper. Gen. Hamilton, Military Governor of Texas, addressed a very large Union meeting at New Orleans. The following portion of news by the Dio Bee is highly important: Advices from Mexico confirm the re- ported defeat of 4,000 French under Gen. Berthier, by 800 Mexican cavalry. It oc- curred in a fog at 2 o'clock a.m., December 18th. The French were completely rout- ed. The Mexican General Preseda had cap- tured a convoy from Jalapa for Perote. The Mexican General Negrete with 1000 men, made a sortie from Puebla and at- tacked a French division, 14,000 strong, at Acagate, 8 leagues from Puebla complete- ly routing the latter. The French had to retreat to Orizaba. The French communication was almost cut off. Jalapa and Tampico are aban- doned by them. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p001_7ELAQY8.jpg) Feb. 1, '63, to Feb. 10. No. 5. Ohio river Feb 11th 1863 Dear Papa Your letter No. 7 arrived yes- terday morning, while we were at Louisville, I am glad to hear that some of my letters are beginning to reach hime, I have begun to num- ber them I believe this is No. 3., I wish that I could be at home, to help you pack up it must be very hard for you to do it alone. We returned to L- from Elizabethtown last Wednesday & Thursday. We have ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p002_dgECRmx.jpg) [left page] just started from L- bound down the river we will stop at West Point to take on some of our baggage, from Eliz— and to wait for the rest of the fleet which is still at L-, I presume that you have already heard of the great transportation of troops from Louisville, there is some grand move to take place soon somewhere some say we are going to Nashville some to Vicksburg, if we go to the Latter 'Good Bye,' for the present. Tom is troubled with the Diahrea otherwise he is very well, I am get ting along very well, although I am very weak yet effects of my cold, I can talk very well in ordinary conversation, but when I go to speak in a loud tone my voice gives way, we are to be paid today. I will send the money home at the first opportunity. It is raining now so that cannot go up on deck and [right page] enjoy the ride, I hope that it will not be so all the way. The river is very high and looks much more mag- nificent than it did last Summer I begin to feel afraid that I will never get over the cabins as it broken out again in several places. within the last two or three days. I still have the red precipitate and use it. I was going to throw it away awhile ago, thinking that I had got well, but I glad that I did not now. I have a chance of sending this now, Good Bye for the present from your affectionate son Edward (Give my love to all) ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p003_DhtTbKN.jpg) Ohio river below Cannelton Feb. 2nd 1863 Dear Joe I thought that a letter from might interest you, as our folks have moved to Fairfield and you will have no other way of hearing from me direct I am riding down the river on the transport 'Diamond' when we get to the mouth of the Cumberland river we will wait for the large fleet which has been collecting for the last ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p004_xFDAa1D.jpg) [left page] few days at Louisville, the will be about twenty transports beside the gun boats, when we all get together and it will be a grand sight to see us m[--] move all at together, I suppose that we will go to Nashville or Vicksburg, probably the latter place if we go there we will probably go right into a fight I wish that you could be with us just to enjoy the ride on the river, for though the weather is very cold, we h[---] a f[--] [---] [---] along [---] there is something very pleasant about this kind of traveling even at this time of the year, we have a fine view of the hills and cities and towns along the shore, We were paid off yesterday [right page] up to Jan. 1st I received $34.20. I sent $30, home Whenever you get time I wish that you would write to me, and tell me all the news from Elyria Town is well, and I am get ting well fast. Give my love to all friends and write soon to your affectionate brother Ed. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p005_pylzIbO.jpg) No 4. Ohio river below Cannelton Feb. 2nd 1863 Dear Papa As I will have an op— portunity of mailing this when we get to Evansville, I thought I would write a few lines, although I have but very little write We did not stay at West Point as long as I expected, we will, wait for the rest of the Cumberland I do not like traveling on the river at this time as it is very cold and we have but very ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p006_guPKvdb.jpg) [left page] little chance to get warmed, I do not know certainly where we are going some say to Nashville some to Vicksburg. I think that it begins to look as if we were bound for the latter place We received our pay yesterday; I got $34.20, the Paymaster is go- ing to return to Ohio, when we get Evansville, I gave $30.00 of my money to Bullock to give to th[--]r 'Mr. Coon' to send home he will send it by express when he gets to Cincinati, as soon as you recieve it please write im- mediately as I shall be somewhat anxious, until I hear from it. it took $4.00 to pay what I had bor- rowed from the Lieut. Tom has borrowed over $8.00 of me at dif- ferent times, the amt. was so large that he did not believe my accounts were correct and [right page] refuses to pay it so that I am without money again, it wor- ries me to have him do so, as I never wanted to have any diffi- culty with him, but I know that I am right as I am very partic- ular to act every thing down at the time, I borrow or lend. The sun is shining very bright today and I hope that the wea- ther will be more comfortable soon, Please give my love to all and keep a large share for yourself from Your affectionate son Edward M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p007_tnXwj7v.jpg) Dear Our Folks Feb 6th 1863 I have had no chance to mail this yet. Our whole fleet started this morning. and now we are steaming away up to Nashville. I wish you could be here to see the grand sight. it is a cold fros- ty morning. the trees on both shores are white with frost. the river is completely filled as far as we can see, withy steamer [---] [---]ning two abreast and load down with troops here and there you can see a gun boat sticking [-]ere from out behind some big steamer. once in a while. a group of darkies No 5. Cumberland river near Fort Dannelson Feb 4th Dear Our Folks Although it is very doubtful when I shall have a chance to mail this letter I thought that I would write one while I had a opportunity, we reached this place this morning about half past two O'clock, I was on guard yesterday and during the night, we had a beautifully, clear moonlight night. and I enjoyed my self very much standing on the upper ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p008_rZLdpXz.jpg) [left page] deck as we steamed it up the river, between 12 & 1 O'clock this morning when we were about 5 miles below the fort, we past a quan- tity of hay bales, and fragments of a steamer, and a coal barge on fire I began to think that we would have trouble before we reached this place, but got along so far safely, The rebels attacked our forces here yesterday afternoon and succeeded in diabeling two of our transports, com- pletely distroying one befor they were driven back, they came pretty near capturring the fort according to some accounts, I saw some of the dead bodies of our soldiers lying on the shore this morning, also some of the rebels, they are all removed now. You cannot imagine my feelings this morning as we past Fort Donnelson I could see a large portion of the ground on which the battle was [right page] fought when it was taken from the rebels, and when I thought of the lives that were lost there it made me feel very sad, We have got into the field at last and I feel much better than I did in Camp Cleveland, I wish they would let us fight it out and go home, and not keep us here doing nothing we have quite a large fleet collected here, and will start some time today for Nashville, Tom is well and in very good spirits he paid me the $8,00 which he owed me, I think he looks much more healthy than he did in Clevland We suffer a good deal from the cold, but when it gets a little warmer I think we will get along very well. please write soon and tell me [---] all are, and, if my money has arrived safe, with love to all I remain your affectionate son Ed. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p009_4I2H0LS.jpg) Feb 5th 1863 Dear Our Folks Last night I learned more particulars concerning the fight which took place here the other day. The union troops numbered between [--] for the rebels two or three times that number, our side lost about 15 m killed and wounded, Lieut Carran, and some of our boys went accross the river and passed over a portion of the field, at the time that they returned 130 dead rebles had been gathered together most of them having been killed by shells from the gunboats I could not afford to pay the fare accross the river but I saw enough with a spy glass from the hurricane deck to satisfy curiosity. it is terrible the first sight of a battle field is ter- rible, some bodies with heads; arms & legs shot off some were torn so as to be scarcely recognizable some poor fellows, had been wounded and crawled a distance before they died, and left a dark track of blood. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p010_k51tWP6.jpg) will appear on the the shore cheering and waving their aprons, hats, arms or legs, just as it suits their conve- nience, they afford a great deal of amusement to to the boys. I do not know how many boats there are in the fleet but from what I hear I suppose that it is the longest that ever appeared on this river it is possible that we will have to fight our way to Nashville yesterday afternoon we could [--] heavy canon [---] up the river some where. I heard last night that the 1 & 3rd was on ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p011_SKqVRmD.jpg) one of the boats, but I have seen nothing of them yet. Please give my [--] [--] if either of us boys get wounded and one able to travel at all, I shall try very hard to get him home please give my love to all and write often to your affectionate son Ed. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p013_67azgOq.jpg) 1863. Steamer Diamond off Nashville Feb 8th Dear Papa We have arrived at Nashville at last. Planned four let- ters wiating for me they came by this way of Elizabethtown, on the R.R. one was written by Mama at Elyria another by you from Fairfield one from Mr Leonard, and one from Austin. While we were coming from Louisville I wrote and mailed several to you, I have got tired of being on the boat and hope that we ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p014_o2XsK52.jpg) will get off pretty soon, soon after we landed last night A[-]t Greg came on board, the battery which he belongs to is here waiting for horses Ast. looks very healthy, though pretty rough. I went up to his quarters and stand with him all night he with seven others of his Co. have a large room in a brick house all to themselves they have good soft beds made of cotton and plenty to eat. I had a very pleasant time, and a good comfortable sleep. I have not seen much of the city yet so that I can not tell you much about it the country along the river for the last few miles is very pretty. I wrote once about my having the itch & have some to the conclusion that it is a kind of scurvy caused by eating so much salt, pork as most all the boys have it a[--] I send with this my commission which was [new column] given to me yesterday. allthough I may need it here sometime I think it safest to send it home as I have but poor accomadations for coming anything, when you write please direct to Nashville Tom is well he received a letter from you this morning, Give my love to all and keep a large share for yourself from your Affectionate son EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p015_gzDPgxx.jpg) Camp near Nashville Tenn Feb. 10th 1863 Dear Papa Your welcome letter of the 4th inst. arrived today. We are encamped about three miles from Nashville on the Franklin Pike, our situation is a very pleasant one the land was is owned by the rebel Col. who was killed in the fight at Fort Donnelson the 4th inst. the country arround Nashville is very fine. it is hilly and reminds me very much of that arround Phila. The trees and shrubbery are mostly ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p016_T0rchEW.jpg) [left page] new to me, The City has some very fine buildings in it the Capitol stands alone on a hill. and is a splendid ornament to the place. We have orders to strike t[--] tommorrow morning at 4 O'clock and march to Franklin The rain is pattering on our canvas but I will have a good place to sleep. I went down to a creek which runs past our Camp with a kettle, and built a fire and heated some water. and had a good old fashioned warm bath. I then wash- ed a shirt. pair drawers & socks. I then cut a pole and hung them on it close to the fire and dried in short time in spite of the cloudy weather, Tom is pretty tired to night as he has just came in from N— where he was left to guard some baggage, We were paid while on the boat and I sent $30. home immediately and have written several letters since [right page] I feel anxious to hear from it. Tom also sent some a[--]s. I have $8.00 with me now. he has about the same so that we will not need at present You see that we are going right into the front and may get in a battle soon, if we do and we come out alive I will let you know how we are as quick as possible, although the may be my last letter I will have to close it. and prepare for the march tommorow with a great deal of love to all I remain Your affectionate son Ewd M. Hayhurst 'I am much obliged for the envelope they are just right.' ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p017.jpg) tell Willie that I am much obliged for the Valentine and I will write to him as soon as I can I owe two or three letters now to others. Ed. Camp near Franklin Tenn Dear Papa Feb 14th 1863 I have a few minutes to write befor time to put out lights we are on the front now and are liable to get into a fight at any time, we have expected and attack we expect an attack here soon probably tomorrow, as its Sunday we have a strong force here, so have the rebs. we had a march of about 14 miles, day befor yesterday. it rained all the forenoon, and the pike was broken through in sev- eral places, so that had a decided ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p018_X3Y0Mmh.jpg) [left page] by fine time of it. we reached this place about 4 O'clock, our brigade made such an imposing appearance that the rebs thought it unhealthy to stay here, and all that we could see of them were a few of thier rear guard. I stood near the gun when they threw a couple shells into thier midst. it was fun to see them scatter, and skedaddle for the woods, our Co. was out on picket yesterday and last night I belonged to the reserve and had a very pleasant time the weather was very clear and the birds were singing all day in a most lively manner there was a mocking bird came pretty near us and entertained me very much I like Tennesee much better [right page] than I do Ky. there are some splendid plantations on the road from Nashville to Franklin with very hansome mansions on them, once in while we see the ruins of some union man dwelling, the place where we encamped near Nash- belonged to Col. Mc Nary the reble Col. who was killed at the fights near ford Don on the 3rd inst. enclosed please find piece of cedar. which I split off of one of his rails whi- we used for fire wood, when you write please send me two watch keys, which will fit the small end of it I have lost mine, Tom is still troubled with diahrea I am well and hearty inspite of exposure, write soon, give my love to all, from your affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p019_WPMy0wK.jpg) ter pork for us, There is a great deal to try the temper and constitution of the soldier that is unavoidable, but when we are cheated out of our necessary food it makes me mad, I have had quite a change in the programe yesterday our Co. went out on picket and the post which I had charge of was near the home of a Union man I took dinner supper, and breakfast this morning with him the whole costing me $.75 which cheap I thought for dixie The table was set with good wholesome food and the best that the country can af- ford. The host is a Pennsylvanian he came from a place called 'Homer.' about 40 Camp near Franklin Dear Papa Feb. 21st (1863) I recieved a letter from you this morning the last date was the 12th, it was marked No 9 but I believe it is the truth I have recieved. it seems to me very singular that the letters from home are so slow in coming. I have received several from Elyria which were only four days on the way I am glad that you have got to house keeping again, as it is much ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p020_OMtASbi.jpg) more pleasant and cheaper to have a home of your own to go to, if this warr was honorably settled, I would like to enjoy its pleasures with you Tom and I are getting along very well he is at present staying the Surgeon. Patterson, as a kind of clerk I believe, I have recovered my voice, so that I can make myself heard when on duty, though it is pretty hard work, it is much warmer here than in Cleveland if of course, we have a great deal of rain, at present but the darkies say that it will not last long. the other night I woke up and found myself lying in a puddle of water. but, I was so sleepy that I soon forgot it in my dreams in the morning I found that my rubber blanket which I was lieng on had got one end out side of the tent and caught all the water and run it in under me, after I got up I soon get dried, and did not feel any the worse for it. We have had pretty hard fare for the last two weeks crackers coffee sugar, & pork, the crackers are half of them moudly, the pork is full of maggots, which are dead, because the meat was too poor for them to live on our boys get mad about and refused to take such rations, the Quarter Master said that could not get any better. but we have not drawn any meat for 3 or 4 days today they suceeded in finding some bet- ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p021_2d8ChuZ.jpg) years ago, he is aquainted in Bucks Co, very sociable and friendly "it did me good to sit down to a table once more, and eat quietly and decently with a private family, to say nothing of the good the change in food did me. I did not begrudge my $.75. I was sorry that Tom was not along. he staid with the Dr. in camp. They [--] didn't disturb me any. though they drew in several posts on my right. this morning after I was relieved, they drove in all our pickets. and ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p022_Con2woq.jpg) several regiments had quite a skirmish with them, but 124th did not participate, I suppose that we will have a chance of engaging in a great battle pretty soon if the rebles will stand their ground, our Gens are collecting a very heavy force here, and, are very vigilant in all camp regulations we sleep with our guns by our sides every night with love to all I remain your affectionate son Ewd M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p023_M8ID47P.jpg) Camp near Franklin Tenn. Feb. 23rd 1863 Dear Papa I received another letter from you today, it was dated the 17th and stated that the last you had recieved from was written just before we reached Evansv: I have got just about discouraged about writting to Fairfield and guess I will have to give it up, I wrote and mailed several letters as we were on our way to Nashville, one at West Point at Cannel- ton, at Evansville, Mouth of the Cumberland ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p024_XRo9jQ9.jpg) [left page] Fort Donelson, Clarksburg or ville I don't remember which and two or three while off Nashville waiting for a chance to debark two at Camp near N— and two or three at this camp, I do not understand why you dont receive them those which I send to Elyria are duly recieved, in one of those which I sent from this Camp to you I asked you to send me 2 watch keys, if you do not recieve it I will have to send another pattern, you whether I was permitted to go ashore and visit the battle field at Dover just above Fort Donelson, some of our boys went but I did not I could see enough to satisfy my curiosity, from the Pilot house with a spy glass on the boat it was a horrible sight men and horses lying about in terrible confusion, some of the men were so mangled as to not recognizable, one dead were gathered together a laid out in a decent man- ner, but the rebles were tumbled into into the trences in the quickest [right page] way possible, I sent my money by Mr. Bowker. I saw him today he says that he gave it to Mr Mussey in Elyria and that promised to send it to you by Joe. when he visited you. I presume that you have recieved it by this time, I am very much obliged to Aunty for her present and if I ever get home again will try and put it to a good use. I have received a letter from Elyria on Saturday, it had all the latest news of the place, so that yours was a little behind time, we are right on the front and our pickets are frequently driven in and we may get into a great battle at my moment, if either of us boys get seriously hurt I will let you know as soon as possible, I feel as if we were doing something and not wasting our time, as we were in Cleveland, Tom is getting better and I am getting along first rate. I am writing in rather a dark place tonight so you will please ex- ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p025_rfeTMkl.jpg) cuse the looks. Give my love to all It is time to put our lights out, so I will have to stop, direct to t[--]your affectionate son Ewd M. Hayhurst Co. E. 124th O. V. I Gen. Gilberts Division Via Nashville ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p026.jpg) week, as I expect we will be. I will have some more to send home. Please give my love to Mama & Willie and keep a large share for yourself. when you write again the letters will reach us a little sooner if you direct to the 124th O. V. I Gen. Gilbert’s Division. Your affecitonate son Ewd M. Hayhurst [paragraph written rotated counterclockwise between the two main paragraphs] You speak of lying awake thinking of me, that night I slept in a puddle of water but did not feel any the worse for it the next day. I believe I am getting used to soldiering. Camp near Franklin Tenn Feb. 24 Dear Papa I mailed a letter to you this morning just before recieving one from you dated the 18th I am glad to hear that some of my letters are reaching you. I am much obliged to you for the envelopes, and to Mama for the pepper it will be quite an improvement to my fat pork to have a little to put on it I am glad to learn that my warrant arrived safe, but cannot tell how it came unsealed, as I remember distinctly ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p027_pe6GMmC.jpg) sealing up the envelope, probably some P.M. thought there were Green Backs in as I mailed it soon after we were paid, I am very busy now in writing for Bullock, so that I have but very little time for letter writing One of our Corps. was promoted to a Seagt. a few days ago. he is one who tried to shirk out of the service while we were in Cleveland and he had to be compelled to join us while at Eliza I am well having entirely got over the scurvy. I find that sleeping the ground is not such bad work after all, the weather is very pleasant today, yesterday it was quite cold, just before we left the camp near Nashville, I packed up my over coat and blouse with some of the other boys' and sent them to the care of Mrs. Bulloc Tom wrote to Joe to get them & take care of them, it cost a dollar but I thought it was better than to throw them away as we could not carry them. Tom's health seems to be improving. I do not need any money at present and if we are paid next ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p028_c563liU.jpg) it to the Lieut Carran of whom I get it. Give my love to Mama and Willie, keep a large share for yourself, and write soon to Your affectionate son Ewd. M. Hayhurst Camp near Franklin, Feb 26th Dear Papa I wrote the letter dated 21st and somehow it got among my old letters and did not get mailed I very very sorry that it happened so, but although it is not worth much now I will send it. I received and answered one from you since, Mr. Bowker has returned he left my money in Elyria with Mr. Mussey. who promised to send it to you by Joe, when he visited you, since yester- day morning we have had a succession of thunder showers, about once in every ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F3_p029_xeVDVyR.jpg) two or three hours, it is raining very hard now, last night I woke up and found the water dripping in my face, I pulled my blanket over me and went to sleep again, but pretty soon it got got off and the water commenced dropping in my ear for ro[-]itie's sake, so it went all the night, first in my face then my ear, neck or some where, but I dont feel uncomfortable today as a result. I am in the Capt tent which is pretty dry, he is over in town attending 'Court Martial' Tom is still suffering from the Diahr he recieved a letter from you this morning dated the 18th. I felt a little sick yesterday, but am very well today, I have to write this in a hurry or I will accomplish what has been given me to do today. pleas find enclosed a $5.00. Mass, note it is not worth anything here. if you can pass it at for $5.00 do so and give me credit for it. if not please send it back, and I will return ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p001_pmxOAnG.jpg) Head Quarters "U.S. Forces" In camp near Franklin Tenn. March 3rd '63 Special Orders No 15 II. Edward M. Hayhurst Corp'l in Co. "E" 124th Ohio Vol's is hereby detailed as Clerk in the Assistant Adjutant Generals Office at these Head Quarters. ~ By order of Brig. Gen. C.C. Gilbert Col. Oliver H Payne ) (sig) Gev. K. Speed 124th. O.[-]. I. ) Lb&a,a,a,g. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p002.jpg) Mar. 3. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p003.jpg) Direct as usual as I do not know how long I will be detached and let me know how much money altogether you have belonging to me! Ed. Head Quarters U. S. Forces In camp near Franklin Tenn. M’ch 4th 1’63 Dear Papa I recieved another welcome letter from you today it is dated 21st & 22nd inst. twelve days seems a long time to wait when they can come in 4 or 5. I am glad to hear that you are all as well as usual, I am sorry that Mamas feet trouble here you speak of the mild weather in Ohio. we have had some very pleasant days here, and a great many rainy ones. today it is unpleasantly ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p004_UI3PxjE.jpg) cool, the people here say that they never had so much cold weather here before. You will see by the heading of this letter that I am stationed at Head Q'r's. the circumstances are these Lieut Corran <1st Lt. of Co E.> has been appointed Commander of the Pioneer Corps of this Command, he had a Seageant to appoint, who was to have nothing to do but keep the "Co, Roll," and receive $ 34.00 per month pay, Lt, offered me this position but Capt Bullock had not made enough our of me, so he possitive refused to let me accept it the Lt mention it at Hd, Qr's, I think from what I have heard since; last Monday Capt. Bullock sent me up here on an errand. the Adjt Gen, A asked me my name, I told him, Oh, said he I have heard of you before, let me see you write your name, he then asked me how I would like to be his Clerk. I told him, [right side of page] better than I did to stand guard under Bullock, so about Sundown the same day one of Gen. Gibberts Aids came down to Bullocks Q'r's with a 'Special Order' from the Gen. relieving him of all authority over me, and detailing me as Clerk at these H'd, Q'r's Bullock grumbled some of course but he could not help himself. I am to get $,40 per day extra, making my monthly wages am't to about $.25, I mess with the Gen's, Orderlies who are first rate young fellows, and sleep in a log house as long as we stay here, I presume this is a per- manent detail as long as Adjt. Gen. Speed holds his office, and likes me. I like it very well, if it was not for Tom, I cannot be with him so much as before, I have not seen him since yesterday morning, he was not very well then. From my window I can command ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p005_DqkX9le.jpg) a most splendid view of the valley in which lies the famous City of Franklin, the city lies almost at my feet, Canter Creek I believe it is called, winds along through the woods and beautiful Plantations and away off almost out of sight I can see the rebel Pickets. This beau- tiful scenery is to be made doubtless with in a very few days the scene of bloody con- flict how I wish it was all over with and we were on our way home, but I would not go home now just on the eve of a battle for any thing, I have written a number of letters to you since we came to this camp I can't see why you do not recieve some of them, I have failed to number the last two or three, so I do not know what this should be. I am excepting a slight cold in my head, give my love to all, and write soon, I am very tireed this afternoon so please excuse the writing. from your affectionate son Ewd. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p006_GirgjzX.jpg) Head Quarters "Gilbert's Division" Franklin Tenn M'ch 8'63 Dear Papa Your letter dated 27th inst. was recieved today. I am much obliged for the keys they are just right. I am sorry that my letters are so long on the way, when we have direct communication all the way by rail, there must be some great defect in the P.O. Dep't. I suppose that you get all the movements of our Division by telegraph long before our letters reach you, Gen. Gilbert has had command of all the forces en- camped here until last Friday, when Gen. Granger arrived with reinforcements, we have a very strong position and force here now. If it was not contraband of war I would like to give you a discription of the camp and Military proceedings, of course you have heard of the unsuccessful expedition which Gilbert sent out, a few days ago, I had the honor "or dishonor just as you like" of writing all the Orders connected with it, the 124th Co. "E" excepted went with it. I was here at H'd Dr's, all day during the fight although I was somewhat deaf from a cold I could hear the boom- ing of our cannon very plainly, it was very trying to me to have to sit still and listen to it and take an active part in the fight. I suppose it is something of an honor to be at H'd Q'r's, in the position that I hold but I suppose it will not last long. Gen. Granger has his H'd Q'r's here also, and I know all the movements that are to be executed long before they are, I have easy times, and an opportunity of learning the gen- eral government of the Army than I had while with the 124th I have not seen Tom, since day before yesterday he was pretty well then, I am well excepting ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p007.jpg) [date rotated clockwise in upper right corner of page] Mar. 8. a slight cold. When we write, direct as usual. heard the Adj. Gen. tell Bullock this morning that he was going to keep here as long as he stayed, but from what I see and hear, it is possible that Gilbert will not stay long. in that case his will have to be disbanded and I go back to the regiment: you cannot think how good Bullock is, he tried hard to make me think it best to go back to the Co. but I believe I have a mind of my own and can take care of No 1 as well as he can. If our regiment goes into a fight and I know of it I will go along if I can, but I have come to the conclusion that I will not serve under Bullock if I can help it. This is Sunday but dont make any difference here. except that the Contrabands do not work on the entrenchments, how I wish that I could be at home today and go to meeting as I used to, this is one of the hardest things that that I have to put up with, Give my love to Mama and Willie, and write as often as you can, I have written on an average about twice a week. if you do not hear from the next, week or two do not be alarmed. if any thing happens to us I will let you know if possible. from your affectionate son Edward M. Hayhurst [text rotated upside down in bottom left corner] I forgot, one verey im- portant item, we have had fresh beaf twice this week, I am afraid the commissarys will all break in consequence, but may be they can stand it E. M. H. [text in bottom right corner crossed out] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p008_sDEqFFt.jpg) Head Quarters "Gilberts Brigade" Franklin Tenn. Mch 13th Dear Mama It seems a long time since I wrote to you, so I will try and write today, since my last letter to Papa written last Sunday I believe, I have had a great deal of hard work to do, our whole command here, with the exception of a few regiments, went out toward Columbia to meet the reblels. I was kept up most all Sunday night writing orders &c. connected with the expedition we left Camp about 7 O'c'l'k Monday morning the soldiers were order to take one blanket and four days rations and sixty rounds of amunition. I had a horse to ride and I straped my blanket and rubber behind my saddle, the first day we went about 12 miles, driving the rebels before us, I was with Gen. Gilbert's Staff. we en- camped by the side of an old mansion which had been burnt down several years ago. it was bright starlight when I lay down to sleep. but I was afraid it would rain before morning, so I gathered together a lot of dry grass for a bed. lay down on it and covered myself with my blan- ket and rubber, I tucked my rubber in as well as I could sure enough about 3 O'c'l'k it began to rain and woke me up, but I was so tired that I did not mind it much & soon went to sleep again. I did not get very wet until ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p009_1uphVTW.jpg) [left page] after I got up, it rained all day Tuesday, we marched about 4 miles further Tom was not very well so I let him ride and took his gun and marched with the regiment we had a good stopping place Tuesday night I made my bed in a rebel corn crib among the corn I had a lot of [---] stray so it was nice and soft, but my cloths were so wet that I could not sleep much, in the morning it was clear and I built a fire and soon got dried. we staid at this place all day Wednesday, and at night our cloths being well dried Tom & I slept the most comfort able that we have since we left home. Thursday morning we turned round and marched clear back to this place I let to ride for I thought he needed it more than I did the horse was not a very good one, but much better than mine. I like this camp very much and was sorry to leave it and very glad to get back again, it seemed almost like home I do not know what the object of this move- ment was or what good was accomplished, but I do know that I am glad to get back to Franklin again, I have been so busy since during the day writing and at night so tired that I could not write to you before. Although it is Sunday I have been very busy all the morning. and am pretty tired this afternoon so you will please excuse me if I do not, write a very intelligent letter. I recieved two letters from home yesterday dated 4th & 6th inst Tom brought them to me, he was pretty tired yet but is getting over the Diahrea. I am sorry to hear that you are still out of the [right page] Parsonage but hope you will soon get into it I think that I have got over the scurvy. The counterfeit bill came back safe, it is very pleasant today but will rain before long I think. I like my present position pretty well, I do not see much of Tom but the 40 cts a day extra is quite an advantage it is very confining but I do not have to drill or stand guard and if I stay permanently, hereafter I will have a good horse to ride. enclosed please find a little white flowers, they are the first Tennesee flowers that I ever saw. I found them growing in a crack in the precipice which overlooks Franklin, I am afraid that their beauty will be all gone but may be you can freshen them. Please give my love to Papa & Willie and keep a very large share for your self, write as often as you can to your Affectionate Son Edward. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p010.jpg) Mar. 13. ’63. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p011_bqnP231.jpg) not acted on yet in this command, when we first came here Gen Gilbert had command of all the troops, the day after Coburn was taken prisoner he did not have any authority he then had a [--]r Brigade given back to him, now he has a "Command" that is part of two Brigades or about six regiments, Maj. Gen. G. Granger is head man now, please write as often as you can give my love to Mama and Willie and keep a large share for yourself from your affectionate son E. M. H. H'd L'rs "Gilberts, Command" Franklin Tenn. M'ch 18th '63 Dear Papa I recieved another welcome letter from you this morning, in which you speak of the battle which took place here week before last. I wrote to you to let you know that Tom and I were safe, as the mail is so uncertain between here and Nash- it is possible you have not recieved the letter; our Co. did not go with the regiment Tom and I would not have gone if it had The reason the 124th did not engage in the fight is, Col. Coburn who was the Sr. Com'd'r ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p012_MrjlMAW.jpg) [left page] of the expedition ordered it to stay in the rear with the wagons, and after he was taken prisoner the next comm his successer says he did not know of the existence of the regiment I think the affair was pretty well mixed up. although I do not think much of Gen. Gilbert I must say he was obeying orders in sending out the expedition, I saw and copied several times the telegraphic order from Gen. Rose- to Gen. Gilbert it was a long one so I cannot give it all, but Gen. Rosecrans agreed to send a similar expedition from his command to cooperate with Gilberts, whether he did or not I do not know, he gave as a reason for the movement a desire to find out the strength of the enemy in our front I wrote most all the orders connected with it so that I know pretty well how the whole thing was managed. I suppose there is not much use for me to write this to you as the telegraph has probably told you all before this time, I wrote a letter to Mama about [right page] the second expedition towards Columbia, in which Tom and I took part. I was very tired and sick at the time so I suppose the letter was not a very intelligent one I have not been well for several weeks although I have always said I was, I dont know what ails me I have not got the diahrea nor fever. I suppose it is cold, last night and night before I was kept awake all night with the ear ear-ach. When I first came here as clerk I was told that I would get 40. cts a day extra but I understand now that Congress has passed a law depriving detailed men of all extra pay if this is true it is a very unjust law, for allthough I did not have much to do at first, I have very much to do now, my duties are very much greater and more respon sible than were while in the Company If Adjt Speed chooses to he can draw $75. per month to pay a clerk provide he ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p013_6hfMn5Y.jpg) hires a private citizen, I can keep much cleaner, and am not exposed to the rough weather as I was in the Co these are about the only advantages, I wish that I could describe to you our camp as it was when we first came here the natural beaty is all gone the trees. are being all cut down entrenchments thrown up, and the whole face of Nature is changed, it is quite warm today and the birds are filling the morning air with their beatiful songs, the other day I found a large patch of Myrtle in full bloom I gathered some of the flours and put them in a book to day, I will send them to Mama when sufficiently dried, tell her not to worry about us, I do not think there is much danger of our being killed and if we ever get wounded I think that we can get home, the "Adams" you speak of in letter was the one of whom I bought my plough, the order of Gen Rosecrans in regard to the Roll of Honor has been published but I believe ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p014_lEYl4KD.jpg) Camp near Franklin M'ch 24, 1'63 Dear Papa Since I wrote to you last week I have been quite sick, I believe in the letter I wrote I complained of feel- ing unwell, on Thursday afternoon I could not sit up and was awake nearly all night with a hot fever, I had the ear ache at the same time. Friday Adj. Speed sent for Dr Patterson, he gave me some pills and by & by sent the ambulance to take me down to Mr Bowkers tent which is ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p015_o3nVBYN.jpg) [left page] near the Hospital, he told Speed that he wanted to have me near him so that he could see me oftener, but the truth was Mr Bowker had offered to nurse me while I was sick, he has been very kind to me, he taken care of me as well he would of his own son, he put me in his own bed, and washed me clean and gave me clean cloths to put on and fixed me up first rate. I was so week that I could not do anything myself, he recieved box of things from home the other day and I have had a good share of them he would gets me my meals "when I can eat." him self. he toasts the bread so nice and brown and make such nice tea. and today he gave me some very nice boiled ham, if it had not been for his kindness I am afraid I would [right page] have been pretty sick by this time I do not know what ails I think probably it is fever brought on by a very hard cold. I have lost my hearing almost entirely. I am much better today the fever is broken and I can hear better than I could I am sitting up. but am pretty weak and and cannot not write very well, but I was afraid you would be anxious if you did not hear from me I am very much in- debted to Mr Bowker, and I wish you would write to him sometime, I have great reason to be thankful that such friends are given to me just when needed please give my love to Mama and write soon to your affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p017.jpg) your new home. how I would like to call and see you today. Mr. Bowker gave me a pair of socks. they were very acceptable as I had but one pair the others were stolen out of my knap- by some of our own Co. Give a great deal of love to Mama and Willie and keep a large share for yourself from your affectionate son E M. H. Camp near Franklin Tenn, March 26th, 1863 Dear Papa I forgot to mention in the letter I wrote to you day before yesterday that I had recieved two letters from you. one dated the 12th the other the 14th inst. they were a long time coming as usual, but very welcome when they did get here. the pepper is very acceptable. I have written in former letters about our chase after the rebles, to Duck river so it is hardly worthwhile to say much about that this time, in fact I don’t [text written upside down at bottom of page] Enclosed find a letter recieved from Ant a week or two ago it may interest you some. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p018_Q5JjCF2.jpg) [left page] feel much like writing about such things as the telegraph tells you all long before our letters could get to you I am much better today. getting well fast. I am very weak yet but the fever is broken. I was afraid at first that I was going to have a run of the Typhoid fever but I am clear from it now I think, I feel better today than I have felt for a long time back, I owe Mr Bowker a great deal for such kind care of me, if it had not been for him, I would have been taken to the Post Hosp' in Franklin. and the I don't know what would have become of me, I some times feel afraid that I will lose my place at H'd Q'r's by being away so long, but I hope not. the fever left me very hard of hearing, but my head is getting clear- er and I can hear much better today I think if I keep on improving that [right page] I will go back H'd Q'r's tomorro. If Gen. Gilbert is removed I should lose my place, for he has his staff chosen from the different regts of his command and when he is relieved they have to go back to thier regts. I am clerk for As'st Adj't Gen. Gen. K. Speed who is the Gen's con- fidential officer or a sort of Aid- he has been with Gilbert for a long time, and if he 'Gilbert' should merely have his Command changed he would would go with him, and possibly though not probable I might go too but I dont the Gen. will be removed now. I like, Granger much better than I do Gilbert he has spoken to me several times, not in a patronizing way as some do, but he spoke as if he was talking to a man, 'an equal' I well remember the first time I ever met him, I did not know ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p019_oj4cGhj.jpg) then who he was, though I saw by his shoulder straps that he was a Gen. he came into the room where I was one cool morning. "Good morning Corp. how does the cool weather suit you"? bustled up up the fire and commenced warming himself. "By the way Corp. have you get any tobac,?" I told he no I did not use the article, "Well Gilbert keeps the most temperet staff I ever saw I can't find any tobaco at all this morning. guess I'l have to send back to Nashville for an extra supply." I told him thought that hardly necessary as the secesh had plenty of it, all around, us here, "Well I'm going out to look around a little today, guess I'll confiscate some." The weather is very pleasant and warm today. The peach trees have been in bloom several days, I suppose by this time you are pretty well fixed up in ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p020_ekFa8bo.jpg) others spend but I think it is too much, I much obliged for my ac'ct and am surprise to find that I have so much, it is supper time and if I dont hurry I wont get any give my love to Mama & Wille. keep a large share for yourself. from your affectionate son E.M.H. H'd' Q'r's Gilbert Command In camp near Franklin Mch 29' Dear Papa By the heading of this you will see that I have returned to H'd' Q'r's. I left the hospital regiment this morn They all seemed very glad here to have me come back, and I think probably I shall stay as long as Gilbert has command I am almost entirely well only a little weak yet. I wish that I could say the same of Tom, he is in the hospital tent is very comfortably fixed up and well taken care of. but the diahrea still troubles him, I began to feel worried about him & ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p021_DA8Dboh.jpg) spoke to Dr. Patterson yesterday, & told him my fears but he speaks very encouragingly he says that although Tom does not feel so well now, it is because he is weak, and that he is realy getting well he has good food "which he has needed very much" and a warm bed and I think from what the Dr. said he will get well soon. I feel very thankful to the kind Providence who provided such kind friends for me when I was taken sick. I think if it had not been for Mr. Bowker I should have had a run of the fever, as Patterson said he would have sent me to the General Hospital if Mr Bowker had not volunteered to take care of me, I recieved your very welcome letter of the 20th yesterday you may be sure that I am glad to know that your at home at last. I also recd the one dated the 14th on the 24th which I believe I forgot to mention in my last [right page] letter. it would probably interest you to know that while you were writing the dated the 20th that I was haveing my worst night which I have had since I left home it was the first night that I had the fever, and I thought I should burn up I was alone in the tent with the exception of a little boy, who got me a cup of water early in the evening I was awake all night nearly, wasn't I home sick though[-] I never knew before what it was to be home sick but with returning health that feeling has all gone, I wish if Fairfield can sport an Anibiotype Saloon, that some day when you have time you and Mama would have your pictures taken and send them to me by mail, as it can be done safely. you can get a small double case, and have Mama's on one side and yours on the other, it would be the most convenient way for me to ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p022_Cs9QY0Z.jpg) carry them, I wanted such a picture very much before I came away, but didn't ask for it because I knew how Mama felt about having her picture taken but maybe the circumstances will change her feeling, "want it Mama?" I suppose you are having pretty cold weather in Ohio today, as the wind blows from the North most unpleasantly cool here, the peach trees have been in bloom for ever a week now and the other fruit trees begin to show signs of blossom, when you write please send me a dollar as I am out entirely. I have lent a little and cannot get it until pay day. I had hoped not to have to send for money but my boots need mend ing. and I cannot get it done with- out money. I have spent about six dollars since we were paid this is very moderate compenced to what ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p023_29tcyiL.jpg) March 30th Mama, ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F4_p024_8PWfQVo.jpg) March 30th (1863) Dear Mama The letter I wrote yesterday to Papa was too late for the mail so I thought I would write a note to you this morning. enclosed you will find some dried flowers, the myrtles I took from off the door of a home which was built in the precipice that over looks Franklin and on which our H'd Q'r's were es- tablished for a while, since I was taken sick they have moved to another camp. the white flowers [-] came from a crevice in the rock near the home they are very pretty when in full bloom, they all along the cracks in the rock, the were among the first Tenn. flowers that I over saw, I feel very well this morning, I have not seen Tom, yet I have but very little time so I cannot write much, with much love I remain Your affectionate son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p001_rCzQpiF.jpg) Apr. 1, 1863. am allright now. I feel quite like a soldier again, please write as often as you can even if you dont get my letters, give my love to Papa & Willie tell Willie to write and I will write to him as soon as I can get time. keep a good share for yourself, from your affectionate son Ed. H'd Q'r's Gilbert Command Franklin April 1st Dear Mama I received a letter from Papa dated the 24th yesterday. I have written several letter which you should have received by that time, and I dont see why they dont arrive, I am very sorry to hear that Papa is sick, he will have to be very careful, I hope by this time he is entirely well, again. Yesterday was the last day of Marrch, & a regular March day it was The wind blew very cold from the north, it would ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p002_cY3m2ak.jpg) [left page] rain ever once in while and on towards night quite a smart snow storm came up, but this morning the weather is beautiful, the sun is shining its brightest on the green fields, and the birds are making the woods ring with their beautiful songs, I saw Tom yesterday noon he is better, he says that the Diahrea is checked but I advised him to stay in the Hosp tent as long as he could, as he can get much better food there, I am almost entirely well except being a little weak yet. & have a pretty good appetite considering what I have to eat. my principal food is fried crackers. I generaly cook them myself. I take a lot of cracker and soak them a little, and then put them in a frying pan with a lot of grease. when they begin to fry I pour in some water and let them cook until all the water and grease [right page] are soaked this with a cup of strong coffee makes quite a palatable dish down here, but at home I could not go them, the pe

prehend an attack, if they do commence on us it will be with a superior force and there will be a terrible battle, for we are not in a very yeilding position. You speak in your last letter of the hopefull tone of the papers, and of the prophesy of the Tribune I wish I could think it will be so, we have had rumors here for several days that Charleston is taken if this is so I think the rebles will feel like giving up: when I enlisted I didn't expect to serve three years and don't now, yet who knows but I will have to, what changes have taken place since this time last year. how little I expected then to be where I am tonight. Clerk at the H'd Q'r's of a Brigadier admitted to almost all the secrets connected with the Command, just imagine me as I am tonight sitting in a large Wall Tent, boots blacked cloths brushed clean hands and face that would be white and [right page] nice if it wasn't for the March winds- hair combed as slick as can be," two or three camp stools scattering around a table with several large record books lying on it and myself sitting by it writing home on Uncle Sam's stationary. every thing is quiet out most of the boys have rolled up in their blankets for the night. our bugle sounded "lights out" long ago. but I of course can burn me a long as I please since I was sick my eyes have been weak and I will have to close now on that account. give my love to Mama Willie and Joe if he is at home keeping a large share for yourself, tell Joe that I wrote to him on the 2nd inst. "I believe," Your affectionate son Ewd M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p017.jpg) Apr. 9. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p018_mWtjt1G.jpg) Head Quarters "Gilberts Command" In camp near Franklin Tenn April 10th Dear Papa Although I mailed a letter to you this morning. I thought I would write a few lines tonight to let you know that Tom and I are safe so far. I sup- pose that you will know long before this reaches you all about the fight have had here today. I can't give you any of the particulars as I know nothing myself as late as it is in the evening. all I know is that the rebels had to retire a little faster than they came The 124th was not ordered out until about two hours ago, so Tom did not have a hand in it, he is with the regt. they are now down by the pontoon bridge where I suppose they will stay all night I cannot say that I engaged in the fight either as I didn't shoot any. They made me stay at H'd Q'r's to take care of our valuable papers &c. I can hardly tell how I felt as I sat on a stump in front of my tent watching the progress of the fight amidst the roar of Artillery & musketry and the cheers or yells rather. of both parties, this is the hard part of my office I have to stay behind. and cannot take an active part and still have a chance of being hit occasionally; the rebels succeeded in throwing but one solitary shell over into our breastworks ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p019_evxhu1h.jpg) [left page] it came shrieking through the air and struck about forty rods from where I was right among some of our amunition wagons fortunately it didn't explode or we would rather a premature celebration of the Fourth. about 15 min. after the first fireing a half a dozen riderless horses came rushing at through our camp, two or three of us succeed in capturing one by my tent his saddle and glossy coat were covered with the blood of his rider the saddle was still warm, he was a fine look- ing animal, worth a little trouble to catch I think it is likely the enemy will pitch into us again tomorrow if they do it will be doubtful about your getting this letter. but still I thought I would risk it. there were about thirty prisoners brought to our H'd Q'r's an hour or two ago. they were a hard looking set their cloths all in rags no uniform, and they looked as if they had lived on nothing for a long time, one was wounded his face head and hands were terribly cut up he looked horrible with the blood running out of his mouth and from several cuts on his face one ball or piece of shell struck him right in the mouth yet in spite of all this he did not become helpless until a short time ago, I could not but pity the poor misguided men in spite of their crimes; there were some [right page] fine looking countenances among them, it is late and I am very tired tonight, with love to all, from your affectionate son EM Hayhurst April 11th 1863 Dear Papa All is quiet here this morning. no signs of the enemy yet. the 124th crossed the river this morning, and have gone to the front Tom, is with them our men have just gone out to bury the dead. what the loss on both sides is we don't know yet A rebel Major who was taken prisoner says that they thought that most of our force had retired, and concluded it would be a good chance to take what was here. but they were most decidedly mistaken I have a very hard head ache this morning. so that I can- not write much, give my love to all. and write often to your affectionate son Ewd M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p020.jpg) Apr. 10, 11. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p021.jpg) [text rotated counterclockwise at top of page, to the right of letterhead] as long as Gilbert has command, by putting the regt. down in one corner of the envelope they will know where to send if his command is broken up, give my love to all, keep a good share for yourself your affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst [text rotated counterclockwise at top left of page, below letterhead] I saw Tom a few min ago he is very well, he recd a letter from Willie yesterday [letterhead with image of soldier and American flags] “WE HAVE BEAT OUR LAST RETREAT” [main body of letter] “No 1” Head Quarters “Gilberts Command” Franklin Tenn, Ap’l 11th Dear Mama I dont know whether it is going to pay for me to write every day, but as I am not very busy just now I may as well write as do nothing I think one or more of my letters written just after I began to get well must have misscarried. that we may know certainly hereafter I will commence numbering them again, and make this No 1. I had so much to think of and attend to when we firt came to Frank that I got the numbers confused and gave up the practice, I shall keep a ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p022_vutSg7v.jpg) regular account after this, yesterday I was delighted by receiving a letter from you, and two from Papa, one of his written on the 3rd and the others on the 5th you were very excusable in not writing sooner I knew very well how much you would have to do in fixing up your new home and didn't expect one any sooner your letter was very interesting and welcome, I can form a pretty good idea how things look in Fairfield I very well remember that walk which which we took last Sum- mer and I hope we will have the pleasure of visiting that beauti- full place again some day. I am not so much separated from Tom, as I was, our H'd Q'r's are much near the 124th than they were, we were for time on the hill which overlooks Franklin, but are now about 300 yards ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p023_te8MXCa.jpg) north and on the side of the hill if my tent had been where it was before I was taken sick, that shell which the rebels threw over our breastworks would have passed thru it. I am about as far from Tom as our old home in Elyria is from the Church, and can see him almost every day. The Regiment came in this morning, but I have not seen him yet, I am glad you talk of pay- ing Grandma a visit I think you ought to go. you certainly cannot have a better time. you will remem- ber I spoke in one of my letters of the beaty of the valley in which Fraklin lies. those fields have become the scene of blood conflict many a mangled body both of the rebels and [---] [---] has been streched on them. I presume most of the dead were gathered up yesterday, but we ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p024_ttT5sJC.jpg) have had no information yet at these H'd Qrs of the loss on either side, the enemy must have lost many more than we did, as our Siege guns continued to shell them long after they cease firing in place one of the Orderlies saw the remains of 5 rebels all killed by the same shell one of them nothing was left from the waist up, This is a beautifull morning, we had rain enough last night to lay the dust and start the foliage ahead, I wish you could be here just to here the birds sing, they not only sing early in the morning but keep it up till almost noon and then commence again by the middle of the afternoon. there is great variety some I never heard before. When you write again please direct to H'd Q'rs. I think I shall stay here now ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p025.jpg) [text rotated counterclockwise at top of page] April 15th 63 Dear Papa, I am very sorry that this didn’t get mailed this morning I didn’t seal it last in hopes that I would see Tom this morning so that I could tell you how he was, but he did not come and had so much to attend to that I forgot to put it in with our other mail in when it went off, I saw Tom this afternoon he is in fine spirits, says he feels first rate, I hope and realy think he has got entire- ly well, I have felt much better today than I did yesterday; if that box has not started, I wish you if you can get such a things you would send me 2 pr. of cotton socks, & a colored pocket handkerchief, silk of you can get it these things are not absolutely necessary but would come handy, a small cloths brush also would be very useful as long as I am at Hd Qr’s about six inches long would be the most convenient size I think I shall stay here permanently, now, Lt. Speed told me he was going to have a desk and table made made for my own use, & wanted to know what [main body of letter] “Head Quarters” April 14th/63 Dear Papa Another welcome letter came today, dated the 7th and con- training the balance of that dollar I foolishly wrote for. and to make worse I can’t get my boots mended after all. as that shoemaker has “played out” for want of leather the change will tho’; I expect I am glad to hear that you had such a pleasant visit in the country I do’n’t remember what I was doing ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p026.jpg) [text rotated counterclockwise on left side of page] kind of one I would like, this looks [---] like its, I suppose I will never get any extra pay as [main body of text] Congress did pass that law, unjust I think of course that day, I am also glad to hear that the church has commenced so well with you and hope they will keep it up, I too wish that Mama could be here if it the rebels were a good ways off, not to mend my breeches but to enjoy the beautifull weather &c &c—: we have had April showers all day to day with warm sun shine between them its is aston- ishing what an effect they have had on vegetation – I hope that box will come through safe – its contents will be very acceptable, as such things as you will probably send are not to be had here for any price within[-] our means, and then the fact that it comes from home will add very much to its value. I expect to send my money before long as there are some Officers ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p027_NkqcSYi.jpg) from the 124th going North soon, and if I can't send it by them I will by our H'd Q'r Quartermas- ter send to Nashville for a draft on a northern bank. as he frequent ly goes there; the pepper is very acceptable, Cayenne is the best I think to send by mail, "black eyed Susy" is the young woman who used to work for Mrs Lamedin, I can't think of her name just now Tom is out on picket today he was very well yesterday when I last saw him. You must excuse this letter I don't feel very well this afternoon, I have taken cold again and my eyes are weak it is strange how easy I take cold, I almost forgot to tell you that I bought a new Cap yester- day. it is such a cap as they used ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p028_iqdCoWW.jpg) to sell in Cleveland, for $1.75 I paid $1.00 for it it has been worn a little but with an oil cloth cover on, so it is al- most as good as new. the owner had just received a new hat from home and did'nt want to keep both, my old cafe looks very shabby the glazing on the visor has all peeled off, and it has begun to fade very much I thought it was worth a dollar to look a little bedter, considering the persons I have to meet with now. With love to all I remain Your affectionate son EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p029_6quYgvj.jpg) Head Quarters "Brig. Gen. Gilberts Command" Franklin Tenn. Apl. 18th 1863 Dear Joe Your very welcome letter came to day only three days in coming through, this is the best time any letter have made yet. you may be sure I was glad to hear of your pleasant visit home, how I wish I could have been there too, I remember the boy you speak of very well but cannot think of his name, Tom brought your picture down for me to look at I think it a very good one, your new suit improves your looks very much. We had quite a fight here last week. the rebs heard that we had only 2,000 men here and thought it would very fine if they could make a dash on the place and take us all prisoners, but when they came to try it they found themselves very much mistaken, and were glad to get off as cheap as they did. it was rather noisy here for an hour or two, with our big guns bang- ing away. & the rattle of muskets and carbines, and the yells and hurrahs of the men, I sat on a stump in front of my tent "I have one all to myself now" watching them fight they succeeded in throwing one solitary shell over our breastworks it came shrieking throug the air and struck a short distance from where I sat but did not explode, one of their riderless horses came galloping up past where I was, two or ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p030.jpg) three of us managed to catch him, he was a splendid animal, his saddle was covered with the still warm blood of his late rider. I had to stay near my tent take care of the valuable papers we keep in it, or I would have had a hand in the row. I have not time to write any more just now. give my love to all friends and keep a good share for yourself, from Your Affectionate Brother Ewd M. Hayhurst When you answer this tell me about Brookes I care much about them of course but then I would like to know how they are getting along E. M. H. Direct to Ewd M. Hayhurst Gen. Gilberts H’d Q’rs Franklin Tenn. [text rotated clockwise in lower right corner of page] Apr. 18. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p031.jpg) [text rotated counterclockwise on left side of page] sociable. give my love to all and keep a good share for yourself from [main body of text] your affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst Tell Mama I had quite a time darning my stockings this morning, I have moved my bed into the Office, and have a very fine time now. Speed treats me better & better every day, & the old General, is getting to be quite Head Quarters April 18th ’63 Dear Papa Yours of the 12th arrived about an hour ago, you may be sure I was glad to hear you are all as well as you are and hope your cold will not trouble you much. I also recd a letter from Joe today it was mailed the 15th being only a few hours over three days on the route, Tom recd one from you dated the same as mine I hope that box will come safe I do not look for it before histhe last part of next week such things dont always come through very quick, I think you made a very good selection, packing it ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p032_fm7jdkY.jpg) we need fruit very much, and what you have sent will do us a great deal of good. you will have some idea how much we need such things when I tell you that I took some onions sliced them up and fried them in grease & eat them on my crackers eagerly as I would stewed apples at home, they very smell of them when I was at home would have made me sick, I got them from Dr. Black our Med, Director, he had procured a quantity from the Sanitary Com's'n, for the use of the Regimental hospitals in our Command and as he and I are very good friends I managed to secure about a dozen, I know have done me much good, I wrote a letter to you the of the fight here, telling all was well and have written several since, you do not mention a letter which I sent to Mama some time ago en- ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p033_d6dbQU2.jpg) closed in an O.B. envelope I sent it that way so that the Order which was enclosed with should be crumpled up. it should have arrived before now In the letter which Joe sent he says "I have sent Tom one of my pictures if you want to see it you can by calling at his residence" this was not neces- sary however, as he brought it to me I think his new suit improves him very much the picture is a very good one, I hope you are begining to have pleasant weather up north, it is un- comfortably warm today. and I feel decidedly lazy this afternoon, they are spoiling the beauty of our camp very much now. Cutting down all the trees so that the rebels cannot use them for protection in case they attack us, rumor says the enemy sent word to Granger that that they had recd reinforcements and ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p034_GpFZB0k.jpg) and that he could have three days to leave, if we do not retire before th at the expiration of that time we must take the consequences. Granger has concluded to wait and see what the consequences are first our time was out last night but I guess they have concluded make it a Sunday's Job to whip us out; if you come accross a small map of the Southern states which you can send in a letter I wish you would send it, I of want to refer to a good map it is hardly necessary for you to send me and stationary at present as we have a good supply here belonging to Uncle Sams a[-]d as he has cut down my wages I intend to make him furnish me with spaper [--] I asked for some postage stamps in a letter sent some time ago, if you have not sent them please do so in your next ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p035_JmswPaI.jpg) Head Quarters April 21st, 1863 Dear Joe Your package of envelopes came yesterday and paper today all safe, you cannot think how much pleased I am with them, al- though I have Uncle Sams station- ary to use here, all that I want it is not near so good as what you have sent me, and then the idea that it came from you makes it doubly valuable, I received a letter from Papa, saying that had forwarded that box, it is probably at Nashville ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p036_j6a8oeH.jpg) and as Bullock is there today looking for one for himself he will probably get it for us, if he don't I have lots of chances to send f[--] it by Officer from H'd Q'r's. I had quite a holiday yesterday afternoon, Adjt Speed the Officer for whom I am Clerk told me to saddle a horse and he would show me a way to get through the pickets so that I could visit knob about a mile from our quarters on which our Signal Corps is established it is almost as high as that ridge we used to go to on the other side of the Susquehanna when we lived at Lewisburg it is round and just in the centre of the valley in wich we are camped which is 8 or 10 miles accross, I had a firt rate ride my horse looks a good deal like Lars little mare, and he is first rate fellow to canter so I didn't have to spur him at all I rode him clear to the lip, it was hard work ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p037_jgOFDuH.jpg) for him but I thought he would like the view as much as I would. The prospect was most splendid just imagine yourself on the top* of a hill about 1/4 of a mile high looking down on a valley about 8 miles across. the plantations of wheat corn and cotton - with here and there a clump of trees and hansom resi- dence made a most beautiful picture the corn is just beginning to come up and the brown fields formed a very pretty contrast to the green wheat, the soil is very rich, and the foliage has almost all come out the side of the hill is covered with blue sheep sorrell and what we used to call wild sweet potatoes they were in full bloom, and looked splendid, I gatherd some to send to Mama, I am drying them in one of my big books, our camps and fortifications are on the south side of this hill and the fort dwindles down to a mole hill * it is about 200 feet across and cleared of all shrubbery ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p038_NVIP0XZ.jpg) when looked at from a place so high up in the world. The weather has been very pleasant for a day or two back but a thunder storm is coming up this afternoon. we have some pretty hard storms here, last Saturday night I began to think my tent was going to leave me, the wind blew so hard, and then how it thundered, it made a good deal more noise that our Cannon, Give my love to all friends keeping a large share for yourself and write soon to your Affectionate brother Ewd M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p039_3DQfRdm.jpg) as he was out with the regiment. The stamps came safe, for which I am much obliged, Joe sent me a package of envelopes they are very good ones, and as I have plenty of letter paper it will hardly be necessary for you to send me any more just now in your letters. Give my love to Mama & Willie, and keep a good share for Head Quarters yourself, from your affectionate son April 21st Dear Papa- EMH <1863> 6 A.M. Your letter of the 14th came in yesterdays mail, I am sorry that you and Mama worry so about us I know when ever you hear of a fight here, I know it is natural for you to feel anxious, but I wish you to under- stand that if either of us should be hurt you would know it just as soon as the telegraph could tell you. for you know I have much more in- fluence here, in regard to such ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p040_4sJKOxC.jpg) things than even Co. officer's and I pretty sure I could get a dispatch through, but I hope such a thing will not be necessary. I hardly know how to say how precious the contents of that box will be if it ever reaches us. I think you could not have made a better assortment. I am sorry I wrote that letter now about send- ing things. I did mean such cakes as you put in for they will keep and I know will be very beneficial the dried beef will be a luxury. I hardly expect we will get the box before the last of the week. as transporta- tion, even by express is rather slow in 'Dixie.' I had quite a holiday yesterday afternoon, Lieut Speed heard me express a wish to visit a 'knob' about a mile from our quarters [--] which our Signal Corps is stationed, and from which ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p041_f5KPI3y.jpg) and extensive view of the country can be had. so yesterday morning he told me I could have the afternoon to myself and if I would saddle a horse he would show me a way to go by which I could get through the pickets, imagine me therefore cantering away across the green fields, on a pretty, little, brown horse some thing like the one Lar, had when I left home, and then slow ly climbing up the side of the hill it was hard work for the horse, but when we got to the top, Oh! how beau- tiful. the hill is in the centre of a circular valley. about 8 miles across the top which is about 100 feet in diam- eter has been cleared of all srubbery &c. so that we have an unlimited view of the splendid scene at our feet I wish I could give you a good discrip- tion of it. the soil is very rich and the ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p042_3Pr22sl.jpg) plantations of Cotton Corn & wheat with here and there a patch of woods, and beautiful residence, pre- sent a fine appearance at this season our Camps and fortifications are on the South side of this hill, here the natural beauty is all gone, most of the trees have be cut down so as give free scope to our Cannon and to prevent the enemy from using them for protection, the little eminence dwindles to the size of a mole hill, when you stand on the top of the knob the hill side is covered with little flowers some of which I have put in a book to press for Mama, please find enclosed some, they will be all wilted I expect before you get them. I had most delightful ride, the air was very clear, and there was just breeze enough to make it comfortable. I went alone, Tom could not go ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p043_yaituG7.jpg) Head Quarters April 22nd 1863 Dear Papa Your note saying that you had forwarded the box and taken a receipt arrived yesterday. I expected you would send me the receipt, but I presume it is not necessary for me to have it or you would have done so I presume that the box is at [-]k. Capt Bullock went there yesterday to look for a box sent to him, and I suppose if he sees ours he will bring it with him if it is not too much trouble. if he does not I can send by our Div. Qr. Mr. who goes there frequently and would be glad to oblige ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p044_u272jyD.jpg) me, I have no fears but what we will get it, if the rebels do'n't. Thinking it might possibly reach you before you closed the box, I wrote a letter speaking of sending me some things, I am sorry for it now, for I expect you will think I realy need them, which is not the case. Yesterday I bought a new pair of boots, I paid $2.00 and Lt Corran of whom I got them owed me $1.00 so they cost just $3.00. they are almost new, and are such as would cost in Cleveland $6.00 so I think I made a pretty good bargain, shoes would suit me better in Summer, but such as I would want to wear cannot be had here for less than three times their value, and then if I have to ride much boots are the best We had a rainy day yesterday but this morning the sun is rising clear and bright and the birds are as musical as ever. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p045_SvwOeb5.jpg) We have had considerable skirm- ishing on the picket lines, this morning, but no regular fight yet I dont know whether the rebels intend to pitch in to us again or not but I guess not. if they do we are ready for them. Joe, very kindly sent me some station ary. part of which I use in this letter Uncle Sam does not furnish note paper and his envelopes are not so good as these Joe sent me, so that it is very acceptable, I saw Tom last night he has the diahrea again, I am very well, Please give my love to Mama & Willie, keep a large share for yourself from Your affectionate son EM. Hayhurst "The Qr Mrs Clerk just told me that the Express AgCort always sends boxes right through as they are not allowed to keep any quantity on hand in N- and that I will get it just as soon as it comes to N- Bullock came on this mornings train. he didn't see it there ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p046_ZhvAdaO.jpg) Head Quarters April 22nd 1863 Dear Mama I received a letter from Papa to day saying that he had received mine written since the fight here, I will send this by Lt. B. W. Kerfoot [-]24th Ohio to Ohio, where he will mail it to you. I think this about the safest way to send my money at present, which you will find enclosed, $10,00 belongs to Tom & $20.00 to myself with love to all I close in haste Your Affectionate son Ewd. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p047.jpg) [text rotated counterclockwise at top of page] scrap, it interesting because, Cleves is the little town back of North Bend which I used to visit last summer occasionally, and I remember reading it a long time ago, these papers will furnish me with reading f in my leisure hours for several days, Enclosed please find some flowers which I from the side of the mound which I visit ed last Monday, the familiar flowers but are of interest on account of the place they came from, they are for you Mama! I have some that are not dry yet which I never saw before I met them in Tenn, the are [main body of letter] H’d Qrs, April 26th 1863 Dear Papa & Mama It is now four days since I wrote to you, the last was a note to Mama contianing $30.00 “our money” I gave it to Lieut Kerfoot 124th Ohio. who was to mail it when he reached the free states, he is a gentlemen and an Officer in the full sence of the words, so that I expect you will receive it by tomorrow night or Thuesday at furthest,my reason for not writing before today is, I wanted to hear [---]from the box first, it reached Franklin day before yesterday morning, coming strait through in very good time, but owing to the meanness of Bullock ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p048.jpg) we didn’t get it ‘till today, I couldn’t leave the Office to go over an look for it, and Bullock would not let Tom go. he “Bullock” was at the Express Office yesterday and day before and said that it wasn’t there what his object in doing so was I can’t tell, but it is a fair sample of his character, today he went out on Picket, Tom came up to Hd Qr’s and I got a pass for him, he went over to town and brought the box up to my tent, everything came perfectly safe and good, although it was all unpacked at Louisville by the “Military” You cannot im- agine our feelings as unpacked it this afternoon, and there is no use for me to try and discribe them the cakes are splendid and I know they will do us good. the apples are not specked but very little, Tom’s <(syrup> [text rotated counterclockwise on left side of page] very beautiful, but difficult to press so as to look natural I will send them as soon ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p049_Ybd81Mm.jpg) pleased him very much as the diahrea has troubled him again for the last few days, though not very much, The dried beef is very fine, th[--] is much more than Tom and I can dispose of, I cut off a piece and gave it to Adjt. Speeds cook, as Speed and the General mess together you can flatter yourselves with the idea that have furnished one of the dishes for the Generals supper tonight. The butter is quite a luxury but that kettle, how could you part with it. you may be assured that I will keep it as long as I can, the handkerchiefs and socks have been need very much lately and of course they will come handy Tom and I are going to have a fine supper tonight he is going to make so slap-jacks of some is all, your affectionate son EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p050_fYWeEBu.jpg) wheat flour and baking powder he has and I am going to take some of the butter and the can of blackberries up to his tent. where whe can enjoy it by our selves as the most of the [-] are on Picket we pitch into to the blackberries first because the can is [---]ised in one place and had commenced to [--]k a very little you may be are very much obliged to you for all the good things they are not only luxuries but will do us much real good, I received a letter from Willie and one from papa, Tom received one from Pap and one from Mama, they all came today, the reason I thought some of mine had misscarried is I sent one to Mama enclosed in an O.B. envelope and with it a duplicate of the order which made me Clerk you do not mention it so I suppose it was lost in looking over some of the papers with which you packed the box I came across the enclosed ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p051_3YpH6bh.jpg) Head Quarters April 30th /63 Dear Mama I suppose that you wondered why my last letter, written last Sunday was directed by Tom. I wrote it in the evening and did not seal it, as I could not mail it 'till the next morning hoping thinking I might possibly have something to add, in the morning I was so sick that I couldnt do anything. I had been feeling unwell for several days with a little diahrea once in while and Sunday night those pan cakes of Tom's finished me. if I had eaten less of them and more of your ginger cakes I ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p052_dcjX9YP.jpg) wouldn't have been sick. the Dr. said I had a very severe attack of Dysentery he took me up to the Hosp tent and fixed me up first rate. I returned to duty today as the Hosp, is not a pleasant place in Summer. I am not entirely well, am pretty weak, but I can buy soft bread and with some of your nice canned fruit will do very well I think. Tom is very well, he is get ting fat fast, his bowels, are lose but that is almost universally the case in the Army. so it can't be called the d[-]ake[-], he is in fine spirits and enjoys the contents of the box very much. I am going to give most of those bandages and compresses to Dr Patterson, he says it is very hard to get such good articles now and would be glad to have them, One of the boys in Co. "E" accidentally shot himself this morning he is a ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p053_odUl5jY.jpg) first rate fellow. a frenchman can't speak english. Bullock for some reason, or no reason at all refused to lend him a fall screw to draw his load but ordered him to clean it <'the gun'> any how while he was doing this a spark ac- cidentally got into the tube setting fire to to the cpowder and blowing the whole charge burnt powder and all through. his foot. it entered on the inside of the top and came out on the out side of the bottom, making a very dangerous wound. Patterson told me that as he was a stout healthy man he may recover, but is afraid he will have amputate it on account of the powder, I got the Generals Cook to [-]ast one of those apples you sent and had it for dinner today you better believe it and the butter went good, they charge $.25 for two apples about the size of the smallest you sent and not half, so good. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p054_lYg5KsK.jpg) I received a letter from Joe today he says Dr Catlin is coming here as Act. Ass't Surgeon. I hope I can meet him once in awhile so that I can bother him a little. We are to be mustered for pay today again will probably be paid the latter part of next month. I had to get Tom to put those flowers in the letter I dont know whether he fixed them so the wouldn't break or not. but I couldnt do it myself, I will have to close now as I am pretty tired, give my love to all, keep a good share for your self and write as often as you can to your Affectionate Son Ew M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p001.jpg) [text rotated upside down at top of page] I was not home sick this last spell. [remaining body of lettter] Head Quarters May 1st 1863 Dear Papa I received your letter dated April 25th and was glad to hear that you are getting along with your garden so well, I wish I was there to help you. dont you think you are doing most to much for other folks. or is North Fairfield a place of business, enough for me when I get out of the Army, it has always been my wish to settle in some, small good business place, where we could live together again. I hardly know whether I shall follow the joiners trade again or not, it will depend very much on circumstances You wonder whether we will ever enjoy the fruits of your garden, I hope so, some how I have felt lately, “with- out any particular reasons for it either” that the war was rapidly drawing to a close. what do you think ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p002_NFLHVpc.jpg) about it Tell Mama that I tried her way of cooking dried beef and found didn't have to be forced down. I found a good place on the Gen's Cook's stove and cooked it in my tin plate, as it was stewing the flavor reminded me of home. and I could hardly keep from commencing to eat until it was done, I was afraid to eat much on account of my weak stomach, but it is getting better every day. I feel very well this afternoon. this morning I opened the can of peaches, I believe they are the finest I ever tasted, they with some toast and butter made a fine breakfast for a convalesent Gilberts whole command went out about two oclock this morning to try a get the rebels into a fight. but returned before 9 without doing any thing. Our Cavalry made a bold and successful dash at the enemy a few day ago, which I guess made them [right side of page] squirm some, I suppose, you have already heard about through the papers. I have plenty of stationary now except note envelopes, those which you sent me being used up. Joe sent me some common envelopes and Uncle Sam keeps a good supply on hand besides Tom says Dr Catlin has arrived I haven't seen him. Tom is well and enjoys his dried beef very much, Gen. Gilbert is getting to be quite so- ciable to me. yesterday just after I got back from the Hosp. I met he enquired particularly how I was. and expressed himself very much pleased that I was better and had got back again I have been very busy today and am tired, so will have to stop. give my love to Mama & Willie keeping a good share for yourself from Your Affectionate son EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p003_Kdm8ICh.jpg) Head Quarters May 2nd '63 Dear Joe I received your last dated Ap'l 28th today, and the one dated two or three days yesterday you need not appolog- ize for the brevity of your letters always write as often as you can as I am anxious to keep posted in Elyria news, and you tell me things which others donot. You ask for some secesh trophies I have been on the look out for something interesting for you ever since we came here but have come across nothing yet worth sending: if we ever get into a big battle here I will be sure and get something, if I don't get ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p004.jpg) [column 1] killed, genuine Secesh money. as rather hard to get. here our soldiers have a great deal that was made in the north, and I suppose of course you dont want that, when I find some genuine I will send it. I am afraid you have, a wrong idea of my office, my rank is no higher that it was in the Company. I in fact I have no rank at all. I am simply “Hayhurst,” but I have much more influence, I have better times now than even Capt Bullock. I al- ways have the “Countersign” and “Parole” as I have to write them for the Brigades I have a “Nigger” too, he is Lt. Speeds waiter, and does a great deal for me, he is a smart, intelligent jolly fellow, not very black, he is learning to read now. and says, if ever I get a furlough to go home, he will go along, if I can get him a pass. I am sorry to hear that you dont like Mr. Griswold, you must try [column 2] and get along though. you are in a good place to get a good business education, and if you spend your leisure time study instead of playing with the boys you wont be sorry for it when you get to be a man. try and save all the money you can, so that you will have something to begin with when you are of age. The weather is getting to be quite warm now, I like it very much warm weather just suits me we have lots of different kinds of trees and birds here that I never saw in the north, the birds are very pretty and fill the air with music: We got the box the folks sent me, and have enjoyed the things very much. Give my love to all friends and write soon to your Affectionate brother E M Hayhurst [text rotated counterclockwise at end of letter] Never show my letters to any one as I dont like to have strangers see them ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p005_S1wA1yE.jpg) No. 9 or 10 I forget which Head Quarters May 4th 1863 Dear Papa I received another welcome letter from you yesterday, I was glad to hear that you are all getting along so pleasantly. I sometimes hope tho' it is foolish to do so that we will be at home late in the fall to enjoy some of the products of your garden, the tea was very acceptable I used half of it last night and half this morning it was very refreshing I'm much obliged for the copies these are some very good forms among them, Yesterday morning I did not feel very well and in the afternoon Lieut Speed told me if I wished to ride out that I could go and stay till dark if I wanted to he gave me a pass to Franklin so that I might go there if I wanted to, so I got the darkie to saddle up for me and I started for the knob first I had a very pleasant ride the weather was splendid I went around to the north side of the hill, away from all signs of the "Military" after picketing my horse where he could graze, I lay down in the shade where I could have a full view of the country, how I thought of 'home" I did'nt wish to be there par- ticularly but I did wish you were with me to enjoy the splendid scene which lay before me ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p006_3wNmBNe.jpg) This was a very quiet pleasant way of spending Sabbath afternoon. compared to the way I generaly have to do I collected quit a bunch of pretty blue flowers which decorates this morning. I also found some vines which run up on the locust trees they bear a large red and yellow flower. I think I have seen them about Baligo. I got back to camp about half past six, and felt much better for my ride. how I do love to ride horse back, there is something so exhilerating about we dont ride very slow down here, when we mount a horse he supposes he has got to do his best "at least the one I ride does" I have to keep checking him all the time instead of using the spur. Tom came to see me last night after 'tattoo' and we opened the can of Currant's they are most delicious we enjoyed them very much. We take things very quiet here considering the man are kept pretty busy on the fortificiations, and do but very little drilling. the enemy have a strong force, with which they threaten us a great deal, our Generals want to fight, and I expect am looking every morning for the commencement of a terrible battle, I wish it would come and be over with the suspence is very trying. Tom is well and I am improving, Give my love to all. I must close, as I have all my reports to make yet and, will not [right side of page] have time to write any more before the mail leaves Your Affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst (We are to be paid again pretty soon) ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p007_2ZqrYLk.jpg) May 4. [written vertically on the left margin] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p008_1V5VS4I.jpg) Head Quarters May 5th 1863 Dear Mama You cannot imagine how surprised and pleased I was, when your letter came in the mail, I expected one from home, but not written by you your letter are very precious, and I always feel hap pier after reading them all the letters I received are welcome, but one from you or Papa is worth ten from any other source, I get some pretty good letters once in a while from Mr. Leonard, I got one from Hannah yesterday in answer to the first one I wrote to her, about ten days ago, Cyrus and Austin write frequent- ly, so that with Reza and Joe I have about all the letter writing I care to attend to. If it was'nt for Uncle Samuels kindness in furnishing me with stationary I don't know what I would do, I am glad to hear you had such good meetings on fast day, I dont remember what I did that day, there was no drilling or working on the trenches but I did not hear of any religious exercises. I anticipated your wish to a certain extent with regard ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p009_9Vr0KCV.jpg) to Joe, he intimated in one of his letters that he didn't like Mr. Griswold much, I said all I could to encourage him to keep on, as he could learn a great deal about business where he [-]and I also urged him to be studious and saving in his expenditures. I am very glad you gave him those cloths of mine, I never would be able to wear them, and they cost to much to be idle, it pleases me much to think they are of any use; and while I think of it in fixing up our new home Papa will very likely need some tools, I don't want my 'kit' to the idle if they can be of any use. You want to know what my bed is, well imagine four stakes driven into the ground about as high as a chair, and as far apart as the feet of our old couch, and two strips laid accross the shortest way, and on these some boards about six feet four inches long, on these I have one layer of grain sacks which I got from some of the Adjt waiter I some times have my blanket under and sometimes over me, according to the weather, as the nights are mostly cool, I, generaly have half under and half over, this is rather a hard bed, but unless I am quite unwell I sleep sound, I could get hay but prefer not to have it my bed is clean that is the great advantage. I saw Tom today at noon, he had been out on picket all night and was pretty tired. he [facing page] received a letter from Papa today. In a letter to Papa I enclosed some more flowers for you, the white ones grow along the shore of the creek, and the blue ones on the side of the 'knob' they are Tennessee flowers, at least they are new to me. The tea which you sent is very acceptable I will make some for supper tonight I cannot write a very long letter today as I am very tired Adjt Speed went to Nashville yesterday and returned today. this put me on double duty for awhile, please give my love to all and write soon as convenient to your Affectionate son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p010_FY8NQll.jpg) May 5. [written vertically on left margin] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p011_tmjx3Hj.jpg) Head Quarters May 8th 1863 Dear Papa Yours of the 30th April & May 1st was received today, I dont feel like writing this afternoon so you must not expect a very good letter, day before yesterday we packed up and moved over to this, the south side of Franklin, it was a most unpleasant cold and rainy day, and so was all day yesterday. I had a great deal of riding to all the morning while we were moving, and considerable writing all the afternoon, the cold rain yesterday together with[-] the diahrea with which I am troubled a little make me feel rather blue today, altho' it is one of the most pleasant we have had this spring. I was very fortunate in getting our box into the wagon with our dirk &c, so that we didn't lose any thing. our present camp is a very pleasant one but I dont think we will stay in it long, I expect we will go back soon to our old place behind the fortifications. I saw Tom this morning; he was well and in fine spirits in spite of the bad weather The papers bring us some very encouraging news from our armies it makes a great many talk about going home in the Fall, I feel as if the war cannot hold out much longer, we have heard all this afternoon, heavy cannonadeing in the direction of Murfreesboro, there are rumors in Camp of a battle going on about ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p012.jpg) ten miles from here at Triune. The tea which you sent is very acceptable, after useing that sent in previous letters, I noticed my diahreo was not so bad the next day, I have tried to find out what caused the trouble, but cannot it commenced before the box came. at first I think the contents of the box with some soft bread which I got helped it some but now it is as bad as ever. I dont feel weak, but it is very unpleasant and inconvenient I have tried the cinnamon which you sent, and hope by continued use of it to cure myself in a short time. Please excuse a short letter as I have nothing to write about give my love to Mama and Willie, keep a large share for yourself, from Your Affectionate son Ewd M. Hayhurst [text rotated counterclockwise at bottom of page] I am glad to hear of the safe arrival of our money – When you write please send me some note envelopes if you can get them, as I have used up those you sent some time ago. E.M.H. May 9th we have moved back to our old camp I feel first rate this morning. the firing which we heard yesterday was at Brentwood between here and Nashville. we dont know what it was for yet. E. M. H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p013_Utkxkvf.jpg) May 8. [written vertically along left side] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p014_C8tSYyp.jpg) Head Quarters May 11th 1863 Dear Papa I received your letter of the 5th inst yester- day. - I am glad to hear that you are all well, Tom and I are both very well now he is falling up fast and keeps up first rate spirits. I have got over the diahrea, and begin to pick up some every thing came safe in the box if the Board of Ex- aminers at Louisville took anything it must have been two or three bunches of those ginger cakes you , have very little idea how much good the box did us, everything kept good, we didnt lose any thing, we used the last of the butter the other day and it was as sweet as when first put into the kettle the cakes did me a great deal of good you know I always did like them, if I hadn't had them I think I would have been much worse than was when I was sick, I gave most of the linnen, and bandages to Dr. Patterson's they said that such clean articles were very hard to get. Gen. Granger received a telegram yesterday. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p015_I5xka8W.jpg) saying that 30,000 of our troop had occupied you cannot think how anxiously we are waiting for a confirmation of this news. if it is time I think we will be at home next Winter. Every thing goes on as usual here, the work on the fortifications still goes on rapidly, I have been pretty busy the last two or three days, but don't have on an average enough to do. The weather is warm and very pleasant to me Yesterday afternoon Mr. Booker baptized a soldier. I didn't know anything about it until it was all over with if I had known it I wouldn't have missed being present for anything. It is almost six O'clk and I have not had my breakfast yet and wont get any If I don't go now after breakfast I must make out my usual reports and by the time I get them done it will be time for the mail to leave. Give my love to Mama and Willie. keep a good share for yourself from your affectionate son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p016_xmmy408.jpg) May 11. [written vertically on the left hand margin] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p017.jpg) [text rotated counterclockwise at top of page] At the back end of your book, have a page to set down the sums total at the end of each quarter [remaining body of letter] Head Quarters May 13th 1863 Dear Joe Your letter of the 8th inst was received yesterday, it found Tom and I very well and doing first rate. Tom is fattening up fast, I think he will make a first rate soldier, now that he has got well. You talk of buying a watch. under some circumstances one is very useful, I couldnt get along without at all hardly but as you are right where they ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p018_VQLEgy0.jpg) make them, I dont think you realy need one just now. it is very seldome you can get a watch for ten dollars that is a good time keeper, especialy when you buy it in a store. besides if Mr. Griswold dont give you enough to cloth you, I dont see him you can save money enough to pay for me, I think you had better get an account book and set down everything you spend and receive, and see how much you can save this year, it wont be much but you, will find it much more than you expect dont buy any thing that you can possibly do without I will enclose an example of the easiest way to keep ac'cts so you can see how I used to do every thing you buy set down Dr. To Cash, and every thing [right page] you receive set down Cash Dr To it. then at the close of each quarter add together all the Cash Dr's in one and all the Dr Cashes in another sum, and subtract the less from the greater and you will know how much you have saved, or over [--] your receipts, for instance suppose you buy a book for $1.00, you set it down Dr Books, To Cash $ 1.00 If Mr. Griswold pays you for your weeks wages, $ 1.00 and some one else gives, you $.25 cts for some little odd job. you would set them down Dr. Cash To Wages $1.00 Cash To Gen. Ac'ct $. .25 Total 1.25 amount spent 1.00 Amount saved 25 ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p019.jpg) Elyria May 1st 1863 Dr. Clothing To Cash 2 50 3rd Cash To Wages 1 50 19th Cash To Wages 1 50 17th Stationary To Cash 25 News Paper To Cash 06 Cash To Wages 1 50 [text rotated counterclockwise at bottom of page] 2.50 .25 .06 2.81 1.50 1.50 1.50 4.50 2 81 1.69 ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p020_l1q8H3a.jpg) Elyria July 31st 1865 Total receipts 4.50 '' expenses 2 81 Gain` 1 69 ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p021_86FYVDR.jpg) now this 25 cts is your own to do what you please with suppose you put it away, and determine not to spend the next week, as much as you will earn, dont you see you could save a little almost every week, which at the end of the year would amount to quite a sum, Pr Postage stamps are hard to get here and if you will send me some, and keep an account of them, I will pay you for them when I come home, give my love to all friends and remember me par- ticularly to Ed; Monteith write soon to your Affectionate brother E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p022_zBUUBVF.jpg) Head Quarters Franklin May 13th Dear Papa Your very welcom letter of May 7th was recieved yesterday. it found us both well and getting along first rate. Tom is fattening up fast, he neverlooked healthier before in his life. I am glad to hear you have such a safe way of investing my money, do so by all means. if you don't need it yourself I am in hopes we will get paid up to the first of this month before it closes. if we are I think I can sen home $20.00 more. I feel sure that the five-twenties weill always be good but if the government does go down as you say we may as well go with it isn't going to fall though by any means it may be many months before the rebelion is crushed but we are [---] our rights at last. We have settled back in our old quarters just as comfortable and convenient as usual; the weather is very pleasant in the morning and evening during ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p023_NliBDzr.jpg) the middle of the day it is very warm, at such times I don't have very much and generaly take a stool and book and got out side of my tent under the trees, where it is always comfortable. the great heat of the noon sun is very much modified by a strong breeze from the South West which sprigs up about 10 1/2 and falls at about 4 o'clock the nights are cool. you know I always did get along best in warm weather so it just suits me so far if it wasn't for the associations and being so, far away from home I would like Uncle Sam's service very well just now. This morning is most splendid and the birds are just as musical as ever. I always feel more like writing home at this time than at any other. I had an early breakfast this morn[--] and a splendid cup of tea made from some of that you sent me. I am getting into good habits here. I get up about half an hour before sunrise and go down to the spring a take a good wash. it went pretty hard at first but oh! how good the cold water feels now! Last night we finished the last of the canned fruit it was the can of cherries. we have most of the dried fruit left yet. so you see our box of good things holds out pretty well. I wish you could have seen us sometime when with a tin plate and couple of spoons we would sit down to enjoy the fruit [right side of page] it did us a great deal of good. I took the empty cherry can this morning, and knocked he top off. making a first rate cup to steep my tea in. I understand that the 68th Ohio is at Murfrusboro. the troops in Gilberts Command are mostly from Ohio we have the 98th 113th 121th 124th 125th Ohio. the 78th[--] and (Co "M" 1stTh[-] ctrty. 6 Rodman Rifled Guns) and Co "E" 2nd Ky Cavey for escort the men are becoming thoroughly disciplined and ready for any emergency and we are gradualy getting rid of numbskull Officers We get the morning Nashville papers, and day before Louisville papers at 9 A.M. with the mail so we have the news about as soon as you do, Give my love to Mama and Willie, and keep a good share for yourself from Your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p024_fjsKeUM.jpg) May 13, '63 [written vertically on the left margin] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p025_EKrVR05.jpg) 1863. Head Quarters Franklin May 10th Dear Papa Your welcome letter of the 9th inst was received yesterday. I am much obliged for the envelopes they are just what I wanted. Tom and I are both well and enjoying ourselves as well as could be expected under the circumstances. I have been pretty busy the last few days, so that time passes away quite rapidly, Mama wants to know how we live, well, I guess I will have to let Tom tell how he does himself. I get up in the morning about half past four, take my travel and go to the spring or creek and take a wash. we have breakfast about half past five. after breakfast every Monday and Thursday I have to make a report of our effective force, and on the 10th 20th & 30th of the month, a complete report of all the troops in our command, this morning therefore I dont have anything of that kind to do. all that I will have to do ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p026_HV3GUQx.jpg) [left page] will be to make the details for Picket, for tomorro unless some Discharge Papers come in, or some orders from Granger, "who has not gone to Nashville" at 9 the the mail comes in, and I have to look over what few letters come for H'd Q'r's, which I do of course with a great deal of pleasure, especialy when I find some for myself, after the mall has been attended to until dinner time I have no regular duties to attend to but the time is generaly filled up in writing orders, recording discharges, resignations, furlougs &c. so it is during the afternoon, sometimes I have a great deal to do as has been the case for the last day or less, and sometimes nothing at all, about sunset is my riding hour, after Roll Call Tom generaly comes down to see me, or I go up to the regt. my fare is about as usual, fried pork, and for supper the same as for breakfast. we draw rice potatoes homing, molases vinegar, beans and soft bread, if we draw rations for five days, these, delicacies are all gone by noon the 2nd day. so you can with great difficulty guess the propor- tions, the beans are issued in great abundance, and I think it like giving so much poison, I cant eat them at all, we have fresh beef once in a while, fortunately for me the orderlies dont like rice, so I have plenty of it. the dried fruit which you sent us makes quite a relish for the crackers. I have no news to tell, every thing is "quiet on the Harpeth" this [right page] morning. and things go on about as usual, there is some talk about an advance being made. but I dont know as there is any thing in it. give my love to all and keep a good share for yourself from your affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p027_oKzkURT.jpg) May 16. [written sideways along the right margin] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p028_89ZstPq.jpg) Head Quarter's Franklin May 17th 1868 Dear Mama. Another welcome letter dated May 12th. arrived this morning, you cannot think what a pleasure it is to receive them so frequently, the envelopes and tea came safe, the tea does me a great deal of good, I had a nice cup full for dinner and supper both, and have enough left for several more, lately I have taken quite a dislike to coffee, and begin to think it is realy injurious. I saw Tom last night he was well the Regt. went across the river on picket this morning and of course he went with it so I wont see him again until tomorrow morning he told me last night night that he had not received a letter from home for twelve days ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p029_NCY2dYf.jpg) I have been Adjt yesterday day and today as Lieut Speed has been very sick, so you will please excuse a poor letter tonight. I feel more like sleeping than uniting, but as I have to sit up a while longer anyhow, I thought I might as well write as I do nothing. Capt. Bullock was put under arrest the other day by Col. Payne for being (sassy) to him he has been as good and sociable as possible to me since. I suppose he is afraid I will write the particular to Elyria, but has no cause to fear for I never mention his name except in letters home. he told me the other day that Speed told him that I knew more about the Adjt Gen'ls Office then he did, and that he "Speed" was going to "fix me up" where I could get better pay, but I dont see how he will do it unless he gets me a commission and that he can't do. Every thing goes on as usual, there is some talk about a forward movement, and as several News paper Reporters have just arrived, there may be something in it but dont know anything we have very fine weather, and I think the general health of the troops is very much improved Tell Willie that I will write to him soon as probably my last went. have miscarried: please give my love to all and write soon to your Affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst May 18th 1863 I have just seen Tom. he says he had a first ratetime yesterday on picket he is very well and recd a letter from Papa, E. M. H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p030_5hh1nhu.jpg) [written along right side of page] May 17. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p031_QjTANHk.jpg) Head Quarters Franklin Tenn May 20th 1863 Dear Papa. I received yesterday the map which you sent me. it is a much better one than I expected to get, and suits me exactly. I have pinned it up again the side of my tent, so I can refer to it without any trouble when ever I want it is a thing I have felt the need of for a long time, when ever I hear of a fight or hear a place mentioned I always want to know just where it is. and now I have the means of finding out. I am glad to hear that you are getting along so well with the garden, and hope you will have a good crop as a reward for your labor, if you dont work to hard. I have no doubt that the exercise will very much improve your health. I well remember the Summer six years ago, we were pretty hard up the, thats a fact. I am much ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p032_rTFFlTZ.jpg) better off now for clothing than then. although in the Army. I hardly think that I shall go out to Turners Mills to teach Sunday School. I suppose that today you are enjoying yourself in Cleveland. I am very glad that you have the opportunity of attending the meetings, and of being the guest of such an old friend as Mr M[-]ller. I hope you are having a pleasant time, how I would like to be there too. We had rumors yesterday that our forces had captured Jackson Mississippi. if so, how are the enemy going to hold out at Vicksburg, if we succeed in getting possession of Richmond, and taking their troops at Vicksburg prisoners, I cannot see how they can make the war last much longer Every thing seems to be quiet here. but I think there are going to be some important changes made soon, it is time for the mail to close. Give my love to Mama and Willie, keep a good share for yourself from your Affectionate son E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p033_0x2roJv.jpg) May 20. [written vertically on the left margin] ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p034_t6A07mc.jpg) H'd Q'r's Franklin Tenn May 25th 1863 Dear Joe I received your welcome letter yesterday. the stamps and Jacobs card came safe. I am very much obliged to you forgetting the stamps, for me they come very handy. I don't think we will have a fight here at Franklin, we had rumors yesterday that Grant had taken Vicksburg and that Bragg was withdrawing his troops from our front to go and bother Grant if this proves to be true we will probably follow him. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p035_t3QMH85.jpg) everything is quiet and very dust here at present. yesterday I went over to town to church I saw lots of pretty girls, but but they were all secesh, of the worst kind, and I dont feel like becoming aquainted with such. I saw Tom last night. he was well and sends his love to you and says he has written several letters which you should have recd I got a letter from Cyrus the other day. which I have not answered yet he and Ant" were well. they have been having quite a time chasing the rebels out of Kentuc: Papa sent me one of Loyds new maps of the Southern States it is a very good one, and I derive a great deal of pleasure and profit from it. I wish I had something of interest to write so as to make an interesting letter, but I have not and as it is about time to [right side of page] mail this will have to close. Rememb me to Ed. Mantieth and Jacobs tell him I congratulate him on his happiness. give my love to all friends and write soon if Mr. L[--]ard enquires about me tell him I am well and would like to hear from him. I wrote to him a long time ago. but have recieved no reply yet from your Affectionate brother E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p036_ramGKQl.jpg) 1863. Head Quarters Franklin May 27th Dear Our Folks 11 P.M. It is now four days since I wrote home and five since I received a letter from home, I am writing this under rather unusual circumstances, I have just wakened up by an Orderlie from Gilbert who is at Grangers H'd Q'r's with an order to have the whole command wak up and supplied with two days rations and sixty rounds of ammunition. I have sent out the necessary orders and also sent for Speed who is away tonight at a party. I will have to sit up till he gets here to wait for further orders. and I may as well write home as do nothing. the rebels have cut our telegraph lines between here and Nashville, but we have a line of signal corps' through to Murfreesboro, so that we are in a measure independent we heard about thirty rounds of heavy and rapid firing about 6 miles south of us just at dark as we have no Artillery in that direction, we naturaly suppose it is the enemy firing on our ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p037_fJPAN2w.jpg) Cavalry, who were sent out about 6 O'clk who knows but we are to have a big battle tomorrow, well if it comes, the least is said and the more fighting is done the sooner the war will be over. the news from Vicksburg is very encouraging, but from Virginia rather the other way, what is the reason our eastern army are always so unsuccessful. I saw Tom this evening he is not very well I dont know what ails him but he says he had a spell, of the palpitation of the heart. I am well, never felt better, and in first rate [-]ondition for a fight. I suppose I could avoid being expos [hole in the paper] to the balls but I want to be with rest in battl[hole in the paper] field as well as in camp, I have no gun. but with a good horse and sabre I can be of use in carrying dispatches &c. Speed has just got back, he says the orders I sent were just right, so I guess I'll go to bed aga[hole in the paper] I will not seal this, yet so that if anything of interest occurs before I get a chance to mail it I can insert it good night from Your Affectionate son EM. Hayhurst [facing page] May 28th 6 AM. All is quiet so far this morning. we have not seen anything of the rebels yet. I dont know whether they have succeeded in making the telegraph work yet or not. I went over to Franklin last Sunday to church I thought I was going have a pleasent time going to meeting in regular meeting house. I understood that Mr. B[--]ker was going to preach, but I was sadly disappointed. the Chaplain of the 98th Ohio cunducted the services. he is an uneducated Methodist. I have no doubt he means well but he dont do well. I was very glad when meeting was out Our Regt. is to be paid off today if the rebels dont put a stop to it. Co "E" going out in picket this morning so I suppose we wont bet ours till tomorrow there are several Officers going north soon. so I will probably have a chance to send before long. I hop it will [---] in time for you to invest it with the rest I have some writing to do for Uncle Sam so I will have to close, give my love to all from Your Affectionate son Ewd. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p038_xaG1upS.jpg) May 27, 28 ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p039_8tzGXuP.jpg) Head Quarters May 30th <(1863)> Dear Mama I received a letter from Papa dated the 24th inst. yesterday it had been six days since I had heard from home and you may be sure I was glad to receive it as there was nothing said about how you were I suppose you have got well again but I would have been better satisfied, if there had been something said. I am glad to hear that Papa had such a pleasant visit to Cleveland, I hardly think it would have given me much pleasure to meet those old acquaintances of whom he speaks. I am very well, but Tom is not tho' better than when I last wrote. "day before yesterday". We were paid off day before yesterday. $26.– a piece I also got my $10. R. R. Bounty which I lent to Parmely in C— so I will send home $30. when I get a chance. I dont know how much Tom will send. Things seem to be very quiet now, but I some ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p040_RLecAZ6.jpg) times think it is the lull before the storm the Generals are unusualy watchful the last two or three days. I dont know what they expect but they act as if the enemy was very close. our reports from Vicksburg thro' rebel sources are very encouraging for us. I hope we will soon hear that the whole thing is captured. we had a very rainy day yesterday and last night and an unusual hard thunder storm this morning. it has laid the d[---] pretty effectually and the green trees look very beautiful with the bright sun shining on them Last night took a short walk across one of the fields near our quarters. it was all covered with the flowering moss, which I believe you used to call Old Man, it grows very large and looked beautiful. here and there, there was a large bunch of larkspur, white red and blue, some of the most brilliant colors I ever saw. it grows about 30 inches high and much more beautifully than in the north. I have specimens of each color put away in one of my large books, drying for you. It is time for the mail to leave, so must say goodbye. give my love to all, from Your affectionate son EM. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p041_e7VfwKn.jpg) Head Quarters May 31st <(1863)> 8.30 p.m. Dear Mama I wrote and mailed to you yesterday morning a letter, in answer to one I had received from Papa the day before, but one from you today, I thought I would write a short reply tonight. You speak of the pleasure it gives you to know that my heart is still bound up in my home, why Mama the longer I am separated from it the more I think of <&> love it .there is scarcely an hour or a moment passes except when engaged at my business that I am not thinking of the loved ones at home, whenever I see a pretty flower, or am ad- ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F6_p042_7URo0Hq.jpg) miring one of the beautiful views which surround us here I always wish (Our folks) were along, to enjoy it with me. I told you I went to Franklin last Sunday expecting hear Mr Bowker but was disappointed, he preached there today (a very good sermon I heard) but I was so busy that I couldnt get away in time to go, sometimes Tom seems to be interested in religion, but his circumstsances are not very encouraging. I took a long ride this evening with "one of the boys" it was the first one I have had for sometime as my hoss' hurt his foot and I enjoyed it very much. I found some new flowers which I am going to press for you, I also found a lot of cacti bearing very large and beautiful red & yellow flowers but they are to awkward and bung- ling to press you will please find enclosed some seeds which I gatherd today, they are of the blue flowers which I found on Ropers Knob and sent to you some time ago, if you plant them, maybe you can raise some, they grow in or- dinary soil, not very rich, and a little sandy; in one place we rode through, away off from camp between two hills we found a great quantity of those larkspur there was two or three acres of them just as thick as they could grow their bright colors (red- white and blue,) looked very beau- tiful. I am very tired and sleepy so I must say good night with love to all I remain your Affectionate son EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p001_y8OCt1W.jpg) Head Quarters "Gen'l Gilberts Command" Triune Tenn June 3rd 1863 Dear Our Folks You will see by the heading of this that we have made a move, we left our old camp yesterday morning about five, and reached here about twelve O'clk we had a good day to march, as it was cool and cloudy we have commenced marching now and I suppose will keep it up for a while. we will leave here tomorrow probably. I think a general advance is contemplated, we left very few troops at Franklin. hardly enough to hold the place. I saw Tom last night he was pretty tired, he had just recd a letter from home, I expect there are some letters for me somewhere. through some misunderstanding we have not yet received our Hd Qr mail for yesterday On the march I have much more to attend to, so you will have to get along with a poor letter this time. The weather is very pleasant today. there seems to be an unusual number of Mocking birds around here, & they fill the air with their ever varying songs, you must expect a letter from me just as often as I can write, but I guess they will not be very regular. Direct to our Hd, Qrs, via Nashville with love to all I remain Your Affectionate son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p002_khq04LG.jpg) June 3. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p003_c4iYXPr.jpg) H'd Qrs "Bring Gen'l Gilberts Command" Triune Tenn. June 4th 1863 Dear Joe Your very welcome letter was received today, as you did'n't say anything about it, I presume your health is good, which I hope is so. I am glad you got my "Diploma" I felt afraid it would get lost. have it framed nicely as you propose and send it to Mama, it will no doubt give her a great deal of pleasure. You will see by the heading of this that we have moved at last. we left day before yesterday at 5 A.M. and arrived here about 12. M. it was a fine day to march. being cool and cloudy with a shower once in a while. I had a fine time along the road picking straw beries and raspberries which were very abundant. and just ripe enough to taste good our road lay through some of the most beautiful rolling country I ever saw the vegetation looks splendid now in all the beutiful perfection of Summer, do you remember how that mocking bird used to sing by the Catholic church, well; just ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p004.jpg) imagine about five hundred of these Ssweet songsters all at work at once, and you will have a pretty good idea of the music I am listening to just now. first you will think it is a flock of blackbirds then blue birds. then robins then may be, a flock of little chickens. or perhaps thrushes, then by and by all of a sudden you will think a lot of poor Tom Cats are getting their tails trod on, &c, &c, When we are on the march I have a great deal to do, besides my usual office work, if there are any important dispatches to be carried I generaly have it to do, You will see by referring to a state map that we are about halfway betwen Franklin and Murfreesboro, on the Nashville & Shelbyville pike Gen’l Bragg has his H’d Q’r’s at the latter place it is reported and we are massing troops here to drive him out or capture him, our “Gen’l Grangers” com- mand left only enough to hold Franklin, we may leave here at any moment and as I have been in the saddle all day yesterday and today I will have to get a little rest so good bye for the present Your affectionate brother E M Hayhurst Love to all friends Ed. Montieth in particular ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p005.jpg) “Address, H’d Q’r’s Brig Gen’l Gilberts Com’d Via Nashville ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p006_JNIZWl5.jpg) June 4. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p007_nai12XF.jpg) H'd Qrs Gen'l Gilberts Command Triune Tenn. June 4th '63 Dear Mama, I have a few leisure moments just now which I am going to improve on trying to write to you. you must not expect a very long or interesting letter as I am very tired having been in the saddle all day yesterday until late at night and all day today, carrying dispatches and feel rather tired now We had a very good day for our march to this place and came through in pretty good time. I was so unfortunate as not to have any horse and had to walk, not being accustomed to walking it made my feet pretty sore. Capt. Speed. was dis- appointed about getting a horse, so he had to take mine, I was independent tho and could go any way I had a mind to and had very good time picking & eating straw berries & raspberries by the way. Maybe you dont know who Capt Speed is. I forget whether I have written about him yet or not. he is Gen'l Gilberts Asst. Adjt. Gen'l. and was taken prisoner at Elizabethtown. and Colesburg. Ky, he ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p008_vPFFomk.jpg) was exchanged a few weeks ago. and returned to duty last week. Lieut Speed has been Act. Ass't Adjt. Gen'l in his place, he is now relieved and assumes his old position as Aide-De-Camp. I am still clerk in Adj Genl's Office. Capt. John Speed understands the business much better than George, and is of a cooler and more quiet temperment. I like him almost as well as I do Lieut. we are all together still so the change makes but little difference. if any for the better as John has had much more experience in the office. Our "Orderlies" were all ordered back to their regiment at Murfreesboro. so I have been bothered very much about (grub.) but I "get along" had We are to have some more tonight so we will be all right again. in the absence of the "Orderlies" I had to carry the most important dispatches last night quite late I had to go to Gen'l Grangers H'd Qrs. it was very dark as a heavy cloud, covered the moon, and I had a sweet time riding thro' the dense woods about a mile and half over logs stumps, brush & through the underbrush my horse liked to fell down with me several times to make matters worse Granger had just arrived from Franklin, so I did'n't know just where his quarters were, but I guessed at it and finally came out all right. you better believe I was some tired tho; They are having a fight at Franklin today ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p009_iL4X1cu.jpg) so the rumors say, at least we can hear heavy and rapid firing, it has been kept up over since about 2 O clock, we did'n't leave a very strong force there and I feel somewhat fearful of the result, if is realy a fight. We are massing a heavy force here, to move against Bragg (who is at Murfreesboro Shelbyville so say "the rumors") in cooperation with Rose" I am very sorry I did'n't have an opportunity of sending my money before we left T. but it is still safe. I would liked to have invested it in the five twenties. I saw Tom a short time ago he look first rate and said he was very well, Direct Via Nashville. Good bye for the present Your Affectionate son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p010_1dhVE0B.jpg) June 4. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p011.jpg) Enclosed please find some of the wild flowers of Tennessee. I hadto cut them up but I guess you can fix them on paper. Head Q’r’s “Gen’l Gilberts Command” Triune Tenn. June 6th 1863 Dear Papa Your welcome letters dated 29th & 31st Ult. were both received today: I dont need the seidlitz powder just now, but will come very handy sometime doubtless; I am sorry that our forward movement which so much to be desired, causes you so much anxiety. but I presume it is natural, you can hardly expect to get letters from me as regularly as heretofore as our mails are necessarily somewhat irregular while on the march. but I will try and write as often as before if not oftener; we are rapidly becoming prepared for the “forward March” and may leave at an hours warning. The attack on Franklin has delayed us a day or so. but otherwise didn’t do much injury on our side, but the enemy must have suffered terribly from the big siege guns, which we could hear thundering away. all Thursday after- noon and yesterday morning. Gen’l Granger has ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p012_vWTE6yH.jpg) assumed Command of all the forces here and at Thank' I am glad of it for I thinke he is a good Gen'l and fighting man You speak of the foliage having come out in full I wish you could take a walk in the Tennessee woods today, we had a rainy day yesterday, and the sun has come out this morning very warm which makes their shade very acceptable. I never saw such dense foliage before. it seems almost impos- sible for the sun to penetrate, the air is continually filled with songs of the Mocking birds, you know very well what the are when caged, but in a wild and free state they are much more varied and entertaining I dont see near so many reptiles as I expected to with the exception of the little gay colered lizard and and one solitary snake (an viper). I have seen none at all. Triune is a small villiage at the junction of the Franklin & Murfreesboro, and the Nashville and Shelbyville pikes. There is one tavern at the corner where the pikes unite, a few old houses scattered round most of the not tenated, and two or three new ones in a half finished state, and they will probably remain so until the war is over, as they look as if they were commenced several years ago, I saw Tom this morning, he was going out on picket he said he was very well, and looked so, I am also well. and doing very well though kept very ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p013_yicl6Pa.jpg) busy when on the march. give my love to all, and keep a good share for yourself from Your Affectionate son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p014_4KrZAEE.jpg) June 6. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p015_sbD3egk.jpg) Triune June 8th 1863 Dear Papa I have given up having a chance to send our money any other way than by mail, and as I have an opportunity of sending this to Nashville by Capt Hodgdon C.S. you will please find enclosed $20.00 Tom & I are both well. I received yours of the 3rd inst yesterday, my time is very limited just now a good bye for the present. with love to all Your affectionate son EM Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p016_ni74z4w.jpg) June 8. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p017_DpCd1qy.jpg) Triune Tenn. June 9th Dear Mama As I mailed a twenty dollar bill yesterday I thought I might as well risk another one today. I will have an opportunity of sending it to Nashville by private conveyance, and if the rebels get it after that. I would rather have it so than for them to take it away from me here. Tom is very well and so am I. we are having some very pleasant weather now I hope it will continue so, it is doubt- ful when we will make an advance, but that these will be a general one I have very little doubt. probably as soon as the Vicksburg affair is fully decided The enemy's Cavalry made a dash on us the other day probably to feel of us a little but then didnt find out very much. we are on the ground where the battle of Murfreesboro commenced, some of the trees are pretty well scarred up. I must close so as to send this. Give my love to all, from Your Affectionate son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p018_FPLsuow.jpg) June 10th 1863 Dear Mama This letter did not go to Nashville yesterday as I expected, on account of a little skirmish we had with the enemy. I received a letter from Papa yesterday containing his Photo. you may be sure it gave me a great deal of pleasure. I showed to the Staff. the comments made were very gratifying. We have reports again that Vicksburg has fallen the papers claim that it is sure, oh: if only is. true. I think the war will begin to wind up now, we are tolerably quiet here just haveing nothing more than a slight skirmish every two or three days. the enemy seem to be trying to find out our strength all along the front. but they didnt learn much yesterday. our boys killed one of their majors, we had a bugler wounded he will probably die as a minnie ball. passed through his throat entering on the left side. Tom & I are both well. Give my love to all. Your Affectionate Son EMHayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p019_Tsnj1co.jpg) June, 11th, 1863 Dear Mama, This letter has a good many dates to it but you will have to take it as it is, Tom & I are well, this morning but I have a great deal to do just now, I have a chance to send this to N— by Lieut Scarritt a. a. s. m, give my love to all Your affectionate son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p020_8Qem9JA.jpg) Head Quarters Triune Tenn June 11th 1863 9:30 P. M Dear Papa I expect very likely you and Mama are lying in bed thinking of us boys and wondering what we are doing just now. I suppose Tom is sound asleep. I am in my tent writing home. We have had pretty exciting times here today as I presume you will hear long before this the enemy crossed the river with two guns and drove [---] pickets and commenced shelling our camp which is the one nearest the front. it didn't take long for us get a half a dozen of our field pieces to playing on them, and we soon made them scatter and make for the woods. I locked up my boxes all ready for a retreat if necessary, and mount ing my nag rode out to where the General was to see the fun and do what I could. our first shell struck a little to the right of a company of car who were preparing to charge accross an open space on some of our Infantry the second one fell right amongst them and bursting scattered them in every direction, unseating several. they ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p021_QN8rJxo.jpg) all remounted but one who was past all riding or fighting before they had gone far, one fell off his his horse and died. his horse as soon as he found him self riderless turned & made for our lines as fast as he could go, thereby testifying to his union sentiments but the poor fellow was wounded and not good for much. I did'n't have much time to think I was kept very busy all along the line carrying orders and getting information of the position of our troops for the Old Gen'l. so that I am pretty tired now. riding so much and so fast as I had to go, is not very easy work. I had some very narrow escapes most of their shots went high over our heads. I was standing on ridge just behind our Battery and was just wheeling my horse to go back and tell the darkies to load up our most valuable property and take it out of the way, when a shell burst close by me, and one of the pieces passed within two or three inches of my horses ears and so close to my face that I could feel the wind I had to stop and laugh at the horse he laid his ears back and shook his head as if he didnt fancy such careless shooting. there was none hurt in Gilberts command the Cavalry were the ones that had to suffer, they lost one Com'd Officer. how many men I have not yet heard, we dismounted one of their guns and they dragged it as far as the river when they retreated, how many men they lost I ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p022.jpg) dont know. I mailed a letter to you and one to Mama on the 11th Inst each containing a $20.00 bill, they were taken to Nashville by private conveyance if they arrive safe let me know immediately as I shall feel very anxious about them. $15.00 of the money belongs to Tom the rest is mine. You did perfectly right in investing part of the money for him. I think that probably it will encourage him to send his money home, He is well. I am so also I think I have written a pretty long letter I think considering how tired I am. Give my love to all from your affectionate son E M Hayhurst [text rotated counterclockwise in lower left corner] June 12th All quiet this morning so far. Enclosed please find $5.00. this makes the sum total sent home by mail $45.00. 30. of it mine and 15, Toms I drew a new pair of pants and a blouse yesterday morning and look quite nice again, I have drawn a government horse, and will get Cavalry equipments today probably. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p023_j6Qi2tO.jpg) June 11. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p024_loRma3z.jpg) Head Quarters "that is whats left of them" Triune Tenn June 14th 1863 Dear Papa I mailed a short note to you this morn- ing, which I presume wont be an very welcome one I have been very busy all day in helping Captain Speed, arrange our affairs and now we are done. in some respects it was a sad task, we have all become so thoroughly acquainted with each other here that it was hard to separrate, it has been an unusual Sabbath to me, I have had but little time to myself. Gen'l Gilbert, or Lieut. Speed go to Louisville. Capt. Speed goes with them: and is afterwards to report to a Gen'l (I forget his name) in Kentucky as his A. A. G. Capt. Hodgdon C. S. who has done me a good many favors is to report to Gen'l Barrit at this place, Lieut Irwin Ordinance Officer is to go with me to our regt. the 124th Lieut Scarritt. a. a. s. m. is also to report to his regt. the 113th O.V.G. so you see ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p025_L6f2Es7.jpg) we are all scattered; It will go pretty hard for my feet the first few days, as I have not marched any for over three months, but I suppose it is realy best, as I am now in the line of promotion and from appearances it wont be long before I am Sergeant. whose pay is $17.00. and then when we get under Gen'l. Hazen, maybe I can get into an easy position again. I will have to be more particular with my stationary as I wont have Uncle Sam to go to any more for the present Tom is well, and took a long ride on my horse this afternoon to see Dr. Sloat, of the 14th Ohio I am glad he had the opportunity of such a recreation and I think it will do him good I guess I will had better turn my horse and equipments over to the D. M. to night as I will not have any occasion to use them again & there is no knowing what may happen before morning. it seems hard dont it; just after I had them in good running order, I am well, give my love to Mama & Willie and direct to Co "E" via Nash Your Affectionate Son E M Hayhurst I was somewhat surprised that Lamar went west but. I guess it is the best he can do. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p026_509lsff.jpg) North Fairfield O. June 23. 1863 Dear Mama (I mean wife) I have enclosed Eddie's and Tommys letters received this evening thinking that they would be more satisfactory to you than any account of them which I could give. In Eddies I can see the recovering tone of cheerfulness not withstanding the sadness which it breathes in view of breaking up the associations which had surrounded him between three and four months. It may bring tears from your eyes, but its spirit will cheer you. Tommys will please you I think. How pleasant the scene of the two brothers alone in the wood so far from their home, Tommy too begins to notice and speak of the beauties of nature which surround them. His last two letters are among the best he has written. Willie and I went to Mr Coles to day to get cheries and brought home a kettle full of very good ones. They are sweet. Willie dined at Bro. Adams. I at home on a piece of cake and some milk. It is still quite cool I write by a fire to- night. I hoped to get a letter from you this evening but was disappointed. Willie sends his love. Give mine to all Your affectionate husband J.W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p027_r8e9HLv.jpg) June 14. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p028_HHRsaas.jpg) Head Quarters Triune Tenn June 14 Dear Papa Yours of the inst was recd day before yesterday. in replying to it I have news to tell which will probably be as unwelcome to you as it was to me. Gen'l Gilberts Command is entirely broken up. he goes back, to Ky, the 124th is ordered to report to Gen'l Hazen at Readyville east of Murfreesboro and I of course have to report to the regiments as soon as we get settled up here, please direct to the regt. via Nashville give my love to all Your affectionate Son E. M. H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p029_8d2tBu5.jpg) June 14. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p030_WWISBIl.jpg) In camp near Triune Tenn June 17th 1863 Dear Joe You will see by the date that I am no longer at H'd Qr's. Gen'l Gilbert's Com'd has been taken away from him and all his staff had to go to their regts or other com'd's I dont like it a bit to have to be with the company again, but such are the chances of war, we have to do a great many things we dont like, I recd your welcome letter day before yesterday but as I was on picket yesterday and had no paper with me I couldn't answer it till now I have little of interest to write so you must put up with a short letter again. Our regiment is assigned to Gen'l Col Hazen again who is at Readyville on the other side of Murfreesboro it is possible we will stay here so you will please direct to Co. "E" 124th O.V.J. via Nashville. Tom & I are both well, we bunk together now and are doing all we can to finish up the war, which I hope will be soon. You may send me $.50 worth of stamps the next time you write. Give my love to *all who deserve it. and write soon to your Affectionate son E M Hayhurst(*they are precious few & far between) ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p031_ZrN3tsj.jpg) June 17. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p032_r2HPwLH.jpg) In camp near Triune Tenn June 17th 1863 Dear Papa Your welcome letter of the 11th was recd yesterday while I was out on picket duty. Tom brought it to me. I presume when you wrote it you had little idea that before it reached me I would be in my old place again as line officer but such is the case; I find that my position at H'd Q'r's was much more of a blessing than I then considered it. I used to think it much more comfortab ble to be there than with the company but you cannot imagine how the company is changed, there used to be a few who disliked me and showed it, for that reason I was glad to get out. but now with the exception of a few, they are like so many brutes, not only to others but to each other, I hope I wont have to be with them long, we were assigned by Rosi, to Gen'l Hazens com'd but have not gone yet, and I understand that Col. Payne is making an effort to have us stay here with Gen'l Baird. if he succeeds I think I can get to be clerk for Capt Hodgden C. S. as he spoke to me about it as soon as we broke up H'd Q'r's he is now assigned to a place in Bairds Staff. this would be a nicer business than my old one, but I would not have so much to do with ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p033_2CgK1ux.jpg) the general controll of the Army, but I would rather go under Hazen and try my chances [---] tho' I like Capt. H.- very much I had a pretty good time on picket yesterday tho' it was rather hot during the middle of the day, every post had no occasion for alarm, during the night. I suppose you wonder why such a good military man as Gilbert was removed from the front. I will have to reserve the particulars until I get home, he became very unpopular with the officers and men of his com'd. on account of his strict discipline and they used their influence to have him reproved. The news in the papers today is very exciting and rather gloomy both as to Vicksburg, Hooker's army but I hope for better tomorrow. Tom, has had a pretty hard cold but is almost well again. I am well, I rather expect to hear in your next that Mama has gone home with Uncle, I hope so any how: The tea which you send is very acceptable Tom & I have had some very pleasant meals from it Give my love to Mama, & Willie, keep a good share for yourself Your Affectionate Son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p034_cebSMU0.jpg) June 17 ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p035_rknhUrC.jpg) In camp near Triune Tenn June 18th 1863 Dear Papa Your very welcome letter mailed at Green- wich Station arrived today being only three days on on the road. Mama's picture came safe. I think it is as good a one as I ever saw of her, and it gives us a great deal of pleasure. I am glad to hear that so much of our money has arrived safe and hope to hear from the rest soon, I was not very much surprised to hear that Mama has decided to go home with Uncle in fact I was going to address a letter to her there yesterday, but concluded to wait 'till todays mail to know for certain. I wonder what effect Lee's move- ments will have on her visit I hope nothing serious 'tho' it looks now (according to the papers) as if some parts of our old State will have to take it You will please excuse the writing with a pencil as I have no ink, & wish to keep out of the Capts office as much as possible: As I wish to write to mama today you will please excuse brevity. with love to all I remain Your affectionate Son EM Hayhurst [Circled text rotated counter-clockwise at bottom left of page] We are both well ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p036_Eot4xhP.jpg) June 18-63 ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p037_4GdpZdb.jpg) In Camp near Triune Tenn. June 18th 1863 Dear Mama, Papa's letter of the 14th was received today I was not very much surprised to hear that you had decided to go with Uncle to Philadelphia as was going to address a letter to you there yesterday. but thought I had better wait till todays mail so as to know for certain; Your picture came safe, and it gives us boys a great deal of pleasure to look at it. it is one of the best I think you ever had taken You will see by the heading of this that I am no longer at H'd Q'r's'; last Saturday we received an order from Rosecrans relieving Gilbert of his command, and of course his Staff was broken up and ordered to their various regts. the 124th is assigned to Gen'l Hazen at Readyville on the east of Murfreesboro, but Col. Payne is makeing an effort to have us sent somewhere else. I would like to go under Hazen as Thank's cousin (Charlie Boynton) and several other boys with whom I am acquainted are there in the 41st Ohio, You probably have heard of the little fight we had here last week, I was in it and had some pretty narrow escapes, as did my horse also, Tom is well, and on guard today as Corporal. I am well. Give my love to all and write as soon as convenient to your affec son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p038_Uq5qbDB.jpg) June 18. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p039_ORlbVQ3.jpg) son E.M.H. In camp near Readyville Tenn. June 24th 1863 Dear Papa It seems a long time since I last wrote to you, I the last was dated the 18th or 19th we have been preparing for, and marching, or I would have written sooner, we left. Triune Sunday morning and marched to a camp two miles this side of Murfreesboro, making a very long and tiresome march, on monday, we marched to this place. about twelve miles (south of east) of Mur- freesboro, after we got to Mur'- the roads were very dusty and we could hardly breath for while going the last two miles on Sunday, we past over a part of the battle field of Storm River. it is strange the casualties were not greater than they were, for the distance of about half a mile, the trees were out and and torn in a terrible manner, and how any one escape these, I can't sug. every half a dozen steps, there would be two or three large trees over a foot thick actually cut down by our shell, and there was not a row that was six inches that hadnt at least a dozen minnie balls in it. very few of the rifle balls, struck over 8 feet above the ground, and yet those who were in the fight we didnt see any of the battle field hardly. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p040_YyQ9i0A.jpg) 27th In camp 5 miles from Beach Grove Dear Papa June 27th 1863 I had written so, much. when I had to stop and strike tent to march to this place, I wrote a short note to Papa night before last saying I expected to stay here but a short time, but we were very much mistaken, our teams did'n't get here until this morning, the roads are in such a bad condition, and we had to wait for them, Our march from Readyville to this place was one which I shall never forget the country is very hilly, and in some places the mud came up to my knees it rained all the time at night when we stopped I lay down on some brush and covering myself with my rubber slept as sound as if at home in a soft feather bed, there are about twenty thousand of us march ing on this road, the division next to us, on another road have met the reb's I guess, for the have kept up a very heavy cannonading yesterday and today. In camp ten miles from Talahoma Tenn Dear Mama June 29th 1863 I have not yet had a chance to mail this but will today, we have had very rainy weather so far and have not moved very rapidly but are doing well. the rebs continue to fall back, as we advance, my sheet is full so good bye for the present. Tom & I are very well at present. don't show this to any one. it is not fit to be seen, but is the best I can do now with love to all I am, your affectionate ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p041_OhMYU4Z.jpg) In [--]ac 5 miles from Beach Grove, June 25th 63 Dear Papa I have written to you since the day before we left Triune, we have been on the march most of the time, and it has been most miserable weather. We left Tri[--]e, on Sun day morning the 21st and marched to Murfreesboro on Monday we marched to Readyville. yesterday morning we left Readyville, & traveled all day yesterday over almost impassable roads thro' a very hilly, it was. down one side and up another, down the other and up another, and so on all day, over rocks and logs and allong roads where three or four could walk abreast with- out falling over the precipice ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p042_H1C2cRz.jpg) it rained all day and all night but I slept sound as any I ever did, we have been marching today and raining most of the time, but has now cleard off there is one divission (three bridage here now, and we are taking a short rest, preparatory to going into battle, [---] of the forces have had to fight there was I should judge from the heavy firing we have heard yesterday and today it is becoming very heavy this evening. and only about 4 miles to our right. they keep up a contin ued roar and sometimes make the ground shake even here, Tom and I are both well, and in good spirits, we stand the force[-] marches very well as I am very tired I must close, and sleep a little as I don't know how much time to do it in. I havent time to ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p043_Wy4whFt.jpg) write to Mama tonight. good bye for the present. with love to all, I am Your affectionate son E.M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p044_Y602s67.jpg) Manchester Tenn. June 30th 63 Dear Papa I suppose you will begin to think that I am becoming negli- gent. but if you knew all you would be apt to change your mind since we left Readyville last Wednesday until today I have had my shoes, socks and pants almost up to my waist soaking wet it has been raining almost all the time at our first camp I burnt up some of my things and so it has been ever since. at every camp getting rid of something it was hard to give up some things and I would'n't do it till ordered to at our last camp yesterday morn- ing I turned over our two woolen blankets to. the Q.M. I dont know whether burnt them or not. what we leave we generaly distroy so that the Guerillas cant get them, since leave ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p045_1x5Towl.jpg) ing Ready' we have been on half rations, and tonight we draw, quar- ter rations we take all we can get in the eatable line, woe to all sheep poultry and cattle round these dig- gins now days. but we cant find much we are about 15 miles from Talahoma I suppose we will have to take it by storm tomorrow or day after. there are three divisions in advance of, & I suppose we wont have any fighting to do till Thursday. today we cleaned out three churches and a number of emptay dwelling houses for hospitals, so you see we expect bloody work, soon Tom & I are very well in spite of our exposure, our beds now are our rubber blankets, and what brushes we can get. The other day I met the Sargt Boughton of N. T. of whom you spoke in one of your letters. he was very friendly. I hardly know whether I shall like him or not. his Regt. next to our in camp today. I hope you ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F7_p046_tkAvpzV.jpg) wont feel worried if you dont hear from me very regularly hereafter, I feel as if I was coming out all right. I believe I wont write to Mama tonight, as I expect she will be at home by the time this reaches you, give my love to all from your affectionate son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p001_7QHzjpz.jpg) B[--]ack No. 6. somewhere in the woods about two miles from Elk River July. 3rd 1863. Dear Our Folks Probably you wont like the heading of this, but you will have to take it as it is. it's all I know about our whereabouts, in my last I said, I expected we were going to Talahoma, we started for that place but the order was counter ma[--]ed and turned and cut our way through the woods and waded the marshes to Elk R. considerably to the east of T— but the river is too hight to cross. so we had to fall back into the woods to wait for it to fall. We have been on quarter rations for two or three days and today we have had nothing except some mutton we foraged. miles we can cross the river tomorrow we wont have anything to eat. it is impossible to transport ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p002_BvLfWOV.jpg) provisions on the road we came as fast as we came, it is all we can do, to get our ammunition & artillery along we will have to cross the river & forage until they can send us rations by a better road. - but there is not not much use of my talking I aint at H'd Q'r's anymore & therefore dont know anything Tom & I are very well and enjoying ourselves as much as possible. we live just like indians and I guess look a good deal like them. You probably can follow us much better by reading the paper than by my letters. we belong to Co. "E" 124th O.V.J. Hazens Brigade. Par- mer's Division. Crittendens. Corps Dept. of the Cumberland. Give my love to all, your Affectionate son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p003_OJYvmOE.jpg) Camp 2 miles north of Elk River between Talahom and Winchester Tenn July 4th 1863 Dear Mama I suppose you wonder what we are doing on this holiday, away down in Dixie. well: imagine us in bivouac on the north side of a little hill in a woods so dense that the different regiments cant see each other. Tom and I are curled up in our (dog tents) he is studying the pictures in an old "Frank Leslies," and I am trying to write home. we had a thunder shower at noon and it has turned into a steady rain. we celebrated the (fourth) by drawing two crackers (hard tack not fire crackers) off which ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p004_Nk4YazZ.jpg) [left page] we made quite a comfortable meal considering the circum- stances and I guess we can get along till tomorrow. when we are to have some more so they say. I suppose you think we are suffering terribly for want of food, I must confess it goes rather hard to be hungry. but I can stand it as well as the rest. in my last letter I said it was impossible to transport pro- visions as fast as we traveled. I did not mean by that. that I thought no one was to blame. altho' I am not at H'd Q'r's & of course dont know anything but I have my suspicions. I think Gen. Parmer has made a gross blunder & brought his men out on Elk River about twenty miles west where he was ordered to. one circumstance make me think so. day before yester day he sent the 124th & another [right page] regiment out foraging for some thing to eat. after we had advanced about two miles, our skirmish suddenly fell back, and reported a heavy force of the enemy in front when we enquired into the matter lo: & behold: we had run into Gen'l M. Cooks whole [--]m'd, when we first started we were about fifteen miles west of him. and it was generally supposed throughout our whole com'd that we were to keep this dis- tance until we had crossed Elk river. I have been asleep most all day. when I have nothing else to do I employ my time in picking off the "wood ticks" they are about as large as a common sized tack head & of a dark brown color. with a yellow spot in the middle if then they are crawling over ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p005_4ycrylT.jpg) the skin & you can take them unawares you can sometime knock them off. but the best way is to let them burrow in a little and then twist them off and let the head work out. You will have to excuse the looks of this letter as I have to carry [--] rolled up in my extra shirt. & it is impossible to keep it dry. I have not recd but two letters since leaving Triune one from Joe and one from Papa dated the 19th inst. I to expect some of your letters are lost. Give my love to all. from your affectionate son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p006.jpg) M. B. Clason. Provt Mshl was Capt. in the 121st O.V.I. with love to all. your Affectionate son. E M Hayhurst Sergt Co. “E” 124th O.V.I. In Bivouac two miles north of Morris’ Ford. Elk river Tenn. July 7th 1863 Dear Papa A good big mail came in last night bringing two letters from you to Tom & one to me. one of Toms was dated 28th ult. mine was dated the 26th. I was very sorry to hear you were sick and hope you are entirely well by this time. I presume that before this reaches you, you will have heard of our advance, for which we have been so long preparing. we are beginning to see some of the worst trials of the soldier. but our health seems to improve, as hardships increase. The country which we [text rotated counterclockwise on left side of page] The tea & postage stamps are very acceptable ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p007_nfyPWQp.jpg) have marched thro' thiss for has been but thinly settled. and very poor. the first part was very hilly and the latter level & marshy and covered with a dense growth of small oaks. the last two or three days of our march the sun shown. there was no breeze stir- ring and the southern sun shown down thru' the openings made by the road. directly on the tops of our heads. it made us sweat some you may be sure, but we have stood the heat very well. one of our men lay down by the road side & died from the effects of the extreme heat but we let whiskey alone and got along. we are still waiting for the river too full or for a bridge to be built but I think we wont wait much longer we are in sight. of the Cumberland Moun- tains. & the grand old ridges remind me very forcibly of ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p008_RxHgrpP.jpg) our home at Lewisburg. Yesterday I went out side of our lines for berries. I took three men with me we loaded our guns and went about two miles the inhabitants are mostly union and we were not troubled with "Bush-whackers" we found huckleberries in great quantities and had a very pleas- ant time. Tom was on guard so I gathered a lot and took right them to him. I think they did us a great deal of good. I guess the reb's are getting dis- couraged. great numbers of them are giving themselves up. ten came into our camp yesterday and gave themselves up. they belonged to an Alabama Artil lery Co. The Colena Col. Payne has promoted Tom to 2nd Corpl. and me to Sergeant it hurt the Capts feelings some ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p009.jpg) The abreviations C. S. of Vols. mean Commissary of Subsistanc[-] A. Q. M. “ “ As’st Qr Master Inspc Genl “ Inspector General. A. A. G. “ Asst Adjutant General A. D. C. “ Aide-de-Camp M. D. “ Medical Director Pvt. Mshl. Provost Marshal When you see these abreviations written with the words “of Vol’s” following it denotes the Officers were Commissioned by the Presiding and cannot be compelled to do any regimental duty but must be assigned to some General Staff Lt. Gn. Speed was simply Act. Asst. Adgt Genl. Capt. John Speed was A. A. G. of Vols. there is but one A. G. he is at Washington all the others are either Acting asst’s or assistants. Capt Hodgdon is C. S. of Vols. Lt Scarritt was L. M. of the 113th O.V.I. Dr. Black M. D. was Surgeon of the 113th OVI ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p010_MX7oa5c.jpg) Manchester Tenn. July 11th 1863 Dear Mama Do you remember four years ago today it was the day that I did my first work for Brooks. I think I shall never forget it. You little thought that I would be a soldier in Tennessee, the day that my time expired, it is nine months tomorrow since I enlisted I begin to hope now that I wont have to serve much more than a year. matters are beginning to look very encouraging. We have seen some pretty hard work lately. but as you will see by the heading of this, we have returned to Manchester. we have gone into regular camp and are fixing up as if intending to stay some time, march ing is pretty hard work in this country but I would rather be in the front than back here ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p011_yjaElaH.jpg) Neither Tom nor I have recd any letters for several days. we begin to feel the want of them. I think it is about time for us to get some from you written in Philadelphia if you did not write any while there I wish you write us a full dis cription of your visit if it is not too much trouble, it would interest us very much. Yesterday morning I had charge of some men who were guarding private property. I took the liberty to examine the contents of a desk in the room which we used for our HdQrs it belong to an old slave holder, I dont know where he is now, probably in the rebel army- enclosed please find two of his papers. I thought you might like to read them. The most valuable part of the property was an old Mill. situated on stone river, it remided me very much of the old Red Mill in Elyria the building is not so large, and the stream is ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p012_TbIw1kX.jpg) about half as wide as Black river but there is a fall of about 30 feet which resembles the one in Elyria very much. The trees along the bank are large and the bran- ches spread out across the stream and form a very dense shade it was most delight full to sit among the rocks where the sun scarcely ever shines and watch the water tumbling and splashing along over the stones. The miller who had charge of the mill was good old fellow and gave me about a peck of corn meal, Tom and I have had several messes of mush from it it makes quite a change for us. I put my map in the Capts. desk when we left Triune, it is here now so, I have it to refer to still. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p013_NtBLaLW.jpg) We have Railroad communication with Murfreesboro now, and I hope will have our mails more regular, and better rations hereafter When we were here the first time I wasnt in swiming and cut a big gash in my knee on a sharp rock, it made it stiff and bothered me considerably for while when marching. but it is entirely well now- Please give my love to all and write soon to your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p014_xQRm1tQ.jpg) Manchester Tenn. July 15th 1863 Dear Papa Five letters came to us boys from home yesterday three of them were for me, and one of them contained Mama's letter written while in the City. they were dated June 29th & July 2nd & 5th. how glad we were to hear from home once more the time which intervened between the reception of those received last and yesterday was just mine days & it seemed very long. You are right in sending our letters via Nashville our army mail is very well regulated the Nashville P. M. is kept informed of the position of all the different regiments &c. and when it is possible our letters are sent to us directly immediately. I have, since leaving HS ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p015_eFfApIT.jpg) Qrs. to dispose of a number of little valuables which it was pretty hard to part with, but such is the fate of war. the map which you sent me I put in the Capts desk, and now have it to refer to. I thought as I have to do his writing for him it was no more than right that I should keep some things in his desk. Our 2nd Lieut. Story has resigned on account of ill health. his papers have not yet been accepted but will be soon. his home is in Amhurst and if you should ever meet him consider him a particular friend I have found that it is to him and not Lieut Carran that I am indebted for my position at Hd Qrs he is the best officer in our company it was some consolation when I returned to the Co. to have him to talk to and consider a friend, but when he leaves I shall be entirely alone, but I can ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p016_3cF3xBG.jpg) get along. & hope the war wont last much longer. we have gone into camp here. but are ordered to be ready to move at a moments notice, we may have some fighting to do yet. but Braggs Army is very much demoralized nearly all his Tenn & Ky. troops have left him and given themselves up to us they say they wont go out of the state with him some Alabama troops are beginning to come in to I have met Sergt. Brighton a number of times he has a very high reputation in his regiment. but I can't say I like him. I dont think much of the 41st I think they are the worst class of troops I have ever seen. both officers. they have been in the service nearly if not quite two years. and yet cannot drill as well as our regt. could two weeks after it was organized, & they are the most invetirate thieves, even ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p017_RBwRTpc.jpg) their officers steal from our officers it has become necessary for us to have a guard stationed over our quarters to keep anything at all Tom and I are both well we have become accustomed to most of the aggravating circumstances with which we are surrounded. and take them as a matter of course. I addressed but one letter to Mama in Phila, when I wrote the 2nd one I supposed she would be at home before it reached her. I am sorry now for according to your last letter she has made a much longer stay than I expected. Give my love to all and writ[--] write as often as possible to your affectionate son E. M. H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p018_0N4Q2JE.jpg) Manchester Tenn. July 19th 1863 Dear Papa Yours of the 8th & 9th was recd night before last, the tea was very welcome, and made me a first rate supper and breakfast. I would have written sooner but have been very busy making out our Pay Rolls. I was up nearly all night, night before last. My work was complimented very highly on Dress Parade, by a Special Order from Hazen's H'd Qrs. the Rolls were pronounced the neatest in the Brigade I presume we will get our money in a day or two. so you may expect ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p019_SaoiVe8.jpg) some in a few days. The news we get is very encouraging. I notice from your letters that we get the reliable dispatches as soon if not before you do, we are beginning to think about going home, in a few months. I expect some of our friends in Ohio, have lost a little of their "Copperhead" inclinations since Morgan has been making his northern trip, I am realy glad he has succeeded so well. I think it is doing the Union Cause good but I hope they wont let him escape If the papers are to be credited our Country has been shamefully disgraced by the riots in N. York I would like to have been there with a company of our western Infantry, when the blank cartidges were fired. I guess there would have been a few minnie balls whilting ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p020_x7JxGrn.jpg) among the cowardly insurgents Capt. Bullock has been pretty sick for a few days. I hope he will get a leave of absence. I think I might do something while he was gone. We are not troubled with very hot weather here, in fact the nights have been uncomfortably cold, so I have fixed my tent up with bushes to keep out the night air. the water here is very good, and I go in bathing nearly every day. what a priveledge it is to be where I can keep clean Tom does not wash often enough and I wish you would speak to him about it, do it in such a way that he wont think I wrote about it. We are both well, Tom has been sick but has got over it again. Please give my love to all and keep a good share for yourself your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p021_9dBh2xu.jpg) Manchester Tenn July 21st 1868 Dear Mama I suppose you think me a poor correspondent as I wrote to you but once while you were in the City, I had no opportunity of writing until after reaching Readyville, and at that time I supposed you would be on your way home before a letter could get to Philadelphia, I have received but one from you, dated June 29th you may be sure I feel very anxious to heare how you enjoyed your trip. and if you have not done so already ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p022_oY0zSWr.jpg) I wish you would write me a full discription of it, we have fixed our camp up, as if we were going to stay sometime. I hope our next move will be to the north, Rosecrans has not taken Chattanooga and I dont think he intends to if the reb's will give up without, it would cost too many lives if it can possibly be avoided. Bragg's Army is very much demoralized but he has enough left to give us a pretty hard pull, as his fortifications are very formidable, it is the rumor now that he has left Tennessee, altogether. I have been kept pretty busy at Regt Head Quarters lately writing for Maj. Hampsen, who is Provost Marshal, as it excuses me from other. and rougher duties I am very well satisfied ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p023_bvVD4Mx.jpg) Lieut Story has resigned, but has not yet received his papers Lieut Carran, who has been at leave of absence to take the body of his brother home has returned and I guess I will get along pretty well. I hope Bullock will resign or get a leave of absence. he talks about it a great deal; I guess he dont get the promotions he hoped to, & and is becoming sick of the service. I received two letters from Papa last night one dated June 18th and the other July 16th this makes the second one that I have received from Triune directed to Hd Qrs since leaving there, it was a long time coming but the tea came just in time for supper, give my love to all, & please write us ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p024_oSUsLLr.jpg) soon as convenient to your Affectionate Son E M Hayhurst North Fairfield O. July 30. 1863 Dear Wife I send this and Tommies letter, as more satisfactory than a description of them from me would be. You see they take it for granted that you are at home. Willie and I are well. We have had a little rain to day- There is nothing of special interest since I last wrote. These two letters from the boys were received to night No others from any one. Hoping that the time of our separation is drawing towards a close I am dear wife Your Affectionate husband J. W Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p025_05A6qI2.jpg) Manchester Tenn July 26th 1863 Dear Papa I received your letter mailed the 20th day before yesterday Tom recd his also. he recd another one tonight directed to Manchester perhaps the address which you put on that letter is the best. I did not mean that you should make use of my full address when I told you what it was all that is necessary now is to direct to the regt. at Manchester "via Nashville" if you should hear of our moving it would be well to direct to the Dr. &c. "via N—" ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p026_TZrYWbT.jpg) I have not been very well lately, but am better tonight my trouble was (indigestion) a Seidletz powder pretty near cured me and the one I intend to take tomorrow will do the business I guess. We am kept pretty busy here, even when sick so that I dont have much time to waste; Some think we wont leave this place until until we start for home, the news is very encouraging and I sometimes hope it may be so. I have $20.00 to send home some time I dont know how yet. Ina may send it by mail if I do. I will wait a little while. It is pretty near time for the bugle to sound the call "Lights out" the 'kattie did,' are filling the night air with their ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p027_O5TL78Q.jpg) monotonous music, once in in a while we can hear a "whippoorwill," kittie is scam- pering around playing all sorts of capers, I believe I have not written about our kitten, we have one; the other day a little stub tailed, gray pussey came into our tent. Tom, and I immediately adopted her. she has staid with us ever since, and is very amusing she can go "hard tack" and "junk" as well as the rest of us. We have a reg't'l Bakery are supplied with soft bread now, in fact we have every thing that can be expected just now and have no reason to complain there goes the bugle, so I must say good night give my love to all from your Affectionate son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p028_1vwJ8LG.jpg) Manchester Tenn. July 30th 1863 Dear Joe, I expect you begin to think I am a poor correspondent- I have been very busy since we came to this place and have been interupted when ever I have sat down to write. I suppose Tom has already given you a discription of our late hard marches &c, and of our promotions. you see Col. Payne likes me pretty well to promote me to a Sergeant. I dont suppose I will ever get the "shoulder straps" ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p029_yqjSMdI.jpg) the war is too near a close. Our Camp here is a splendid one, and we have two rivers near where we can go to bath. I go almost every day. there are falls just like those on Black river, we undress and sit down on the smooth rock right under them and let the water come tumbling down on us, it soon knocks the dirt off. it aint like the Black river mud, but is clear as crystal. I got your picture all safe a long time after it was mailed. it went to Triune, back to Nashville and at last came here after we did. I think it is a very perfect one. You may tell Westley Adams that according to the disposition I made of my tools when I left home I am not at liberty to sell the plough ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p030_LcGoggx.jpg) but that if I ever return I think he can have it, at least I am perfectly willing. Give my love to all friends and write soon to your Affectionate brother E.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p031_wpiccdF.jpg) busy taking care of him and straightening out his accounts he has become perfectly childish. please give my love to all, and keep a good share for yourself from Your Affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst (I have not sent Manchester Tenn, my money yet but July 30th 1863 will soon) Dear Papa Your welcome letter of the 23rd arrived yesterday afternoon I am glad to hear that the sisters are so careful to keep you supplied with provisions during Mama's absence I would like to help you dispose of some of the good things, and hope that it wont be long now before we can do so, the news we get here is very encouraging, for a few days back I have been wondering why we had such a strong force out here instead of being pushed on to the front. but I begin to imagine what it is for now ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p032_c3LDdmp.jpg) The latest rumors are that Bragg is making for Kentucky by way of East Tennessee, if that is the case I suppose we will have some hard marching to do, to get in his rear. if he does do so I think he will suffer a similar fate with Morgan Rosecrans wont be apt to let him get away if he can help it. Our Camp here is a very good one but there are a great many of our boys sick, most of them have the Camp fever, there are about ten in our Co, unfit for duty. and the proportion in the rest of the regt. is about the same. I am sorry to say Tom, is one of the number he has'n't the fever, but his old trouble, the Diahreo has returned and it has run him down a good deal, I dont like to write this, but by being careful I think he will soon get better, and I always ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F8_p033_ewgZ0qL.jpg) wish you to know just how matters are, I am sorry to hear of the losses which Elyria and Lewisburg sustained in the battle at Gettysburg, that was indeed a most fearful engage- ment, Lieut. Story is the one who was talked of as Captain when our Co. was first organized, and by all the rules of the recruiting service and of honor he should have been such, but by underhanded work Bullock got the place, Lieut. has not got his papers yet by some blunder of Hazens Adjt Gen'l they have been delayed. Bullock has applied for a furlough, if he do'n't get it soon I fear he will never see his home he has had, or now has the fever, and has been over dosed. his desease took a very sudden turn last night for the worse, I am kept pretty ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p001_HJbHBpr.jpg) will be pretty good, but we mustn't "count our chicks before they are hatched" please give my love to Mama and Willie, if we get Tom in Nashville I will let you know his address immediately, please excuse this poor letter. from your affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst Manchester Tenn July Aug. 2nd/63 Dear Papa I intended to send you a letter by yesterday mail, but had so much writing to do that I couldnt do it. I am sorry to say that Tom, is quite unwell, his old complaint has set in on him with increased violence, I am afraid if he has to stay here he will never get well. Bullock went home the other day you may be sure it was a great relief to us, and we can do something now. Lieut Carran. says he will use ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p002_SbteI7L.jpg) his influence to get Tom to Nash- we will try and get him off tomor- row, if once gets into the Nashville Hosp. I think he will get along. he is very weak and the medicines he has been using have lost their power. Dr. Patterson is away sick and I have no confidence in his successor, therefore I think it best to have him go to N- if possible I do'n't like to write this, but I never want you to accuse me of decaption, Tom does not need medicine, it is good, plain, wholesome food he wants. this he can get in the N- Hosp. I have been sick for some time I have the jaundice very bad it is a very common complaint in this Camp, Lt. Story has, it he told me he would furnish the Whiskey if I would the Wild Cherry bark to make some bitters. I got some ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p003_KCJ9iLY.jpg) bark and we have been using it since yesterday morning, not long enough to tell whether it is beneficial, or not. In my reply to your last I intended to speak of your offer in regard to the schools, but for some reason forgot it. if I knew just how well you are, I could say whether you could teach and preach both, but as it is I cant say, the pay would be pretty good, but do you think it worth the hard work. if you should need money take mine and use it but do'nt go to over working yourself now, I think there is no use in it The Co. Com'd'r is allowed $10.00 to pay for the loss of Clothing &c Lt. Carran has agree, if I will keep the book's all strait. to let me have half of this, if he does it ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p004_eeIn7P0.jpg) Manchester Tenn, Aug 3rd 1863 Dear Papa Lieut. Story starts for home tomorrow, and I will take the opportunity of sending a few things by him, enclosed you will please find $20.00. what I wish to send home of my last pay I will also send by him three little trinkets which I made the other. they are of Laurel Root which grows in great abundance along Duck River. the rings are for Mama and as you are inclined to the literary the book is for you. it is a ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p005_KVRGRqT.jpg) history of my "Life and Adventures" in Manchester, and will be fully explained. if I ever get home, will also send by the Lieut. a pistol to Joe. which Gen'l Gilbert gave me before he left. it was captured at Franklin when the Reb's pitched into us so savagely and harmlessly, Tom, does not seem to be much better he is very weak, but is able to take care of himself, we have not got him started yet for Nashville. I am much better of my trouble (the Jaundice) the Bitters are very beneficial. please give my love to all Mama and Willie. and keep a good share for yourself from your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst We have rumors, of our going to Knoxville East. Tenn, ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p006_oYTzwvB.jpg) I send my watch by Lieut. there is a spring broken and I am afraid to run it any longer, he wille leave it with French in Elyria, so that you can get it when it is fixed, Ed. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p007_XKva7bM.jpg) Manchester JuAug. 3rd 1863 In Camp near Triune Aug 30th 1863 Dear Joe, The bearer of this, (Lieut Story) will also hand you an old fashioned pistol, I dont know whether you will like it very much but it is the best I could get. for you. I have been trying ever since I came into Dixie to get some valuable trophy for you, and this is the best I have yet found, it was captured from the rebels at Franklin, at the time they made their dash on the place when we were there by one of the 40th Ohio boys, he ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p008_j8PswNw.jpg) get to fooling with it one day and Gen'l Gilbert took it away from him. and when we left there is was given to me. you will see it is a very old concern, but has once been a No 1 article, who knows what exciting scenes it has taken part in. You will please accept it as the best I can do at the present from. your affectionate brother E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p009_xSRi0C5.jpg) Manchester Tenn. Aug. 4th 1863 Dear Papa Lieut. Story has started for home. I sent by him my Watch which he is to leave at Frenche in Elyria to be repaired, also a letter to containing my $20.00 he was to hand it to you. if he met you in E- if not, he will give it to Joe, who will send it to you. he also has a little package, which is to go with the letter, the trinkets are some I made the other day, intending to send them home sometime. but did not expect to have an opportunity so soon. if you ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p010_OsbaN6k.jpg) will soak them in Linseed Oil a short time, it will make the grain show much plainer, and improve the beauty, Lt. Story has a pistol for Joe. it is a homely concern but I prize it because the Gen'l gave it to me. I had a long talk with the Surgeon last night, he said if I would make out Tom's Discriptive Roll, he would send him to the Div. Hosp. and use his influence to get him to Nashville. Tom is better this morning, but I think he had better go. as he needs a a change of diet. and we expect to march pretty soon. I may be sure it is very hard for me to part with him but I know it is for the best. I will keep you informed as to his whereabouts and condition I feel much better this morn- ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p011_H4Gw8Yx.jpg) ing. I wish if you can you would get my Watch. and keep it running until I get home, or you have a very good opportunity of sending it I think it would be best not to send our over coats yet for some time, when on the march we are very apt to loose such things Please give my love to Mama & Willie, from your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p012_knFtVYM.jpg) Manchester Aug 6th 63 Dear Papa I have just got back from a visit to Tom, he is very comfortably situated in large room in a brick building where there are only three men besides himself he has nice clean linen cloths, and sheets to lie on, and very good vegetable food. I had quite a talk with the Surgeon in charge, he seems to be a very fine man, and has ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p013_mMvnZvP.jpg) taken quite an interest in Tom, he says he thinks he will not have to send Tom to N— and that he is not going to dose him to death, but cure him with wholesome food, he begins to look better already, please excuse this hurried note as the mail is just leaving Your affectionate E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p014_nu5EocQ.jpg) Manchester Tenn. August 6th '63 Dear Papa Tom, went to the Gen. Hosp in Manchester on the 4th I have not been to see him since as I could not get a pass through the lines. but I shall go today a letter came for him from you just after he left and I sent it to him by Mr. Bowker, you had better direct his letters to the Regt. for the present unless he tells you different. he may, and I hope he will be sent to Nashvill, if he is I will let you know immediately. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p015_RDQrdcL.jpg) I feel pretty lonely sometimes but I think it for the best to have him in the Hospital. I am entirely well now, and hope to keep so for a while. As soon as Lieut. Story left, Lieut Carran told me to move into his tent and keep him company. I draw my rations and mess with him, so you see I have good times again. it wont last long tho' if Bullock ever gets back. which a great many in the Regt. think will never do. I wish if you think it is not too expensive you would send me a pair of good suspenders by mail, what you can buy for $.75 would cost $2.00 here at the Sutlers my old ones are pretty near worn out and if you dont think it would cost too much, I would like to have a pair. Today is Thanksgiving Day ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p016_P6aOuk9.jpg) we have no drills. I dont know whether Mr. Bowker will preach to us or not I hope he will. he preached the best sermon last Sabbath that I have heard since I came to "Dixie". Give my love to Mama if she has got home & to Willie. keep a good share for yourself from your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p017_489abOT.jpg) Manchester Tenn August 10th 1863 Dear Mama I presume you will be at home by the time this reach you, you have made a much longer visit than I expected you would and I expect you have enjoyed yourself very much. I would have written to you directly, but I supposed you would be on your way home before the letters would reach Philadelphia. I have not seen Tom. since Sat. morning. I have not had an ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p018_0prOpOJ.jpg) opportunity of riding over, and am too lame to walk, my right leg below the knee has been enflamed and very sore for several days. the Dr. says an absess is going to form near the ankle, but I have very little confidence in him. I got some flax seed meal and made a poultice. it takes the soreness out as long as I keep it on. two letters came from home yesterday one for Tom. and one for me. I sent them both over to him this morning. I shall try and go over to see him tonight or early in the morning if I can get a chance to ride It is said Mr. Bowker has resigned but that his resignation has not yet been accepted. I presume it will be Gen'l Hazen is an unbeliever and throws a great many obstacles in his way How would it do for Papa to fish for his <(Mr. Bowkers)> place ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p019_rLtBwIG.jpg) Papa speaks of sending a box, I dont realy need much at present if you could get a good pocket knife and two or three handkerchiefs and two pair woolen socks. it would be all that I shall need before cold weather. dont send my over coat or blouse. you will please give my love to Papa & Willie. keep a good share for yourself from Your Affectionate Son E.M. Hayhurst Enclosed please find the Second edition of my "Life & Adventures in Man- chester." E.M.H ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p020_7lR5BCn.jpg) Aug. 11, '63. Manchester Tenn August 11th Dear Papa I procured a pass this morning to visit Tom. I hobbled over to the Hosp just in time to see him off for McMinnville Tenn. I had not seen him since Sat. Morning. and could notice a very decided change for the better, he told me that the Surgeon in charge told him that he had recomended him (Tom.) for a thirty day furlough. if such is the case he will have one before long but I doubt it. you had ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p021_DITYQXW.jpg) better not be too hopeful, I talked pretty seriously with the Surgeons. & if my arguments are of any avail he will stand a good chance. I dont understand why they send our sick to McMinn. v. it is will find it marked on the Map about 20 miles N. by N. E. of us, there is either much better accomodations for the sick there or we are going into East Tenn. Tom's address is now changed to the Gen. Hosp't' in McMinn I am very well now. I have plenty of apples to eat, the citizens, bring them in and trade for coffee sugar & salt by this means we can by, for [--]$.25 a bush. what they value at $2.00. salt is as good as gold to them they pay $.75 cts a lb for coffee. My lame leg still troubles me, it is the rheumatism I think. it is the the right leg. you will remember it was my right foot which troubled me so much two or ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p022_afJLXn5.jpg) three years ago. I hope you will be successful in your schools. dont work to hard or else there will be nothing gained I am very sorry to hear of Tom. Munsons loss. I often wonder if he was engaged in the war. Please give my love to all, from Your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst Aug. 12th P. S. They had got the sick boys all started for McMinn. [-] where they changed their minds and concluded to send them to Nashville. I dont know what Toms address will be now you will have to wait till you hear from one or the other of us. I sent the two letters to him which you wrote us on the 6th E. M. H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p023_xhWHqJU.jpg) Manchester Tenn. August 13th 1863 Dear Mama Tom. was started yesterday morning for Nashville, a member of our Company saw him at Tullahoma about 11 O'clock, he with the others was waiting for the train to take them to N—. you may think it strange when I say that I am glad, our hospitals in Nashville are very well managed and if the is not much hope of the patients getting well in a few days, they are, if able to travel sent north. so I think Tom, stands a good chance to get into ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p024_hjT5tAn.jpg) Ohio, if not home, he will let me know what his address is as soon as he can so I can send his letters to him. he may when he gets to Nashville begin to recover so as to make it unnecessary for him to go farther. but I am afraid not I am very well, the swelling and pain is gone from my leg but it is still very weak. I used some salve which Lieut. Carran had for the rheumatism and I think it has cured it. we are having some pretty warm weather now but I stand it first rate. I hope we wont have to march tho.' I see by the Cincinnati papers that Gen'l Gilbert has taken the Field again in Kentucky. I wish he could come under Rosecrans, and have us for one of his regts Lieut. & I had a mess of green corn the other day. just think of it. soldiers having such a Luxury as green corn ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p025_A3YFh1f.jpg) we had not butter. but it went more than good with nothing but salt to dress it There is but very little of interest transpiring in Camp so you will please excuse short and un- interesting letters. Please give my love to all. and write as soon as you can to your Affectionate Son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p026_9jfmqBG.jpg) Camp 124th O.V. J. Manchester, August 14th '63 Dear Papa Yours of the 8th is just recd. also the one to Tom. You will have learned long before this reaches you that Tom is in (or on the [-] way to) Nashville. when the box arrives which will be in a day or two at most, what shall I do. it will hardly seem right for me to open it while he is away and yet it may be many months before he returns to the regiments. if I was to reexpress it to him it would be very doubtful about his getting it. I suppose I will have to open it, maybe I will have ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p027_CXOk2If.jpg) an opportunity of sending the Cordial to him by private conveyance. I can't express my thanks to you for the trouble you have taken to send us these delicasies they will do me great good I have no doubt. I hope I will have an opportunity of sending some if not all to Tom. I presume my last letters will make you expect to see Tom at home before long. I did hope for a while that he would be sent north, but the chances are against it now I think it has been the custom to send those who were able to travel to Hospitals in their own states, but there have been so many who have taken the opportunity to shirk duty that I understand lately that the government is very slow to do so now. I expect you feel very anxious about him now, as soon as I hear from him I will let ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p028_ExkY0Ya.jpg) you know his address, I am very sorry that it became necessary for him to leave the Regiment. but he could not live here very long in the state he was in. The hospitals are not very pleasant places. but in- finitely better than this camp for a sick man. I hesitated a long time about sending him off, but I accidentally discovered that Dr. Bidwell was giving him opium, this settled me completely, I asked the Dr. why he gave him such a thing, "Oh! (he said,) it is just to quiet his nerves there is'n't much use to try to cure him any other way." I asked him why he did'n't send him to the Hosp. if he was not to be cured in Camp. he said [--] [-] "It is'n't worth the trouble hardly" I told him I would soon find out whether it was or not, if not why and gave him to understand that there were higher persons than ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p029_EalvqeA.jpg) him to whom I could go. this was before he knew I was Toms brother and he soon heard from two other sources. You will please give my love to Mama & Willie from your Affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p030_3GGhJAp.jpg) On the March August 17th Dear Papa I have to use a pencil again, We left Manchester yesterday morning, marched 13 miles to the foot of the Cumberland Mountains.we have marched about 10 miles today over the beautiful hills and thru well cultivated valleys, we are now bivouaced on the banks of a branch of the Cumberland River. I have not yet learned its name, we are getting into a civilized part ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p031_biA8L6q.jpg) of the state again, which is ev- ident from the neat residences and and well cultivated plan- tations there are great quantities of fruit peaches especially tho' they are hardly ripe yet. I had some of the finest appells today that I ever eat. corn is just in its prime for roasting and I appropriate a good share for myself. we strip off about half the husks and lay the ears on the fire until the rest of the husks are burnt off its is then in good condi- tion to eat for hungry soldiers The marching is pretty hard for me as I am still weak but I guess I'll get along. it is hard to tell where we are going to, but Chattanooga is the first place we will ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p032_UAkQQEt.jpg) stop at. I am afraid our box has "gone to pot" but maybe I will get it yet, it depends on whare we are going. I heard from Tom to day, he is in the Gen. Field Hosp, Nashv he did not say how he was I received your letter date the 11th this morning. I am very tired tonight, so good bye for the present. give my love to all from your affectionate son E. M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p033_4G6Sp4C.jpg) E M Hayhurst In camp 15 mls from Chattanooga August 24th 1863 Dear Papa It is now eight days since we left Manchester, and seven since we recd any mail. I recd yours of the 11th last Monday. We started on our journey at an hours notice without knowing which way we were going or any thing about it. I left most of my stationary &c in our desk so I dont have much to write on. after 5 days hard rapid marching we reached this place. we are at the foot of one of the ridges of the Armillo range about 6 miles from Harrisons Ferry on the Tennessee River. the enemy we can see from the hill side the dense smoke from the rebel camps in and around Chattanooga, the enemy are strongly entrenched at the Ferry and we ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p034_vZbnByL.jpg) lie here and worrie him all we can. we have very little or no communication with the "World" and live on the country just what I have wanted to do ever since the war we have plenty of green corn new potatoes apples, peaches & fresh meat. we captured two mills with about 400 bush of wheat so we have flour enough to last some time we have good weather and every thing seems favorable, it is rumored that Johnson is coming up to reinforce Bragg and that Grant is following him I guess we will stand a chance to bag them all yet. our "Line of Battle" extendes over 150 miles. I am very well. never was better. Give my love to all, from your affectionate son ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p035_ahBLqDS.jpg) Ferry so we have to await reinforce I am very well and ready for [---] In Bivouac 15 Miles from E. M Hayhurst Chattanooga Aug. 25th 63 Dear Tom, Aug. 25, '63. A week ago yesterday I recd your letter, at the same I recd for you one or more I dont remember how many just now, which I immediately remailed to you, today we recd another mail in which there were two for me and two for you from home and one from Ellen for you I will mail them all with this to you. tho' I feel doubtful about your getting them. The $5,00 which was sent by Papa for you came safe. I have paid your Sutlers bill. and will enclose only 50 cts. and a few stamps as it is doubt ful about your receiving this, I recd a note from the Express ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p036_VrFLAMw.jpg) Agent at Nashville saying that our box was there awaiting further orders, as it is impossible for you to get it, I will tell him to send it on to the Reg. I am very sorry that you will not be able to enjoy the contents but it cant be helped now. We have had a pretty hard and rapid march to this place, we are entirely cut off from the (World) grub and every thing else, we live on the country have plenty of green corn and potatoes beans tomatoes fresh meat and peaches & apples. we take them dont buy them. we are six miles from Harrisons Ferry on the Tennessee River. The smoke from the rebel camps in and around Chattanooga can be seen from the hill side th[--] enemy is strongly entrenched at the ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p037_t8Za1C1.jpg) In Bivouac 6 miles from Harrison's Ferry Aug 26th Dear Papa We recd a mail yesterday the first since a week ago last Monday there were several letters in it for Tom which I immediately sent to him also two from you for me one dated the 13th and the other the 15th inst. one of which contained the $5.00 for Tom. part of it have sent to him and will send more when I hear from him again I am glad that my money arrived safe. how fortunate I have been in in. that respect so far, I recd a note yesterday from the Express Agent at Nashville saying that there is a box there for me and that will be kept for a limited time at my risk and then sold if I dont call for it. it was not sent to ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p038_ZljFVIs.jpg) altho' they have an Office there, or I could have got it before we left, Col, Payne says that I can compel them them to keep it for me until we get to some R. R. communication and then send it to me, and if they wont do that, that you can collect damages, on the receipt you took, there others in the regt. who have boxes in the same fix. Lt. Carran is one of them & the Col. says he will see that the Agent is ordered by the proper authorities to send them on to the regt. so I guess I will get my box sometime. tho' I'm afraid it wont do Tom much good. You speak of sending another box. if you do a pair of good shirts would be very acceptable tho' you had better wait till our present Campaign is over, the shirts which Mama made me I still have I have not had to take single stitch or sew a single button on them since ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p039_GIzvo8H.jpg) 2 I left Cleveland. & I have worn them all the time, they look as if they would last some time longer. their only fault is they have shrunk some. our position at present is very uncertain it seems that Rosecrans is about to commence an attack on Chattanooga after a hard march over the Mountains we have come to a stand still, our Brigade is in the advance the rest of the Division is still in Dunlap We find the rebels strongly entrenched at ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p040_BRaInJD.jpg) the Ferry. We have pushed pretty hard but they are inclined make some resistanc Rosecrans seems to be waiting for Grant who is said to be following Johnson who is rumored to be coming up to rein- force Bragg. I expect we will have a an extensive battle before long, we are lying here ourself afers at the foot of the mountain awaiting orders once in a while we run our Battery out to the Ferry and stir up the enemy a little. we are almost entirely cut off from any provision Depot and live on the country. Green corn potatoes tomatoes pbeans apples peaches and fresh beaf we have in abundance ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p041_hxtGIGX.jpg) We reached this beautiful country just in time to prevent the Conscription we killed and took prisoners quite a number of the rebels in the act of enforceing it they were collecting the men together and driving them off like so many cattle. you cannot imagine how we were welcomed by the union people. we found great numbers of refugees among the hills many of whom had not been at home for over eleven months, although within six miles of them. with what joy they were were welcomed by their families as we marched past their homes a great proportion of them wish to join our army and help take Chattanooga, from the hill side we have a splendid view of the which surrounds the rebel stronghold and the smoke from their camp fires rises in a dense heavy cloud ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p042_t6OTzu7.jpg) showing their position very I am afraid there there will before long be another kind of smoky cloud hanging over them telling a terribly bloody tale. unless they give up much easier than I think they will I am very well indeed, and am ready for a great deal of hard march- ing, and fighting too if necessary I took charge of a foraging party that went out the other day. we stoped at the house of a widow she invited us to help ourselves to the products of her orchard, you may be sure I did ample justice to some of the finest peaches I ever tasted. she has three sons in the union army almost all her slaves are in our lines, somewhere, she has three very charming and apparently very amiable girls, how would do for me to have "an eye to business" and court a southern plantation. I am afraid I could'n't get along very well with the people in this country. give my love to Mama & Willie and keep a good share for yourself from your affectionate son E M Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p043_RSsUh67.jpg) Camp 124th O.U.I. Six miles from Harrison's Ferry, Tennessee River August 31st 1853 Dear Papa I have an opportunity of sending this letter by the Sutler who is going to take our Regt'l mail to Tullahoma, he is going to start soon, so I cant write any more than enough to let you know that I am very well & that I received your two letters dated 19th & 20th inst. I am very glad to hear that Mama has reached home in safety. I have not heard from Tom since his first letter to me, please give my love to Mama & Willie from your af keep a good share for yourself from Your Affectionate Son EMHayhurst (Direct Via Nashville as usual) ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F9_p044_U4znexb.jpg) Aug. 31 ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F10_p001.jpg) S. O EM Hayhurst Sergt. E. M. Hayhurst of Co "E" 124th Regt. O.V.I. having applied for a certificate of Disability. – I do hereby certify that I have carefully examined this soldier and find that he is suffered g from "Typhoid Ulcers" for four (4) months and that in consequence thereof he is in my opinion unfit for duty and not able to travel. I further declare my belief that he will not be able to resume his duties in a less period than twenty (20) days. Jo[---] Surg. U. S. Vols Dated N. Fairfield O. this 12th day of April 1864 ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F11_p001.jpg) E. K. Hayhurst [Esther] (Edwards aunt) ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F11_p002.jpg) Philadelphia 9 [--] 2nd 1865 Dear Brother & Sister I want to congratu- late you on the happy reunion of your family without a single link in the chain broken h you have indeed been blest beyond allmost any family I have known during this terible war now we hope so nearly ended, I am late with my congratulation but I have but recently heard that all the boys had returned and were about to scatter again in search of new homes further west I had a letter from brother Lamar he tells me there is some talk of Isaac joining ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F11_p003.jpg) him in Iowa I hope the plan may be carried out for his sake as well as yours altho I do not like you to go so far away but it did not take his letter so long to come as it does one from you, only two days, and as we now measure distance by time he must be the nearer. If you should conclude to go there you must come together and pay us a visit before you go or we shall never see you I fear altho I have proposed to Lamar to come out and assist him in the Art department of his school if he has one. We want the boys to come and see us before they go west of the Missis and tell Edward he ought to come and see his Grandma by all means "dear little Eddie" she calls him and I verily believe she cannot think of him as other than a little boy it would not cost a yong man much and it would make her very happy Lamar tell me he spent two days with you on his way to Burlington can you do any thing for him he seams utterly brokenhearted to judge from the tone of his letter it was sad very sad he wrote one letter and in two days he sent another and seemed not to know he had written the first at least he said nothing about it I am very much grieved to se him in such a state of mind but I hope time and new scenes may give a more healthy tone to his thoughts We want very much to hear directly from you, Love to all I suppose Willie does not want me to play ball this summer Your affectionate sister E K Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F11_p004.jpg) J.W. Bullock letters (3) 9 Aug. 1864 9 Nov. 1864 (2) to Eddie [Edward M. Hayhurst] (1/ to I W Haywurst) in letter. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F11_p005.jpg) In the Field [---] Atlanta Ga August 9th 1864 Dear Eddy I did not expect to hear of your being so sick, but hope from what your Father writes that you will come out all right I wrote you at Chattanooga but presume you did not get the letter as you moved about that time I hope as soon as you get able you will get a Furlough and go home you will get your full health quicker that way than any other. The Col. inqui -rers about you every day. I was glad to see him manifest so much inter est in you Thommy is quite well now and a good soldier I intend making him Segt when Lt Wymen is mustered. Herbert Cartes and ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F11_p006.jpg) Sutton come yesterday. Segt Bennett was reduced to the Ranks by the Col,s' order for Coward ice Now Eddy you must keep up a good resolution dont get despon -dant and you will get well I have been hit on the sholder by a bullet but the wound is nearly well Good By From Your Capt J W Bullock Write me after. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F11_p007.jpg) Elyria Nov 9th 1864 Dear Eddie Your letter in answer to mine & the one enclosing the Da's Roll, come yester- day. I am very sorry that you are still so poorly. But have no doubt that now at Home you will get well without delay But dont think of going back untill you are quite well and you had not better go to the Hospital again untill well. I will send you a form of a Certifi cate which is just as good as a leve of absence. to ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F11_p008.jpg) you. If thare is no Army Surgeon in your place Any other Surgeon will do as well only in the latter case He will have to have it sworn to before a Justice of the piece Send one to the Hospital from which you received your furlough & one you will keep. I am suffering from the Effects of the Dysentery which I had in Atlanta If you get able to come down in the course of twenty or thirty days I hope you will do so I shall probably stay that time and perhaps longer Our Regt has gone to Decater Ill, Col. Payne has Resigned and is in Cleveland. Capt Wilson has gon to Charlston S. C. with Drafted man Lt M Guiniss and Rimmins are in Cincinnati Write me often and Ever believe me your Friend J W Bullock ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F11_p009.jpg) EM. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F11_p010.jpg) (July 1864?) Revd I. W. Heyhurst Dear Friend Your note inform -ing me of Eddy's sickness come this day. We have worried a good deal about him for some time past, as we did not hear from Him. I hope he will be spared to you & me for in the long time that he and I have been together I have grown strongly attached to him. His stirling [-]mer[-] you never will see in him unless you go as I have with Him in the thickest of the fight His self possesion Coolness & Bravery attracted the attention of the Col, at Resaca & Dallas. I can say with you "Oh the cost of this war." But do you see the end? I do not know how it is with you but for myself I am not now looking to the Rebels for the End. but to the north The strength of this Rebelion at this momment more than ever before is in their hopes in their Co workers at the North, From my stand- point for viewing the state of things ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F11_p011.jpg) I feel confident that if the People sustain the Presidant in the Comm- -ing Draft, that this war will End in January next If He only gets half the men, it may take longer but Early spring will do. the word We are still on the outside of Atlanta and it is very uncertain wether we can get in before reenforce -ments arrive or not, To us it is quite an itum to get there; but to the Rebel Army & the Rebel Caus we are dealing gist as heavy blows as we could from in the City Our Campaign has been a very succesful one, and will prove a hevy blow to the Reb. caus should it End here. we have come to stay, with them. Remember me to your Wife & Family I should be glad to hear often from Eddy. I thank you for your kind wishes for myself Respt Your Abt J W Bullock [text rotated counterclockwise in bottom left corner] By Capt. Bullock. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F12_p001.jpg) [text written upside down at top of page] I except your opology for not writing but would like to hear from you when convenient – Uncle James wrote to your Papa last week— M. – Please direct to me 1343 2 St. Phila [remaining body of letter] (1) Phila June. 2. 1862 My very Dear Eddie It would be in vain to attem to discribe my Surprise at this Sight of your welcome letter of 25. ult. I can only Say my heart is once rejoiced to look upon your face again, though in Miniature form. more than four years have passed Since I last looked on the Original, but the features and Countenence are the Same, I would have recognized them among a thousand– I thank you my dear Child for this inestimable Gift. and will treasure it also with Sacred care, Still hoping against hope (Should life be Spared) when it is Well with you, You may remem -ber Grand-ma! The Pictures came perfectly Safe. your Dress, Tools, and workmanShip are realy beautiful my Eyes. can not tire in looking on them– nor can I desist from drawing the pleasing Comparison on look- -ing back to Childhood when you were dear little neddie in my arms, and would Climb upon my lap for “Grandma to Toache feet” Sweet recolections of the past, never to be Oblitirated from memory’s ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F12_p002.jpg) I often sigh and vainly wish we were near each other and often ask "will we indeed meet again? I am much pleased to learn that you have been able to furnish yourself with so many good Tools, this speaks well for your ambition, I have often tryed to send you a little sum, and once had $2.50 laid by for several months hoping to add more to it, but was obliged in an extreme case to use it- and though Board and Shelter expenses are promptly met, I have never in the Darkest hour of my life felt the want of money more than now- your Uncle's business losses [---] have been so great and his health so much impaired that I do not worrie by asking for what is due- he does the best he can to make my life comfortable- and I desire to be thankful for the blessings a kind Providence has given me in Sparing his life thus far- I am glad to learn you are all well- I hope your ma write soon and tell me how all things are getting along, and what, if any prospect is opening for the family- your Auntie Amanda will be very happy to have your picture. She with all others send much love to you and family- give my love to all and except a large share from your ever affectionate Grandma M. Forbes ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F12_p003.jpg) Phila Nov. 10. 1862. My Dear Edward I was over joyed to see your handwri -ting once more, and read (with no ordinary feelings) your interesting discription of your brief soldier life, and while I am proud to know and feel that true patriotism glows with ardent zeal in your warm and youthful heart, yet I would desire most fervently that you may be spared the necessity of risking your life on the Battle field- Many useful and precious live have been already sacrificed, and seemly to little purpose, a dark and heavy cloud still [---] hovers over our once happy land, but I must limit my my remarks on this subject, it is too painful- I am very glad you were in such good Company and had such a pleasent time under all the circumstances – I feel very thankful that a kind providence was over you and has returned you in safety to your anxious family – your ramble through the woods, and visit to the Tomb of Gen Harrison was no doubt a rich feast- I could wish it had been my privilege to have been with you- I thank you kindly for the Mentoes you sent me, and will treasure them up with sacred care- I hope this may find you entirely restored to healh. do you think you will ever revisit our city- I would that I had something to live for if I could hope to meet you again! my much loved Eddie you can never know or think what I have passed through since ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F12_p004.jpg) last saw you — I hope you will write soon and tell me how you are all getting along I want to see all the family badly give my love to each one and keep a large share for yourself – hoping you will excuse all imperfections – I have been very sick, and though I am better now I feel unfit to write. Even your Affectionate Grandma M. Forbes (Your uncle Edward Aunt Mary-ann and Cle[---] send their love to you and family) I have not seen any of your Uncle James family since I recd your letter – I am very lame and can not go out often. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F12_p005.jpg) [seal with eagle and American flag in upper left corner stating: E PLURIBUS UNUM, included] Phila Nov. 28. 1862 My very Dear Eddie I am indeed "sur- prised to learn (by yours of 17. Inst.) that you have again become a soldier" and while I mourn the Necessity of all Loyal effort being put forth at this dark hour of our Country's peril to crush out this wicked Rebelion, I would trust in that Almighty power whose Infinite Wisdom guides and shapes the Destiny of individuals, as well as Nations, knowing that "all things will work togeth for good to those who love and fear the Lord"- and now my beloved grand-son, I am prepared through grace to lay you a living sacrifice upon the alter of my Country, praying the God of battles to shield in the hour of danger and make you instrumental in doing much good I know your Faith will be sorely tried, but strength is prom Equal to your day! I am glad your position is not an exposed one and that you can adapt your feelings to circumstances, this is a happy conclusion ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F12_p006.jpg) to arrive at and will do much to soften the rigors of a Soldiers life- How does your brother Tomy get along, it is very pleasant to know he is in the same Regiment – I wish much it were in my power to do something for you both, to make you comfort but I can only pray our Heavenly Father to raise up Friends where ever you may located- Few (---) indeed, but is ready to respond to the poor Soldier necessities I would like to know if Captain Bullock is the same gentleman who visited your family when I was in Elyria, if so I remem= ber him and his wife very well- and wish you to give my kind regards to him- It will add much my dear Eddie to my happiness to know that you, and Tomy are under his protection Oh! how much I wish I could come to see you [--] even where you are – I often think of you and wonder Shall we meet again in this life? Write when ever you can- give my love to Tomy keep very much for your self your uncle Edward auntie Mary-ann and Cousin Clemy send you much love I have not seen any of our relations since I last wrote not being able to go out – I am better now, and hope you are well [right page] I have much to write but my broken wrist has given out Clemy's Husband is on board of the Penolscat as first engineer o[--] Wilmington North Carolina Good-by my precious Eddie. Even your Affectionate Grandma Mary Forbes ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F12_p007.jpg) Phila Nov. 14th 1864. My Dear Eddie I know not what to say first. My joy is so great at the sight of your kind and welcome letter which informed me of your safe arrival at Home- My heart has often had occasion to thank and bless our Heavenly Father for His prote =cting care over you amid dangers, and Death and now in His kind providence has brought you to the bosom of your family, where loved ones stand ready to administer relief to your evey necesity – Oh what renewed cause for gratitude to God you say your "health is good but you can not walk" Tell me my dear boy, have you been wounded in Battle? or has your lameness been caused by those forming in the joints of your limbs? – I ask this question, because my mind impressed with the thought were indeed wounded, and it was kept from me – I hope you may remain at home untill you have ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F12_p008.jpg) entirely recovered. Will they not give your discharge if you continue unfit for duty? – your uncle Edward desires me to give his kind love to you, with his sincere wishes for your recovery and that he would be most happy to see you! he said (when I told him you were at home) "if the distance was only one hundred miles I would take you at once to him" - I was not tired of waiting for your letter, for you had said you would write when you got better, and I felt still to hope that you would do so – I feel very anxious about dear Thommy- is there no tidings about him, do write me soon and let me know his fate if it has reached you – I cannot say how much I want to see you, and all the family – This painful separation has been hard to bear — Tell me my much loved Eddie, do you think we shall meet again? for more than six long years I have cherished the fond hope that we would be reunited – Do write me a long letter and give me your views on this sub- I have much cause for writing thus [-] [---]" and many things to say to you, Give much love to your dear Ma, Pappa, and all the boys keep a great for yourself from your Ever affectionate Grandma M. Forbes ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F12_p009.jpg) [text written upside down at top of page] write me Soon) Have you heard of dean Thomy [remaining body of letter] Phila Nov. 23rd 1864 My Dear Eddie, (5) I thank you for your very kind and prompt letter of 18th Inst. which informs me you are Still Slowly recovering– I had heard through Aunt Esther (a few days ago) that you were not So well, and I feared the travelling had been too much for you in your Suffering State! I am very glad to know that you have not been wounded in Battle - you have had a large Share of pain and suffering with- out the Bayonet Sword or Bullet and <‘though> the anguish has been long and Severe, I do feel to hope the worst is now past, and as your Strength, and vigor increases, Nature will resume her work in removing Terrible ulcers. then by using freely the Flesh-brush over those joint, “the Fricti- -on will produce a moisture on the Surface which will eventualy restore to you the use ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F12_p010.jpg) [left page] of your Limbs – My own experience induces me to write thus – More than one year I have been suffering the most excruciating pain, in the joints of my left limb, many dollars have been expended for Medcine and external applications, but nothing gave me any relief untill I tried the Flesh brush, and now I can go up and down stairs with -out much difficulty- I hope you will not return to the army untill you are strong enough to bear the great change which awaits the Convalesent Soldier - should it not be better to obtain your Dishcarge? (as we hope the War will close) [---] you will never be able to take the Field again; – My Dear Boy! I do not wonder that you could hardly "realize that you had voted" – for though I know you are twenty two years old next month, yet I can only associate my thoughts with your child-hood, and early youth – Oh 'how pleas- ent to my stricken heart, is the memory of those days: when night approached you would find your way to room, With [right page] "Grandma, Toche Feet"- Sweet indeed are those meies of early love, and confidence, never to be forgoten! — I did not dear Eddie, think it advisable to undertake so great a journey during the the inclement Season, but I have had a hard struggle to suppress my strong desire to see you, while you were at home, but the thought of parting again would be too painful. I will bear this Trial also with a quiet spirit in view of the precious promis of our Heavenly Father "All things shall work together for good to those who Love God" We will leave the Future to His guidence Who doeth all things Well" Give my love to your Dear Ma and say I will excuse her a little while longer. All the family sends much love to you and all Please excuse -ons- Hoping you may soon be restored to perfect health, and use of your Limbs with lots of love to you and all dear ones I am as ever your affectionate grandma Mary Forbes ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F12_p011.jpg) Phila July 7th 1865 My Dear Eddie. Your interesting and thrice welcome letter of 25th ult. was handed me yesterday I need not tell you how much my heart rejoiced to see your hand writing once more, and to realize that you were home safe and well – Oh! how much cause for renewed gratitude and love to our Heavenly Father whose gardian care and tender mercies have in answer to united prayer kept you in the Holow of His hand, and brought you back to the bosom of loved ones; I would have been most happy to have met you! It had been a long time since I heard anything about you untill last week, uncle James called and said he had seen you at home, I understood him to say also that you were going far away to live ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F12_p012.jpg) [left page] This my dear son was a great grief to me, but if this step will be for your advantage, it must be right; and as you did not alude to your future plans in your letter. I feel to hope there has been a misunderstanding – your dear Ma's last letter is dated May 13th I prize her letters much but do not wish to tax her time feeling that she must have much to do" I look forward to the time when we shall yet meet together on earth, when this happy day may arrive is known only to Him whose Wisdom hath fixed the boundary of man – I am much pleased with your remarks in reference to the war, and feel justly proud that name is coupled with the Noble Heroes who fought on Freedom's Side- I had thought Dear Thomy would have been Discharged before this, I had not heard of him for a long time. I hope he may soon return also- How is Lance's hand getting along- Josie and Willie too, Oh[right page] how much I want to see you all- give much to each one, to your dear Papa and Mama, with a large share for yourself from your ever affectionate Grandma Mary Forbes I thank you dear Eddie for your kind solicitude for my health and gratefuly acknowlege the enjo- yment of an unusual shame- your uncle Edward is not very well, and little Eddie is sick also- the rest are well and all send much love to you all- M. Please write soon M. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F12_p013.jpg) ing Phila Aug. 25 1865. My very Dear Eddie ct. I need not tell you how much my heart rejoiced at the sight of your hand writing once more often so long a state of suspence; last evening I rece'd your kind letter of 20. Inst which relieved my anxious mind not knowing where you were. You say "the boys think of going west to engage in Farming and if so, you would like to join them" This might be a step in the right direction, were any one of your number a practical Farmer. - but you do not say anything about the remaining part of the family – Will you all go gether or will your parents remain where they are – also where or when shall my last hope be realized? it indeed impractible? Shall we never meet again? The thought is Terrible to me – I do not wish ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F12_p014.jpg) [left page] you to think my desire to be reunited to you all, and to close my weary life among you, is prompted by any Sinister motive, No. my dear Eddie. There are ample means in your Uncl's hands for my support during my life -time which he has promised to advance from time to time, as it may be required your uncle Edward is a kind, and dutiful son, and has done every thing in his power to promote my happiness but he cannot enter into my feelings in reference to Loved Ones far away, and now my beloved boy, I leave those sentiments with you, hoping you will deal plainly with me in answering those questions - If you all leave home, then there would be room enough for me to dwell with your dear parents where they are, as the want of house-room seemed to be the objection here to-fore – I would to set out before the cold weather comes on – Edward would come with me, or place me in care of [right page] Some Friend I am very glad to learn by your letter that your health is so good- It is indeed an unspeakable Blessing – I was fearful there would be a reaction in your systom when you returned to Civil life, it is so different from the Souldier's — I would lik to know how Thommys health is, also how Lannie's hand is – your dear Mother does not write oftener than two months between her letters, which seems a long ns senior. Then there is one of the Ponstones,and others are of Clayton, Hairst de Watersyde in Dutton of Dillworth, and we find that in the month of January, 1671, Oliver Hayhurst buried a son, his wife, another son, and was buried himself in the following month. (It may be noted here that at the present time there is a Colonel France-Hayhurst, J.P., living in Cheshire at Bostock Hall, Northwich. For 25 years he has uninteruptedly held the post of chairman of the Northwich Board of Guardians and Rural Council. He is a large land- owner in the county, and his Bostock estate is described as a model one. I have never had any communication with him.) ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F14_p009.jpg) 8. THE REV. ROBERT HAYHURST. The Rev. Robert Hayhurst, son of Richard Hayhurst, was for some time minister of Coley Chapel near Halifax. He is thus referred to by the famous Oliver Heywood, in his Diary---"The next settled minister was the Rev. Robert Hayhurst' born at Ribchester in Lancashire. His brother Mr. Bradley Hayhurst, vicar of Leigh, was turned out at the Act of Uniformity, yet living at Maxfield (Macclesfield) in Cheshire. This choice young man (Mr. R. H.) was at Coley seven or eight years, but fell into a consumption, took his solemn leave in the chapel, told them he had spent his strength with them, and was able to preach no mor There was a great company and lamentation at the parting.. He pined away, had his mother with him, whose breasts he sucked as long as he was able, then died at Upper Briar, where he was tabled, leaving a sweet savour behind him both of holy life and sound doctrine. Was much lamented." ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F14_p010.jpg) THE REV. BRADLEY HAYHURST. The Rev. Bradley Hayhurst was the son of Richard Hayhurst, the octogenarian of Dutton. No entry of his baptism occurs in the regis- ters. Where he received his early training is not stated, but it may have been at the hands of the vicar of Ribchester <[---]>, or he may have been sent to the Grammar School at Blackburn. He was sent to Cambridge University in March 1629, and was admitt ed a member of Emmanuel Coll- edge. He took the degree of B. A. in 1632 In 1648 he was a "prea- cher of the word at Leigh," at St Mary's Church, to which important living he was inducted in 1646. In this year he is described in the register as a Presbyterian minister, the episcopacy having been abo- lished and theclergy of the Church of England driven from their bene- fices, their sacred office being filled by Presbyterian ministers and the services of the Church prohibited by the rebel Parliament onpain of fine and imprisonment. During the Rev. Bradley Hayhurst's minis- try the church Chowbent (then a mission) was opened and he frequently preached there. It was attached to Leigh. In 1648 he was one of the Lancashire Presbyterian ministers who signed the "Harmonious Consent" Evidently Bradley Hayhurst kept himself out of the broils and contro- versies of his time, for in the Survey of 1650 he is described as a amn of goodly life and conversation, "and constant in preaching the Word and in all other ministerial duties." His benefice in 1650 (at Westleigh) included a vicarage house and 8 acres of land and one cottag worth £8 per annum; one other house called Nowell House and a horse worth £8 14s 0. "The tithe corn of Pennington being £40 per annum was settled on Mr. Hayhurst by order of Parliament. The higher side of Bedford tithes belonging to the vicar of Leigh and received by Mr. Hayhurst, were worth £20 per annum" During the succeeding two years there were terrible events throughout Lancashire, and Leigh had its full share in them The whole village was plundered by the Royalists but the Rev. Bradley Hayhurst's name does not figure in any of the con- temporary records ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F14_p011.jpg) In 1662 he was ejected from the living, but under what precise cir- cumstances does not appear ,although one record says "under the Act of Uniformity," and adds "but afterwards conformed---that is became a cl clergyman of the Church of England. In the history of St. Mary's church isnthe following paragraph--"The Rev. James Gillibrands name appears next in the register as vicar, the Rev. Bradley Hayhurst having been ejected for having refused to subscribe to the Act of Uniformity in 1662, after having for 18 years usurped the sacred office of a priest of the English Church." Shortly after his ejection from Leigh, he was appointed Rector of Taxall, where he did not stay long. I have visited this parish, andfind no record extant of his rectorship. in 1671 he became curate of the historic church at Macclesfield, and remained until his resignation in 1782. Why he resigned is not stated, and there are no references to him in the Macclesfield records that I have consulted. Oliver Heywood mentions him in his Diary (vol iv..) It is probable that he stayed in Manchester, as Henry Newcombe frequently mentions visits. One entry in Newcome's diary runs thus---"Ap. 22, [---]1663. Our warden and Mr. Illingworth were here ye rest of ye afternoon. Wee should have done something in the way of our meeting, but Mr. Hayhurst not being here it was put off till ye next week." Roger Lowe in his diary states--- "March 11, 1668(9). Honest Mr. Hayhurst came to town (Ashton-in-Makerfield.) to see me, and I was glad to see him. March 14 I went to Leigh to bid farewell to poor Mr. Braidley Hayhurst." According to Earwaker's East Cheshire (ii., 505)---Mr. Hayhurst died before June 19, 1685, at Macclesfield, but no entry of his burial occurs in the Macclesfield registers. He is believed to have died near Ashton or Winwick. His wife Margaret pre-deceased him, being buried at Prestbury in 1698. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F14_p012.jpg) THE HAYHURST LIBRARY. In the will of the Rev. Bradley Hayhurst, which was proved in the Chester Consistory Court, June 19, 1685 by his executrix, mention is made of a Hayhurst Library. In Ribchester it was known as the Parish Church Library. The first reference to it appears in the churchwar- den's accounts for 1685---"Paid to Mr. Kippax for ffetchinge the ly- brary, £3 7s. 4d." Other items in respect to it run as follow--- "Spent when we sett ye work of ye librarie 0 2s. 0d. There is quitea catalogue of items relating to the provision of these books, and the final entry runs---"Given to Henry Hayhurst and ye vicker for a whole day's work in placing ye books in yelibrarie, 6d." Mr. Chancellor Christie, in his "Old Libraries of Lancaster, says-- "There existed at St. Wilfrid's at Ribchester up to a few years since a church library. Its fate is one of the most melancholy and discre- ditable to its legal custodians of any that we know. It was in exis- tence within the last thirty years, but appears to have totally dis- appeared shotly before the appointment of the Rev F. E. Perrin, late rector, in 1876." No vestage of these books can now be traced with the exception of one found in the rectory when Rector Perrin came into the living (1876) This is a copy of the "Enaratio in Duas Epistolas Pauli ad Philli- penes et CollossensesGengis Majorie. Wittebergiae, 1561." Writing in 1880, Mr. W. E. A. Axon of Manchester, says---"There was a collection at Ribchester which included some classical books but not one now remains. When the president of the Chetham Society (Mr. Cross ley) was there many years ago there remained a heap of tattered volumes which were offered to him for the trouble of taking away. He was content however with a copy of "Silius Italicus," as a memorial of the byegone glories of the place" At the annual meeting of the Chetham Society in 1856, the president said he recollected many years ago when he went to Ribchester that he found there what had ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F14_p013.jpg) found there what had been originally a very good patristic and scholas- tic library gradually mouldering away, partly fro m decay, partly from decomposition. On speaking to the clerk upon the subject the reply was, 'Why, sir, there's nobody here who cares at all about it; and if you would like to have any of the books you are quite at liberty to take away as many of the m as you please.' Being then a young man his modesty prevented him from taking more than one volume when he ought to have taken twenty---and that one he still had, and should be ready to return it to the authorities when they could prove their right to receive it. Several years afterwards he found the work of destruction had been completed; that what had evidently proved too hard for the residents of the neighbourhood---old tomes of Augustine and Thomas Aquinas---had by the bowels of the rats been admirably and thoroughly digested." Mr. Christie goes on to say that the Rev. G. W. Reynolds informed him that he well remembered seeing the works in or before the year 1858, and that they were then packed in boxes---astatement fully corro- borated by the son of the rector of Ribchester. This gentleman (Rev Boulby Hazlewood) says---"The books used to be in the chest in the old vestry, and I should have thought they were still in existence, though not in good preservation." And in 1883 Mr." Hazlewood returned three volumes which he had borrowed many years ago, and said he should think there were 8 or 9 more of one kind or another. Mr. Perrin told Mr. Christie that he had no "papers, wills, or catalogues. No one in the parish seems ever to have seen or heard of the old library." Mr. T. E. Smith, the author of the annals of Ribchester instituted a special search, and the result was a discovery of six volumes, one of which was endorsed "Hayhurst's Library." "It is," says that gentle man, "certainly a great pity that this old church library should have been allowed to have become dispersed. There appears to be no doubt ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F14_p014.jpg) that the responsibility for this wilful negligence rests with the late Rev. B. T. Hazlewood, who during his long incumbency of 47 years seems to have been an unfaithful custodian of the church property, of which he was the guardian for the time being... However, regrets are use- less; we can only rejoice that a few of the volumes so proudly left by Mr. Hayhurst to his native village should still remain as monuments of his village patriotism." ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F14_p015.jpg) WILL OF THE REV. B RADLEY HAYHURST. In the name of God, Amen. Ye eleventh day of April in the six and thirtieth year of the raign of our most gracious sovereign Lord Charles the Second King of England Scotland France and Ireland defender of the Faith &c. Anno Dni 1684---I, BRADLEY HAYHURST Clerk ministr at Macclesfield in the County of Chester being aged and weak in body but in sound and pfct memory praised be God for same and considering with myself the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof I doe make and ordaine this my last will nad testament in manne and forme following--- And first I give and commend my soul to Almighty God my creator trusting through the merits of Jesus Christ my saviour to receive full pardo and remission of my sins and my body I commend to the grave to be decently interred in the usual place where ministers at Macclesfield have formerly been buried. And as to my estate which God has pleased to bestow upon me I dispose thereof as followeth and first it is my will and mind that all such debts abd sums of money as shall be owing by me at the time of my decease together with my funeral expenses and the necessary charg of my executrix be first paid out of my whole estate. Item. I give and bequeath unto my brother John Hayhurst the sum of twenty pounds and all my wearing apparel, and if my said bro- ther die before the said sum of twenty pounds be paid him then it is my will and mind that the said sum of twenty pounds shall be equally divided among his children. Item. I give and bequeath all my books except my great Book of Martyrs and my great Bible to the parish church of Ribchester in the county of Lancaster where I was born. Item. I give and bequeath to the poor of Macclesfield the sum of Ten Pounds to be employed at the interest, also the interest thereon to be paid to them yearly for ever according to the discretion ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F14_p016.jpg) 13 of the Mayor and the Chapel Ward for the time being and their succes- sors. Item. I bequeath unto Mary the wife of Thomas Pickford, minister of Edall in Derbyshire, five pounds which he now owes me. Item. I give and bequeath unto Edward Downes of Shrigley my great Book of Martyrs. Item. I give and bequeath unto Edward Downes his son a large silve spoone. Item. I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Downes, daughter of the said Edward Downes, one little silver cup and the great sellar stand- ing in my chamber. Item. I give and bequeath unto my kinsman Henry Hayhurst one ten shilling piece of gold together with the purse it is in which I desire him to leave to his heirs at his decease that it may be continued among the relacions of our family according to the desire of my mother. Item. I give and bequeath unto my Cosen Jane Hayhurst and Mar- garet Sikes each of them a mourning gown and scarf and a pair of gloves. Item. My mind and will is that I have Mr. Thomas Kent to preach my funeral sermon for which I give him twenty shillings, a pair of mourning gloves and a scarf. Item. My mind and will is that my three great Picktures in frames that is Mr. Breretons Mrs. Dowes and my own shall be brought to Shrig- ley to be kept there for ever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my said kinsman Henry Hayhurst one silver boule. Item. My mind and will is that my executrix shall enquire for Dr. Salmon sometime fellow of Immanuel Colledge in Cambridge and pay him seven pounds if he can make it justly to appear that that he was so much behind for my turorage or pay the same to any of his children ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F14_p017.jpg) Extract from the records of Lancaster Castle (Lancashire Papers) in the Rylands Library, Manchester--- 1709.---April 9. William Hayhurst was appointed surveyor of woods under the constable of Lancaster and he held a Duc[-]y receiver- ship of Lancaster and Cheshire from 1715 to 1727. In the latter year evidently on the demise of his father, his son Robert was appointed to the post. @Y@%@%@%@%@%@%@%@ The Preston Guardian for August 23/79 contains an article on the Hayhurst family. (I have not yet seen it.) Preston Guardian for Jan. 24 and Feb. 21 1880 contains an article on Robert Hayhurst Esq of Parkfield Parkhead, near Whalley. %@%@%@%@%@ From Manchester paper July, 1907. ""The news was received this morning that Lieut. C. H. France Hayhurst, son of Colonel France-Hayhurst, of Bostock Hall, Northwich,has been specially promoted from lieutenant to the rank of Commander His father is the chairman of the Northwich Board of Guardians and Rural Council, positions which hea has held unint rruptedly for a quar- ter of a century. He is also a large landowner in Cheshire and his Bostock estate is often described as a model one.'' ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F14_p018.jpg) that can make a just claim and give a discharge for the same. Item. All the rest and residue of my estate goods chattels and money I give and bequeath unto my Cosen Jane Hayhurst. And lastly I do nominate and appoint my Cozen Jane Hayhurst to be sole executrix of this my last will nd testament hoping she will have the same performed in all things according to my trust reposed in her. And Ido hereby revoke andmake void all former wills and testaments by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale the day and year above written. BRADLEY HAYHURST. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F14_p019.jpg) Radcliffe, near Manchester. May 5/08. My dear Sir and Names-sake, In accordance with my previous promise to you I now enclose to you such memoranda as I have preliminarily gathered respecting the Hay- hursts of Ribchester. You will notice is scrappy in character, and only in the preliminary stage; nor is it carried forward to any recent date in the correct chronological form. I have simply entered them into my book of the Hayhurst family as I have gathered them, and have not pursued my own family's chronology as I ought to have done. My own grandfather was a Matthew Hayhurst, of Bury, who was owner of considerable property there. He had several sons, one of whom William Hayhurst died in America, and his son Robert Hayhurst is now somewhere in Providence in a good way of business as storekeeper. My father was John Hayhurst, a clock printer, and died when I was three months old. What became of my grandfather's property I never knew. Ano- ther son of his, Thomas, built some important property in Bury, and both the property he built and that which his father built is still good. My grandfather was a strong Catholic, and did something to found the Catholic church in Bury. His son my father was a churchman and the bon who died in America became a Nonconformist if anything. Withing eou every interest in your family quest, and hoping to hear from at an ealy date, believe me to be Yours very cordially, T. H. HAYHURST. 35, Victoria Street, Radcliffe, Lancashire. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F14_p020.jpg) Victoria street, Radcliffe, Lancashire. Sept. 7/07. My dear Sir, I was very pleased to receive your letter two days ago, and with additional pleasure read the nature of its contents. Considering the fact that there have been Hayhursts upon the earth for about fourteen hundred years it is very surprising their name is not legion. That, however, may be construed in a certain sense to their credit, and perhaps very great credit; but I will the philosophy of the matter to your/reflection. Hitherto I have been also surprised to find that the name Hayhurst has been in the main confined to a certain part of mid- and west Lancashire, but now I am interested from your letter to find that some intrepid member of the clan migrated Penn-like to the broad shores of your continent and also Penn-like took to preaching. Now the records of the past Hayhursts clearly reveal a contrary spirit, for they openly persecuted the preachers of the Cromwellian period, but made some amends at a later period of history by funishing a Rev. Bradley Hayhurst, who was of Ribchester and became rector of Leigh, of Taxall in Cheshire, and who died after having having been curate or vicar of Macclesfield, a town once of fame as a silk producing centre, and now gradually losing that fame. I was not aware until your letter informed me that the Hayhursts crossed the borders into Yorkshire, though there is nothing more na- tural or likely than they should. I know the big county well, from end to side, but I never met a single Hayhurst there, or found any chronicles of one. There are very cogent reasons for the old Ribchester Hayhursts going into Yorkshire. The lands around Ribchester are largely sheep grazing lands even yet, and therefore wool-producing in the olden days would take the grazing Hayhursts into the neighbouring county a great deal. The old exigencies of existence in those days would result as ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F14_p021.jpg) . as they do in these modern times, and settlement would follow. But again it seems strange there are so few of them in that county. As you seem to suggest they have never been either rich or famous. I have found none who have risen much above mediocrity. Even that negative may be a virtue--at least so to any one in search of virtues. I think the Rev. Bradley Hayhurst was the most noted of the lot, and even he was a bit of a crank I fear, and the record as found in the Ribchester registers states that one Hayhurst was"a common whore," which being interpreted in the common parlance of the day means she had an illegitimate child. So really one has no very great joy in tracing the genealogy of the family. But, once more, I am inclined to take credit for this, as it indicates the family had some human traits in the strain, and perfect people are not necessarily of God's elect." Which statement if carried to its logical conclusion would lead one to conclude there must be a little develment even in heaven (with a small h). But that is a seeming digression, but historically and genealogically a very necessary one. Being an apologetic, I think you will admit that. And you will not think me in any way profane, when I tell you that I am I am a Biblical student on historical grounds, and a bit of a preacher myself. Now I am a bit proud of my ancestry myself. On the one hand I am descended from the Hayhursts of Hayhurst, of Dutton, and of Rib- chester on the one hand, and from the Liveseys of Livesey on the other. These places are all in one locality, and both families have played no small part in the destinies of this great county. I have done some research into the county annals for traces of both families, and I have found that at times they have intermarried, and they have also formed distinctly-traceable alliances with the great territorial fami- lies of the shire, but this is more particularly the case in the Live- ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F14_p022.jpg) sies, one of whom betrayed his king to his beheading---worse luck to his memory. As to the Hayhursts, I may say I have certain details which carry them two hundred years before the date you name in your letter, and which I may be able to furnish you with a later date. For the moment I content myself with a general survey and certain conclusions. You speak of a certain Cuthbert Hayhurst. This is the first time I have met a Cuthbert in the family, but there are certain reasons of a circumstantial nature which will give prompting to the selection of such a Christian name. This you will find from what may be sent you. When we remember that there has been a place-name Hayhurst for over a thousand years we must conclude that a person of the name of Hayhurst gave it that name. As the two syllables are essentially Saxon in their origin---the place where the hay is stored---we have no other conclusion possible but that the place and the family were there before the Conqueror. These are beyond all cavil. In the ancient manor of Ribchester there was a Hayhurst Common, and that [---] simple fact proclaims a great deal to the genealogist. I will not, however, go into these matters now, but merely indicate that this is the genesis of the family. The rest I will communicate to you in course of a month or five weeks. This will consist of my prelimin- ary notes on the family, and which are all I possess on the matter, and I will have them type-written for you by my daughter. This letter I type-write myself. As to sending you my books, I have very little to send, and that of a very unambitious kind. Most of what I have written are contained in six large volumes of cuttings from newspapers entered at the time of writing, and embrace ev ery current English topic, many local topo- graphical articles, art, musical, historical, and political articles, ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F14_p023.jpg) and some fiction under my nom-de-plume of "Frank Merriday." These in the main are not obtainable at any price, and if I had the misfor- tune to lose them I could not replace them. I will send you one volume--my largest, the "Volunteer Movement"--- by next mail. If on the perusal of this letter you will ask me any questions I will endeavour to answer them on arrival of mail. You speak of my brother of Providence. I presume you mean my brother-in-law Mr. James Wolstenholme, but I have a cousin Robert Hayhurst in that state. Yours very truly, Thos. H. HAYHURST. Paul Hayhurst, Esq. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p001.jpg) Some Records of One Branch of the HAYHURST FAMILY in AMERICA. Collated by Emery R. Hayhurst, M.D., Columbus, Ohio. April 3, 1916. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p002.jpg) A. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. There are several reasons and objects for presenting this geneo- logical deposition at this time, although it pertains to only one branch of a good-sized American family and is not complete at all for that. In the first place the fear has overtaken me that if I did not get together the statistics which I have been accumulating with the valuable assistance of many others for over a period of some fifteen years, the same might eventually be lost sight of in the pressure of regular pursuits, and so come to naught. Hence I relieve myself of some responsibility by so doing. In the second place there has been no little fascination in working out a rather knotty problem as to where this "lost tribe", with such a large number of representa- tives, of whom I happen to be one, came from, whether or not they were really descended from the ancient Bucks County, Pennsylvania, family, so fully recorded in Quaker Records, and how, when, where and for what reasons their various migrations took place, and their disconnections from the Society of Friends. Thirdly the securing of this material has greatly added to my knowledge of American his- tory and indeed of early religious customs, and helped to acquaint me with the probable significance, or insignificance, of my personal position in the economy of existence. Fourthly, the study of one's people, necessarily greatly augments his appreciation of his country and its institutions, and increases the sense of the responsibility of citizenship in a land where forebears struggled bravely through generations for the establishment of certain principles in order that they and their descendants might live in ever-increasing peace and prosperity and the pursuit of knowledge and happiness. And, finally, because the Mendelian law of heredity, upon which the modern theory of eugenics is based, avers that while we, each one of us, may be the possessor, or the one to whom has been loaned, a multiplicity of conglomerate characteristics passed on to us from a hundred-and-one ancestors, we really inherit and make use of only certain groups of characteristics which stand out, or are assertive or dominant - per- haps almost all which some old progenitor had - while others, per- haps excellent ones, lie dormant or recessive within us, and that such characteristics and their development or control are matters which lie partly or wholely within our own mortal powers to make the best of. Hence an inquiry into the strong and weak points in ancestry, and one's tendencies to resemble or imitate a fore-parent, should be made the subject of deep concern and study, as a guide to proper reactions to our present environment and inclinations. In- deed, the world's accumulated experiences of such responses to en- vironments by individuals constitutes our progress in civilization today. The original home of the Hayhursts who came to America was near Settle on the River Ribble in the Pennine Mountains of West Riding, Yorkshire, England, the region where King Arthur held his court in early medieval times when he was struggling against the invasion of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes. In addition to the Cudbart and Alice Hayhurst, whose deaths are recorded on the first page of the manu- script within, the line is traced back to one Cuthbert Hairst or Hayhurst, born about 1540-70, and died 1622-23, his wife Isabel being alive at the time of his death. These ancestors, however, had evidently come up the River Ribble from the ancient manor of Rib- chester, just over the border in Lancashire where there was an extent of land known as Hayhurst. According to the searches of Thomas H. Hayhurst of Radcliffe, Lancashire, who submitted some of his findings to Paul Hayhurst in 1907, a certain William de Dutton, prior to 1317 granted to "Alexander, the sone of Ralph de Tyneke all that land in Hauhairst which Richard de Emetesail bought of Christiana, wife of Robert de Hayrst and Cimmila, her sister, on payment of two silver shillings", and "in 1329 Robert de Cliderhowe gave Otto de Hayhurst in the town of Dutton, at a yearly rent of six silver pennies, four acres and a rood of land in Hayhurst", and "in 1336 Otto de Hayhurst and Margaret, his wife, were owners of a mill on the Hodder". The family name occurs in this region from then on, indeed, to the pre- sent. In the sixteen hundreds the family was allied with prominent families in that district. Some belonged to the gentry, and at least ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p003.jpg) B. two were graduates of Cambridge. About the time of the foundation of the Society of Friends (1645-60), some were strong supporters of Oliver Cromwell and were officers in his army. A prominent personage, who was a contemporary of Cuthbert the Emigrant, was Bradley Hayhurst, Vicar of Leigh and later Curate of the Church of Macclesfield (1671- 82), whose library became known as the Parish Library of Ribchester, and a few volumes of which are still preserved by the Chetcham Society. He left a most interesting will which was proved June 19, 1685. The name Hayhurst is distinctly Anglo-Saxon-Jutish, as much so as Hengest and Horsa, the leaders of the invasion of England by those wild tribes in the fifth century. Thomas H. Hayhurst of Radcliffe finds that the name had 19 variants in spelling in the register of Ribchester between 1598 and 1695. He considers that it meant the place where hay was garnered. According to Bardsley (our English surnames, 1873) hay was a Saxon term meaning hedge and hurst a Saxon term meaning woods. The etymology of the two syllables according to Webster's Dictionary is that "hay" is originally equivalent to the Gothic "hawi" meaning "grass"; and "hurst" is derived from the Anglo- Saxon "hyast", meaning a wood, grove, copse, wooded hill or hillock. Barber (British Family Names, 1894) finds cognates of the word "hay" in Frisian, Swedish, Dutch and German. The term "hayhurst" was pro- bably originally meant to describe a kind of upland country covered with low forestry and interspersed with grasslands, such as obtain in this portion of northwestern England. From this the Roberts, Christianas, Ottos and Margarets who lived there were known as Robert of Hayhurst, etc. - -The name is not mentioned in the Great Domes- day Book (1086 A. D.), nor indeed, is that of Lancaster, because the hill tribes occupying the upland districts in that region had not been overcome by the Norman conquerors at that time. There appear to be but a very few persons by the name of Hay- hurst left in England to-day. This is my conclusion after several in- quiries, including the statement of Thos. H. Hayhurst of Radcliffe, England. The London P.O. Directory (Commercial) showed only James R. Hayhurst, Clerk & Supt,, Veterniary Inspect. Metropolitcan Cattle Market and a Mrs. Hayhurst, 40 Draycott Place, Chelsia S.W., in 1914. In the modern Domesday Book (1873) there were 12 mentioned in Cheshire (Bard- sley (1901, p. 368). One prominent family who traced their lineage back to 1715 is given with escutcheon, etc., in Burke's Landed Gen- try of Great Britain, the name being also known as France-Hayhurst of Bostock Hall and Catham Hall, Lord of Manors of Bostock, Kinderton, and Stanthorne, etc.,. The family is prominent in both clergy and army. In the following manuscript I have aimed to give an exact copy of the most important records which I have been able to find, or which have been submitted to me, especially concerning a number of hitherto missing links in the chain of information between families of the name of Hayhurst or their kin who trace their ancestry back to pioneer Ohio, or western Pennsylvania, or West Virginia, or perhaps to even Maryland, on the one hand, and the old Quaker emigrant who landed with his family with William Penn at Upland, in the present State of Delaware, in the autumn of 1682, and thence proceeded at once to Neshaminy Creek in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Perhaps the most diffi- cult record to find was that given in the pages of the Minutes of Gunpowder Monthly Meeting, held in January, 1775. While the voluminous index which the aged custodian, Kirk Brown, has made of the family names in over three hundred volumes of old Quaker records kept in the vault in the buildings on Park Ave., Baltimore, gave a fairly large number of mentions of old Hayhursts, this keynote passage was not included. A personal search of the original volume which I made under Kirk Brown's guidance, after an all-day quest on December 29, 1915, was finally rewarded by the finding of the significant record in the Gunpowder Book. It had been missed in the index because the ancient recorder (1775) had spelled the name "Hurst" in his opening line, al- though "Hayhurst" appears later in the context itself (see p. 8). ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p004.jpg) C. I have noted one or two traditions among the west-of-the-Alle- ghany families which always strengthened the belief that they were connected with the original Cuthbert Hayhurst. One was that "the ancestors were Quakers". Another was "they came from Pennsylvania". Another: "They came to America in an early day". Another: "There were two or three brothers, or a father and two sons who came to America in an early day, and these founded the family in America". Another: "I have always heard my grandparents say that all the Hay- hursts in America were related." Another: "They came to America with William Penn". One, indeed, stated that there were three bro- thers, one of whom had no children (this corresponds exactly with the records given within concerning the second generation). – Only one or two persons were found who could remember back to the name of James, who died in 1839, and none remembered his wife's name Mary, except an old lady in Piqua, Ohio, Mrs. Mary Ann Howland-Munn, aged 96 years, a daughter of Eli, son of James, who in her dotage and on a sick bed affirmed that she was named after grandmother, Mary Hay- hurst. So, also, did Mrs. Catherine C. Nixon remember James's name, while both she and Mrs. Elizabeth Wade could describe James's brother David and also knew his two sisters, Sarach Newbrough and Hannah Burk , who had lived at Fairmont, West Virginia. - None were found who could remember Job, my great-grandfather, because he had pioneered away from his relatives to southern Indiana a considerable time ahead of the others and was drownded (1832) when his last child was but a few months old. Some of the Eastern families still belong to the Society of Friends or Quakers and trace their birth-rights in the Society with- out interruption back to the foundation of the same. The present great war abroad has again awakened interest in the Society because of its firm traditions for peace. According to Allen C. Thomas's "History of the Quakers in America", they number about 110,000, with a tendency to increase in recent years. Philadelphia and Baltimore are the chief centers of the Hicksites and Richmond, Indiana, of the so-called orthodox branches. As stated by Thomas most of the tenets for which the members declared themselves and for which they suffered severe persecutions in early days have come to pass with the slow progress of civilization in the past three centuries, such as: the abolition of slavery; the equal rights of the sexes; the refusal to pay tithes to established churches; entire religious freedom; the re- fusal to take an oath (by law the Quaker is excused from the oath in a court, etc.,); the right to free speech; rejection of the Puritan Sabbath; temperance, moderation and the doctrine of the self-control of habits; conciliation; arbitration; careful records of all vital statistics and persecutions, misfortunes, ante-mortem statements, etc.; rejection of all forms of titles and salutations, even to the clergy; free gospel ministry (no salaries to the clergy) ; direct election of ministers by the unanimous consent of the congregation; rejection of all forms and degrees of clerical and ecclesiastical organizations; rejection of all ritual, stated prayers, etc.,; plain speech and plain dress (avoidance of the following of fads); whole- some amusements; the direct reveleation of the Spirit of God and Christ to each individual (or the doctrine of the "Inner Light") which possesses and guides each one, if he will but listen and pay heed); etc., etc., and finally the refusal to fight or bear arms, as being contrary to the basic conception of Christianity and humanity. They have always been champions of the American Indian and his care by the Government. When the principle of universal peace between nations and peoples shall have come to pass their historian claims they shall have practically accomplished all for which they originally stood. There is probably no religious sect in history which has had more literature devoted to it, from the time of the writings of the founders, George Fox and his convert, William Penn, to the present- day genius Weir Mitchell. Their early history can be found in the works of Penn, Janney, Proud, etc. A glance at the 1913 edition of the "Principles, Advices and Rules of Discipline of Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends" will give one an idea of their declaration of principles at the present time, which show much progressive thought. Emery R. Hayhurst, Columbus, Ohio. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p005.jpg) FIRST GENERATION AND SOME BUCKS COUNTY RECORDS. From "American Ancestry", Vol. IX, pp. 112 - 113: "Cuthbert Hayhurst, b. in Easington, in Bolland, Yorkshire, Eng., d. in Northampton tw., Bucks Co., Pa., and was buried in Middle- town, Pa., Sept, 2, 1683, came with wife and children in Wm. Penn's ship "Welcome", landing at Upland, Oct. 29, 1682, was one of the earliest English Friends, was imprisoned for his opinions 1654 and 1666, and was recommended minister of that society, secured a grant of 500 acres along the Neshamina Creek in Bucks Co., Pa., but died before its exe- cution, and it was completed to his widow, Oct. 29, 1685, (m. in Eng- land, Mary, and had 5 children, viz.: William (m. Rachel Radcliff), Margery, b. Jan. 29, 1671 (John Cutler), John, b. Apr. 7, 1673, d. intestate without issue, Cuthbert below, and Alice, b. Jan. 29, 1679 (m. Henry Nelson)." From "Collection of Memorials", Armstrong, 1852, 1., p. 23: "Cuthbert Hayhurst, his wife and family. (Certifate from Settle Meeting). Suffered in 1661 and 1668 on account of his religious prin- ciples (I Besse, 571; II do., 102)), A first purchaser. Born in Easing- ton, in Bolland, Yorkshire; died in Bucks, 5th March, 1682-3, aged 50." From Records from the Registers of Settle Monthly Meeting in York- shire, England. (Secured by Oliver Hough, genealogist, 325 So. 16th St., Phil., Pa.): BIRTHS. Name Yr. Mo. Day. Names of Parents Parents Residence Hairst, Elizabeth -1669-9 - 3 Cudbart & Mary of Bolland Meeting Haihurst, Margery - 1671-1 -29 Cudbart " " " " " Hayhurst, John - 1673-4 - 7 Cudabrt " " " " " " Cuthbert 1676-2 -30 Cuthbert Elkington " Alice - 1679-1-29 " of Bolland Meeting. Marriages. Name Residence Names of Parents Parents Residence Hairst, Alice - - - - - Cuthbart Hairst Essington " William Essington - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - " Cuthbert, Jr. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To Whom Married Residence Where Married YR. Mo. Day. Thomas Wiglesworth.Slain-merrow. John Driver’s ho. Bolland. 1665-7 - 2. Dorothy Rudd, dau. James Harison's in of Edward Rudd. Knowmeare,Yorks. Wadington. 1666-7 -15. Mary Rudd dau. of Edward Rudd Knowmere John Driver's ho. Booland 1666-8 -28. Marriages (another Record). Name Residence Names of Parents Parents Residence Hayhurst, Alice Essington,Yorks. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “ , Cuthbert " " - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To Whom Married Residence Where Married Yr. MO. Day. Thos. Wiglesworth Slenmeraw John Driver's ho.at the Root 1665-7 -2. Mary Rudd Knowmeare John Driver's ho. at the Root 1666-8 -28. DEATHS. Name. Yr. - Mo-Day. Age. Residence. Description Hairst, Alice 1667-11-17. - - Issington. Wife of Cuthbert (the elder) Hayhurst, Dorothy 1676- 1-15. - - Essington. " " William. " , Cudbart 1676-11-19. Aged. Of Bolland Meeting. " , Ann 1678- 9-8. - - " " " Dau. of William. Date of Burial Place of Burial - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1676 - 1 -17. Newton. 1676 -21 - 21. " . * - - - - - - --- " * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p006.jpg) [some text is obscured in the lower half of the document due to folds in the paper] - - “While the above record (of Births, Marriages, and Deaths) does not give the date of birth of Cuthbert Hayhurst, the emigrant to Penn- sylvania, nor state explicitly that he was the son of Cuthbert Sr, and Alice, a comparison of the marriage record where he is called Cuthbert Jr. with the death record where Cudbart Hayhurst , dying in 1676, is called "Aged" (an aged man) gives convincing proof that the latter was th the father of the emigrant. Also as Alice Hayhurst , dying in 1667, was wife of Cuthbert the elder, she was mother of the emigrant. [illegible line: deleted] "Alice who married Thomas Wigglesworth, and William who married Dorothy Rudd (sister to Cuthbert's wife Mary Rudd) were sister and bro- ther to Cuthbert the emigrant. They both (and Alice’s husband -- William’s wife and child being dead) accompanied Cuthbert to Pennsylvania in 1682. “Cuthbert Hayhurst and a number of his relatives and friends, (possibly all relatives), having decided to emigrate to Pennsylvania, Contained a certificate from Settle Monthly Meetimg in Yorkshire, dated 4 mo. 7, 1682. On arriving in Bucks Co., Pa., they filed this among the original papers of Middletown Monthly Meeting, where it still remains. The following is a copy of it: " 'These are to Certify all whom it may concern that it is manifested to us that a necessity is laid upon several friends belonging this monthly meeting, to remove to Pennsylvania, and particularly our dear friends Cuthbert Hayhurst, his wife and fam- ily, who hath been and is a laborer in ye truth, for whose wel- fare and prosperity we are unanimously concerned, and also for our friends Nicholas Waln, his wife and three children; Thos: Wigglesworth and Alice his wife; Thos: Walmsley, Elizabeth his wife; and Thos: Croasdale, Agnes his wife and six children; Thos: Stackhouse, his wife; Ellin Cowgill widdow and her children; Willm Hayhurst, who wee believe are faithful friends in their measures and single in intentions to remove into the aforesaid America, there to if the Lord permit, and we do certify our unity with t their said intentions, and desire their prosperity in the Lord, truths in which we are unanaimously concerned with them. Samuel Watson John Moore Junior George Blaude George Atkinson Anthony Overend John Hall Thomas Rudd Nicholas ffranklyn Christopher Jonson francis Tennant John Driver ' Nicholas ffranklyn “The people to whom this certificate was granted all came to Penn- sylvania together in the ship ’Welcome’ with the Lord Proprietary, Wil- liam Penn, on his first voyage to his province, arriving at New Castle on the Delaware River on October 27, 1682. They all proceeded to Bucks County and settled their residences there. "The relationship of the persons named in the within certificate to Cuthbert Hayhurst was as follows : Ni cholas Waln was nephew of Cuthbert Hayhurst’s wife, being son of Richard & Jane (Rudd) Waln, his mother Jane Rudd being sister of Mary and Dorothy Rudd who married respectively Cuthbert and William Hayhurst. Alice, wife of Thomas Wigglesworth was sister of Cuthbert H. Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Wamsley, was probably another sister of Cuthbert Hayhurst? The wife of Thomas Stackhouse (her name, though not given in the certificate, was Margery) was another sister of Cuthbert Hay- hurst. Thomas Stackhouse and Margery Hayhurst were were married in the same month the certificate was issued; she died without issue shortly after arriving in Penna. William Hayhurst was brother of Cuthbert Hayhurst. The relationship, if any, of Thomas Croasdale, is not so clear. His wife’s name was Agnes Hathornwait, which does not suggest any Hayhurst connection. Ellin Cowgill is supposed to have been sister of Thomas Stack house (or, good circumstancial evidence). Ellin Cowgill's son John married Thomas & Agnes Croasdale’s daughter Bridget, but this was long after they settled in Pennsylvania.'" ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p007.jpg) - - From “Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, Friends Monthly Meet- ings, Bucks Co., Pa., 1680 - 1870,” V. II. - Middletown ; p. 177: (contained in Penn. Hist. Soc. Library, Phil.): #729 Margery (1) b. 1 - 29 - 1671 Parents: Cuthbert & Mary 30 John (2) b. 4 - 7 - 1676 ; bur. 6 -8 - 1727.) Nos. 1,2,3,4, born 31 Cuthbert (3) b. 2 - 29 - 1678; “ 6 -22- 1733. in England. 32 Alice (4) b. 1 - 29 - 1679; “ 33 William “ 10 - 15 - 1682. [According to this date William must have died at sea on the way over to America. This must have been William the brother of Cuthbert the emigrant, since William the son is mentioned many times later in Bucks Co. records]. 34 Cuthbert 35 Mary (Note: Cuthbert Hayhurst, wife & family, brought a certificate from Settle Monthly Meeting, dated 4m. 7th, 1682. They arrived in the Ship “Welcome”, with Wm. Penn 8m (Oct.) 27th 1682) S.B. 36 - (1) Mary, b. 1 - 19 - 1703/4 Parents: William & Rachel 37 - (2) Cuthbert, b. 7-15-1706 38 - (3) Elizabeth, b.6- 1- 1709 39 William bur. 6 - 2 - 1713 40 Rachel “ 2 - 4 - 1715 41 - (1) William, b. 1 - 1 - 1723/4 Parents: Cuthbert & Mary 42 - (2) Elizabeth, b. 2-14- 1726 743 - (3) Ruth, b. 7- 5- 1730 “ “ 44 - (4) James, b. 9- 3- 1732 745 - (1) John, b. 2-16- 1729; d. 1-17-1754 Par. Cuthbert & Deliv- 46 - (2) Margery, b. 2-15- 1730 47 - (3) Cuthbert b. 10-22- 1731 48 - (4) William b. 11-29- 1733 49 - (5) Thomas b. 2- 8- 1736 50 - (6) Rachel b. 5-25- 1738, d. 1-20- 1754 51 - (7) Elizabeth b. 8- 1- 1741, d.12-16- 1753 52 - (8) Joseph b. 4- 3- 1744, d. 3- 7- 1818 ( space ) 53 - (1) Cuthbert b. 11-26- 1745/6 Parents: William & Rebecca 54 - (2) Mary b. 10-25- 1747 55 - (3) Deborah d. 7- 7- 1796 wife of Joseph 56 - ( Ann d. 4- 6- 1818 “ “ “ 57 - (1) Jeremiah b. 9-25- 1819 Thomas & Martha 58 - (2) Susanna b. 2-25- 1820(?) ( p. 416) (Ten children of Benajah & Martha of Salisbury tp., born between 3-6-1798 and 4-3-1823, are all given). (Martha M. b. 7-31-1840, d. of Jeremiah & Mary E., Lambertsville, New Jersey). (p. 547) (Marriages: John & Mary Wiggins 6m. 9, 1762, Wrightstown M.M., etc. Witnesses, Deliverance & Wm. Hayhurst, etc.). (Benajah & Martha Kinsey, etc.5m.10-1797). (Elizabeth & Banner Knowles of Upper Makefield, 12m 11-1799). (Rachel & Samuel Hillborn - dau. of Benajah & Martha - 3m,13, 1822). ( P. 560-) ( Seven or eight children of John & Mary (Wiggins) Hayhurst, born between 7-20-1763 and 6-23-1778). (Ten children of Benajah & Martha (Kinsey?) Hayhurst of Upper Make- field, born between 3-6-1789 and 4-3-1823). The first date should pro- bably be 3-6-1799. ( No. 927, probably = p. 927 ) “John (Hayhurst) d. 3-5-1811, 82 years, Upper Makefield.” -- This John who was the 3rd child of Cuthbert & Mary (coming between Elizabeth & [---] [---] see # 743 above) was born at Makefield, 1728/9, Bucks Co, . , This accounts for the absence of his birth record above, in which only Middletown is given. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p008.jpg) - - From "Penn. Archives", First Series, Vol. I., p. 45 : "Sales in England, by William Penn, of Land in Pennsylvania --- 22nd Day of 3mo, 1682 to following Purchasers : Cuthbert Hurst --------- 500 (acres) Thomas Crosdel --------- 1000 " Nicholas Waln --------- 1000 " ." From "Publications of the Genealogical Society of Penn.,” Miscelleny No. I, Vol.I., No. 4, p. 211. The 13th Will recorded under "Ab- stracts of Early Bucks County Wills" reads as follows : "Administration granted 1st of 9mo. 1686, to William Hearst & Allis Wigglesworth, both of Neshamina, on the estate of Cuthbert Hearst and Mary Hearst, wife of said Cuthbert, late of Neshamina, deceased, & parents of the said William Hearst. "Inventory of the estate of Cuthbert Hayhurst, late of Neshamina Creek, valued & prized the 11th day of the first month 1683, "by Nicholas Wallne, James Dillworth, Thomas Stackhouse and John Eastburne. "Impremis : 500 Acres of Land 15 - 00 - 00 Item: for 3 men Servants & one maid Servant 40 - 00 - 00 Item: for 1 horse & 1 mare 10 - 00 - 00 Item: for Linnen 04 - 00 - 00 Item: for 4 beds 20 - 00 - 00 Item: for quishings 00 - 15 - 00 Item: for pewter & brass 05 - 00 - 00 Item: for Iron Geere 04 - 00 - 00 Item: for a part in 4 mill stones 06 - 00 - 00 Item: for his Appareill 08 - 00 - 00 Registered 1st of 9th month 1686." From ditto, p. 212 : "Inventory of goods & chattels of Mary Hayhurst, wife of the said Cuthbert Hayhurst, late of Neshamina Creek, in the County of Bucks, Prized by Nicholas Wallne, Robert Heaton (his mark, R.) and Thomas Stackhouse. Registered 1st of 9th month 1686. "This contains 18 items, including Apparel, £ 3; two beds, £ 10; one bed,£ 7; one bed , £ 4; five pairs of sheets, £ 6; six set quissin, £ I; one chest & other boxes, £ 1; Brass, £ 2-10: Pewter, £ 2-5; wood vessel, £ 1-5; cheers, 5 shillings; iron geers. £ 1-5; Swine, £ 5; Beef & Pork, £ 6; horses & mares, £ 12; four oxen, £ 20; six cows and four calves, £ 30." ( sign used,£ , means English Pounds). From records gathered by Paul Hayhurst and loaned to E.R.Hayhurst: 1. -Davis, W.W.H., 1905, Vol. 1., p. 37: History of Bucks County:- Cuthbert Hayhurst, Easington, Yorkshire, with his wife and four children took up a tract of five hundred acres near Rocksville, Northampton township, the farm of the late Mordecai Carter being part of it. He was a Friend and belonged to the Middletown Meet- ing, dying March 5, 1683, at the age of fifty. He was one of the earliest Friends in his native country, and was imprisoned, 1654- 1666, and at other times. His daughter Mary married William Carter,” 2. - Davis, 1905, p. 47: "Rockville, Northampton, was situated a short distance S. of the second (upper) bend of the Neshamina Creek, thus [ink drawing of a rudimentary map to the right of following paragraph] Now on Holme’s map ’Widdow Hurst’ owned land both W. & E. of the Neshamina Cr. & on the W. the farm was directly S, of a creek that corresponds with Iron Works Creek. Thus 'Widdow Hurst' must have been a misspelling for Hayhurst. "Now Christopher Taylor owned land adjoining ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p009.jpg) - - her land directly S.E. on the W. side of Neshamina; Richard Thacher was her neighbor S.E. on the E. side.." 3.–Davis, 1905, I., p. 126, note: " 'Widdow Hurst' was a land-owner in Middletown in 1684." 4.–Davis, Vol. I., p. 330: " 'The names of some of the earliest settlers in Northampton are not on Holme's map, among which is Cuthbert Hayhurst, who mar- ried Mary Harker. He arrived soon after the first immigrants with four children, and his descendant, Shelmire Hayhurst, was living in the township as late as 1805. Of some of them nothing more is known than their names, while others are mentioned in connection with the townships in which they were actual settlers!" 5.-Davis, I905, Vol. I., pp. 334-335: "'For nearly forty years after its settlement, what is now North- ampton township was known and called 'the adjacents of Southamp- ton'. ****** December II, I722, a number of the inhabitants' set- tled between Southampton, Warminister and Neshaminy', petitioned the court to lay out this district of country into a township [illegible line] under the name of 'Northampton'. The petitioners state there are 'forty settlements', probably meaning that number of families, settled in the district. ****** It was probably named after North- ampton, England. ****** The names of those who petitioned for the organization of Northampton township were: ****** John Hayhurst, Cuthbert Hayhurst, ****** (21 names altogether). Among these names there is hardly one of the first settlers, who appear to have been supplanted by others.' " 6.–Battle, 1887, p. 493; referring to draft of the proposed township states: " ' and as its presentboundaries are identical with those therein described, it is evident that the petition was acceded to:" Then follows description of Northampton. 7.–For a second statement of petition and boundaries & probable grant see Davis, I905, I., p. 334. From "History of Bucks Co., Penn.", by J. H. Battle, 1887, p. 127: There is a facsimile of Holme's Map given here with names of first pur- chasers, beginning A.D. 1681. The position of Widdow Hursts plot is given as west of Neshamina Cr. and south of Mill and Iron Cr. On p. 494 Cuthbert Hayhurst is mentioned as having 400 acres in the s.W. part of (Northampton) twnshp. From "Memoirs of the Hist. Sec. of Penn", Vol. I, Append., Note I., P. 467-472 (1826, repub. 1864) : "List of the Pilgrims of the 'WELCOME." "It is to be regretted that there is no record of the names of those who accompanied Penn. We are not aware even of an attempt to col- lect the scattered information on the subject; but from sources hitherto unexplored we have been able to present a very nearly complete list of the Pilgrims of the "Welcome", and whose names should not be permitted to die. Of the one hundred who are said to have sailed, although the number was probably greater, our cat- alogue embraces ninety-seven, and since the "families" of Ellen Cow- gill and Cuthbert Hayhurst are mentioned as having embarked with Penn, we think we are justified in pronouncing the roll almost per- fect. The principal sources of proof in preparing the subjoined list were found in the wills of (etc.)****." P. 469 :The record of Cuthbert Hayhurst, his number, etc. is - "Cuthbert Hayhurst (32), his wife (33) and family. (Certificate from Settle Meeting.) Suffered in 1661 and 1668 on account of his religious principles (I. Bessie, 571; 2 do. 102.) A first purchaser. Born at Easington in Bolland, Yorkshire; died in Bucks, 5th March, 1682/3, aged fifty. (Collections of Memorials, P. I.)." Names of Walmsley, Walne, Cowgill, Stackhouse, Croasdale, and others given. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - - - - - - ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p010.jpg) - - The following was sent to me by Kirk Brown, Baltimore, April 3, 1916. It is taken from "ACollection of Memorials Concerning Diverse Deceased Ministers and Others of the People Called Quakers, In Penn- Sylvaina, New Jersey and Parts Adjacent, from Nearly the First Set- tlement Thereof to the Year 1787, with Some of the Expressions and Exhortations of Many of Them". Printed in Philadelphia, in Market Street, between Second and Third Streets, 1787, by Joseph Crukshank: "An Abstract of Nicholas Waln's Testimony concerning that faith- ful servant of the Lord, Cuthbert Hayhurst, who departed this life, at his own house in the County of Bucks, in Pennsylvania, about the 5th of the first month 1682-3, near the fiftieth year of his age": "He was born at Eafington, in Bolland, in the County of York, in Old England, and was one of the worthies in Isreal. My spirit is comforted in a sense of that power which did attend him in our meetings for many years, and also after he came in- to these parts, having been a valiant soldier for the truth, and bore a faithful testimony to the same in word, life and conversation. He went through many great exorcises and imprisonments, and was a com- fort unto the faithful, and a true believer who fol- lowed the Lamb through many tribulations. He was a worthy instrument in the Lord's hand against the false teachers and hirelings, going several times to their steepel-houses and testifying against their deceiving the people. "He also went to several market towns and at their crosses declared and published the truth as it is in Jesus; I accompanied him and his dear wife at one of them, where he faithfully warned the people and ex- horted them to repentance, the devine power and pres- ence attending him, (by) which many souls were made sensible to many comforts and satisfaction. I can say he was of great service to me and many others, being instrumental in bringing us nearer the Lord, whose name over all we have cause to bless on his behalf; and although his body is gone to the earth his memorial liveth among the righteous, and I am persuaded his soul is in the enjoyment of peace with the Lord. I was often with him in the time of his sickness, and beheld his weak, innocent and lamb- like deportment, being also by his bedside when he departed, which was in a quiet and truly resigned frame, like one falling into a sweet sleep; so that I have great cause to believe he is one of those that died in the Lord and is at rest with him forever." NICHOLAS WALN. * * * * * * * * * * * On Saturday, Oct. 23, 1915, I accompanied Walter F. Hayhurst to several places in Bucks County including the old land site at the bend in Neshaminy Creek. The Creek at this point lies about 11/2 miles due west of Langhorne (old Middletown). The site of the original plot of 500 acres received by Cuthbert from William Penn is now owned by the Pennsylvania R.R. which has two cut-off lines passing across it from east to west, with two immense multiple stone arch bridges spanning the Neshaminy about 200 yards apart and just below the junction of Mill Creek which comes in from the west. Inquiry among old neighbors (Mrs. Van Martindale) probably enabled us to locate the exact stone house built by the earliest Hayhursts. It stands on the top of the hill about 200 yards west of the Creek, with a smaller stone house, probably meant for tenants a short way down the side of the hill towards the south. The larger house is two-story stoneof ancient construction, but not un- like others in the vicinity. Yet everyone said this one was by tradi- tion far the oldest. It was still in good state of [---] repair. The ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p011.jpg) - - house overlooked Neshaminy, Mill Creek and a ravine to the south. A large frame barn to the west was of more recent construction, but built on pillars of stones collected from the vicinity, the pillars probably representing a structure nearly as old as the house. Immed- iately adjoining the house to the south is a dilapidated one-story stone building about twelve by twenty feet, with the roof fallen in which was probably the first of all the structures present. A large horse-chestnut tree stood near the corner of the house. The place was occupied by the Section Foreman for the Penn. R.R. who also farms some twenty acres in the vicinity, and keeps tresspassers off the railway right of way. According to this Section Foreman, the Penn. R.R. has owned the property since 1892, and the two lines of tracks have been there for ten to fifteen years. The railroad was said to have acquired the property from the Paxsons, who had owned it for near- ly a century (Mrs. Van Martindale). * * * * * * * * * * * As to relics which the original inhabitants may have left, Paul Hayhurst writes (Dec. 23, 1905) "I have an uncle, William P. Hayhurst, living in Philadelphia who **** has given me much information of nearer relatives. He has the Concordance of the first Cuthbert. But he is poor like all (?) Hayhursts and cannot travel. Yet he writes me very encouragingly about the "lost tribe", but advises that we should be in no hurry". * * * * * * * * * * * ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p012.jpg) - - SECOND GENERATION. From "American Ancestry", Vol. IX. pp. 112-113: "Cuthbert (son of the emigrant Cuthbert), b. in England, Feb. 29, 1678, d. in Middletown, Pa., June 22, 1733, (m. Mary Harker) and had 5 children, viz: William, b. Jan?iI., 1723/4 (m. Rebecca), Elizabeth, b. Feb. 14, 1726, John, b. 1728/9, d. in Makefield, Pa., Mar. 5, 1811, the officers of the army were quartered at his house near the Eagle in Dec., 1776, (m. June 9, 1762, Mary Wiggins granddaughter of Benj. Wiggins who came from New England and set- tled at Hopewell, N. J., and Mary Jenks, and had 7 children****), Ruth, b. July 5, 1730, and James, b. Sept. 3, 1732, (m. Ann Spener (?))***". There are many other records extant concerning the various members of the second generation, that, is, the children of Cuthbert and Mary Rudd Hayhurst. A composite study from the various records shows that there were six of these children who came over with the emigrant, viz. : I. William, b. (have so far found no definite date for his birth. Paul Hayhurst concludes that William was a twin with Margery who was born Jan. 29, 1671. Inasmuch as he is the only one of the chil- dren who is mentioned in the administration of the estate of Cuth- bert and Mary Hayhurst --sse p. 4 above -- on the 1st of the 9th month, 1686, I am inclined to believe that he was about of age at this last mentioned date. If so he would be the oldest child). He m. 1792-10-17 Rachel Radcliffe, at Middletown. They had 8 child- ren, all known, and some of their descendants worked out to sev- eral generations. William d. 1713-6-2. Rachel d. 1715-2-4. 2. Elizabeth, b. Bolland, 1669-9-3; m. at Neshamina M. M. 1690-10-2 to William Croasdale. Another record says m. at Middletown -- both were probably the same place, the latter name preferred for the Meeting Place. Descendants not worked out. 3. Margery, b. Bolland 1671-1-29; m. at Neshamina (or Middletown) 1703-17-4 to John Cutler. Descendants not worked out. 4. John, b. Bolland 1673-4-7; died intestate without issue at Middle- town 1727-6-8. He is probably the John Hayhurst mentioned by Davis as a signer of a petition in 1722. (See note 5, p. 5 above). 5. Cuthbert, b. Elkington (Essington) (in Bolland) 1678-2-30; m. Mary Harker. They had 5 children, 3 boys and 2 girls, born between 1723/4 -1-1 and 1732-7-3. He died at Middletown 1733-6-22. The third child John b. 1728/9-8-23 o.s. married Mary Wiggins 1762-6-9 at Middle- town and had 7 children, the second of whom was Bazaleel, the great-grandfather of Walter. F. Hayhurst of Lambertsville, N. J., and the fifth of whom was Benajah, the great-grandfather of Paul Hayhurst of Sabot, Virginia. Cuthbert's fifth and last child, b. 1732-9-3 (about 9 months before Cuthbert's death) was named James. James was b. at Middletown and married Ann Spencer at Horsam M. M., some 5 miles west of Middletown 1757-7-4. They had 6 children and the whole family moved to Harford Co., Md., in 1774. The oldest child, named James, founded the Ohio and Indiana branches of the family. The fifth child founded the West Virginia branch; his name was David. 6. Alice, b. Bolland, 1679-1-29; m. at Middletown 1708-12-16, Henry Nelson. Descendants not worked out. By way of summary, it is to be observed that all of the 2nd generation of Hayhursts, viz. the 6 children designated above, were born in England. They came to America as children. Two of the 3 boys founded the subse- quent American generations. It is probable that all by the name of Hayhurst who can trace their ancestry back to the Revolutionary War or to Penn- sylvania previous to the year 1800 are descendants of these 2 brothers. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p013.jpg) - 7 - THIRD GENERATION. It is not my intention to discuss here more than one member of this generation -- James Hayhurst, 5th and last child of Cuthbert as above stated -- since his lineage concerns especially those who journeyed westward at an early day and were among the pioneers who settled Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana. The other members of this generation, i.e. males, were: the only son of William (viz. Cuthbert, b. 1706; d. 1753; m. Deliverance ----, lived at Middletown, and had 8 chil- dren, 5 of whom were boys and one of whom, also Cuthbert by name, b. 1731- 10-22, d. 1803-2-I2, was a school teacher, migrated to Frederick Co., Va., in 1769, kept the Hopewell M.M. Records there for some time, also trans- criber of Quarterly Meeting Minutes, died without issue; -- his case is singular, since he is the only Hayhurst, other than James and his immed- iate family, found in the Quaker Records for the entire States of Mary- land, Virginia, North [Carolina] and South Carolina, nor does the Federal Census of 1790 for the same states contain the name Hayhurst); and Jamess 2 brothers, of whom William was the eldest in the family (b. 1723/4-I-I, m. Rebecca Searle at Christ Church, Philadelphia, and had 2 children -- date of their marriage, Nov. 1745), and John who married Mary Wiggins, as above stated and had 7 children, among whom were Bezaleel and Benajah, and all of whom, so far as traced, kept to Pennsylvania and whose lines have been quite completely worked out by Walter F. and Paul Hayhurst, -- later descendants having spread to western states. Hence, in the 3rd generation, there are but 4 males represented, one of whom (Cuthbert, above) died without issue. This is the first gen- eration born in America, althought James, above, was born 50 years after his father arrived as a child on board the ship "Welcome". From "Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths, Friends Monthly Meet- ings, Bucks Co., Pa., Vol. II. - Middletown - p. 177 ( contain- ed in Penn. Hist. Soc. Libr., Phil.) (see p. 3 of these notes) the birth of James is recorded as "9-3-1732, parents: Cuthbert & Mary". From "Records of Abington Monthly Meeting, Pa. arranged by Jos. E. Gillingham - 1894 - Vol. 187 - begins 1685 according to first marriage certificate (on p. I.). Penn. Hist. Soc. Libr.- p 8I: "James Hahurst of the Township of Midleton in the County of Bucks and Prov. of Pa., Cordwainer [leatherworker, shoemaker], Ann Spencer of Northampton Township in the Co. aforesaid, married 7th-4mo-1757 at Hor- sam (appt'd) Meeting". -- Among the names of 41 witnesses signed to the copy of the certificate are given: Cuthbert Hayhurst, Deliva Hayhurst, William Hayhurst, and John Hayhurst. From ditto, p. 90: James Hayhurst and Ann Hayhurst were witnesses to the marriage of Thos. Spencer & Mary Hallowell at Horsam Meeting ( (appt'd) on 16th of 12mo, 1760. From ditto p. 93: Again witnesses to marriage of James Spencer & Sarah Walton, same place or at Byberry, close by, date 5th month, 21sth day, 1761. From original Marriage Certificate of John Hayhurst & Mary Wiggins, in possession of Walter. F. Hayhurst, Lambertsville, N. J., dated 9th of 6th mo. 1762, at Wrightstown M.M.: among many signatures are those of James Hayhurst, Ann Hayhurst; also Joseph Hayhurst, Mary Hayhurst, William Hayhurst and Deliverance Hayhurst. * * * * * * * * The above is the last Bucks Co. or pPenn. record I have been able to secure of James Hayhurst and Ann (Spencer) Hayhurst, nor did I, at the time at my disposal at the Penn Hist. Soc. Libr., succedd in finding record of the birth of their 6 children. The next record concerning them was secured during a visit to Kirk Brown, Custodian of the Records of Baltimore Yearly Meeting District (his address: 1813 N. Caroline St., Balt.) ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p014.jpg) From " Minutes of Gun Powder Monthly Meeting", Book B, p. 124 (refer- ence to this is to be found in Kirk Brown's Index Book for Gun- Powder M.M., p. 290). That given below is copied from the ori- ginal record kept in the vault at the Quaker School, Baltimore: : "-- Ann Hurst the Wife of James Hurst Attended this Meeting with a Certificate from Middletown Monthly Meeting in Bucks County in the Province of Pennsylvania Bearing Date the 6th Day of the 10th Month 1774 Recommending herself and Children vizt. - James, Elizabeth, Ruth, Sarah, David and Hannah Hayhurst as Members of our Society, Which is by this Meeting Received--". This is under the date and occasion as follows: "At our Monthly Meeting held at Gunpowder the 22th day of the 3rd month- 1775". (Note the two spellings of the name: Hurst, lat[-]er Hayhurst). From "Deer Creek Monthly Meeting Marriage Certificates" ( these are located with Kirk Brown as above. The record encompasses the years 1761 to 1822). Here the name "James Hayhurst" is signed in the position for the father of the bride-groom at the marriage of James Hayhurst and Mary Warner. The absence of Ann Hayhurst means that she was probably dead at the time, otherwise she would probably have been at the marriage of her son also. The date of the wedding was the 9th day of the 11th month, 1781. The records of the "Births and Deaths" of Deer Creek M. M. are not at all complete and neither Mr. Brown nor myself could find any mention of the name Hayhurst in them. The same was true of the balance of the Meetings constituting the Baltimore Yearly District ( a wide area covering Mary- land, Virginia, Western Pennsylvania, North and South Carolina and West Va) The above is, then, the last record so far obtained of James Hayhu hurst (3rd generation) who married Ann Spencer. As above stated he was/of the first American born Hayhursts. Deer Creek Monthly Meeting was located near the Susquehanna River just north of the present town of Darlington, in Harford Co., Md., and about 30 miles northeast of Baltimore. Gunpowder Monthly Meeting was located at the present hamlet of Sparks, in Baltimore CO., Md., on the Penn. R. R. running between Balti- more and Harrisburg, Pa., about 15 miles due north of Baltimore. Little Falls Monthly Meeting, which is mentioned in subsequent records, was located about half way between the two above, near Fallston, in Harford Co., Md., about 18 miles northeast of Baltimore. All of these districts were rich agricultural spots of the bottom land variety, particularly Deer Creek. Deer Creek Meeting House was only about 5 miles from the Pennsylvania line state. * * * * * * * * The next generation here discussed takes up the children of James and Ann Hayhurst, their marriages, and the final disownment of all but one of them, for, reasons given, by the Religious Society called Friends, and accounts for the Quaker traditions and certain Quaker principles and religious tenets which still influence to a greater or less extent some of their descendants, while explaining why there are no longer any Quakers among them. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p015.jpg) - - FOURTH GENERATION. From a letter to Walter F. Hayhurst, Lambertsville, N. J., 8-28-1891, written by the genealogist, Howard M. Jenkins, author of at least two works on genealogy, 921 Arch St., Phil. : "James Hayhurst, of Middletown, Bucks Co., Cordwainer, married Ann Spencer, daughter of William & Elizabeth, of Northampton, at Hor- sham m. h., 4-7-1757. "They appear to have had children James and Sarah. Can thee give me any further details about them, dates, who they married ec. ?" (Just where Mr. Jenkins got this information about the children of James and Ann, I do not know. They are probably given in some one of the Birth Records of the Friends Meetings in Bucks Co., but in my limited search among the copies of the records contained in the Library of the Penn. Hist. Soc., in Oct., 1915, I did not come across them. However the exact birth of James can be reckoned from the data given on his grave stone -- see below. For the purpose of distinguishing the two James, the one here discussed will be called James 2nd). From the "Minutes of Gun Powder Monthly Meeting" ( see first reference cited on page 8 above) we see that the following were the children of James 1st and Ann: "James [2nd], Elizabeth, Ruth, Sarah, David, and Hannah***". These are probably given in the order of their birth, at least James was un- doubtedly the oldest, being born about one year after the marriage of his parents. From "Gunpowder Monthly Meeting, Baltimore Co. (dating from 1739) .At our Monthly Meeting of Gunpowder, held 25th. of 10th. Mo. 1777": (Original record is on file at vaults of Quaker Meeting House, Baltimore, Md): "Thomas Lacy and Elizabeth Hayhurst appeared at this meeting and offered their intentions of marriage with each other, it being the first time. We appoint Aquila Thomas and John Wilson to make the neces- sary Enquiry respecting the young man, of his cleareness, and consent of parents. At our Monthly Meeting held the at Gunpowder, 25th of 10th Month, 1777. ********* Thomas Lacy and Elizabeth Hayhurst appeared here and continued their intention of marriage with each other, it be- ing the second time, and nothing appearing to hinder their further Proceedings, they are left to their Liberty to accomplish their mar- riage, according to the good order used among Friends. William Bull and James Hicks are appointed to see it so accomplished". (Note: The Custodian, Kirk Brown, says that he believes this certificate is on record, in the record book of Marriages of Gunpowder Meeting, which is still in use by that Meeting). "At our Monthly Meeting of Gunpowder held 27th of 12th Mo. 1777. Report is made to this meeing that the friends appointed to attend of Thomas Lacy and Elizabeth Hayhurst was orderly accomplished." From "Record of Marriages of Deer Creek Monthly Meeting. (1761 to 1822)." (Original record is on file at vaults of Quaker Meeting House, Baltimore, Md.): "Whereas James Hayhurst of Harford County in the Province of Mary- land and Mary Warner of Harford County aforesaid, Having declared their Intentions of marriage before several Monthly Meetings of the People called Quakers of Deer Creek in the Province of Maryland aforesaid ac- cording to the good order used among them, and having consent of par- ents and Relations concerned, Their Proposal of Marriage was allowed by this Meeting. "NOW these are to Certify Whom it may concern that for the full accomplishment of their said Intention, this ninth day of the Eleventh Month In the year of Our Lord One Thousand seven hundred and eighty, They the said James Hayhurst and Mary Warner appeared in a publick meeting of the said People in the Publick Meeting House of Deer Creek , ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p016.jpg) in Harford County aforesaid, And the said James Hayhurst taking the said Mary Warner by the hand did in a Solemn manner openly declare That he took her to be his Wife., Promising by the Lords assistance to be unto her a loving and faithfull Husband, untill Death should separate them, And then and there in the Assembly the said Mary Warner did in like manner openly declare that she took the said James Hay- hurst to be her Husband, Promising by the Lord's assistance to be un- to him a loving and faithfull Wife, till Death should separate them or Words to that Effect. "AND moreover They the said James Hayhurst and Mary Warner, she according to the Custom of Marriage, assuming the Name of her Husband, now Mary Hayhurst as a further confirmation thereof did then and there to these presents set their hands. "And we whose names are under Subscribed Being present at the Solemnization of the said Marriage and Subscription have as Witnesses thereunto set our hands, the day and year above writen." (There are forty-six names signed as witnesses, in addition to those of James Hayhurst and Mary Hayhurst signed in the upper right hand corner as customary for the contracting parties. Below their names come in order Benjamin Warner, Sarah Warner (father and mother of the bride), James Hayhurst (father of the groom) -- his mother's name is missing, i.e. Ann Hayhurst, from which it is to be inferred that she was dead, or at least something interfered with her presence), John Hayhurst ( this was probably the groom's Uncle John, father of Bezaleel, Benajah, etc., who had come down from his home at Mount Jericho -- nine miles north of Middletown, Bucks Co., Pa. to be present at the wedding of his brother's oldest child), Thomas Lacy, Elizabeth Lacy (the groom's sister and brother-in-law), Abel Spencer (a cousin or uncle on the groom's side), and the names of eight Ely's and four other War- ner's, also that of the groom's sister, Ruth Hayhurst). Other names are: Coale, Worthington, Harris, Cox, Hannah Forwood, Willis, Stokes, Kennard, Balderston, Litten, Murphey, Morford, Jonathan Richards, Ellis, Husbands, and Smith ( there/being several by some of these names)". From the Kirk Genealogy, p. 58, is given an account of the Warner family: "Benjamin Warner, b. in Blockley (this is now the Poor House grounds in the City of Phil.) 9-4-1736; d. at Muncy, Lycoming Co., Pa.; 3 mo., 1813; m. at Buchingham Meeting (Bucks Co.) 3--22-1758 Sarah Ely, b. 9-11-1737; d. 3-27-1796; dau. of Thos. Ely & Sarah Lowther, of Buckingham. He removed to Deer Creek, Harford Co., Md., in 1771, and about 17[-]6 from there to Muncy, where he died. Second m. 12-5-1798 at a public meeting at Wrightstown, to Sarah Terry, widow. Third to Ellen Holland. Issue by first wife only : 1. Mary Warner b. 3-11-1759; m. James Hayhurst (?). 2. Martha Warner b. 6-29-1761, d.----, m. 5-22-1781 to Jacob Forwood, b. 9-30-1761. 3#. Michael Warner, b. 2-25-1764; m. John Richards (?). 4#. Sarah Warner b. 10-18-1766; m. David Hayhurst (?). 5#. Joseph Warner b. 4-5-1769; d. ----; m. 11-22-1790 at Friends School House, to to Muncy, to Sarah Carpenter, dau. of Joseph and Sarah Carpenter of Muncy. 6#. Benjamin Warner, b. in Maryland 6-24-1771; d. 2-26-1841. Mar- ried 10-27-1796 at Muncy Meeting, Pa., Deborah Kiteley (or Knightly). *** *****". (There is much more concerning the Warner Family, which was a prominent one, to be found in Kirk's Genealogy and others. Joseph Warner is mentioned in "History of Harford County, Maryland," p. 195, con- cerning a meeting house ground allottment of 3 1/2 acres at Deer Creek in 1789. In "Ely, Revell and Stacye Families" of West Jersey, by RP.P. Ely, 1910, the above list of children is also given, except that "Mitchell is given for"Michael" and a 7th child, Rachel, b. 2-2-1776 (later mar- ried Abram Winner) is given. There appear to have been three later (?) children also : Priscilla m. Coleman and later Woolever, Elizabeth and Lydia. In a "History of Berks County" by Montgomery, 1886, Ba. 115pp, 240, where a tax list of Assessables in Muncy Township in 18oo is given, is mentioned Benjamin Warner Sr.; Joseph Warner; Benjamin Warner JR.). Continuing with the records of James 2nd who married Mary Warner : ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p017.jpg) -II- From "Gunpowder Monthly Meeting" held 29th. of 8th. Mo. 1789 : "Little Falls Preparative Meeting brings a complaint against James Hayhurst for not paying his debts, neglecting the attending of our religious meetings, making to free use of Spirituous Liquors, and using unbecoming language to his neighbor, Jacob Tyson. Thomas Wilson and Jesse Tyson are appoints to treat with him concerning the same". From ditto, Meeting held 26th of 9th mo., 1789, and ditto Meeting held [--]th of 10th mo., 1789 : "Two of the friends appointed have had an opportunity with James Hayhurst , to but little satisfaction and being removed a consid- erable distance from this place and not likely shortly to return, his case being taken into consideration, it is concluded to pre- pare a Testimony against him." From ditto, Meeting held 26th of 12th mo., 1789 : "The Testimony against James Hayhurst, being produced to this Meeting and read and, after some alterations, was approved and put into the hands of the same friends to publish as our Discippline diredts." From ditto, Meeting held 30th of Ist mo., 1790 : "WHEREAS James Hayhurst hathhad a right of membership amongst us, the people called Quakers, but for want of keeping to the princi- ples of our Profession, hath so far erred as to be guilty of mak- ing to free use of spirituous liquors, neglecting to pay his debts, making use of unbecoming language to a neighbor and neglecting to attend our meetings, all which conduct we Testify against and Dis- own him from being any longer a member of our society, untill he condemns the same to the satisfaction of this meeting, which may be he so favored to do is our desire." From ditto, Meeting held 27th of 3rd mo., 1790 : "Little Falls Preparative Meeting informs that Mary Hayhurst, wife of James Hayhurst, requests our certificate for heeself and child- ren, Sarah, Rachel, Job, Ely, and Hannah Hayhurst, to Westland Monthly Meeting in Pennsylvania. Jacob Tyson is appointed to as- sist women friends in making the necessary enquiry and prepare accordingly." From ditto, Meeting held 24th of 4th mo., 1790 : "The friends appointed to prepare a certificate for Mary Hayhurst and children have produced one, which being read, approved and signed, is put in the hands of David Brown to forward to Westland Monthly Meeting." From "Westland Monthly Meeting of Friends", held 25th of 9th mo., 17900 "Ac certificate was received from Gunpowder Monthly Meeting, dated 4th 24th 1790, Mary Hayhurst, wife of James Hayhurst, and children Sarah, Rachel, Job, Ely, and Hannah from Gunpowder Monthly Meeting in Maryland, which was accepted." (NOTE : Westland Monthly Meeting was situated in Washington Co., Penn., not far from Bridgeport. It was probably at the present town of Westland. It covered a wide area of territory at that time and it is probable that James and Mary did not live at the site of Westland at all, but some 20 miles further east on Redstone Creek, where Redstone Monthly Meeting was set off as a new meeting place in 1793. Family tradition says they lived at Laurel Hill, about 3 miles from Uniontown (called Beeson Town at that time). The U.S. Tophographical Map for the Uniontown Quadrangle shows a Laurel Hill about 3 miles straight north of Uniontown on a branch of the Redstone Creek. --- This ends the Quaker records so far as concerns James and Mary, although some of records of both Westland and Redstone Meetings have not been located ). ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p018.jpg) From statement by Kirk Brown, Baltimore, Md., 12-23-1915 : In the "Federal Census for Lafayette County Pennsylvania for 1790 I find James Hayhurst the head of a family of 1 male over 16 years of age, 1 male under 16 years of age, 3 females." (NOTE : The older male was undoubtedly James himself, but there seems to be a shortage of one male child and one female, for he had a total family of seven at that time, including himself). From family records there were three more children born to James and Mary aftere their arrival in Southwestern Penn. These will be mentioned later. One of her younger children is quoted as having said that she was a weakly woman; and he used to have to help her to do the washing when he was a small boy, and lived near Beesontown -- James is next mentioned in a letter, quoting one of his grand- daughters, Hannah McKee, "This James Hayhurst was to visit me in 1832 and then returned to his daughter Sarah Hayhurst (namely Hall) at Great Bend, Meigs Co., Ohio". Mrs. McKee was then living in Miami County, near Piqua, Ohio. According to Mrs. Catherine C. (Hayhurst) Nixon, Goodfield, Illinois, who was 90 years old in the summer of 1915 and still well pos- sessed both mentally and physically, her father visited this James Hayhurst, his Uncle, at Sarah Hall's, in the "thirties", down at Great Bend, Ohio. According to a legend on a well-preserved marble gravestone located in the long-since-abandoned private burying ground in the middle of what was once the Old Hall Farm at Great Bend, Ohio, and over- looking the Bend and across into the West Virginia hills at a point called Pleasant View, we read (March 12, 1915): " JAMES HAYHURST died Nov. 16, 1839, aged 81 years 6 mo. 20 days A small marble stone at the foot of the grave was marked with the initials : " J. H. ". The grave yard contained only six or seven stones, the oldest date being John Hall's, d. 1824, aged 45 years, then several children, and the most recent being to Sarah Hall who died June 30, 1868, aged 86 years, 8 mo., 7 days. According to a grandson, Marshall S. Hall, who still lives on part of the old property, and who is 72 years old, the stones to both Sarah and her father James were put up on the settling of the Hall estate in 1868. Inquiry among other descendants developed the fact that a number of old relics and heirlooms brought from the East, including an old Bible, with records written in old style script and therefore difficult to read, were all burned up in a fire which destroyed the house of Alva Cummings in 1912, located up in the hills back of Great Bend. Mr. Cummings whom I later saw, explained that they had been kept upstairs in the attic and that, as he lost every- thing in the house, it was impossible to get these out, although he treasured them very much. He is a great-grandson of Sarah Hall's. According to a letter in the possession of Walter F. Hayhurst, Lamberts- ville, N. J., written by Inez Hayhurst, Watson, West Va., May 15, 1896 : "Father says that his grandfather David Hayhurst and bro. James came to Virginia from near Baltimore, about 1800 and James Hayhurst moved on to Great Bend, O., soon after, *** James had one son Eli and a daughter Sallie that married a Hall. There were other boys but we dont remember their names. Father says that his grandparents and all the family were Friends." The above ends the account of James Hayhurst, b. 4-27-1758, m. Mary Warner, raised 8 ch., d. 11-16-1839, son of James and Ann (Spen- cer) Hayhurst, of Middletown, Bucks County, Penn. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p019.jpg) - - Note : I have given so far the records concerning Elizabeth and James of this generation, James being the elder, but Elizabeth being married the first. The next in order would be Ruth, but as the fourth child, Sarah, was the next or third one to be married, her records will be taken up next. With Sarah apparently began all the trouble which resulted in the final severance of connec- tions of all the family (Elizabeth excepted) from the Religious Society called Friends. Sarah married a man who was not a Quaker and was disowned for the same, etc. as below stated. From Records of Gunpowder Monthly Meeting, Book B, p. 292-3 : Meeting held 29th of 12th mo., 1781: "This Meeting being informed that Amos Lacy, William Sharp & Sarah Hayhur hath gone out in Marriage : We appoint Jacob Johnson & Wil- liam Brown to draw up some lines in/order to testify against their Misconduct & produce them to our next Monthly Meeting". From ditto, Meeting held 26th of 1st mo. 1782 : "The friends appointed to prepare some lines to testify against the conduct of Amos Lacy, William Sharp & Sarah Newborough for- merly Hayhurst, have produced them which with some alterations is approved and put into hands of James Hicks inorder to be read at the close of a Public Meeting at the Little Falls, if they dont incline to appeal, acquaint them of that Privilege Serve them with a copy if they desire it & Return said paper to our next Meeting". From ditto, p. 295, Meeting held 26th of the 1st mo. 1782 : "The testimony against the Misconduct of Amos Lacy,William Sharp & Sarah Newborough hath been Read & is Return which are as follows: Whereas Sarah Newborough (before Marriage Hayhurst) hath been deemed a member with us the People called Quakers, but hath so far deviated from the good Order Established amongst us, as to have her Marriage Solomized by a Hirling Priest which practice we Testify against & disown the said Sarah Newborough from being any longer a Member in Unity with us the People Aforesaid, until she comes to a sight & sense of her outgoing & condemn the same to the satisfaction of this meeting, which that she may be so far favored is our sincere desire, Given forth from Gunpowder Monthly Meeting held at the Little Falls the 26th Day of the 1st Month 1782". * * * * * * * * * Note : The next records concern Ruth, the 3rd child. From Records of Gunpowder Monthly Meeting, held 23rd of 2nd mo. 1782 : "This Meeting being informed that Ruth Hayhurst, Mary Brown and William Wilson hath gone out in Marriage from amongst us, John Mason and Enoch Spencer are to draw some lines in order to testi- fy against their conduct." From ditto, Meeting held at Little Falls, 30th of 3rd mo. 1782: "The friends appointed to draw some lines to testify to the con- duct of Ruth Hayhurst, Mary Brown, and William Wilson have pro- duced them to this Meeting. They are approved and given into the hands of James Hicks to have them read at the close of a Public Meeting," etc. From ditto, Meeting held at Little Falls, 25th of 5th mo., 1782 : "The friends appointed to read the testimonies, report the service performed," etc. The testimony against Ruth Hayhurst is as follows: "WHEREAS Ruth [---] Hanoway, formerly Hayhurst, hath gone out in Marriage from amongst us the people called Quakers, for which ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p020.jpg) breach of good order we testify against and disown the said Ruth Hanaway from being any longer a member in unity with us, the aforesaid People, untill she comes to be favored with a sight of her inconsistency, and amke satisfaction to this meeting, which that she may is our sincere desire. Given forth at Gunpowder Monthly Meeting, held at Little Falls, 30th of 3rd Month 1782." * * * * * * * * * * Note : The next in order of birth was David and he was also the next to get married and, under similar circumstances, to be disowned. From Records of Gunpowder Monthly Meeting held at Baltimore, 24th of 2nd mo. 1787: ' Little Falls Preparative Meeting complains of David Hayhurst, and a Martha Williams, for having accomplished their marriage (s) out of good order. David Brown and William Brown are appointed to prepare a Testimony against them '. From ditto, Meeting held at Little Falls, 31st of 3rd mo. 1787 : "WHEREAS David Hayhurst hath a birth right amongst us the People called Quakers, but for want of adhering to the principals we profess, hath had his marriage accomplished contrary to good order established among Friends, which conduct we Testify against and disown him from being any longer a member amongst us, untill he condemn the same to the satisfaction of this meeting, which that he may be favored to do is our desire". Note : As David Hayhurst married Sarah Warner, a Quakeress, a search of the records showed similiar testimony against her, which, how- ever, is more explanatory as to the disownment. From Records of Deer Creek Monthly Meeting, held 5th of 4th mo. 1787. "Women's meeting informs that Sarah Warner, daughter of Benjamin Warner, has accomplished her marriage by the assistance of a Bap- tist Teacher. Jacob Balderson and Hugh Ely are appointed to join women friends in a visit to her, endeavor to convince her of the Inconsistency of such conduct, and if they should not find En- couragement for further labor, to prepare a testimony against her". From ditto, Meeting held at Deer Creek, 5th of 5th mo., I787: ' Sarah Hayhurst (late Warner) case continued '. From ditto, Meeting held at Deer Creek 31st of 5th mo. 1787 : "One of the friends appointed to visit Sarah Hayhurst reported he, in company with some women friends had an opportunity with her and that they thought her not capable at present to make satisfac- tion, but for some reasons thought it might be best to put off preparing a Testimony a while longer". From ditto, Meeting held at Deer Creek 4th of 10th mo. 18 1787: ' The committee in Sarah Hayhurst's Case reported they had an opportunity with her and she not denying the charge, they produced a testimony to this meeting which was read and after some alter- ations, approved and signed by the clerk. The same friends are continued to show it to her, if she requests it, inform her of the Privilege of appeal, which, if she declines, Jacob Balderson is appointed to read it in a First-day Meeting at Deer Creek". From ditto, Meeting held 29th of 11th mo. 1787 : ' Case continued '. From ditto, Meeting held 28th of 2nd mo. 1788: " The friends report that they showed the Testimony to Sarah Hayhurst, but she declined to appeal so Jacob Balderson was continued to read it publicly '. From ditto, Meeting held 29th of 11th mo. 1787 : 'Case continued '. From ditto, Meeting held 28th of 2nd mo. I788: The friends report that they showed the Testimony to Sarah Hayhurst, but she declined to appeal so Jacob Balderson was continued to read it publicly '. From ditto, Meeting held 3rd of 4th mo. 1788: ' The Testimony against Sarah was read according to appointment' . * * * * * * * * * * ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p021.jpg) Subsequent information concerning David and Sarah Hayhurst is contained in records, traditions and evidences in and about Fairmo[-]nt, Mar- ion Co., West, Va. In "Cyclopedia of Monongalia, Marion and Taylor Counties, West Virginia", by Rush, West & Co., Phil., Pa., 1895, Part II., p. 203, we read, in an account concerning Charles Or- lando Hayhurst (a grandson) : "David Hayhurst was a native of near Baltimore, Maryland, but settled about the time of the Revolutionary War at what is known as Ice's Ferry, on Cheat run River, in Monongalia Co. He later removed to Pharoah's Run in Paw Paw District, near Rivesville, Marion Co., where he followed the pursuits of an agriculturist and farmer. He married a Baltimore, Maryland, lady, and had a family of ten children.****" According to two of his grand-daughters, Mrs. Catherine C. (Hayhurst) Nixon (before mentioned) and Mrs. Elizabeth (Morris) Wade (who is about 84 years old, in good mental capacity, and lives below Rives- ville), David died about 1840. He was tall, slim, small featured blue-eyed, a blacksmith, and about 80 years old when he died. Mrs. Wade still has an old flat-iron which David made in his shop. Sarah lived until 1851-2, being very old when she died, also blind for several years. The old family Bible was in the Morris' possession until Mrs. Morris died, when her father took it to Morgantown with him, where it was lost tract of. It was in bad condition. On Pharoah's Run about a mile up from the Monongahelia River at the village of Rivesville, the raad between the steep hills forks, and there is still to be seen an old dilapidated log building, with very rough and turned up shingles -- the old blacksmith-shop of David Hayhurst. Over the steep hill (still covered with the rem- ents of an old orchard) to the right is the site of his dwelling house, marked by one or two small log buildings, one a part of his house. A hole in the groung marks an old cellar by the side of one of the buildings. Over this once stood his large two-story stone house -- the first of its kind to be built in this part of the country. The building was only recently toon down by the pres- owner of the premises (Buck Fleming) to get building stone for the construction of his new house near by. -- The orchard on the top of the steep hill has a small burying plot at its highest point. Here are the marks of several graves, two of adults, placed side by side, and the others apparently of children. Small rough flat field-stones mark the graves, and on one of these is still legible the single letter "H", roughly chiseled in -- a letter about six inches high. The neighborhood knows the spot as the old Hayhurst burying ground. The following is a list of the ten children of David and Sarah (Warner) Hayhurst, all of whom lived and died near and about Fairmont, ex- cept John who went to Pea Ridge, Ark., as a young man, became rich in stock and lands, and left a large family of children there, record of whom is fairly complete. The records of the other nine children are also fairly complete, and be obtained from Charles Orlando Hayhurst, Fairmont, West Va., a great-grandson of old David. He also has a very interesting old letter written to David and Sa- rah Hayhurst by Jacob Forwood, who married Martha, a sister of Sarah's -- the date of the latter being 1834, and written from Hickory Tavern Post Office, Harford Co., Md. It gives some further Warner relationships. (According to tradition, David came West with his brother James, i. e. in 1789.) The list of children follows : 1. James, b. 1787, m. Eliz. Thorn, no issue, d. June 15, 1849, aged 61 yrs., 11 mos. Grave stone on top of high hill on Robt. Talbott's farm, with that of his wife, who died in 1855, in her 69th yr. 2. Benjamin, b. Feb. 8, 1769; m. (I). Eliz. Joliffe and had 10 ch. (2) Eliza Cri ss, and had two children. Mrs. Catherine C. Nixon is his daughter, and Charles O. Hayhurst, his grand- son, both by his first wife. Benjamin d. April 20, 1883 in his 94th year. He was a Baptist, a blacksmith and farmer, and served int the War of 1812. There is a grave-stone to him ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p022.jpg) - - 3. William, b. (1791); m. Catharine Garlow and had 13 children. He was a Captain in the war of 1812. Died Jan. 27, 1847, aged 56 yrs. There is a fine stone to him and his wife located on a hill at Morgan's Bend in sight of that of his brother's (James) .Dr. J. O. Hayhurst, Naylor, Mo., = grd-son. [text penciled in the margin] See Ba[--] Springs, Kas. 4. John, b. ? M. (1) Collins and had 10 ch.; (2) Rebecca Thorn and had 8 ch. Went to Pea Ridge, Ark. One son Benjamin was living in 1908 at Green Forest, Ark. 5. David, b. Sept. 23, 1794; m. Phoebe Devault, and had 14 ch. A grandson is Geo. W. Hayhurst, Harrisville, Ritchie Co., West Va., who has a son Dr. Leman L. Hayhurst, New Haven West Va. (about 40 yrs. old --1915). David died July 1, 1865. 6. Joseph, b ? m. ? Had 7 ch. 7. Amos, b? M. Mary McGee and had 15 ch. Among these , John, of Lonada, Calhoun Co. Co, West Va., was living in 1907; Mary Martin-Cornell, Mt. Morris, Pa., was living in 1908; Jacob/, Morrison, Tenn., was living in 1908;, and Blackburn, Fonza, Ritchie Co. West Va., an old Civil War veteran, living in 1915. 8. Michael (a girl), b? m. Calder Holt and had 10 ch. 9. Andrew b (1803 or 4); m. ---- Brown and had 6 ch. Among these were David, died 1915, 83 yeears old, m. Eliz. Arnett.; Jasper, died a few years ago leaving a widow at Rivesville and one daughter, Mrs. Willis. Another daughter, who re- cently died, was Mrs. Robin Hood, also of Rivesville. 10. Sarah, b. (1808 or 9); m. Ezekiel Morris and had 8 ch.; a daughter is Mrs. Elizabeth Wade, who lives below Rivesville. Sarah died in 1874 or 5, aged 66 years. * * * * * * * * * * * Further account of Sarah Newborough, David' sister, is to be found in the vicinity of Fairmont. She and her husband Morris evidently came to this region with the rest of them in 1789. Her husband is described as having had a large lump on one of his shoulders, and as dying many years before her. They settled in Monongalia Co. Sarah died in 1856 or 7 at a very advanced age at the home of her niece Sarah Morris and is said to be buried in the family burying ground on Dent's Run, near Laurel Point, on John Newbrorough's place. Their children appear to have been (a) Abel Newborough who married Mariah Ashcraft, and had two children (1) John, lived in Taylor Co., West Va., now dead; and had two children, Noah and Josh; and (2) Joshua, died 1898, lived in Barber Co. Because of some unfortunate quarrel with some man at a logging camp, Abel was compelled to leave home and his two small children. He went to Pittsburg, then to the home of a Hayhurst relative (Mrs. Hannah McKee) in Miami Co., Ohio. He also lived with Benjamin Hayhurst ( son of James and Mary Warner Hayhurst) at the same place and latter at Gibson Co., Ind. An old letter shows that he was living at Madisonville, Ky., in 1850, pursuing his trade of shoe-maker. (b) Morris who married Eliz. Snyder; (c) Solomon who had 7 or 8 children among whom is John, also Bunuch Newborough -- the latter lives below Rivesville and is about 60 years old[-] David who moved to Grafton; and (e) & (f) two daughters. --- Old Sarah is also said to have been blind for some years before her death-- there be- ing' two blind Sallies living at the same time and both nearly a hundred years old'. * * * * * * * * * * * The Youngest sister of James, David, Sarah, etc. was Hannah. She also came with them from Bucks Co. Pa., in 1774, to Gunpowder M.M., (see p. 8 above). She was the last to get married, and the re- cords of the same are as follows: From Gunpowder M.M. (Book C, p. 215, 15th entry): "Women friends inform this meeting (31st of 7th mo. 1790) that Hannah Burk formerly Hayhurst hath accomplished her marriage contrary to ****" etc. Page 216 (28th of 8th mo., 1790) case cont'd. Page 219 (25th of 9th mo., 1790) Testimony is approved. Page 225 (27th of 11th mo, 1790) Read out as per form. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p023.jpg) According to Mrs. Catherine C. Nixon and Mrs. Mary Cornell, Hannah Burk married for a second time a Sullivan and lived on Dents Run, Monongalia Co., West Va. She ddied about 1845. * * * * * * * * * * * * * This completes the records of the IVth generation , comprising the accounts of the six children who were brought by their parents from Middletown, Bucks County, Pa., in 1774, to Harford County, Maryland, the children being : James, Elizabeth, Ruth, Sarah, David and Hannah. All except Elizabeth were disowned by the Friends for their marriages outside of the membership of the Society. It is likely that the Marriage Record Book, which is still used at the Gunpowder M. M. contains a full account of the marriage of Elizabeth to Thos. Lacy, and the records of the minutes , births, deaths etc. contain further accounts of their family. (These I did not look up). ----- I have also no further knowledge of Ruth who married Hanoway, except that I note that Captain Hanway was a very prominent figure in the early history of the Monongahelia River Valley, but the omission of the "o" in the spelling of the name probably means another family. There appear to be no family traditions concerning either Elizabeth or Ruth among the West Virginia branches of the family. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p024.jpg) FIFTH GENERATION, and LATER. What is meant to be discussed here is the 5th Generation of this Mary- land-West Virginia branch of the Family Hayhurst as contained in the Quaker records so far found, for in discussing the children of David and Sarah previously, the 5th generation, and before[-]stated some later generations have been mentioned. Also, I have not looked up the further Quaker records of Elizabeth Hayhurst who married Thomas Lacy at Gunpowder in 1777. With this exception, the only members of the Quaker faith remaining in this generation were the children of James 2nd and his wife Mary (Warner). James himself was disowned, as stated, just prior to his leaving Maryland for Southwestern Pennsylvania in 1789, but Mary, his wife, brought her certificate and those of her children, viz. Sarah, Rachel, Job, Ely, and Hannah, with her and left the same with the West- land M.M. in which records it was recorded the 25th day of the 9th month, 1790. (See page 11., above). They, however, settled near Beesontown (present Uniontown), which district was set off separately in 1793 and called Redstone. From Redstone Monthly Meeting, Fayette Co., Held 30th of 10th month, 1801 : "The same meeting informs that Sarah Hall formerly Hayhurst hath accomplished her marriage with a man not in membership with us. John Smith and Benjamin Vail are appointed to join women friends in a visit to her, feel after the disposition of her mind & if they find no cause for forbearance, prepare a Testimony against her & produce to next meeting." From ditto, Meeting held 29th of 1st mo., 1802 : "William Dixon informs that he in/company with one of the friends appointed in Sarah Hall's case in company with women friends had an opportunity with her found her in a tender disposition but from her present situation thought her not capable of condemning her deviation to the satisfaction of this Meeting, therefore have produced a Testimony against her", etc.From ditto Meeting held 30th of 4th mo., 1802 : (P. 312) "William Dixon on behalf of the Committee in Sarah Hall's case reports that he has sent a copy of the Testimony to her Inclosed a letter & has returned the original, being as follows: 'Whereas Sarah Hall formerly Hayhurst hath so far deviated from the good order sstablished among friends as to accomplish her marriage with a man not in membership with us for which she hath been la- bored with but doth not appear in a suitable situation to condemn her deviation we therefore disown her from being a member amongst us until she be enabled to condemn he r Transgression to the satis- faction of this meeting which that she may is our desire in and on behalf of Redstone Monthly Meeting, 29th of the 1st Month 1802. Henry Troth Clk. by Rachel Cattell" [Assist. Clerk]. From "History of Meigs County, Ohio", by Stillman C. Larkin, 1908, P. 171-2 : "John Hall and his wife, Sarah Hall, nee Hahurst, came from Penn- sylvania and settled on a tract of land in Letart township above the mouth of Old Town creek, known as Ohio River Bottom land, in the year 1811. Mrs. Hall was reared by Quaker Parents. They were industrious and thrifty and cleared for cultivation their large farm. They had a large family of sons and daughters." Then fol- lows a record of their 11 children, James Hall being the eldest and best known (at one time justice of the peace and also post master for Geaet Bend), died Oct. 5th, 1884, aged 83 yrs 3m. 9 d.) "Mr. John Hall, Sr., died in middle age [1824, aged 45 yrs. and 4 months old, according to his grave-stone], but left a will that was the puzzle for lawyers for two generations. Mrs. Sarah hall died in the early seventies [June 30th, 1868, aged 86 yrs., 8ms., 7 d., according to her gravestone], living and dying in their homestead farm." ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p025.jpg) - - There are a number of descendants of Sarah and John Hall still living in the Great Bend region, among them being a grandson John Hall who lives at Racine, and another grandson, Mar shall Spencer Hall, who stills owns part of the original 400 acres which the old folks patented from the Government. John is 76 yrs. old and Marshall 72 yrs. old. According to family tradition, the old folks came to Great Bend in 1804, when the eldest son James was a babe in arms. Mr. Hall, Sr., was a devout Methodist, and held meetings in his large house for years. Mrs. Sarah Hall was a most remarkably char- acter in the district, with a great reputation for thrift and business acumen. The little stream which runs through the old place and called Granny's Run was so named by the Ohio River pilots in her honor. A great-grandson, William Loring Hall, is an instructor in Latin at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. * * * * * * * * * * From Redstone Monthly Meeting, Held 28th of 8th mo., 1807 : "Sandy Hill Preparative Meeting informs that Job Hayhurst has accomplished his marriage with a woman not in membership with Friends. John Willitt and David Newburn are appointed to take an opportunity with him, endeavor to feel after his disposition of mind & report to next meeting". From ditto, meeting held 2nd of 10th mo. 1807: "The Committee in Job Hayhurst's case report that they have had an opportunity w[-]th him, that they think him not in a suitable dis- position of mind to condemn his deviation, with which this meeting unites and directs the same friends to prepare a Testimony against him, inform him thereof." From ditto Meeting held 4th of 12th mo. 1807 : "The committee in Job Hayhurst's case in continued." From ditto, Meeting held 1st of 1st mo., 1808 : "The friends in Job'Hayhurst's case report they have endeavored to give him the necessary information and have returned the Testimo- ny. It is as follows: "Job Hayhurst hath had a right of membership , but hath so far disregarded the good order established amongst us as to accomplish his marriage contrary thereto, for which deviation he hath been treated with, but not appearing in a suitable disposition to con- demn his out-going at this time, Weetherefore exclude him from the right of membership with us, untill he make satisfaction to friends approved by our Monthly Meeting, at Redstone, held 10th month 30th 1807." According to family records Job Hayhurst married Hannah Smalley, a native of New Jersey, daughter of Amariah Smalley, and grand-daugh- ter of Amariah Smalley, born in 1731 -- a well known Baptist fam- ily (of Piscataway, Middlesex Co., N.J.). They were supposed to have been married in Miami Co., Ohio. Their oldest child, James, was born there in 1810. They had 9 children, the 8th of whom was named Asariah Smalley Hayhurst, the grandfather of the writer. Asariah was born in Miami County, July 28, 1819. When he was still very young his parents moved in a flat boat down the Ohio River to Evansville, Ind., where they landed March 12, 1820 or 1825. He learned the cooper's trade as a youth, but a severe cut in the knee left him stiff-legged, so he went into the commission busi- ness, establishing a large firm in Evansville. After the Grant- Ward great bank failure in the early seventies, he took up medicine and continued at the same until his death, Aug. 29, 1904. He mar- ried Priscilla Benjamin, a native of Orange Co., N.Y., but then living in Petersburg, Ind., July 3, 1844. They had 9 children, 7 of whom grew up and married. Asariah lived in Evansville until he died. John Emery was the 3rd child, b. March 19, 1849, m. Eva May Roe of Norwalk, Ohio parentage, and had 3 children, of whom the writer, Emery Roe, is the eldest, b. June 28, 1880. John Emery died May 8, 1905 at Chicago (Maywood). He was a rancher (Missouri, ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p026.jpg) Texas, Montana and Idaho), business and mercantile man (St. Louis and Chicago). Emery Roe is a physician, m. Isabelle Elmira Norris of Fond Du Lac, Wis., parentage, Nov. 15, 1910 -- they have one child, a son, Roe Norris Hayhurst, b. Aug. 7, 1913, at Chicago. ---- Job Hayhurst was a blacksmith. His youngest child was born at Evans- ville, 1832, and named John. Job was drowned the same year in the Ohio River at Evansville, while trying to get some drift wood out of the river, Hannah [-] his wife, lived until 1862, marrying a second time . Charles SmalleyH., b. 1846, the oldest child, and Lew Wallace, b. 1862 (?), the youngest child of Asariah, are the only ones now living. They live at Evansville. * * * * * * * * * * * There are no records concerning the marriage of Rachel Hayhurst in the Redstone records, nor other information about her, except that she came there as a child from Gunpowder, as mentioned before. According to family records, she married a Young, lived near Evansville, Ind., and raised a family. She died in old age. * * * * * * * * * * * From Redstone Monthly Meeting held 28th of 5th mo., 1813 : "Eli Hayhurst is complained of for keeping company with a woman not in membership with friends, and accomplishing his marriage contrary to our order, for which breach of order we exclude him from membership with us, till by a suitable application he be reinstated." According to family records, Ely was a blacksmith and a very powerful man. He was noted for his strength all up and down the Ohio River. He married Nancy Passmore, of Hamilton Co., Ohio, and had 11 child- ren by her, , born between Oct. 11, 1813 and April, 1832. In the latter year he lost his wife and one son (Benjamin) by some sudden catastrophe (cholera ?), and his children were put out to be raised by relatives. In 1835 he married again and had one child, a girl. His 2nd wife died suddenly in 1839, which caused him to break up his home, and go up to his sister Sarah Hall at Great Bend, where he worked his trade of blacksmithing, largely for the River trade. His last child was raised by Sarah Hall. In 1844, he went down the Ohio River with a boat-load of ax-handles which he had made, and mysteriously disappeared, boat, supplies and all, the story being that he either died suddenly or was murdered. The next autumn, one of his sons, Job, located a grave at Memphis (?) , where people said that a man by the name of Hayhurst had been buried. No trace of his property could be found. ---- Mrs. Mary Ann Nowland-Munn (96 yrs. old) and Mrs. Elizabeth McClintock (85 years old), both living with Elizabeth's daughter, Mrs. Geo. Dem- ing, Piqua, Ohio, are two of his children, the rest being dead. Mrs. Mariam Wyland, Conover, Ohio, is a grand-daughter. Mr. William Hayhurst, living near New Haven, Hamilton Co., Ohio, is a grand- son, whose son David runs a gravel pit near Fernald, Hamilton Co. Benjamin Hayhurst, Elizabethtown, Hamilton Co., is a grandson. Mrs. Mary (Cooper) Firth, Addyston, Ohio, is a great-granddaughter. There are also a number of other descendants living along the Ohio River a few miles below Cincinnati. Mr. David F. Lane, furni- ture dealer, Muncie, Ind., is a grandson. * * * * * * * * * * The Redstone records contain no information about Hannah, other than her arrival there as a child with the others of the family. According to family records she was called Ann. She married a Riffle and died at Piqua, Ohio about 1845. She had 5 sons and one daugh- ter. One son John is said to have been a doctor at Crawford, Ind. The daughter Symanthy married a Hammond and went to Ind. or Mich. where one of her sons Earl, still lives. There are none of them left about Piqua. * * * * * * * * * * * ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p027.jpg) - - From the evidence so far at hand, it is not certain whether John or Benjamin was the next child born. These two, with David, who was the youngest child, complete the list of the children of James 2nd and Mary. Unfortunately the Birth and Death Records of Red- stone Monthly Meeting are lost, and Kirk Brown says that Gilbert Cope, who located the balance of the records of Redstone ( the Minutes, Removals, and Marriage Records) believes them not to be in existence. With this explanation the records of John will be taken up first. From Redstone Monthly Meeting, held 2nd of 4th mo. 1813 : "John Hayhurst has kept company and joined in marriage with a woman not in membership. John Willitt and John Forman are ap- pointed to treat with him on the occasion and report their sense of his disposition." From ditto, Meeting held 30th of 4th mo., 1813 : "The committee appointed to treat with John Hayhurst have had an opportunity with him, and did not think him in a suitable disposition to condemn his deviation, which, being considered, was thought best to continue, the committee to prepare a Testimony against him, and inform him thereof." From ditto, Meeting held 2nd of 7th mo., 1813 : "The committee in the case of John Hayhurst have complied with their appointment, and have returned the Testimony, as follows : John Hayhurst is complained of for keeping company, in order for marriage, and accomplished the same with a woman not in member- ship with us, contrary to order (for) which we exclude him from membership with us, untill he, by a suitable application, become reinstated with us. Approved by Redstone Monthly Meeting held 28th of 5th mo., 1813." The above is the last Quaker record which we have concerning any of the Hayhursts of this Bucks County-Maryland branch of the family. Dur- ing this 23 years (1790-1813), during which the family lived in the Redstone Monthly Meeting district, none of their names ever appear as winnesses to any of the numerous Quaker marriages which were held during this period, although full copies of the same are on file with Kirk Brown in Baltimore. There are also none of them mentioned in the Book of Removals. (As stated above, Birth and Death Records are not available). The fact that none of them weee are mentioned in the Minutes, other than the notices of their disownments, shows that none of them were, to say the least, very prominent or active in the affairs of meetings. This may have been due to the influence of their previously disowned fath- er (at the Gunpowder Christmas Meeting -- 26th of the 12th mo., 1789 -- coupled with the invalidism (?) of their mother, and papsapalsecause they did not live close to the Meeing House. Per- haps, also, the questionable propriety, even at that time, from a religious body of actually disowning (not simply suspending) members for other than truly criminal causes of the first magni- tude -- something which no other religious sect would countenance-- caused these descendants of one of the earliest Quaker families in the history of the Society, to recognize the change which had come over the Society at that time, and to determine to sever their connections therewith. History shows that these measures of unusual discipline for trifling religous offences, if they could be called such, were very largely responsible for the rapid lost of influence of the Society, as well as decrease in its mem- bership, both absolutely and relatively in the religous affairs of the world. It would be interesting to know what the reforms brought about by the renowned Elias Hicks in the affairs of the Society, had upon the se disowned Hayhursts at that time (1828), but, by that date, they had long since pioneered Westward to re- gions too distant for them to ever hope of getting beck to the Meeting places which had disowned them -- most of which, indeed, were themselves out of existence. However, many of the tenets which the several generations of Friends had instilled, continued to live within them and have passed on from father to son since. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p028.jpg) - - Kirk Brown, in his first letter, comments as follows: "It is un- fortunate that so many of the Hayhurst family were disowned for matters that are not considered an offence": and in his second latter – "It was a sad mistake in Friends to disown so many mem- bers, for trifling matters, such as maryying one that was not a member" . "I have frequent enquiries from persons that are proud of their Quaker ancestors,; I always feel sad, on looking up the lines, to find that they were disowned for some trifling matter". ----Regarding the matter of marriages with those not members, the Discipline of Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends under date of 1913 reads :"When a member of our Society has a prospect of accom- plishing marriage with a person not in membership with us, should the latter beo of orderly life and conversation, and the parties desire to accomplish it according to our order, Monthly Meetings may permit them to proceed in the same manner as if both were members, the same care being observed throughout. In these cases the members remains such, but the other is not hhereby constituted a member". Continuing with the discussion of John Hayhurst, letters from his des- cendants state that he married Nancy Inks. From Laurel Hill, Pa., they removed to Adams Co., Ohio, then to Fountain Co., Ind., then to Kankakee Co., Ill, at which latter place they arrived March 9th 1834, being original settlers. John died 9th (?), 1857, and is buried where he last lived in Kankakee Co. John & Nancy had 9 chil- dren as follows: 1. William, a doctor, b. 1814, near Laurel Hill, Pa., came to Kankakee, Ill., in 1834, m. Susannah Perry, dau. of John & Deliliah Perry and 1st cousin (or grand-niece) of Commodore Perry; they had 10 children born between Jan. 8, 1837 and Aug. 2, 1862. William d. Jan. 2, 1891; Susannah d. Jan. 7, 1905. Their oldest child was John Benton, who was living 7 miles N.E. of MoMence, Ill., in 1907;; [line of illegible deletion] [illegible deletion] he had 13 children, one of whom is J.H. Hayhurst, Lowell, Ind. Nancehad Lyon was b. June 17, 1842, and was living at Sherburnville (near Momence?) in 1908. Henry or Elery was born Feb. 7, 1847, and was living at Schneider, Ind., 1907 Edwin L., b. Sept. 12, 1855, was living in Chicago in 1907. Clara Jones, the youngest child of William, was b. Aug. 2, 1862, and was living in Chicago by 1907. 2. Warner, b. Aug. 15, 1819; moved to Minn.; in 1907 lived at Portland, Ore.; cjildren : Frank(?), Elmira(?), William (?), Lewis? 3. Thomas I. 4. Julia(n)) a girl. 5. Simon 6. James 7. Caleb, b. (1827); lived at Momence, Ill., 1907, 80 yrs. old. 8.ohBenjamin. 9. John J., b. March 10, 1830; was the youngest child; living at Muhall, Logan Co., Okl., in 1907. (May be Mullhall, or Munhall). Had 8 children of his own ans raised 4 of Ad Perkins Wesleys of Aldren, Okl. Said he was the only one of his generation living. * * * * * * * * ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p029.jpg) The seventh child of James 2nd & Mary Hayhurst was probably Benjamin, -who was born near Laurel Hill, Pa., Aug. 6, 1793. He married Han- nah Passmore, sister of Nancy Passmore who married his brother, Ely (see p. 20). The Passmore family were early settlers in Hamil- ton Co?, Ohio, near the present town of Harrison, where some of themn still live. Hannah was born Aug. 9, 1792, and she died aged. Ben- jamin and his family lived in Miami Co., Ohio, near Piqua, until 1839 when they removed to Princeton, Gibson Co., Ind, where they lived until 1852; they moved again to McComb, Ill., where Benja- min lived until/1877, when he went with his son to Grenola, Kas., where he died in 1878. They had children as follows : I. Mary Ann, m. George Seaman. She was b. May 2, 1818. 2. Rebecca, b. Oct. 16, 1819; m. (I) --- Cromer, (2) Isaac Strickland; lived at McComb, Ill.; she died 1907. 3. Phoebe, b. June 19, 1820; died young. 4. Eliza (beth), b. June 21, 1822; m. Dan McKee; lived McComb, Ill.; she died in the spring of 1914,at Grenola, Kas. A son is Solomon McKee, also at Grenola. 5. Sarah, b. Sept. 18, 1825; m. Mart Seamans. 6. Elias Warner, b. Oct. 5, 1827; m. Mrs. Angeline Green, a widow with 2 or 3 children, viz. Richard, now a prominent scenic painter in Chicago, who appears to go by the name of Hayhurst, and a daughter Etta. Elias & Angeline had two children: Melissa, b. 1857, m. Scott Coutts, a prominent insurance man of Chicago; and Anna, m. C.M.Potter and lives in Chicago. Elias (according to the Iowa Army Records) enlisted as a recruit in Co. G., 5th Regt., Iowa Infantry, Feb. 29, 1864; was mustered into the U.S. Service, March 26, 1864; and was killed near Atlanta, Georgia, Aug. 11, 1864. His widow continued to live at Vinton, Iowa, where Elias had a farm and a town house and lot, but removed to Chicago after some years, where she died. She was buried at Vinton. 7. Margaret, b. Dec. 7, 1829; never married. 8. Hannah, b. March 7, 1832; m. Aaron McKee, brother to Dan, above 9. Benjamin, b. July 29, 1835, near Piqua, Ohio; m. Sarah Eliza- beth Marfin in 1868, b. 1849; they live (1916) at Grenola, Kas. Children: Eli, b. 1870, married, but no children; Margaret (Maggie), m. Houston, Mary, d. 1895 -26 yrs. old.; Eva, m. Mair(?), lives at Colonada, Kas.; and another married daughter. Benjamin is nearly the only one living of his generation and has been very helpful in supplying information hereto. * * * * * * * * The youngest child of James 2nd & Mary Hayhurst, was probably David. So far I have very little information concerning him. He was probably born near Laurel Hill also. He lived with or near his brother , Benjamin, until the latter moved to McComb, Ill., in/1852. Benjamin of Grenola says that David was a small man, and that he removed to Little Rock, Ark., where he died after 1865 at least. According to a record of Mrs. Geo. Wyland, Conover, Ohio, David married Hannah Miller. He may have been married a second time. His brother Ben- jamin, in a letter dated 1850(Princeton, Ind.), comments on David and his young wife. He appears to have had 3 children: James, Isa- bell, and John. * * * * * * * * ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F15_p030.jpg) CONCLUDING REMARKS. Because of the length of this deposition, I have been forced to omit much of the information and statistics and records which I have been furnished to me concerning the later generations of this branch of the family. Also concerning the first two generations, the in- formation concerning which is scattered through many different forms of early Pennsylvania records. The information in the third, fourth and fifth generations of this branch is given, however, about as fully as I have it in my notes. I am, myself, in the eighth generation of American settlement, while I know of some, especially among the descendants of David of West Virginia, who represent the tenth generation. No doubt the descendants of the older brother, William, of the second generation, extend even to the eleventh or twelfth generations. There are probably one thousand or more in the United States today who bear the name Hayhurst and to whom the name has descended directly from the emigrant Cuthbert. Since all branches were markedly prolific, especially while they remained in pioneer life, or in country or mountain residence, the total blood relations descended from this one emigrant are probably enough in number, were they assembled, to populate a large county or even an entire state so rapidly do the increases mount with each succeeding generation. A glance at such genealogical works as those of the Kirk, Sharpless, Waldo and other families bear this out. - Within the past half- century a few Hayhursts have appeared in the country, coming from England, but they are not numerous in descendants. This particular branch of the family has produced no conspicuous personages to my knowledge, although numbers have left commendable records and memories in their own vicinities. The reasons are ob- vious: they represented the advance of the westward population move- ment, and, not being fighters or politicians by religion or precept, left no famous names among the fighting pioneers nor statesmen. On the other hand, they spent their best efforts in clearing away the forests and removing the stones from the lands which they usually obtained directly from the Government and thus were the first paten- tees. This is true in many western states. In my own branch all were born or lived in log cabins at least part of their lives up to myself. They have contributed mainly to the plain American citizen- ry and to the stable upbuilding of the country and its homes. They have been marked by no heredity taints or diseases, [---] and I have inquired quite extensively into this matter. Some have shown susceptibility to cancerous conditions but not out of proportion to its general rate of prevalence, while the Great White Plague, Con- sumption, has touched but very few. - Wayward habits, criminal re- cords, delinquencies and intemperance have been almost unheard among them. While some are well-to-do, none are notably wealthy in this world's goods. Opportunity for advanced education has come to but few. Many are tradesmen and business men. Most are farmers. The ministry has claimed several, the legal profession I have not run across as being mentioned, and today, the medical directories show but four physicians in the country who bear the name. However, al- most every state west of the Alleghanies is represented by some member of the Maryland branch of the family, while the eastern and western states are represented by other branches. It is safe to say that all Hayhursts who can trace their ancestry back for one hundred years in America are from the common ancestor - the Quaker emigrant, Cuthbert Hayhurst. In closing it may not be amiss to state that I have visited most of the parts of the eastern and middle western states where these ancestors lived and have obtained a goodly number of small, but in- teresting,photographs, of many old sights, including the probable place of residence of the original Cuthbest and his family. Emery R. Hayhurst, Columbus, Ohio. April 3, 1916. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p001.jpg) Chicago, Oct. 30, 1905. Mr. Paul Hayhurst Ithaca, N.Y. My dear Sir & Namesake, — Your letter dated one month ago reached me this last week, having been forwarded to the University of Chicago & final- ly to the College of Phys. & Surg. where I am located. I also received a letter from your uncle, Prof. Weeks, some two years ago while I was in the West, which I answered at the time, but failed to hear from again. I have also been interested in the geneology of the Hayhursts & began active steps last spring to relate some of the Hayhursts whom I have oc- casionally heard of, & who are outside of my own re- latives. However my father died quite suddenly just at this time and I have not taken up the matter since. Unfortunately the information which I have at hand concerning my [--] own lineage extends back only to my great grand-father. – I will at this writing give you a mere brief: My great-grandfather, Job Hayhurst, was born in Penn. in 1775 – died in Evansville, Ind., 1832. He was a black smith by trade. My grand-father, Azariah Smalley Hayhurst, ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p002.jpg) was born in Miami Co., Ohio, in 1823, was raised & lived all his life in Evansville, Ind. where he was a commission merchant up to 1870, & thereafter a doctor until his death, 1904. My father, John Emery Hayhurst, was born in Evan- ville, Ind. 1849, followed the merchantile business most of his life, being in charge of linen dept. of Carson, Pirce, Scott & Co’s, for the last 25 years (in Chicago) died May 8, 1905. I have a fairly good record of family from my great- grandfather, Job, to date, which I will be glad to forward to you, shortly. — Job Hayhurst had three brothers, Benjamin, John, and Elijah – The descendants of whom I know nothing about. They themselves migrated west- ward from Penn. However you are probably more in- terested in the history of the line previous to 1775. Still you may find records of the above named. We are, I know of Quaker extract, while the prevalence of Bible names & the common region – Penn. – of our two lineages point to an undoubted relationship. I have rec’d a letter from a doctor Wm. C. Hayhurst of Flat rock, Ill. with whom I have not been able to trace relationship. I will send you a copy of his family tree, when time is not so pressing as at present. His is in brief – Great grandfather – Bezaleel – Penn. – [no date] Grandfather – Joseph – ? – ? Father – Bezaleel – Ill. – 69 yrs. old Dr. Wm. C. Hayhurst– The writer himself – Ill. Two sons, dead. One daughter 7 yrs. Rd. –Ill. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p003.jpg) He ends his letter by saying that he has a cousin in Penn. who has the complete family history. I re- plied & urged him to send me the address of his cousin, but so far have received no reply from him. I shall be very glad to take up the search with you & will give whatever help I can. — I completed the Prel. Medical course at Champaign in 1903, & since then have been instructing in Physiology in the University – The first two years at Champaign, where I rec'd an A.M. at the last commencement, and at present in the Coll. of Phys. & Surg. (The Med. Dept. of the University of Ill.) where I am completing my medical work as well. The references which you enclose on the family name are valuable finds to me & I believe the time will be short in which we shall have the whole Hayhurst population of the United States scientifically classified. I might add, at this writing, that there is a traveling salesman by the name of Hayhurst with Parke, Davis & Co, headquarters, Detroit, Mich. Have only recently heard of him & have had no correspondence with him. Thanking you very much for your letter I am, Very Truly yours E. R. Hayhurst. Address:– Maywood, Illinois. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p004.jpg) Maywood, Nov. 30, 1905. My dear "Cousin" Paul Hayhurst – I feel quite sure the above term is right altho' I don't know to what numerical distance. – I enclose a little outline of my family history i.e. pater- nal and lineal, and trust its meager details may still offer some opportunity of properly pigeon- holing this, at present, lost tribe of Hayhurst. Should you find in the records of Hayhursts in Penn. of the generation 1740–1800 any son by the name of Job who had brothers named Benja- min, John, and Elijah (& perhaps others) who went west and disappeared, you will undoubtedly have my great-grandfather located. – My grandfather who died last year had a pretty good knowledge of his ancestry, but in his dotage told so many inconsistant things that it is best to go at this question in another direction. But I still doubt if any of my line of Hayhursts can go beyond Job. – Prac- tically all I know of the antiquity of our family is contained in the "Genealogy & Biography, Cook Co., Ill" pub. by the Calu- met Book & Engrav. Co, Chicago, 1897. My outline can be much amplified of course regarding more recent generations. I am trusting that my grand- mother in Fresno, Cal., can enlighten me some. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p005.jpg) At present I am so much preoccupied with medicine, that I can't go at the search properly. I am informed tho' that there will be plenty of time for everything after I get my shingle up. I would be only too glad to see you personal- ly and if your home is still in Missouri, you can go back by way of Chicago & stop to see me. Should such a thing be possible, drop me a line & I will meet your train. Maywood, where I live, is a suburb on the West Side a half hour's ride from down town. Wishing you all success in your work at Cornell and wishing to hear from you at your convenience, I am Very sincerely – Roe Hayhurst. Maywood, Illinois. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p006.jpg) [The following names and dates were written in a family tree format. They have been transcribed across rows for content. See original image for clearer indication of relationships. Bracketed text on right side of original page elaborates on rows of the tree. In this transcription, the bracketed text precedes the row it concerns.] }Origin unknown — 3 brothers }or a father & 2 sons supposed to }have come to America about 1740; }& settled in Penn. 1740 (?) } Job– my great grandfather – son of one of the above — } born in Penn. 1775, d. Evansville, Ind. 1832 — black- } smith by Trade – nine children . His wife- Hannah } Smalley of N. Jersey. b. 1777 d. 1862 Evansville. Job (1775 1832) Penn- Ind Benjamin (d. Vickburg 1735) John ( ? ) Elijah (lived in Illinois 1865) (?) (?) } Asariah – my grandfather – born in Miami Co. } Ohio – 2 yrs. old came down Ohio River with his } parents to Evansville, Ind. where he spent the rest of his life. – Commission hardened. – Doctor. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) James 1895 (7) Asariah (1823 1904) (Ohio Ind) John ( 1890 ?) } Emery – my father – married May Roe of } Norwalk, Ohio. 1879. Travelled considerably thoruhgout } west when young man – For the last 25 yrs. met } Carson Pirie Scott & Co., Chicago Chas (1846 —) (Indiana ) Marshall (1847 1890) Ind. ST. Louis Emery (1849 1905) (Ohio Ind) Mary (Ca[-]oll) (1852(?) 1894) Allie (1856 ?)— Ind. no [--]ild } These are all various uncles, } cousins, etc. All those in Ind. } live in or near Evansville – some } in Kentucky. I can get full re- } cords of all of these. – While in } Evansville a year ago , an aunt } of mine told me she could } count 20 young Hayhursts } all unmarried – cousins & } second cousins – & descendants } of Asariah or John. My } grandfather had 8 brothers & } sisters – not all of whom I } can name. – My father died suddenly last spring just as I was beginning to work up the fami- ly lineage myself. My grandmother is still living (in California) & I am writing to her now for information about the earlier Hayhursts. Willy (1875 ) Grace (1877 ) Chas (1879 ) Mason (1892 ) Emery Roe (1880 ) ( ST. Louis Chicago) Merton (1882 ) Mexico, Mo. Rebie (1887 ) Missoula, Mont. Claude (1875 ) Marshall (Live in ST. Louis) Benjamin Julia (Sloat) (1855 ) Ind. Cal. Harvey (dead) Gussie (1875 ) Iowa cal. Hurley (dead) Floyd (1882 ) Iowa Cal Eddie (1888 ) (Idaho Cal Steven (1858 ) Indiana ? Lewis (1862 ) Indiana Sarah (1885 ) Julia (1888 ) Wm (1893 ) Walter (1896 ) Russell (1898 ) (All live in or near Evansville Ind) Floyd (1893 ) Harold (1896 ) Eddie (1900 ) ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p007.jpg) THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Maywood, Ill., June 6th, 1907 Mr. Paul Hayhurst, Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D.C. My dear Friend Your very interesting letter of May 17th at hand. To turn at once to the genealogy it appears to me you have given me some very certain information along 2 lines: first, that my great-great-grandfather was John Hayhurst of Laurelhill, Pa.; second that two of my great-grandfather’s brothers & their descendants have been found, viz. Benjamin & John. My own tree as I reported to you in a former letter was: A Tradition of a father & two sons or three brothers of sup- posed German origin lived in Penn., 1740. From one of these the following descendants: [The following names and dates were written in a family tree format. They have been transcribed for content. See original image for formatting.] Job 1775 1832 Came from Pa. to Miami Co. Ohio. had 9 child. Asariah 1823 1904 Born in Ohio, but raise & always lived in Evansville, Ind. had 5 sons to reach maturity, 2 daughters John Emery 1849 1905 Born in Evansville, Ind lived in Chicago 25 yrs. 3 children (2 sons) Roe, Weston, Rebie Maywood, Ill. Benjamin d. 1835 Vicksburg, Tenn. ? John ? Elijah lived in Illinois in 1865 (Whether any more is not known.) [remaining body of letter] (1). I note that John B. Hayhurst of Momence, Ill. (who is a descendant of John above?) mentions as John’s brothers: David, Benjamin, Job, and Ely [i.e. Elijah] (2). That Benjamin of Grenola, Kas. (who is a descendant of Benjamin above?) mentions as Benjamin brothers: Job, John, Elijah, & David) (3.) That Benjamin of Greenforest, Ark. (who is a descendant of David – not mentioned above ) mentions as that David’s origin, kin, etc. were unknown. However David was very probably a brother of the four mentioned above (Job, etc.) but was unknown to my father who remembered his uncles Benjamin, John, & Elijah only. And finally there is no doubt David is the same as mentioned in the reports of (1). and (2). ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p008.jpg) . THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS It is very probable that the tradition of German origin is without foundation in my lineage. On the other hand it is very probable that my great-grand Job was of Quaker parentage as most of his descendants (my grandfather included) married among the Quakers. All that is needed to fill out my table, as well as those of John B. of Momence, Benjamin of Grenola, & Benjamin of Greenforest, is to find the whereabouts of the descendants of Elijah, the only one of my great-grandfathers Job’s brothers who has not been heard of. Elijah, you will note is mentioned in all 4 of the reports. According to my father he “lived in Illinois in 1865” and I think my father told me he was a much younger man than Job (his brother) who died in 1832. One curious feature to me is the identity of Dr. Wm. C. of Birds, Ill. He sent me his lineage 2 yrs. ago as follows: 1. His great-grandfather Bezaleel five children mentioned (near Phil.!) 2. “ grandfather Joseph seven “ “ (Penn.) 3. “ father Bezaleel other “ not “ 2 sisters! (Birds, Ill.) 4. Himself Wm C. one daughter only (living) Did you not tell me he belongs to your side of the family? Finally I was told sometime ago by a prominent druggest in Chicago that the head man in Parke, Davis, & Co (whole- sale drugs) in St. Louis, Mo. was named Hayhurst. Do you know anything about him. He used to travel for them some years ago. A young lady at Coll. of P. & S. whose father is a doctor near Momence, Ill., says they know an Owen B. Hayhurst there & that there are “lots of Hayhursts” thereabouts. I presume they are all relatives of John Burton H. whom you have heard from & descendants of John (Job’s brother) Dr. Wm. C. of Bird’s, Ill. told me he had a cousin in Pa. who ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p009.jpg) THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS had the complete family history (of his branch I presume.) Have you ever had any correspondence with Dr. Wm C. Hayhurst? I wrote him for more particulars, but never heard from him again. However I see he is still practising there & is the only Dr. Hayhurst now in America according to the U.S. Medical Directory (published by Jour. of Amer. Med. Assoc.), 1906. The aged man (you referred to) who recently died in Evansville Ind. (not Ill.) was Dr. Asariah Hayhurst my grand-father. He died in Aug. 1904, at the age of 81. He claimed he was 88, but my grandmother who is still living (in Los Angeles, Cal.) says he was born in 1823. He had lived in Evansville since his 2nd yr. or about 80 yrs. I believe I told you that Mrs. Coults (niece of Benj. H. of Grenola) called on me at the college one day before Xmas. I am interested in a couple of questions along medical lines concerning the Hayhurst genealogy: What has [--] the family history, as regards your stock, in consumption & "scrofula"? Also as regards cancer? So far as I know my father's sister was the only one of Job's descendants to die of consumption. but she had married a consumptive & so probably contracted it thus. My father had a few cervical glands removed when a child, & later had an operation on his arm for "scrofula." He says he was the sick one of the family when a child. He never was sick thereafter tho' he died very suddenly of acute peritonitis, the post-mortem showed evidence of beginning cancer of the stomach. He had had no symptoms however. His is the only case of cancer known in our branch (i.e. Job), I am very glad to learn of your government appointment & wish you every success. An old college mate of mine – Geo. I Reeves is also in the Gov. Ent[--] Dept. You may meet him. He is a fine fellow. I hope you will get some traveling & so get to Chicago to see me. There are a number of other Illinois men in the various depts at Washington, some of whom may know me. They will recognize your name. My relatives at Cornell were on my mother's side. I am getting along fine in every way. Am just entering Summer school – by the end of Summer will have about 2/3 of my senior work off. Next fall I am going into what is called "Cook Co. Quiz Class" which makes ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p010.jpg) a complete review of Medicine & prepares for Civil Service Exam. To secure Internships at Cook Co. Hosp. next spring. I am still with the Dept. of Physiology which usurps really a little more of my time than I wish it did. Next year is my time to graduate. I was recently elected historian of the class. My old room-mate (while at champaign) was elected president. We have about 120 in the Junior Class which will be augmented to 175 or 200 next year. These come from minor schools throughout the country. According to recent statistics P. & S., Chicago, is the largest school in America in point of numbers of graduates in the last 4 yrs. : 1,044 M.D.s ! Rush Medical, Chicago, is second: 987. In the case of P. & S. 6 % failed to pass State Board examinations. This is a great deal better than some older & better known medical schools. However I think the state board exams are a little too easy in some states. P. & S. stands second in the no. of states (27) where its graduates took exams, Washington & Jefferson being 1st, but with something 10% failures. Just at present there is a lull in medical education throughout the country (ascribed to good times when less people seek the proposions and to higher requirements to enter medical schools). Our class will be the smallest to graduate in the last ten years. Well, I must close for the time being. I have to admit my unprogressiveness with our genealogy for the time being at least. I have looked up all the references you once gave me about the early American history of the Hayhursts, & the English too, in the Chicago Public Library. When I get time for a little more connected activity I will go more into the Penn. history of my ancestors & try to trace out a relation- ship with Cuthbert H. of the "Welcome" & the Penn. Colony. If John H. of Laurelhill, Penn. was my great-great-grandfather he must have been born about 1740 (as Job was born in 1775) which leaves only 60 yrs. back to the landing of Cuthburt H. (1682.) Some of those old Penn. church records will have to be consulted there. Yours very truly, E. R. Hayhurst, Maywood, Ill. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p011.jpg) [left column] OSCAR HASENCAMP, M. D., - - TOLEDO PRESIDENT JOSIAH HARTZELL, M. D., - - CANTON VICE-PRESIDENT R. H. GRUBE, M. D., - - - - XENIA JOHN W. HILL, C. E., - - CINCINNATI H. T. SUTTON, M. D., - - ZANESVILLE WM. T. MILLER, M. D., - - CLEVELAND HOMER C. BROWN, D. D. S. - COLUMBUS Reply 2/4/’15. [center letterhead] State of Ohio State Board of Health Survey of Occupational Diseases Hartman Building [right column] E. F. McCAMPBELL, PH.D., M.D., SEC'Y AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER JAMES E. BAUMAN - ASST. SECRETARY W. H. DITTOE, CER. ENGR., CHIEF ENGINEER T. R. BROWN, PH.D., M.D., BACTERIOLOGIST R. G. PATERSON, PH.D., CHIEF, DIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS F. G. BOUDREAU, M.D., C.M. EPIDEMIOLOGIST W. C. GROENIGER STATE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING E. R. HAYHURST, M.D., CHIEF, SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES [the following is the remaining typed letter body] SUBJECT: Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 16, 1914. 151 Sherman Ave. Mr. Paul Hayhurst, Sabot, Goochland Co., Va. My dear Friend, I am enclosing herewith the more valuable letters and MsS which you recently loaned to me. I have made copies of all of these. They are as follows: 1. "The Hayhursts of Hayhurst, of Ribchester and of Dutton", a type-written Mss. of 16 pp. with one additional page on newspaper clippings, by Thos. H. Hayhurst, 35 Victoria St., Radcliffe, Lancas- hire, Eng. 2. A one-page letter accompanying the same, dated May 5/08. 3. A 4-page preliminary letter concerning the above Mss., dated Sept. 7/07. 4. A type-written copy of a letter with explanations, written to David Hayhurst and the original of which is now in the posses- sion of Charles Orlando Hayhurst, Fairmont, W. Va . (2 pages). 5. A 2-p. long-hand copy on Hayhurst Yorkshire vital statisticS I still have on hand the following which I believe you wished me to return to you. I mean to make some extracts from the following and return the originals : 1. Armstrong extract - 1852 - ¼ p. concerning Cuthbert Hay- hurst in England and America, and his death at 50 yrs. of age in 1685 2. Sketch map & Records of Rockville, Northampton, Buck’s Co. from Holme’s map, Davis', and Battle's references & extracts to early Hayhursts in Pa. (6 thin sheets). 3. Bardsley extracts. Domesday Book, etc. (7 thin sheets). 4. Cornell Univ. Records - from the "Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire C. U. 42 81K. (39 pp.). 5. American Ancestry extract as made by Walter Forwood Hay- hurst, Vol. IX, pp. 112 - 113. (9pages). 6. Ditto as made by I. W. Hayhurst, Norfolk, Neb. to his son "Tommie" . (11 pages). A letter which I have from Mrs. John B. Norman, Phil.,says that David Hayhurst, the father of the 8 or 10 sons & daughters who lived around Fairmont, W. Va., came from Culpepper Co., Virginia. Is this new information to you? Also how close are you to that County? Do you hear any more from Charles O. Hayhurst of Fairmont, W. Va.? Can you give me the name of the genealogist who obtained the Hay- hurst’s Yorkshire Vital Statistic Record for you, as I have misslaid the address you gave me when here? Everything doing well with me. Very busy. How are you? (Pardon mistakes on this as this is my own handiwork). Emery R. Hayhurst. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p012.jpg) [left column] OSCAR HASENCAMP, M. D., - - TOLEDO PRESIDENT JOSIAH HARTZELL, M. D., - - CANTON VICE-PRESIDENT R. H. GRUSE, M. D., - - - - XENIA JOHN W. HILL, C. E., - - CINCINNATI H. T. SUTTON, M. D., - - ZANESVILLE WM. T. MILLER, M. D., - - CLEVELAND HOMER C. BROWN, D. D. S. - COLUMBUS SUBJECT: [center letterhead] State of Ohio State Board of Health Survey of Occupational Diseases Hartman Building [right column] E. F. McCAMPBELL, PH.D., M.D., SEC'Y AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER JAMES E. BAUMAN - ASST. SECRETARY W. H. DITTOE, CER. ENGR., CHIEF ENGINEER T. R. BROWN, PH.D., M.D., BACTERIOLOGIST R. G. PATERSON, PH.D., CHIEF, DIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS F. G. BOUDREAU, M.D., C.M. EPIDEMIOLOGIST W. C. GROENIGER STATE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING E. R. HAYHURST, M.D., CHIEF, SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES [the following is the handwritten letter body] Columbus, O., 8-23-14. Dear Paul — A joke — The way our last Sunday's letters crossed. — Am enclosing you mss copied from Publications of Original Records of Lan- cashire and Cheshire (39 p.); also 1/2 page abstract for Armstrong concerning Cuthburt Hayhurst. — Still have a few papers left (as listed in my letter of last week). Don't know how to thank you for the privilege of looking into all this work which you have done. Regarding the term of James Hadden of Uniontown will look the books in question and if they have anything touching on Hayhursts, will invest. Otherwise can't hardly afford to buy every book on history and geography just to find one — nothing. Will write to Congresional Library if can't locate the books elsewhere. Believe I will write to Mr. William H. Buins and Mr. Lewis Cope of Fayette, Pa. and ask them if they ever heard the name Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p013.jpg) about there. —Am curious to know how you heard of James Hadden of Uniontown, Pa. —the author. Am quite interested in Mr. Gilbert Cope of 532 No. Church St., West Chester, Pa. and may write to him to look up the descendents of the two- or three early Hayhursts whom we have no trace of. However I believe it will to t work back from Uniontown first. — I wrote that chas-Orlando Hayhurst's sister mentions writing to Mrs. Nixon for more informa- tion. If Mrs. Nixon (an old lady of Goodfield, Ill.) is a relative of theirs, then they are relatives of Mrs. John Norman of Phil. grand- daughter of Mrs. Nixon, who traces her lineage back through the West Virginia Hayhursts to Culpepper Co., Va. —Also if the old ladies, Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Wyland, etc. of Conover and Cass Town, O., are her letters relation (she wrote me alone then), as they are mine (according to my Uncle Chas. Hayhurst's statements —Evansville, Ind.), then we are all related. —Hence my idea of going back ward on the propozition through Uniontown, Fairmont and through Culpepper Co., Va. — The letter from Jacob Forwood would in ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p014.jpg) [left column] OSCAR HASENCAMP, M. D., - - TOLEDO PRESIDENT JOSIAH HARTZELL, M. D., - - CANTON VICE-PRESIDENT R. H. GRUBE, M. D., - - - - XENIA JOHN W. HILL, C. E., - - CINCINNATI H. T. SUTTON, M. D., - - ZANESVILLE WM. T. MILLER, M. D., - - CLEVELAND HOMER C. BROWN, D. D. S. - COLUMBUS [center letterhead] State of Ohio State Board of Health Survey of Occupational Diseases Hartman Building [right column] E. F. McCAMPBELL, PH.D., M.D., SEC'Y AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER JAMES E. BAUMAN - ASST. SECRETARY W. H. DITTOE, CER. ENGR., CHIEF ENGINEER T. R. BROWN, PH.D., M.D., BACTERIOLOGIST R. G. PATERSON, PH.D., CHIEF, DIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS F. G. BOUDREAU, M.D., C.M. EPIDEMIOLOGIST W. C. GROENIGER STATE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING E. R. HAYHURST, M.D., CHIEF, SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES [remaining handwritten letter body] SUBJECT: Show that old David H. of Fairmont, West Va., was related to Forwood’s family in Harford Co., Mary- land. It is likely that David H., who married Forwood’s Sister-in-law, came from Virginia of or Maryland himself. That is a very interesting genealogical chart of Gilbert Cope’s. Do you wish it back? Also the other letters you sent last Sunday? Mr. Cope himself is probably a distant relative of the Hayhursts since Thos. Walmsley’s wife, Elizabeth, “was probably another sister of Cuthbert Hayhurst”, according to your Washington (?) genealogist. (In the chart, Thos, Walmsley is given as an ascendent of 8 generations back of Gilbert Cope). It is not at all likely I will East this year and you know I am a very plain personage capable of fiting in anywhere when it comes to entertainment!— Have spent many years of my young life living in one and two-rooms log cabins.— But I trust you will have every success with that proposition you have there. — Sincerely – Roe Hayhurst. [text rotated counterclockwise on left side of page] P.S. — You did not state exact relationship of Canton Hayhursts to you. Do you think there is any relationship share to me? ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p015.jpg) [left column] JOHN W. HILL, C.E., CINCINNATI PRESIDENT H. T. SUTTON, M.D., ZANESVILLE VICE-PRESIDENT JOSIAH HARTZELL, PH.D., CANTON R. H. GRUBE, M.D., XENIA Wm. T. MILLER, M.D. CLEVELAND HOMER C. BROWN, D.D.S., COLUMBUS OSCAR HASENCAMP, M.D., TOLEDO TIMOTHY S. HOGAN COLUMBUS ATTORNEY-GENERAL SUBJECT: [center letterhead] State of Ohio State Board of Health Survey of Occupational Diseases Hartman Building [right column] E. F. McCAMPBELL, PH.D., M.D., SEC'Y AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER JAMES E. BAUMAN ASST. SECRETARY W. H. DITTOE, CER. ENGR. CHIEF ENGINEER T. R. BROWN, PH.D., BACTERIOLOGIST R. G. PATERSON, PH.D., CHIEF, DIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS F. G. BOUDREAU, M.D., C.M., EPIDEMIOLOGIST W. C. GROENIGER, STATE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING E. R. HAYHURST, M.D. CHIEF, SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES [the following is the typed letter body] Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1914. Mr. Paul Hayhurst, Sabot, Virginia. Dear Paul,– I am enclosing here some more of your manuscripts, viz., the Walter Forwood Hayhurst synopsis and the Isaac Hayhurst synopsis. For this loan many thanks. I still have two papers left and will get them off to you before very long. I secured the Monongahele of Old from James Hadden of Uniontown, Pa., and read it trough pretty carefully but it contains no suggestions of the name Hayhurst. It has some valuable historical points in it show- ing how this part of the country was settled and the confusion that ex- isted as to the boundry between Pa. and Va. in this section of the coun- try up to the time the Mason and Dixon line was settled. From this many persons who thought they were in Va. were really in Pa. and vice vesa. It gives a list of first settlers of Fayette County but there is no Hayhursts among them. I, however, believe the Hayhursts stuck pretty well, to the Va. side (now West Va.) and were not among the pioneers of Fayette Co. to the north. I find that while Laurel Hills is no post-office it is a considerable range of low mountains running through Fayette Co. and ending up near Johnstown, hence the references in some of the western Hayhursts' letters were probably correct. On the other hand have been delving around Miami Co., Ohio some and found some descendents of Eli (or Elah, as they call it) still here. One of them is an old lady 96 years old and the other is 84. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p016.jpg) [left column] JOHN W. HILL, C.E. - - CINCINNATI PRESIDENT H. T. SUTTON, M.D., - - ZANESVILLE VICE-PRESIDENT JOSIAH HARTZELL, PH.D., - - CANTON R. H. GRUBE, M.D., - - - - XENIA WM. T. MILLER, M.D., - - CLEVELAND HOMER C. BROWN, D.D.S., - COLUMBUS OSCAR HASENCAMP, M.D., - - TOLEDO TIMOTHY S. HOGAN - - - COLUMBUS ATTORNEY-GENERAL [center letterhead] State of Ohio State Board of Health Survey of Occupational Diseases Hartman Building [right column] E. F. MCCAMPBELL, PH.D., M.D., SEC'Y AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER JAMES E. BAUMAN - ASST. SECRETARY W. H. DITTOE, CER. ENGR., CHIEF ENGINEER T. R. BROWN, PH.D., BACTERIOLOGIST R. G. PATERSON, PH.D., CHIEF, DIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS F. G. BOUDREAU, M.D., C.M., EPIDEMIOLOGIST W. C. GROENIGER, STATE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING E. R. HAYHURST, M.D. CHIEF, SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES [the following is the main letter body] SUBJECT: They are sisters and live with a daughter of one of them in Piqua. Un- fortunately the older one's mind is not trustworthy while the younger one says she was never definitely posted. They are daughters of Elah Hayhurst and both twice married and have nearly forgotten their birth names. They were both born in that County which shows there parents were among the pioneers there. I also picked up a History of Miami County, printed in 1880, in which there were several mentions of Elah, also ran across the Name Amariah Smalley in the year 1808. My grandfa- ther's name was Asariah Smalley H. and I presume he was named for the man above mentioned, the first name becoming slightly changed in spell- ing. Amariah is again mentioned in 1834 as the First Deacon of the Bap- tist Church at Staunton (near Casstown). Also picked up a number of old letters written between 1840 and 1850 between the various relatives, Benjamin, David, and Abel Newbrough. Benjamin and David were Hayhursts.) Stopped at the Wylands in Conover and was informed that there were a number of Hayhursts still living down near Cincinatti, descend- ents of the old ones, and I will hunt them up when I get down that way again. Mrs. Miriam couldn't remember writing that letter to Mrs. Walker in Fairmount, West. Va., but said it was her hand-writing alright. She could not remember (or didnt want to, I was not sure which) where she got the information stated in that letter. She said she thought her mother dictated it to her, but as her mother died 6 years before the let- ter was written, there was some other source. However the husband was very communicative and told me a great many things. He is 86 years old and ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p017.jpg) [left column] JOHN W. HILL, C.E., - - CINCINNATI PRESIDENT H. T. SUTTON, M. D., - - ZANESVILLE VICE-PRESIDENT JOSIAH HARTZELL, PH.D., - - CANTON R. H. GRUBE, M. D., - - - - XENIA WM. T. MILLER, M. D. - - CLEVELAND HOMER C. BROWN, D. D. S., - COLUMBUS OSCAR HASENCAMP, M. D., - - TOLEDO TIMOTHY S. HOGAN - - COLUMBUS ATTORNEY-GENERAL SUBJECT: [center letterhead] State of Ohio State Board of Health Survey of Occupational Diseases Hartman Building [right column] E. F. McCAMPBELL, PH.D., M.D., SEC'Y AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER JAMES E. BAUMAN ASST. SECRETARY W. H. DITTOE, CER. ENGR., CHIEF ENGINEER T. R. BROWN, PH.D., BACTERIOLOGIST R. G. PATERSON, PH.D., CHIEF, DIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS F. G. BOUDREAU, M. D., C.M., EPIDEMIOLOGIST W. C. GROENIGER, STATE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING E. R. HAYHURST, M. D. CHIEF, SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES [the following is the typed letter body] memory very good. He recalled the days of Benjamin very distinctly and even of old Elah who died about 1840. Said he had a wedge which Elah had made as a blacksmith and only lost it a few years ago. It had Elah Hay- hurst's name stamped into it. His <(Mr. Wyland's)> wife's mother, Hannah Hayhurst was Elah's daughter. However I expect to get more out of this source since he told me that his son had hunted up the family history a number of years ago from various old records they had. I have written to this son, who is not much older than I am but have not yet heard from him. I will pay him a visit someday if I dont here from him before long. The most important thing that I ran across was the fact that in I875 and to 1880 the Rev. Adolphus Nixon, whose mother is Mrs. Catherine Caroline (Hayhurst) Nixon of Deercreek, Ill., had a parish at Casstown at that time and in visiting the Wylands discovered that Mrs. Wyland's mother (Hannah Hayhurst McKee) was a cousin of his mother's. The latter was living at that time in Fairmont, W. Va. This fact establishes the proof that that our branch and the Fairmont branch are all one. From what I picked up, it seems very probable that James Hayhurst and Nancy Warner were the parents of Job, Elah, Benjamin, our David, etc. Also that James was a brother of old David of Fairmont, W. Va. -- There is no question about the identity of the Newbro they speak of as I have a letter written by him to a daughter of Elah ( and her husband), in 1847 in which he signs himself Abel Newbrough, Madisonville, Ky. He was a shoe maker and from his letter was still in active business at that time and even engaged in spectulating in cigars on the side. Well I picked up some other interesting points concerning the ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p018.jpg) [left column] JOHN W. HILL, C.E., CINCINNATI PRESIDENT H. T. SUTTON, M. D. - - ZANESVILLE VICE-PRESIDENT JOSIAH HARTZELL, PH.D., - - CANTON R. H. GRUBE, M. D., - - XENIA WM. T. MILLER, M. D. - - CLEVELAND HOMER C. BROWN, D. D. S., - COLUMBUS OSCAR HASENCAMP, M. D., - - TOLEDO TIMOTHY S. HOGAN - - - COLUMBUS ATTORNEY-GENERAL SUBJECT: [center letterhead] State of Ohio State Board of Health Survey of Occupational Diseases Hartman Building [right column] E. F. McCAMPBELL, PH.D., M.D., SEC'Y AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER JAMES E. BAUMAN - ASST. SECRETARY W. H. DITTOE, CER. ENGR., CHIEF ENGINEER T. R. BROWN, PH.D., BACTERIOLOGIST R. G. PATERSON, PH.D., CHIEF, DIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS F. G. BOUDREAU, M. D., C.M., EPIDEMIOLOGIST W. C. GROENIGER, STATE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING E. R. HAYHURST, M. D. CHIEF, SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES [the following is the typed letter body] life histories of some of the old Hayhursts who lived in the vicinity of Piqua and Casstown and even over in the county to the East, which makes me suspicious that perhaps there is more to be found concerning the them in that county. <(champaign co.)> Some of them, I know, owned property in Miami Co. and it probably possible to get traces of them through the county re- cords at Troy. I may try this sometime, In the History of Miami Co., I mentioned above, I found the name of James Hawarth as a member of the grand jury in the year 1815. I intend to get into communication with C. O. Hayhurst of Fair- mont, W. Va., as it is entirely possible that I can find time to visit him for he is not so very far over the border of Ohio. This has been a very hot day here and I know you are very busy at this season and have not been disappointed in not hearing from you in response to my last letter. Just drop me a postal in answer to this fo for the present. Have just returened from the investigation of a serious silo si- tuation which happened at Athens, O. Four men entered it on the morning of the 3rd of filling and in five minutes were all unconscious and al- though all gotten out within a few minutes all died. Got overcome with CO2 gas which had accumulated over night, although the door only 5 feet above the top of the silage was open. We tossed guinea pigs, rabbits, and dogs in and they only lasted from 30 seconds to 21/2 minutes, so if you have any silos on your place see that they are well aerated before entering them in the morning ! The best plan is to carry a lantern, if it goes out, lookout. The gas here was in a layer 2 or 3 ft. high on top of the silage. Well so/long, Sincerely Dr. E. R. Hayhurst. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p019.jpg) (Copy of a letter written by the Rev. L. W. Hayhurst to the Rev. H. A. Nixon, Delphi, Indiana, April 4, I886.) Pasadena, Cal. 4 - 6 - 86. Mr. H. A. Nixon Dear Sir Your favor of 3d 26 was rec'd and would have received immediate notice had not unusual occupation preventd. Our family name (H -- ) occurs with some frequency & in different sections of the country from Vermont to California. I have met some of the name in Milwuakee, Wis. , fresh from Lancaster, Eng., where ten years ago since one of them was keeper of Lancaster castle. Probably that shire is our original home. My branch of the family came with Penn to Philadelphia at an early date. My Father' Bro and family migrated to Catawissa Penna. I have heard of another branch in Ohio which may have been represented by your Gr. F. in Virginia. My father died in Philadelphia in I849 aged 75 yrs and nine Months. Of his family there now remain my brother living at Leadville Cal. aged 73+ and my self, aged 63+ and several sisters aged respectively 76+, 85, 86+. One Bro. died recently aged 79+8. and one sister in I884 aged 86+5. Like your Gr. F. we are long lived. My father's name was Benajah. I seem to remember mention in my early days of Benjamin and one of my father's sisters (Knowles of Bucks Co. Penn.) named one son Benjamin. Another one of the old names was Bezaleel. All have been Quakers from Penn's time except my Bro. Isaac (of Leadville) and myself of whom I have knowledge in all branches of the family. Let me hear from you minutely also. Yours truly L. W. Hayhurst. (According to Mr. Nixon, a Baptist preacher, the Rev. Hayhurst was also a Baptist minister). Columbus, Ohio, Apr. 25, 1915, 2244 No. 4th St., Mr. Paul Hayhurst, Sabot, Va. Dear Paul,- I send you a copy of (above) letter to put in your files, I presume the Isaac H. mentioned above was your grand- father and the writer your great uncle?—Your [---]tal of Mar. 30th at hand. - [---] change in my street address in Columbus. Business address remains the same (C/o State Board of Health). with best wishes- Emery R. Hayhurst. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p020.jpg) [left column] JOHN W. HILL, C.E., - - CINCINNATI PRESIDENT H. T. SUTTON, M. D. - - ZANESVILLE VICE-PRESIDENT JOSIAH HARTZELL, PH.D., - - CANTON R. H. GRUBE, M. D., - - - - XENIA WM. T. MILLER, M. D. - - CLEVELAND HOMER C. BROWN, D. D. S., - COLUMBUS OSCAR HASENCAMP, M. D., - - TOLEDO TIMOTHY S. HOGAN - - - COLUMBUS ATTORNEY-GENERAL SUBJECT: [center letterhead] State of Ohio State Board of Health Survey of Occupational Diseases Hartman Building [right column] E. F. McCAMPBELL, PH.D., M.D., SEC'Y AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER JAMES E. BAUMAN - ASST. SECRETARY W. H. DITTOE, CER. ENGR. CHIEF ENGINEER T. R. BROWN, PH.D., BACTERIOLOGIST R. G. PATERSON, PH.D., CHIEF, DIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS F. G. BOUDREAU, M. D., C.M., EPIDEMIOLOGIST W. C. GROENIGER, STATE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING E. R. HAYHURST, M. D. CHIEF, SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES [the following is the typed letter body] Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 24, 1915. Mr. Paul Hayhurst, Sabot, Va. My dear Paul, To say that I have been busy lately is putting it mildly. But I have my report/on "A Survey of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases in Ohio" finished at last and now being printed. Will send you a copy of it soon. Received your note of three weeks or so ago saying you were thinking of going on a trip to Kas. and wanting information about my relatives in St. Louis. I can put that briefly. My father's favorite brother, Marshall, married a woman in a theatrical line/and had three sons. My uncle Marshall died about 1898 at the age of 39, if I remember correctly. The boys names are Claud L, who married Alice (somebody) from whom you had a letter some years ago, saying they were divorced. She gave her address as 4429a Easton Ave., and said she had a daughter by him (at that time, 8 years old). Another is Ben (or Benjamin), and the third one, I think, is Floyd or Russell., but it may be something else. I have never been in St. Louis (to stop) since I was born there, and have never met any of these boys nor corresponded/with them. I remember that my father disliked their mother and seemed to consider that she she put something over his brother when she marrued him. Since the boys have grown up, they have visited relatives of us both in Evansville, Ind., and from them I have learned that two of them were policemen and one was running a saloon. It is very likely, however, that they are of the talkative ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p021.jpg) "Bezentown" or "Beasentown" "where they went to mill" not far from Johnston Pa. when Benj. (1) lived. Josy Spencer - wife Betsie called Benj. (1) "uncle." lived in Ind. where Benj. R. (1) lived. James H. Ann Spencer [down arrow] Job Benj. Elias Warner & Vinton, [-]a. Moved to Vinten from Mc Combs, Ill, T Angeline Green Hayhurst left millinery store at Vinten after war. Lissa (Potter ) Chicago and Annie Pot[--] ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p022.jpg) - - kind, and you might get some information out of them which their father knew/and with which I am not acquainted. I note that you got all the information out of the Canton people which you wanted. I ould like to get up in that vicinity for there is a strong Quaker settlement at Salem ( just a few miles from Alliance) and a Mr. Binns in Fayette, Pa., wrote me that all the old Quaker records had been taken on to Salem, Ohio. Hence records of my own family must be among them. I wrote a letter up there, as I was directed, to the Clerk of the Friends Monthly Meeting, but it was returned unclaimed. From what Mrs. Steffy sent you, there is no possibility, I suppose, , of their being related to my branch at all? You see they came from the same aprt[with editing symbol] of Pennsylvania that my great-grandfather Job did. I have a bit further news for you, although it is of a negative character. I stopped off at Harrisburg, Pa., on Jan. 8th, and visited Middletown. Although I ran down all the usual sources of information, such as the directories, county and biographical histories, old cemeter- ies, and one old preacher who had been in Middletown all his life ( and a well posted man, too)--, I could gain no evidence of any of the names Hayhurst, Warner, or Forwood. Middletown is the oldest town in that sectio settled about 1725, and a "town" since about 1740, and some evidence that Quakers had been there up to 75 years ago, but is a strong German Luthern community today. As you will recall both Cuthbert the elder and the younger are said to have been buried there, or else there was another Middletown. I suspect the latter, since I doubt very much that people got that far west as early as the two Cuthberts died. Believe I have about settled the fact that Job's father's name was James, and that he had two brothers, David of Fairmont, West Va., and John (whose descendent is John B/. of Momence, Ill.) and one sister, Sarah, who amrried[with editing symbol] a Newbrough ( whose son, Abel, was quite well known to our branch. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p023.jpg) Benjamin (2) wife Sara Elizabeth Murfin m. 68. is 30 yrs. younger- b. 1848. Eli, son of above m. Maud Barnes– no children – Grenola, Kas, Stack farming. Sisters of Job:– Rachel m. Yeung. “Davy”’s 1st wife d. in Ohio - children all put out to Sallie m. Yeung Clark? Ann m. ? I am not scolding thee, Ann, only talking to theee”, “Granny Hayhurst” Passmores were Dutch. The below from back of bible written by Abel Newbrough:– “Mary Ann Hayhurst Was born the second day of May 1818 1818. Rebecca Hayhurst was born the nineteenth Seventeenth day of October 1819 Phebe H w “ “ “ nineteenth day of June 1820 Eliza H “ “ on the twentifirst day of June 1822 Sarah H “ “ the eighteenth day of September 1825 Elias Warner H “ “ the fifth day of October 1827 Margaret H “ “ “ seventeenth day of December 1829. Hannah H “ “ “ seventh day of March 1832 Benjamin Hayhurst Jr. was born the twenti-ninth ninth day of July 1835 “ [equation rotated clockwise halfway down right side of page] 4.00 4.50 1. 1.75 1.75 $13.00 <1819> ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p024.jpg) - - Have again gotten into communication with Benjamin Hayhurst, Grenola, Kas., and he has been very prompt to reply and writes very good letters. He[arrow down] seems to be much better posted now than some years ago when we both wrote to him. I sent him a list of the names which his father wrote in a letter which came into my posession (dated 1850), and it appears to have helped him to remember. He is now 80 years old, and would like very much to have me visit him. This makes me think that perhaps you might have the time to go to his place and interview him for me. I am certain he is better posted than we think. Grenola is in Elk Co., about 60 miles this side of Witchita (and a little south), and about 160 miles southwest of Kansas City, and appears, from my atlas, to be on a main line. -- There is also a group of Hayhursts in Holden, Mo., and nearby at Odessa, des- cendants of James H., whom you used to hear from, but who is now dead. You will remember he was quite a writter and was pretty well posted.Both of these Missouri towns appear to be on main lines between St. Louis and Kansas City, and about 40 miles east of Kansas City. Old Benjamin of Grenola is the last one living of his generation (except the two old ladies I told you about in Piqua, whom I saw) .He is my grandfather's Ist cousin, and used to live within a few miles of him, near Evansville Ind. If you can afford the time for this I will be please to bear any extra expense s which you may encumber. --- Have at last found out that Job's father died at Great Bend, Meig's Co., Ohio. This is about 40 miles from Fairmont, West Va. This is where "Aunt Sarah Hall" lived. Am going to try to visit the place, but it is off the railraod and hard to get to this time having some negotiations with the Mass. Board of Labor, which may result in my going that state very soon and quitting Ohio entirely. I will be sorry to do this for there are several affairs in the state yet which I should like to run down, both of business and personal interest. Will be very glad to hear from you very soon, and if I dont go to Mass. before you start, will be glad to have you stop off here. E.R.Hayhurst 151 Sherman Ave. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p025.jpg) Birth records from Bible publ. in 1818 owned by Benj. (1) by Eli Hayhurst, bro. of Benj. (1):– “Benjamin Hayhurst was born the Sixth Day of august on the 3 Day of the week 1793 Hannah his wife was Born the ninth Day of Aug august 1792 above on 1st page front. Here on 2d front page :- “Mary Ann “Maryann Hayhurst was Born the second day of May 1818 Rebaccah Hayhurst was Born the Seventeenth of Ocober 1819 m. Kramer m. Strickland (Isaac) x Phebe Hayhurst was Born the Nineteenth of June ——1820 Eliza Hayhurst was Born the Twenty first of June 1822 m. Dan McKee Sarah Hayhurst was Born the Eighteen of September – 1825. m. Mart Seamans Elias Warner Hayhurst (too faint to read) m. Angeline Green, a widow Margret Hayhurst was Born on the Seventh Day of December 1829 Hannah Hayhurst was born March the 7th 1832 (change in handwriting) m [---] Aron McKee, but to Dan Benjamin Hayhurst was Born on the 29th 29 of July 1835 “ change in penmanship all above in script. x died as a child [text and equations rotated upside down at bottom right of page] Cost of Grenola trip: Balance <$56.40> 31.20 27.34 3.86 3.86 4.15 1.75 2.00 11.76 Meals- .35 .30 93 43 50 31.20 11.76 .65 43.61 56.40 100.01 ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p026.jpg) [left column] JOHN W. HILL, C. E., - - CINCINNATI PRESIDENT H. T. SUTTON, M. D., - - ZANESVILLE VICE-PRESIDENT JOSIAH HARTZELL, PH.D., - - CANTON R. H. GRUBE, M.D., - - - - XENIA WM. T. MILLER, M. D. - - CLEVELAND HOMER C. BROWN, D.D.S., - COLUMBUS OSCAR HASENCAMP, M.D., - - TOLEDO TIMOTHY S. HOGAN - - - COLUMBUS ATTORNEY-GENERAL SUBJECT: [center letterhead] State of Ohio State Board of Health Survey of Occupational Diseases Hartman Building [right column] E. F. McCAMPBELL, PH.D., M.D., SEC'Y AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER JAMES E. BAUMAN ASST. SECRETARY W. H. DITTOE, CER. ENGR., CHIEF ENGINEER T. R. BROWN, PH.D., BACTERIOLOGIST R. G. PATERSON, PH.D., CHIEF, DIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS F. G. BOUDREAU, M.D., C.M., EPIDEMIOLOGIST W. C. GROENIGER, STATE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING E. R. HAYHURST, M.D. CHIEF, SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES [the following is the main body of the letter] Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 26, 1915. Mr. Paul Hayhurst, Sabot, Vir. Dear Paul, Apparently we got the same spell at the same time, as our letters crossed. -- What you write is certainly of the first importance. If there are any records in the East mentioning the marriage of so re- cent a person as Benjamin Hayhurst to Hanah Passmore, then it ought to be easy to go from there back, for old Benjamin did not die until 1878. I have decided to strike while the iron is hot and so have made a copy of all the information I have had to date (Before receiving yours just writ- ten). I think this will clear up the confusion about David, also, for ther were two of them.-- our David being a generation latter than the one you have in mind (of Fairmont, W. Va.). It seems also probable that the name Rachel in our line comes from that of Rachel Radcliff who married William H. (1702). There is still some puzzle about the two Johns of two different generations who went to Arkansas.This, however, does not seem to immediately affect the question. I suspect thatv you are right, i.e., the descendants of old Cuthbert and his brother William who came over to- gether with Penn, became pretty numerous/between 1700 and 1775 and that some of those old fellows were cousins and second cousins whom we have been trying to make brothers out of. There is no question about the Hanah Passmore s being the same person, for your date and that of her son Benja- min of Grenola are the same. The Susanna H. was the famous doctor who just died a few years ago/in Phil. -- It certainly looks like the James b. in 1732, brother of Wm., Eliz., Ruth, (and John -- your line, mentioned by "American Ancestry") -- was the same one who married Mary Warner and be- ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p027.jpg) - - came the father of Job and all his tribe. There is no questioning the name Warner (mentioned in the old letter of Mrs. Mariam Wyland) who mar- ried James Hayhurst. For this reason it would be especially fitting to see old Benjamin in Grenola and ask him if he ever heard the name Mary Warner as that of his grandmother. It , however, appears that James H. did not get married until pretty late in life, for Job's date was I775 and Benjamin's I793 and it appears that Sallie was older than Job, while David was still younger than Benjamin. But this might be the case and would be in keeping with the fact that old James died before his grand- children could remember him. He certainly does not seem to have been veryy active around Ohio after he came here with his sons and daughters. I rath- er believe that he lived with his eldest daughter Sallie, who was proba- bly married before I800, and did not get any further down the Ohio River wWhich was the mode of travel and settlement of Ohio) than Great Bend. We have certainly to thank Mr. Linton for his information. If he is still a Quaker perhaps he would know whom to write to in Salem, Ohio, to get at the old Quaker records there, which were brought west from Penn. As I mentioned to you I tried but failed -- my letter being re- turned unclaimed. I am dead certain those records would straighten the whole thing out. It is possible , too, that their entire contents have been published before this by different genealogists, up to as late as we would want them. Trusting I may here from you in a few days, I am Yours very sincerely, E. R. Hayhurst P. S. - If I go to Boston I may have an opportunity to learn some- thing from the library there. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p028.jpg) Hannah Passmore's Bros & Sisters :- John, oldest, Henry & Nancy, John moved to 30 miles below us on Miss. in Ind. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p029.jpg) [first of three columns at top of page] JOHN W. HILL, C.E., - - CINCINNATI PRESIDENT H.T. SUTTON, M.D., - - ZANESVILLE VICE-PRESIDENT JOSIAH HARTZELL, PH.D., - - CANTON R. H. GRUBE, M.D., - - - - XENIA WM. T. MILLER, M.D. - - CLEVELAND HOMER C. BROWN, D.D.S., - COLUMBUS OSCAR HASENCAMP, M.D., - - TOLEDO TIMOTHY S. HOGAN - - - COLUMBUS ATTORNEY-GENERAL. SUBJECT: [second column] State of Ohio State Board of Health Survey of Occupational Diseases Hartman Building [third column] E. F. McCAMPBELL, PH.D., M.D., SEC'Y AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER JAMES E. BAUMAN - ASST. SECRETARY W. H. DITTOE, CER. ENGR., CHIEF ENGINEER T. R. BROWN, PH.D., BACTERIOLOGIST R. G. PATERSON, PH.D., CHIEF, DIVISION OF TUBERCULOSIS F. G. BOUDREAU, M.D., C.M., EPIDEMIOLOGIST W. C. GROENIGER, STATE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING E. R. HAYHURST, M.D. CHIEF, SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES [the following is the main letter body] Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 7, 1915. Mr. Paul Hayhurst, Sabot, Va. Dear Paul, Here is another puzzle for you. I have tried to solve it for you on the enclosed card. It is based on information obtained from an old letter sent to me by my Uncle Lew Hayhurst, Evansville, Ind. The let- ter was given to him by his father (Asariah Smalley H.), with a note on it saying it had been given to him by his mother (Hannah (Smalley) H.), who, as we know, married married Joh H. in Miami, Ohio, in 1800. -- Miami County records, as I stated to you before mention that Amariah Smalley was one of the first blacksmiths there about 1808 (from the context) - The similarity in name to that of my grandfather and the presence of this old letter in my family prove quite conclusively that Amariah was Hannah Smalley's father. Undoubtedly my grandfather changed the spelling of Amariah to Asariah, but he always retained the Smalley.-- Excerpts from the old letter follow : February the 5th 1812 My dear sister I sit down once more to inform you I am not well at this time (etc.) --- He has spared me eighty years and one and now my race is almost run I soon expect to see the son of God (etc., arranged so as to rhyme) --- this war trouble me a great deal but the scriptures speak of wars and rumors of wars before the great desolution of this world but I suppose you see a great deal more then we do here for you are in the midst of it my children is all well as far as I know David Spencers second wife died last June and he is about to be married again to a widow hilieved he had two sons married this winter I must bring my letter to a close writ as soon as you get this and tell me bout Joseph Spencer and his family no more at present but remain your brother untill death my wife sends her love to you and best wishes Amariah Smalley And wife The rest of the letter is about his feeble health and about how good ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p030.jpg) - - his wife is to him. I believe the sister must have been living in New Jersey (to be in the midst of the war, which was then just beginning) be- cause my father said Hannah Smalley was a native of New Jersey. This was probably the last letter Amariah wrote which accounts for its being kept by his sister and coming into possession of his daughter Hannah as a keep- sake. -- From the above it would seem that James Hayhurst ( the brother of John in your line) who married Ann Spencer (?) according to "American An- cestry" was related, probably as father-in-law to Hannah Smalley, and as brother-in-law to David and Joseph Spencer. Perhaps, from your recent information, James was married twice, i.e. once to Mary Warner. This wo would account for a number of things, if so. James was born in I732/and fo for his second wife married Mary Warner, born in I759 (28years younger than himself), who was the mother of his latter children (Benjamin, born in I793 and "a younger brother David"); also he died before his grand- children could remember him because he was a contemporary of Amariah (although his son, Job, married Amariah's daughter, Hannah). I gave a lecture this week to students of Wilmington College and found it was a Friends school. Also got the address of a man connected with Haverford College, Pa., another Friends College, who looks up an- cestry among the records of the library there and am in hopes I may get something from this source. My Boston proposition is still in the balance. Guess they cannot get the Governor's consent to my appointment. I had the unamimous consent of their Board of Labor and Industries, but the appointment hinged on getting the approval of the Governor and his Council also. They have so much politics up there that I suppose somebody has blocked it up. They ha told me however to expect a wire any time to come at once. If I do I will not move for a while. -- Will inform you at once if I do. Otherwise trust you will come by way of Columbus and see me. -- Take my last two or three letters along when you go to Grenola to refresh your mind .Sincerely, E.R.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p031.jpg) Solomon ("Sol") KcKee, 68 yrs. old to son of Eliza McKee, lives in store at Cedarvale, Kan. a retired farmer. Benj. (2) says he recollects his father talking about "Uncle John" & "his boys" hunting bears in Glades in Pa. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p032.jpg) [first of three columns at top of page] H. T. SUTTON, M. D. - - ZANESVILLE PRESIDENT WM. T. MILLER, M.D., - - CLEVELAND VICE-PRESIDENT R. H. GRUBE, M.D., - - - - XENIA ANGUS MACIVOR, M. D., - MARYSVILLE HOMER C. BROWN, D.D.S., - COLUMBUS OSCAR HASENCAMP, M.D., - TOLEDO J. MORTON HOWELL, M.D., - DAYTON EDWARD C. TURNER - - - COLUMBUS ATTORNEY-GENERAL [center letterhead] State of Ohio State Board of Health Division of Occupational Diseases Page Hall Ohio State University Campus [right column] DIVISON OF ADMINISTRATION E. F. McCAMPBELL, PH.D., M.D., SEC'Y AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER JAMES E. BAUMAN - ASST. SECRETARY DIVISION OF SANITARY ENGINEERING W. H. DITTOE, CER. ENGR., CHIEF ENGR. DIVISION OF HYGIENIC LABORATORIES E. F. McSHERRY, M.D., D.P.H., - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIRECTOR DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION AND TUBERCULOSIS R. G. PATERSON, PH.D., - DIRECTOR DIVISION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES F. G. BOUDREAU, M.D., C.M., DIRECTOR DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES E. R. HAYHURST, A.M., M.D., DIRECTOR DIVISION OF PLUMBING INSPECTION W. C. GROENIGER - STATE INSPECTOR [the following is the typed letter body] SUBJECT: Columbus, Ohio, Mar. 2, 1915. Mr. Paul Hayhurst, Sabot, Va. Dear Paul, Both of your letters and two postal cards received from the west. Very glad that you succeeded in seeing old BenJ. H., and consider the information well worth while as it confirms much that was previous- ly uncertain. I trust you are back in Sabot by this time, so am address- ing you there. Evidently you did noyt come back by way of Columbus. So far as I can see this will be my address for a while yet as the Boston proposition seems to be dead. At least have heard nothing more about it. Will take up answers in your letters in the following sections which are not arranged in any order: I. The similarity in family names is not only shown among the b. and S. of Benj. (I) (to their eastern relatives), in Job's descendents, and in Benj. (I) descendents, but in the names of thhe children of Elias: Hannah (1813), Rachel, Benjamin, John, Mary Ann (i8i8), Tildy, Jobe, Sarah (i826), James Henry (1828), Elizabeth (1830), and Margeret (1832). Of these Mary Ann and Elizabeth are still living. 2. There is hardly a question about Griff Stevens being a grand- son of our Job, as his mother, Sarah Stevens, was well known to my father and uncles. She was their aunt and lived about Evansville. However in a letter which I have just received from Benj. (2) he mentions Joe Stevens and advises me to write to him at Billings, Okl. Did he also mention a Joe S. to you? I will judge from your reply whether I should also write to Billings. 3. I doubt very much whether we can find the burying places of any of Benj. (1)'s b. and s. Elias disappeared on a trip down the Ohio River, Job's burying place did not seem to be known to my relatives at Evans- ville (he was drowned when his children were all young), David seems to have died in Little Rock, Ark., John probably died in Kankakee Co., Ill. (this might give some opportunity, but all of his descendents claim that his father's name was John also -- enclosed abstracts # 10, 13, 14. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p033.jpg) - - 4. It was Sharpless' Genealogy from which you quoted the refer- ence that "Hannah Passmore, b. 8/9/I792- dau. of Henry & Martha Busel (?) Passmore, m. Benj. H." 5. Dr. Wm. H. was one of the 9 children of John H., brother of Job, Benj (I), etc. -- see abstracts #I0, I3, I4, I5. -- Warner was one of Dr. William's brothers. -- Benj. (2) is certainly mistaken when he gives William and Warner as his uncles (his father's brothers). They were his (Benj. 2's ) cousins. -- None other of numerous letters and references have ever mentioned these two names in the Job, Eli, Benj. (I) etc. list. 6. Benj. (2) has also confused the family of his Uncle Eli with that of his Uncle David in Little Rock. -- see abstracts #3, 4, and also note "I" above. 7. My own father (John Emery H. ) also spoke of one great uncle who died in Little Rock, Ark., but he could not remember whether it was Eli, David or some other one. 8. Benj. (2) must be mistaken also about there being 7 boys in his father's family, at least that grew up. See "5" above. 9. The statement that Sallie married Clark is puzzling, for in hiss old letters (see abstract #6) he says she was Sallie Hall. see also #I. But in #I3 she is given as Sarah Clark. Also Ann is given as Ann Reeves ! Ann is supposed to have married a Riffle. Either these girls had two names each or were twice married or are not of the same family (hence not the same persons). I0. The Jim H. who came to see Benj. (I) and (2) while they still lived in Indiana was unquestionably my grandfather's brother, our "Uncle Jim". He died in I89I. Was born in I8I0, in Ohio. Lived in Evansville. II. Laurel Hills are on the map as Benj. (2) says , with Johnstown at the northern end of them. Beasentown, Bezentown, or any other name approaching that spelling is not in the P.O. guide for the State of Pa. There is no Glades mentioned either, but there is a Blaids mentioned (a place too small to have a regeristered P.O. money order office) as lo- cated in Indiana County (not shown on my map but a part of this county is within I0 miles of Johnstown). See also abstract #I0. I2. In looking over map I see that Billings , , OkL., is not over 85 to I00 miles from Grenola, apparently on the same road passing west through Arkansas City on the way. If you had had the time I should have had you go on down there and see Griff and Joe Syevens. I note also that Caney, Okl., is just over the border from Grenola. I3. The 2-brothers, or 3-brothers, or father and two sons (as my fa- ther stated it) is a tradition also mentioned in abstract #I0 and I4. . You say that Benj. (2) had no such tradition as far as he could remember. I4. Benj. (2)'s rememberance of his great uncle John tradition is certainly new evidence. If I ever get a chance I will stop off at Johns- town and look up the county biographical histories of the place. I find such is a very valuable source of information. Can always be found in any good sized library of the county. The state capital usuually has a full set of them for all counties in its Legislative Reference Library. Other big libraries might also have. I would suggest that the next time y you are in Richmond see what you can find about Culpepper Co. in that way. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p034.jpg) - - I5. In some of my references there is a tradition that "Grandfather Passmore owned the land where Philadelphia now stands". This of course could not have been on the Susquehanna River, which Benj. (2) gives as the place of residence of the old Passmores. It is probable that the tra- dition relates to still older Passmores. I6. It is impossible to say whether the "Josey" Spencer whom Benj. (2) mentions is the same one mentioned in our old letter of I8I2 or not. This letter says " --tell me about Joseph Spencer and his family," who must have lived in the east at that time or at least not in Miami Co., O. I7. The Stricklands of Mc Comb, Ill., were our relatives. Mentioned by both my father and by my uncles in Evansville. Spencers and McKees were also mentioned by my Uncle Charles as relatives of long ago. I8. I will write a letter to Miss Lulu Serle, Caney, Okl., as you suggest and see who the Hayhursts are whom she knows in Okl. I9. You go ahead with Walter F. Hayhurst, and see if he can shed any light on Job Hayhurst, Ann Spencer, and "Mary Warner, b. 3/II/I759, dau. of Benj. and Sarah Ely (?) Warner of Nuncy or Muncy, Pa., m. Jas. H." We will see what information he has before we correspond further with the genealogist, Warren S. Ely. The above reference is taken from Kirk's Genealogy.-- I will also drop Walter F. a note soon and send him a copy of my Ohio report. Will soon have one ready for you. 20. There is a small town not far above Great Bend, Ohio ,( where Grandfather James (?) H. died) called Warner. When the weather moderates I will get down in that direction and also find out wheere this town got its name. I may be able to get it in the library here also. 2I. Unfortunately there are no Spencers mentioned in the index of the "History of Miami County", which means that there were no Spencer families living in that county in the year I880 (when the history was written), or at least none who had money enough to have a biographical sketch included in it. Each sketch of course mentions many names by mar- riages/etc. (that is how I came across the Smalleys), but that is a life long job to dig them out that way. I note that Marrietta had a Dr. Joseph Spencer in the year 1819 .This is near Great Bend, and 200 miles east of Miami Co. It is barely possible that this is the Joseph Spencer, whom Amariah Smalley wished to know about in I8I2. 22. When I was in Cincinnati last week I looked up about 25 of the directories of the big cities in the U. S. for Hayhursts and about a third of them yeided results. I made a copy of them all, as welll as noting those where they were absent. They are not very numerous, and most appear to be of the artssan class. Do you want a copy of them? 23. There are also two Wigglesworths in Newport, Ky., just across/t the River from Cincinnati. I found this name very scarce in the director- ies of the country. "Dr. Julius J. Hulcher, born I887, graduate University Coll. of Medicine, Richmond (In good standing), I9II, licensed same year. Ad- dress, City Home Hospital." Is not a member of the usual medical societies. Kindly return the enclosed abstracts with your next letter (or soon) as I can hardly get along without them for quick references. You may also find this a good scheme/for handling genealogy letters received. Yours very sincerely, P.S. Keep the change you have left a/c of postage, etc. Emery R. Hayhurst. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p035.jpg) Paul Key This [written diagonally in the top left corner] Walter F. Hayhurst. Counsellor-at-Law. COPY. 51. N. Union St., Lambertville, N.J., March 9th, 1915. Emery Roe Hayhurst, Esq., c/o State Board of Health, Columbus, Ohio. I have received your kind letter of March 4th. I am very glad to make your acquaintance in this manner, and give you any in- formation in my possession. Some thirty years ago I gave a good deal of attention working up our Hayhurst genealogy, and I think my records so far as I made them are complete and accurate, derived principally from the records of the Friends Monthly Meeting. Also Pennsylvania Historical Society in Philadelphia, and the Buckes County records at Doylestown, Pa. From all of these sources I am satisfied that all of the Bucks County Hayhurst were descended from Cuthbert Hayhurst who came to Pennsyl- vania with Wm. Penn in the ship "Welcome" 1682. He died soon after, and the title to his land was perfected by his widow and children. His oldest son was William, and this is one of the lost trible except that his grandchildren, so far as I know, went to Frederic County, Va. Another son. Cuthbert 2d, had three sons, John, my ancestor, William, born 1724, and James, born 1732. I believe you are probably the descendent of the latter, but I have no authentic record. He married Ann Spencer at Horsam Monthly Meeting, and had two children, James and Sarah. Further than that I have no record. Your grandfather Job might very easily be a son of this latter James, although it is possible that you might have been a descendent from William who had a son Cuthbert, a daughter Mary who married William Carter, and a daughter Rebecca who married Abel Spencer. I know nothing more about this branch of the family. The daughters of Cuthbert 2d, Ruth, married Joseph Warner, and Elizabeth married Bezaleel Wiggins. As to the other family names you mention. Some of them are en- tirely strange, and those of them which are familiar are so common that they tell no story. In fact the intermarriage between Quaker families of Bucks County, Pa., and Harford County, Md. have been so great that it may have been something of a misfortune; in fact I, myself, can claim to be related to nearly all of the Bucks County Quaker families. My great grandfather was William Warner of Harford Co., Md. My grandfather was John Forwood, also of Harford Co., Md. My name is Walter Forwood Hayhurst. The Forwoods, however, were not a Quaker family, nor originally located in Maryland. They settled in Delaware near Wilmington. I hope I may sometime have the opportunity to meet you personally. It would be a very pleasant thing if you and Paul Hayhurst and myself could meet and try to fit together our data. I would be very glad to have you both at my home, or if more convenient, we could meet in Philadelphia, or some other more centrla[with editing symbol] point. I have not as much time and perhaps not as much inclination to go into these matters as I had formerly, but a little time occasionally is a recreation which I enjoy; and hoping to hear from you again and to meet you, I remain, Respectfully, (Signed) Walter F. Hayhurst. [arrow drawn to paragraph beginning "I hope I may"] [omitted by mistake- E.R.H.] -The Warner family is a very extensive one; in fact there are, I think, one or more books relating to its genealogy that have been published. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p036.jpg) From visit at Grenola, Kas. 2/17-18/1915. Benjamin Hayhurst, . 18<35> 93, Grenola, Kas. The more important facts: – 1. Benj. b. 1793, father of Benj. b. 1835 had an uncle John H. who hunted with him in Pa. 2. Griff Stevens, Billings, Okla., is son of Sarah Hayhurst, dau. of Job. He took down family history of Hayhursts from Eliza McKee, dau. of Benj. H. b. 1793. 3. The bros. & sisters were :- Benjamin, Job, Eli, Dr. William of Kankakee, Ill. “Davy”, the youngest, died at Little Rock, Warner(?) and another son Bro., 7 in all. Recollection by 4. Benj. B. 1793 had a relative Joseph Spencer who called him “uncle”- Betsie was his wife. 5. Benjamin H. , b. 8/6/1793; Hannah his wife b. <8/9/1792.> “ “ d. 1878, burried at Grenola. 6. His children: – Mary Ann Sarah Rebeccah Elias Warner b. 8/5/1827. Phebe Margret Eliza M. Hannah Dan McKee. Benjamin, b. 7/29/1835. 7. Solomon McKee, son of Dan & Eliza, lives at Cedarvale, Kas. Age 68 yrs. 8. Benj. H. learned 10 yrs. ago of 2 unknown Hayhursts at Enid, Okla. 9. Miss Lula Serle, Caney, Okla. has Okla. Hayhurst friends. Her relative is Harry Hendricks, lumberman, [---] ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p037.jpg) [left column] H. T. SUTTON, M.D., - - ZANESVILLE PRESIDENT WM. T. MILLER, M.D., - - CLEVELAND VICE-PRESIDENT R. H. GRUBE, M.D., - - - - XENIA ANGUS MACIVOR, M.D., - MARYSVILLE HOMER C. BROWN, D.D.S., - COLUMBUS OSCAR HASENCAMP, M.D., - - TOLEDO J. MORTON HOWELL, M.D., - DAYTON EDWARD C. TURNER - - - COLUMBUS ATTORNEY-GENERAL [the following is the center letterhead] State of Ohio State Board of Health Division of Occupational Diseases Page Hall Ohio State University Campus [right page] DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION E. F. McCAMPBELL, PH.D., M.D., SEC'Y AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER JAMES E. BAUMAN ASST. SECRETARY DIVISION OF SANITARY ENGINEERING W. H. DITTOE, CER. ENGR., CHIEF ENGR. DIVISION OF HYGIENIC LABORATORIES E. F. McSHERRY, M.D., D.P.H., - - - - - - - - DIRECTOR DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION AND TUBERCULOSIS R. G. PATERSON, PH.D., - DIRECTOR DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES E. R. HAYHURST, A.M., M.D., DIRECTOR DIVISION OF PLUMBING INSPECTION W. C. GROENIGER STATE INSPECTOR [the following is the main typed letter body] SUBJECT: Columbus, Ohio, Mar. 21, 1915. Mr. Paul Hayhurst, Sabot, Va. My dear Paul, I have a number of things to communicate, some of which will speak for themselves, but have written several long letters already, and am afraid I am too tired to expand much. Still I want to acquaint you with what I have at this time. I. Read the series of pictures enclosed (rear of each). (Kindly return same after you get what historical matter you wish off of them). 2. Beezentown was the old name for Uniontown (Fayette Co., south- west Pa.) A great Quaker headquarters 1800-1815. 3. A sketch of John Hall and his wife Sarah Hayhurst Hall is to be found/in "Pioneer History of Meigs County, Ohio," by S.C.Larkin (1908) .He took up river bottom lands in the year 1811 from the government at Great Bend. Wife was a Quaker, very thrifty, courageous, etc. They came from Penn. Large family. Many descendants still living there. See red markings on enclosed map at Great Bend. The cross marks the Hall burying ground. I found this place just 2 years too late for some things -- all the old "back East" relics, souvenirs, and the Hayhursts family Bible were burned up at the home of Alva Cummings (back in the hills) when his shack burned down. Had a talk with Alva (quite intelligent man, too) but he could not remember any of the details because, he said, it was all written in old English style and difficult to read. -- Have much more information about the Halls, vital statistics, etc., but the above is the essential part. Most beautiful region I ever saw. Cant blame the old ones for stopping there. Faces West Virginia about 35 miles below Parkersburg. 5. According to old letter of Miriam Wyland, Rachel H. married a Young and David H. married Hannah Miller. Hence this separates out old David H. of Fairmont, W. Va., who married Sarah Warner. 6. Read the enclosed copy of a letter received from Walter F. H. This pretty nearly straightens things out. Will inform him of what in- formation I have got about James H. and believe he has the dates to show that his James and my James are the same person. Will tell him about the Sharpless genealogy material about Mary Warner, also. You can use your own discretion about writing to him further, but I judge that one of us is enough on this part of the matter. You may keep the copy of his letter. 7. Am sending back to you his (WalterF.'s) letter, a copy of which I have made. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p038.jpg) 8. Recently saw William Wyland who James H. H. of Holden, Mo., said a record of the Hayhursts and Passmores. William said that he did have, but that he had mislaid it in the pass few years and, though ex- pected to run across it by a little more search. Said that it was made u up from what his grandmother told him (Hannah H., daughter of Ely), and what he got by corresponding with Dr. Susanah Hayhurst of Philadelphia. Said she gave him a record going back to I680 and showing where JamesH. family came in. Said that his grandmother and the Rev. Nixon (son of Catherine C. H.oof Fiarmont, W. Va.,) found that they were second cou- sins or third cousins (William could not remember exactly). He also could not remember James' wife name, but said he had it all in the record. I expect to see him again in the course of a week or so, and in the mean- time he is going to try to find the record. He is about 40 years of age. Used to travel, peddling patent medicines through Pa., and West Va., also Va. Says the Passmores came from the Shenandoah Valley. Is quite intelligent but I think something of a guesser or mind reader and tries to supply what you want ( or would like to have). However the informa- tion about Dr. Susanah he never got from me. 9. Have a letter handed to me by the Rev. H. A. Nixon ( abrother to the one above mentioned) which was written by a Baptist minister in I886, then in Pasadena, Cal., by the name of L. W. Hayhurst. I intend to copy it and will send you a copy of it, although I think you know who he is. He used to preach in Iowa. It was there that some of my people heard of him about I880. Says his father's name was Benajah, died in Phil. in I849, aged 75 years 9mos. Remembers the name of Benjamin, and one of his father's sisters married a Knowles of Bucks CO., Pa. Another old name was Bezaleel. All were Quakers. (The writter is now supposed to be dead -- Rev. H. A. N. ). I0. Where do the Canton Hayhursts come into your branch? II. A good way to get information about the residents in any parti- cular place is to write a doctor there. Look up a medical directory. I probably could do this "professionally" a little better than a "lay" person. I2. Have you got a line on all the following named Hayhursts in Philadelphia ? A. N. wid h 22I W. Johnson C. Lamar clk h I65 Mayland Grtn. Henry T. druggist h 4962 Rubican Gtn Richd A. confectr h I243 S 2d Ruth G. wid h ""i W. Johnson Gtn Truman H. machst 4962 Rubican Gtn. I3. Letter from Benjamin H., Grenola, Ks. says that he remembers positively that his old sister Eliza told him that his grandfather's name was James Hayhurst. Also says his father visited Great Bend a few years before he died. I found this to be so when I was down there, ac- cording to one of the old Halls. I4. Have got into communication with David Lane of Muncie, Ind. another descendant of Ely, a big furniture man, but he has no further information than back to Ely. Says however he has the Lane genealogy back to I620. He is very much interested. I5. Cant get any reply from Chas. O. of Fairmont. Will write to his sister. All for this time. Know you are busy. Write when you can. Sincerely, E. R. Hayhurst. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p039.jpg) American Public Health Association The United States of America The Dominion of Canada The Republic of Mexico The Republic of Cuba Officers, 1914-1915 President, Prof. WILLIAM T. SEDGWICK, Boston, Mass. First Vice-President, Dr. C. J. HASTINGS, Toronto, Canada Second Vice-President, Dr. JUAN GUITERAS, Havana, Cuba Columbus, Ohio, August 31, 1915. Third Vice-President, Dr. C. E. TERRY, Jacksonville, Florida Secretary, Prof. S.M. GUNN, Boston, Mass. Treasurer, Dr. LEE K. FRANKEL, New York, N.Y. MEETING IN ROCHESTER, N. Y. SEPTEMBER 7-10, 1915 [printed column on the left of main body] Section Officers —— Public Health Officials Chairman, Dr. J. H. Landis, Cincinnati, Ohio Vice-Chairman, Dr. W. S. Rankin, Raleigh, N. C. Secretary, Dr. E. C. Levy, Richmond, Va. Vital Statistics Chairman, Dr. C. L. Wilbur, Albany, N. Y. Vice-Chairman, Dr. W. A. Plecker, Richmond, Va. Secretary, Dr. Louis I. Dublin, New York, N. Y. Laboratory Chairman, Prof. C. E. A. Winslow, New York, N. Y. Vice-Chairman, Prof. H. W. Conn, Middletown, Conn. Secretary, Dr. D. L. Harris, St. Louis, Mo. Sanitary Engineering Chairman, Dr. George W. Fuller, New York, N. Y. Vice-Chairman, Prof. G. C. Whipple, Cambridge, Mass. Secretary, Dr. H. D. Pease, New York, N. Y. Sociological Chairman, Dr. Hoyt E. Dearholt, Milwaukee, Wis. Vice-Chairman, Dr. Lee K. Frankel, New York, N. Y. Secretary, Dr. W. F. Snow, New York, N. Y. Industrial Hygiene Chairman, Dr. George M. Kober, Washington, D. C. Vice-Chairman, Dr. Alice Hamilton, Chicago, Ill. Secretary, Dr. E. R. Hayhurst, Columbus, O. [body of letter] Reply 6/27/’15. Columbus, O. June 7, 1915. Mr. Paul Hayhurst, Sabot, Va. Dear Paul— Your registered letter —contents rec’d OK. Thanks for same. Have not much more news. — Letter from Walter F. Sends his picture from a half tone engraving in return for a small one I sent him. I asked him about hiring a genealogist – naming Ely, Hough & Cope. He sug- gested we try to have a conference first at his place. As I will go to Rochester N.Y. on acc’t of Convention of A. P. H. Assn. –Sept. 7-10 - believe I will try to see him then. Could you make plans to do likewise. i.e. at his place in Lambertsville? He says he did not [---]uase Horsam monthly meeting records & very all the brothers etc. of my James, (including David, Sr. of Fairmont, W. Va.) and perhaps of Job, Eli, etc. may be found there. He also notes possible relationship through the Warners, his grand mother being Hannah Warner who married John Forwood. His records show that my James and his James have birth dates which are probably identical altho’ was has not the exact time stated for his James. His records also show James’ sister Sarah, while, if you will recall, the West Va. people state that David Sr. had a sister Sarah who married a Newhough; again my Benj (1) mentions an Abel Newhough as tho’ he were a relative. The chase is certainly getting warm & will write further, later. Roe H. [text rotated counterclockwise on left side of page] You can probably find my name here if you will look long enough or sooner if you read it Chinese fashion. P. S. Boston proposition finally dropped. Will remain here. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p040.jpg) [left column] H. T. SUTTON, M.D., - - ZANESVILLE PRESIDENT WM. T. MILLER, M.D., - - CLEVELAND VICE-PRESIDENT R. H. GRUBE, M.D., - - - - XENIA ANGUS MACIVOR, M.D., - MARYSVILLE HOMER C. BROWN, D.D.S., - COLUMBUS OSCAR HASENCAMP, M.D., - - TOLEDO J. MORTON HOWELL, M.D., - DAYTON EDWARD C. TURNER - - - COLUMBUS ATTORNEY-GENERAL [the following is the center letterhead] State of Ohio State Board of Health Division of Occupational Diseases Page Hall Ohio State University Campus [right page] DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION E. F. McCAMPBELL, PH.D., M.D., SEC'Y AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER JAMES E. BAUMAN - ASST. SECRETARY DIVISION OF SANITARY ENGINEERING W. H. DITTOE, CER. ENGR., CHIEF ENGR. DIVISION OF HYGIENIC LABORATORIES E. F. McSHERRY, M.D., D.P.H., - - - - - - - - - - - DIRECTOR DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION AND TUBERCULOSIS R. G. PATERSON, PH.D., - DIRECTOR DIVISION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES F. G. BOUDERAU, M.D., C.M., DIRECTOR DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES E. R. HAYHURST, A.M., M.D., DIRECTOR DIVISION OF PLUMBING INSPECTION W. C. GROENIGER - STATE INSPECTOR [the following is the main typed letter body] SUBJECT: Reply 7/17/1915. Columbus, Ohio, June 28, 1915. Mr. Paul Hayhurst, Sabot, Virginia. Dear Paul, - Your lengthy communication of May 17th lies before me to be an- swered. This is a good day to do so for it is my 35th birthday. I am really somewhat sobered to think how fast I am aging, at least in years, although I dont believe, very much in wear and tear. - - I am not going to attempt very much more news, but some features of your letter require answers. In the first place, everything which you returned was received safely. I am going to write to Joe Stevens in a day or so and send him a blank for him to fill out and so straiten out all those names he mentioned as well as to supply dates as far as he can. I am already familiar with some of the names he gives, as they concerned my grandfather's family. I enclose Walter F. Hayhurst's last letter to me along with an engraving of him. (Please return both. I have made no copy of the letter). I plan to see him about the 10th to 12th of Sept. on my back from the Roch- ester meeting of the AM. Pub. Healtn Ass. I am secretary of the section on industrial hygiene at this meeting and as we are arranging a big programe, I must be there. Now what a fine thing if you could plan to get up there too at that time. In all of his letters he has spoken of this meeting of us three. I have decided to postpone having a genealogist look up Bucks CO/. records further until after this conference with him. Had his records shown that James and Sarah had a brother David ( old David of West Va. ) we would hardly need to go any further, as old David's descendants mention his brother James and his sister Sarah. The former is the one whose grave I found at Great Bend (my great-great-grandfather) and the latter married Newbrough. All of the Cincinnati Hayhursts are descendants of our Elias, hence do you still want their addresses? They can all be found in the Hamilton Co. Directory at any time at the office of any directory company. Most are living in the country or in small suburbs about Cin. The only one living in the city is John, a structural iron worker, about 35, nice wife and child, but very poor and generally ignorant people. I believe there is nothing more to learned from Alva Cummings down at Great Bend. He had the misfortune to have all the old relics and heirlooms burned up. -- Am glad to know just where to place the "L. W." Hayhurst, a copy of whose letter I sent you, dated 1886 (I believe). -- Have received no reply from Chas. O. Hayhursts sister, Mrs. Walker, as yet, but my letter was not returned. Also was informed by the Nixons at Granville (40 miles from here) that Mrs. Walker's daughter visited them within the year. -- I will keep Oliver Houghs last letter which you enclosed me. After the conference I may want to get into communication with him. -- I sincerely trust this will be your season to come out ahead on your Virginia proposition. I am not informed enough on that line to offer ad- vice, but I would say that one more year ought to show up the future in it and if it does not materialize, to drop it while you are still young, and before you are in a rut. Your experience is worth money. -- My Boston deal is off. Politicians could not agree. Am glad to be/free of the mess. Will stay here. I sent you another Report. Did you get it? Sincerely - E. R. Hayhurst. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p041.jpg) American Public Health Association The United States of America The Dominion of Canada The Republic of Mexico The Republic of Cuba Officers, 1914-1915 President, Prof. WILLIAM T. SEDGWICK, Boston, Mass. First Vice-President, Dr. C. J. HASTINGS, Toronto, Canada Second Vice-President, Dr. JUAN GUITERAS, Havana, Cuba Columbus, Ohio, August 31, 1915. Third Vice-President, Dr. C. E. TERRY, Jacksonville, Florida Secretary, Prof. S.M. GUNN, Boston, Mass. Treasurer, Dr. LEE K. FRANKEL, New York, N.Y. MEETING IN ROCHESTER, N. Y. SEPTEMBER 7-10, 1915 [column on the left] Section Officers —— Public Health Officials Chairman, Dr. J. H. Landis, Cincinnati, Ohio Vice-Chairman, Dr. W. S. Rankin, Raleigh, N. C. Secretary, Dr. E. C. Levy, Richmond, Va. Vital Statistics Chairman, Dr. C. L. Wilbur, Albany, N. Y. Vice-Chairman, Dr. W. A. Plecker, Richmond, Va. Secretary, Dr. Louis I. Dublin, New York, N. Y. Laboratory Chairman, Prof. C. E. A. Winslow, New York, N. Y. Vice-Chairman, Prof. H. W. Conn, Middletown, Conn. Secretary, Dr. D. L. Harris, St. Louis, Mo. Sanitary Engineering Chairman, Dr. George W. Fuller, New York, N. Y. Vice-Chairman, Prof. G. C. Whipple, Cambridge, Mass. Secretary, Dr. H. D. Pease, New York, N. Y. Sociological Chairman, Dr. Hoyt E. Dearholt, Milwaukee, Wis. Vice-Chairman, Dr. Lee K. Frankel, New York, N. Y. Secretary, Dr. W. F. Snow, New York, N. Y. Industrial Hygiene Chairman, Dr. George M. Kober, Washington, D. C. Vice-Chairman, Dr. Alice Hamilton, Chicago, Ill. Secretary, Dr. E. R. Hayhurst, Columbus, O. [body of letter] Mr. Paul Hayhurst, Sabot, Virginia, My dear Paul:– I am in receipt of your letter of a short time past, returning to me Walter F. Hayhurst's letter and engraving, for which I wish to thank you very much. I note your comments and will state that in connection with the vegetable gardening proposi- tion I recently had occasion to visit the muck land districts of Ohio where there are many thousands of acres devoted to the cultivation of onions and celery. The occasion of my visit was the complaint of child labor upon such truck farms and I did find it to be the practice to employ children from six years of age up for ten hours a day with often no holidays, in ad- dition to their having to come for distances of from one to eight miles to get to the fields. We are going to have a hearing in regard to the matter in the near future when it is likely some measures will be adopted for a better regulation of this form of employment. The children are employed at weeding and also pulling onions and topping the same. Posture, long hours, speeding up, heat, bad associations and interference with school attendance appeared to be chief features, while the danger from typhoid fever, hookworm disease, and granulated eyelids (trachoma) appeared considerable. At one place I saw 13,000 acres all flooded with from one to four feet of water and the whole crop a total loss. Much of it had to be planted two and three times in this same district because earlier in the season the ground [--] so dry that the wind blew the seed out of the earth. This district was largely manned by Kentuckians who immigrate from the Big Sandy River district to this section of Ohio each year for work as "marsh rats." bringing big families. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p042.jpg) American Public Health Association The United States of America The Dominion of Canada The Republic of Mexico The Republic of Cuba Officers, 1914-1915 President, Prof. WILLIAM T. SEDGWICK, Boston, Mass. First Vice-President, Dr. C. J. HASTINGS, Toronto, Canada Second Vice-President, Dr. JUAN GUITERAS, Havana, Cuba Third Vice-President, Dr. C. E. TERRY, Jacksonville, Florida Secretary, Prof. S. M. GUNN, Boston, Mass. Treasurer, Dr. LEE K. FRANKEL, New York, N. Y. MEETING IN ROCHESTER. N. Y. SEPTEMBER 7-10, 1915 Mr. Paul Hayhurst--2. They are a pretty rough set of mountaineers. I found there were about 3,500 people so employed in this dis- trict. As they had been paid weekly, they were not out anything financially because of the flood except for the balance of the season. The owners, I found to be large syndicates and corporations such as the Bessemer Steel Company, the New York Coal Company, etc., who use this means of investment apparently for some of their spare cash. Thus you can see how this type of agriculture is promoted in Ohio. I expect to go to Rochester this next week but have decided not to go to Lambertsville, New Jersey, as the distance is practically again as far, and I will prob- ably have opportunity of going there later. I think that on the way back I will go to Fairmont, West Virginia, and look up some matters there. I am sure that a litte per- sonal investigation will develop more there than we have so far been able to find out. I will write to you again before long. Trusting you have good success with your big plantation this season, and quite agreeing with you in what you state you consider your services to be worth, I remain Yours with best regards, E.R. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p043.jpg) [left column] H. T. SUTTON, M.D., - - ZANESVILLE PRESIDENT WM. T. MILLER, M.D., - - CLEVELAND VICE-PRESIDENT R. H. GRUBE, M.D., - - - - XENIA ANGUS MACIVOR, M.D., MARYSVILLE HOMER C. BROWN, D.D.S., - COLUMBUS OSCAR HASENCAMP, M.D., - - TOLEDO J. MORTON HOWELL, M.D., - DAYTON EDWARD C. TURNER - - - COLUMBUS ATTORNEY-GENERAL [center letterhead] State of Ohio State Board of Health Division of Industrial Hygiene Page Hall Ohio State University Campus [right column] DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION E. F. McCAMPBELL, PH.D., M.D., Secretary and Executive Officer JAMES E. BAUMAN, Assistant Secretary DIVISION OF SANITARY ENGINEERING W. H. DITTOE, CER. ENGR., Chief Engr. DIVISION OF HYGIENIC LABORATORIES L. H. VANBUSKIRK, B. Sc., Acting Dir. DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION AND TUBERCULOSIS R. G. PATERSON, PH.D., - - Director DIVISION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES F. G. BOUDREAU, M.D., C.M., Director DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE E. R. HAYHURST, A.M., M.D., Director DIVISION OF PLUMBING INSPECTION W. C. GROENIGER - - State Inspector [the following is the main typed letter body] SUBJECT: Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 16, 1915. Mr. Paul Hayhurst, Sabot, Virginia. Dear Paul:- I am very glad to get your interesting letter of the 5th which came during my attendance upon the Convention of the American Public Health Association at Rochester. I certainly did get your photograph and am very sorry to have to admit that I failed to ack- nowledge the same at once, which probably accounts for the reason that I overlooked it in writing you my delayed answer. I am very glad to get your very valuable classification and analysis of the vegetable gardening industry. In fact, what you have told me I regard as quite important enough from an indus- trial aspect to file your letter under the head of "Agriculturists" in my library filed where I may have reference to it at any time in the future for the purpose of getting a good general survey of this form of activity. I had a very profitable, interesting and enjoyable time at the Convention in Rochester. On the way back I went around by way of Pittsburgh and stopped for two days at Fairmont, West Vir- ginia, where I was most hospitably received by Charles Orlando Hayhurst. He has a machine and we, in company with Mrs. Hayhurst and their two children, spent all day Sunday in visiting about through the mountains in that section and finding old landmarks concerning both his and my own great-grand parents. We even found the graves of David, Sr., and his wife Sarah, but they were marked simply by flag stones, one of which bore the initial H. We also came across several old persons (relatives) who could remember the old pair. We did not succeed in establishing definite dates for them but came, I believe, within three to five years of so doing. That is a very interesting and most picturesque part of the country with good roads, electric car lines, and railroad facilities. Nothing would please me more than to have a mountain home in that vicinity some day. I was going to take some pictures there but the N.Y.C.R.R. misdirected my suitcase on the way there so that I did not get my camera. There are some prospects of my being in Philadelphia about the 20th of October. Perhaps you can figure on getting up that way at that time and if so, we will run over to Lambertsville ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p044.jpg) Paul Hayhurst -2 New Jersey, which is only a short distance away, I find, and see the attorney. As soon as I am certain that I am going to Phila- delphia, I will drop him a letter. I will only have a few day's stay. I am contemplating doing some work this winter at the University of Chicago in connection with my position here and for which I ultimately hope to receive the Doctor of Philosophy Degree. In fact, the University has already accepted my report upon "A Survey of Industrial Health-Hazards and Occupational Di- seases in Ohio" as my thesis and I have other work completed to satisfy all didactic requirements. What is necessary, however, is that I satisfy local residence requirements and this I antici- pate doing during the course of this year. Hence, with good for- tune I will be finished by a year from date. Trusting to hear from you as your time permits. I am With best regards Emery R. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p045.jpg) Hayhurst Genealogy- by Emery R. Hayhurst- Jan. 26. 1915. Born Died 1913 – —— Roe Norris H., son of– 1880 – —— Emery Roe H. (and Isabelle Elmire Norris, b. 1882), bro. of Merton Minard H. (b. 1882–) and of Rebecca Ann H. (Stafford) (b. 1887—), children of— 1849 - 1905 John Emery H. (and Eva May Roe, b. 1854—), bro. of Chas. Smalley (b. 1846—), Marshall (b. 1851 - d. 1897(?)), Julia (Sloat) (b. 1853 - d. 1912(?)), Mary (Carroll– Woods) (b. 1854 - 1898(?)), Albert (1856 - 1913, no children) and Lew Wallace, (b. 1859(?) - —), children of 1822 - 1904 Asariah Smalley, born in Miami, Ohio, raised and died in Evanville, Ind., married Priscilla Benjamin (lived near Evansville, 1828 - 1908) and had B. & S. as follows: James (1810 - 1891) farmer and Tanner - 3 boys and 1 girl Elizabeth, married Spencer Mary , “ Paul Ann ' “ Paul (bro. of the above) Rebecca, ' “ Gibson Sarah ' “ Stevens (moved to Kas. or Nev. and died about 96 yrs. old) Mariah, ' “ Burtis. She was b. 1823, mar Dayton, Ohio, died 1890 in Sycamore Slough, Calif. John ' “ ?, farmer and cooper (b. 1832 - at Evansville, Ind. - d. 1890), sweet child. The above were children of – 1775 - 1832 Job Hayhurst, born in Penn., came west as youth with parents and family, married Hannah Smalley in Miami (Co.?), Ohio, 1800 (she was born {<“was a native of”> in New Jersey 1777, d. 1862, Evansville, Ind.). Job had B. & S. as follows: Sarah (Sallie) mar. Hall, lived at Great Bend, Meigs Co., O. (opposite West Va.). John “ ? , went West (Arkansas). Eli “ Nancy Passmore who died about 1834 (cholera or was burn). Eli d. 1844(?) while on trip down Ohio - Mississippi River . Was a blacksmith, Well known. Benjamin (1793 - 1878) “ Hannah Passmore (b. 1792 in Ohio): —2 Sons, Benjamin of Grenola, Kas., b. 1835 -still living, and Elias (killed in War), and several daughters. Ann, married Riffle, lived & died in Piqua, Ohio. Has daughter still living there (86 yrs.?). ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p046.jpg) Benj. jr. came to grenola in ’77 from Princetown, Ill- near Evansville “ sr. owned 320 acres 5 miles out of Princetown. He was thre flooded by canal & sold all out. Benj. (2) lived 13 yrs. at Princetown, Ind. “ “ b. in Miami Co., O. went to gypsum Co., Ind. lived 13½ yrs. in Ind. Was b. 1835. 7/29 “they was pullin flax.” From McCombe to grenola, Chantangua Co's Ran. in 1877. Benj. (1) b. 1793 - Hannah L. 1792. “ “ d. 85 yrs. 3 mos Mary Ann b. 1818 sister of Benj. (2) Rebecca 1819 Eliza 1822 Margaret “Hanner” Elias b. before 1822. Benj. (1) lived at all above places to Grenola- d. in 1878 here & is burried here. [equation in lower right corner] 1793 1878 1 78 9 85 ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p047.jpg) . Rachel, married Lane, also {Burch? , died in Indiana - several children (John Lane, David, who was the youngest brother, was living near Evansville, Ind., 1850, and died in Little Rock, Ark. was married twice? -Anyhow in 1850 "had a young wife who was running away with his money." All the above were said (by Benj. H. of Grenola, Kas.) to have come from the "glades", somewhere near Johnstown, Pa., (others say near Laurel Hill(s) which agrees) with their [---] who were Quakers. -They were first cousins of the children of old David H. of Fairmont, West Va., according to Rev. Douglas Nixon (son of Catherine Hayhurst Nixon who is still living -90 yrs. old -at Deer Creek, Ill., with her son C. S. Nixon)- also according to Mrs. { Geo. Wyland, Conover, O., granddaughter of Eli H. The [---] of the above according to several traditions mentioned in letters were- James H., married Nancy? Warner [Mrs. Miriam Wyland] or Mary Ann "somebody" [according to Mrs. Mary Ann Miriam -now 96 yrs. old- Piqua, O., who is a dau. of Eli H. and says she was named after her grand- mother Hayhurst- but her mind is not trustworthy]. James H. died at home of Sallie Hall, Great Bend, Meigs Co., Ohio, around 1830- probably before that, as none of his grandchildren (5 have been consulted) can remember him, altho' one James Henry H., Holden, Mo., (b. 1828-d. 1909(?)) who says he was named after him, also says "he" died when I was too young to remember." James H. (the elder) was a brother [?] to old David, to "John who went to wrk.", and to Sarah (Sallie) married Newbrough, whose son (Abel Newbrough) lived near Evansville 1840 to 47, also at Madisonville, Ky. [I have a letter which he wrote from the latter place to husband of Mary Ann (Hayhurst) Miriam, in 1850 1849]. -David H. married Sarah Warner, sister of Martha Warner, who married Jacob Forwood. These latter lived in Harford Co., Maryland, in 1834. They were the daughters of Benjamin Warner. # ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p048.jpg) [text written all over page in approximately three columns — transcribed for content and formatted as accurately as possible] [left column] Benj. sr. m. Hannah Passmore in Ohio. He went down river from Pa. alone. Eli m. Passmore, a sister of Hannah. Told to Benj’s jr’s wife by old “Hanny”. Benj. sr. lived at glades in Johnstown, Pa. , Laurel Hill & Youngstown Glades = Mts. Went to mill at Johnstown. Had cousins at Johnstown. Hannah lived on Susquehanna R. Benj. sr., bros. William Dr. of Kankakee, Ill. Job Were 7 boys. .of this generation. Eli (Nancy Passmore) Warner? Name did occur in family, doesn’t know his Rachel, Sallie, Ann. Benj. jr. been m. 48 yrs. , came to Grenola in 1877. Davy (small) , Kim (may have been Job’s son) [center column] 2 Hayhursts at Enid, Okla. 10 yrs. ago. Davy d. at Litle Rock, sons were Jim & John (don’t know where are) Benj (1) spoke often of his uncles – going bear hunting in the glades. [right column] Lula Serle, Caney, Kas. knows Hayhursts in Okla. Harry Hendricks, Sedain, Kas. fireman in lumber Co. Griff Stevens [-] son of Sarah Hayhurst took down names. his mother was dau. of Job. Eli knows where he lives in Okla. [text rotated counterclockwise to the left of the previous paragraph] Billings, Okla. So. of Kay Co. [remaining text] Benjamin’s children Eli m. Barnes E. 1870 Maggie Henston Mabel Bird Mary Evy ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p049.jpg) THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE W. O. THOMPSON, PRESIDENT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION E. F. McCAMPBELL, PH.D., M.D. ROBERT G. PATERSON, PH.D. EMERY R. HAYHURST, PH.D., M.D. L. H. VAN BUSKIRK, B.S., CHEM. ENGR. COLUMBUS MAY 18, 1917. Mr. Paul Hayhurst, Goochland County, Sabot, Virginia. Dear Paul:- I thought you would be interested in the fol- lowing news item which I ran across in the Friends' Intelli- gencer, 5th Mo. 5, 1917, page 283: "A Bible brought across the ocean with William Penn on the "Welcome", has recently been deposited with the Bucks County Historical Society. The book belonged to William Hayhurst, and has been given by his great-great-great- granddaughter, Margaret Wiggins." In one of your earlier letters to me you told me that you had an uncle or great-uncle living in Philadelphia who had the Concondance belonging to the original Cuthbert Hayhurst which he had brought over with him on the "Welcome". It strikes me that it would be a most appropriate thing to do to get this Concondance deposited alongside of the Bible with the Bucks County Historical Society, where it would at least be safe. I believe I cited to you come time ago that I had found out what has become of the relics and heirlooms of my own branch of the family, viz. that they were all burned up in 1912 in the hillside cabin home of a very dis- tant relative down in Meigs County, Ohio. Such are the disasters which occur to material of this sort eventually unless placed in some reliable depository such as is usually maintained by historical societies. Is your uncle still living? If so, would you mind my writing to him concerning this, or to his next of kin, if you know that person and have the address? Remember I have access to a Philadelphia directory and could probably get the street address if I have the given names correct. Are you acquainted with Margaret Wiggins mentioned? The name, I believe, is closely associated with your branch. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p050.jpg) Mr. Paul Hayhurst, May 18, 1917. Unfortunately, I have no more copies of the "Voyage of William Penn in Ship Welcome in 1682". I secured one dozen of the same (which were supplied to me free of cost) from the Secretary of the Society, James Buckman, 1412 N. 15th St., Philadelphia, Penna., and I would suggest that you write direct- ly to him. I feel some hesitancy in asking for more copies myself. -- If you are interested in the Society, will state that upon request to the Secretary you will be supplied with an application blank, upon which must be filled out the paren- tal lineage and dates back to the original Cuthbert. The initiation fee is $5.00 and the annual membership fee $5.00, or life membership fee $50.00. There is also an insignia in shape of a badge which costs $4.00. I do not know where the name "Busch" got into the family, and am also uncertain whether he helps to make Anheuser- Busch, which, by the way, has made St. Louis (my birthplace) famous instead of Milwaukee. I have, however, run across the name of Miers Busch several times in connection with the Pennsylvania Historical Society, from which I should judge he was a rather elderly man and quite active in the proceedings of the Society. I think I shall take it upon myself sometime to drop him a letter and ask for the information desired. Perhaps he may write to me for a similar reason before long. I think that it would be a fine thing if both you and Walter F. Hayhurst were to become included in the membership of the Welcome Society. A great deal of my own information came from you two. I might say that in the last couple of years I have had various persons at work scattered along the line between Philadelphia, Maryland, Western Pennsylvania and Ohio, who have unearthed for me copies of wills, deeds and Quaker records which have proven unusually full of information. Recently, James Hadden, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, the editor to whom you once referred me, sent me a scrap of paper concerning an event that happened during the whiskey insurrection in 1794, and which bore the signature of my great-great-grandfather, James Hayhurst, as a witness to a neighbor's complaint on account of General Lee's foraging for his troops over his premises. I am still collecting material from various direc- tions, and it will be some years, probably, yet before I shall consider the same quite complete. I am not nervous myself concerning the war situation and have decided to go on attending to business as usual, at the same time helping as much as possible. I have been ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p051.jpg) Mr. Paul Hayhurst, p. . May 18, 1917. appointed secretary of one of the subcommittees appointed by the National Safety Council and have been very busy for the last two or three weeks in connection with it. The committee is that on Health of Employes, and is to draw up standards and recommendations to be included in government war contracts, etc. If your crop production pans out at all well, or you can succeed in getting prices which now obtain for your product, you should certainly come out very well this season. Kindly send me a brief note in reply to the question asked at your earliest convenience, as I wish to follow this up while the irons are hot. With best regards, I am, Yours very sincerely, ERH-S Emery R. Hayhurst. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p052.jpg) Drive Your Own Car Through Europe* DR. EMERY R. HAYHURST, '03, '05 A.M., '08 M. D. [left column] THE idea of taking our automobile along when we went to Europe did not occur to us until some four weeks before we sailed, and even then our agent discouraged us, but we insisted on taking a 7-passenger Studebaker Presi- dent, feeling that on a first trip to Europe we would be more at home in familiar surroundings, for the car was over two years old. With a kilometer road map of Europe supplied by the agent, we had devised an imaginary itinerary with stops about every week or ten days for mail. So we left Columbus, Ohio, with paraphernalia for a three-months' trip: steamer trunks, suit cases, and a dozen clothes-hangers hung in the rear corners of the tonneau. In fact, we advertised the cover sacks of a Columbus dry cleaner pretty well over Europe, and kept our clothes clean and nicely in press. Needless to say we enjoyed the 800-mile roundabout jaunt to New York City. There we turned the car over to the ship's baggage-master at the Hudson River pier the day before sailing (July 20.) Our baggage was carried to our stateroom, the gasoline and water with- drawn, and the battery disconnected. The auto was hoisted up with block and tackle and let down into the "bowels" of the ship, not to be seen again until it reversed the process and landed gently on the dock at Liverpool nine days later. Here, by the time our goods were in- spected by the customs' officers and loaded on a couple of hand trucks to wheel out on the dock, the auto stood ready to receive them and us. An offi- cial of the Royal Automobile Club, which we had joined through our agent [image of map of Europe] [image caption] The Itinerary on the Continent before sailing, met us with British li- censes, tags, passes, etc., gave us five gallons of gasoline and wished us heart- ily well. Only two other machines made the trip with us from New York, both belonging to some Scotch nobleman who was returning to his manors. Of course the sight of an American machine created considerable curiosity and peo- ple crowded the dock to watch the hap- penings. The "bobbies" cleared a pas- sage so that we could drive off the dock and up one of the main streets—driving on the left-hand side of the street— with the R.A.C. parting the crowd on a motorcycle in front of us. We —— *Reprinted from Illinois Alumni News, No. 8, Vol. 8, May 1930. [center column] [square image of British Isles map] [image caption] In the British Isles headed for a famous uptown restaurant and parked for lunch. From the first there was no difficulty in driving "on the left." in fact it seemed easier for with the driver's seat on that side one's eyes follow the edge of the road with ease and pleasure. Traffic was easy to negotiate. Only once or twice in backing into a driveway to turn around did we get puzzled in the matter of left-hand driving. My wife drove as well as myself but most of it devolved upon me. We struck out for Chester, 17 miles away, as our first objective, traveling in a blinding rain. The garage assigned us at the Blossoms Hotel was down a narrow courtway somewhat difficult to get into, but we found the Britishers prepared for tourists and they treated us superbly everywhere. The next day was one of brilliant sunshine. In fact our 23 days in the British Isles were unusually fine weather. I can't avoid mentioning the pleasure we had in visiting a "Hay- hurst" who belongs to the "landed gentry," possessing several thousand acres, several manors, and three lodges to approach his main hall, and the fine way he received us. The next day we started northward for the highlands of West Riding of Yorkshire whence came our paternal ancestor in the days of William Penn, and the auto enabled us to locate in the space of 24 hours every site mentioned in some family records, from which we got a great kick. Thence we struck out over hill and dale for the English Lake Region, and with our $5 Rolfe's and Crockett's "Satchel Guide to Europe," took in one place after another. Scotland was our main objective and we wandered through its locks and heathered highlands for six days, visit- ing Aberdeen and Inverness and trip- ping down the Caledonian Canal. But space doesn't permit even a listing of our itinerary so you will have to guess it from the subjoined table. My wife kept a diary which faithfully records the events, places, miles and kilometers. This kilometer business was easy, for [right column] you divide 'em by 10 and multiply by 6 to make the speedometer tell the truth in miles. Our inquiry in England as to the rent- ing of machines developed the fact that they cost about 10c a mile if one drives the car himself—and then it cannot be taken out of the particular country where rented. Also it was of course necessary to return it. An automobile could be rented to go anywhere but it was nec- cessary to take a chauffeur. This made it cost about 50c a mile. As against such propositions we actually spent but $96 for our entire automobile bill for 2400 miles auto travel in the British Isles with our own machine. Our car weighed 4100 pounds and gave us about 10 miles a gallon of gas. We concluded that if one could spend a month or longer abroad he would more than come out even with the ocean freight charges, the foreign rental charges, and even the usual train and bus charges, in addition to having the familiarity of one's own means of carriage. We inquired some into the matter of purchasing a machine but were told we would have to pay a good price even for secondhand cars, as there is not much secondhand car business due to the fact that automobiles are taxed by horsepower irrespective of age and con- dition. Then we were informed that it was not likely we would get any price for a car when the time came to sell, as that side of the business was also or- ganized, as it were, against the traveler. Actual forward traveling occupied 31 of our 62 days in Europe, yet stops of several days were made in cities like London, Dublin, Paris, Vienna, Buda- pest, Rome, etc., and in such we usually garaged the auto and took in the sights with the local tourist trips. The advantages of taking one's auto to Europe are numerous. One drives to and from the seaport, locks baggage in the auto where it fares better with less handling, and tipping expenses are prac- tically cut out. You go and stop when you please. Train schedules mean noth- ing to you. Rainy weather is practically no factor while your clothes stay dry. You are not so limited in the amount of baggage and you can buy articles some- what irrespective of bulk. For example, we brought back for our boys a "steam" roller from Bavaria which in itself oc- [photograph of four men] [image caption] ON THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN BORDER Waiting for passports to be viseed. At the left, tall fellow holding tiny U.S. flag, Dr. R. M. Carter, '05, Green Bay, Wis. Next to him, Dr. Hayhurst. Next man, hat on, Dr. B. Nowakowsky of Warsaw. At right, Dr. H. E. Cooper, Peoria. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p053.jpg) [left column] [black and white image of a man and woman in the top left corner] AUTHOR HAYHURST And Mrs. Hayhurst looking pleasant in front of the "Bridge of Straws" at Venice. Mrs. Hayhurst seems to be feeling the edge of some object she has just picked up—probably an antique pie knife. cupied the space of a small trunk. There is very little disturbance by border officials in searching baggage, which is left in the machine while being searched. Indeed, they seldom searched, but after checking our vises and trip- tyques, waved us on with many adieus. Compare this with the experience on trains and busses. In fact, one can double or triple the number of places visited as compared to usual modes of travel, for one travels by day rather than at night as is done on many train trips,—and there are few trains with sleeping cars, either. Auto travel is likewise by the highways and byways, through main streets of little villages, etc., and not through railroad rights-of-way. There are no motor cops and no enforcement of speed regula- tions anywhere in rural parts—but don't hit anything. They told us we would more likely get "life" for killing an ani- mal than a human being. There are practically no "thumbers." One has a complete at-home feeling in his machine, and a vast part of the time greater pri- vacy than in public conveyances. There is no such thing as boredom of fellow travelers, and sight-seeing fatigue is much less. Moreover, more deference is shown wherever one stops than the us- ual tourist gets. One can usually park anywhere there is room, but about castles, public squares, etc., a small fee is usually claimed. In this city and that, one sees Ameri- cans and perhaps other friends, and the auto is handy "to go somewhere." In fact we had a jolly day carrying three doctors and their hand baggage from Budapest to Vienna, about 170 miles. One of them who was studying in Vienna arranged a Saturday night party for the five of us at the mountain resort Cobenzl. Returning after midnight we had our only altercation with the police in Europe. Our tail light was out. The [middle column] officer fined me two shillings (28c), col- lected the fine on the spot, and gave me a receipt which he said would protect me the rest of the night against any more fines for that "crime." By pre-arrangement we took on board Dr. Ralph Carter (Illinois '05), now a surgeon at Green Bay, Wis. This was at Budapest and he took his share of the wheel for a 2500-mile trip to Venice, Rome, Naples, the entire length of the Rivieri to Marseilles and via Lyons and Blois back to Paris. There are also some disadvantages, as such traveling is no doubt more dan- gerous than by the usual tourist meth- ods, but railroad crossings, etc., are in- comparably better guarded and arranged than in America. There are many more kinds of "occupants" of the highways. One has more punctures from horse shoe nails and dirty roads. There is more danger from denting fenders due to wide hubbed carts, narrow streets, and slow movement of traffic, but the likelihood of serious accidents is less than in the U.S., where speed is greater. While filling stations are less numerous, this fact causes no trouble and the same gas and oil can be had abroad as at home. At first one misses the filling station tire pumps, but always there is someone available to pump up a tire by hand. One should carry a good pump of his own. One gets his car alemited in the bigger cities, as greasing stations and even repair shops are infrequent on the highways. Therefore it is necessary to watch the oil, grease, and the whole machine a little more carefully, and to hang around when any real overhauling is done. Gasoline costs from 35c to 40c a gallon in most countries and up to 50c in parts of Switzerland and Italy while U. S. motor oils cost from 40c to 50c per quart. Language difficulties are greatly re- duced by auto travel. At least one can show a map to a native and the sign language will tell you which is the proper road to the place you want. Few could be proficient in a dozen languages and in as many more vernaculars any- way. In Eastern and Southern Europe the roads are often bumpy and dusty but not enough to bother. Very excep- tionally one is stopped for some kind of highway tax, bridge or ferry toll, but $20 covered all of these for us. Occasionally one loses the way, and roads are often not well marked, but European maps are excellent and there are plenty of people to give directions. A decided disadvantage of the auto- mobile is the greater temptation to pull up or linger at interesting points and so fail to make the day's itinerary. Lazy people will get started late in the morn- ing and then endanger travel by speed- ing up, and digestion by missing meals. The only left-hand driving is in the British Isles and part of Austria. The rest is all right-hand, as in U. S. A. In our nearly 7,000 miles in Europe, we suffered 9 punctures, had a tire gage and a pair of pliers "swiped," the brakes locked on a rear wheel once near Ferrara, Italy, and we lost an hour ad- justing them ourselves. The fenders were dented several times, the water pump had to be repacked at Marseilles, and the gas line showed signs of plug- ging on our last day, as we quit the battlefields and pulled into Antwerp, our sailing port. We had this cleaned out in [right column] Newark, N. J., after landing. Our total repairs amounted to some $17. How- ever, the machine had been overhauled and was in good shape when we left. We arrived in New York Oct. 9. COUNTRIES TRAVELED AND DISTANCES (in miles) Auto Days Auto Train bus Boat 10 England..... 1150 ... ... ... 6 Scotland.... 900 ... ... ... 11/2 Wales........ 350 ... ... ... 6 Ireland...... .... 350 80 ... 131/2 France.... 1450 30 ... ... 2 Switzerland.. 300 ... ... ... 2 Germany. ... 300 ... ... ... (Bavaria) 31/2 Austria....... 600 ... ... ... 41/2 Hungary..... 300 ... ... ... 10 Italy............ 1350 ... ... ... (1 hr.) Monaco... 10 ... ... ... 2 Belgium..... 85 20 ... ... 1 Holland...... .... 200 20 ... ____ 62 New York—Liverpool......................... 3200 Holyhead—Queenstown and return.... 80 Southampton—Havre.......................... 80 St. Julian—Venice and return.............. 12 Antwerp—Southampton...................... 184 Southampton—Cherbourg................... 66 Cherbourg—New York........................ 2940 6795 600 100 6562 Auto freight across the Atlantic and back, including the English Channel transfer cost $400. Total expense of auto traveling in Europe was $378. Hotel bills and eats (and we usually steered for the best), for two persons for the 62 days, was $400. Passports (arranged before we left), railroad trips, shows, tips, extra insurance, postage, etc., totaled $353. To the above one must add the cost of round trip ocean passage which varies from $125 to $400 according to your style of traveling. We took tourist cabin passage, known as the student and professor class, which was slightly less than $200 for each round trip. The above will tell you whether or not we think taking your own auto- mobile to Europe is the best way. The next time we go we shall aim to see less geography and more of two or three countries, but this trip satisfied our curi- osity about some aspects of European topography and what the people have been able to accomplish with the natural advantages provided, in spite of histori- cal evidences of mighty poor leadership in the ages past. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p054.jpg) Emery Roe Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p055.jpg) THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY GEORGE W. RIGHTMIRE, PRESIDENT DEPARTMENT OF COLUMBUS PUBLIC HEALTH AND HYGIENE EMERY R. HAYHURST, Chairman JAMES SPRIGG WILSON February 23, 1931 NORMA SELBERT Mr. Paul Hayhurst, 1243 Cherokee St., Denver, Colorado. Dear Cousin: Should have answered your very full letter of December 18th, or at least acknowledged same long before this date. I now have your letter before me and will attempt to reply seriatim. You got a card from me from Old Mexico, not New Mexico, and probably from Mexico City itself as that is where I mailed most of them. I had a fine trip down there and afterwards wrote it up with the Secretary, a Miss Willimina M. Rayne, of the American Public Health Ass'n, and you can find the article any time you have the opportunity to browse around in the library, in the December, 1930 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, pages 1334-1338. To save you the trouble however, I am enclosing you one of the few reprints I have about it. I brought home a number of souvenirs from Mexico such as serapies, pottery, and pictures- all I could carry- and I hope you will sometime be able to see them. The address of Charles O. Hayhurst is simply Fairmont, West Virginia. We had a short letter from him at Christmas time stating that he was again living on his farm near the city. One of his two children, a son, is now married. Walter Forwood Hayhurst is an attorney living at 51 Union St., Lambertsville, New Jersey. I also had a Christmas card from him with a short note stating that although he has two sons neither have any children and he presumes that he will not have any descendants left to represent his line. I judge him to be about 75 years old. I stayed at his home a couple of days, about fifteen years ago, as you will probably remember, and we had a great time together going over genealogical matters and taking a trip or two about Bucks County, Pa. While I found him rather reserved and austere, and a typical Quaker, he was hospitality iteslf and has always written me, at least at Christmas time, ever since. You missed my point about my inquiry concerning the descendants of William Hayhurst, the eldest son of Cuthbert and Mary Rudd Hayhurst, of William Penn's time. You will recall that, according to the records, he was the eldest son, born 1666 in Boland, Yorkshire, and registered in Slaidburn Parish Church, and was made the executor of his mother's will in 1685/6, his father having died in 1683 and his mother in 1685, both at Middletown, Bucks County, Pa. He also married and had children and it is these whose lines I have never been able to trace, at least not beyond the third generation and I am not sure about that. They must have run out since we would otherwise have run across some of their descendants in our inquiries of the last 25 years, at least it seems we should have. You will recall that you and I are descendants of his younger brother, Cuthbert Hayhurst, born 1678, also in Yorkshire. I consider my genealogy of his descendants fairly complete. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p056.jpg) Mr. Paul Hayhurst - I am very interested indeed to have your family traditions as reported to you by your father and mother as I had presumed that you had discovered the material about William Penn and the ship "Welcome" in your genealogical researches. I think I have already told you what few traditions our branch of the family have: my father included them in an article which he published about 1898 in a volume called "Cook County (Illinois) Biographical or Genealogical Sketches" (the title may be incorrect as the volume is at home in my library). My father recorded that the family was of Quaker origin and came to America in an early day, presumably of German[-] origin, there being either a father and two sons or three brothers. I think that our family traditions were more or less influenced by the fact that the family came from Pennsylvania where the Pennsylvania Dutch lived and 'that they were necessarily in some way related to the early German immigration'. Also, my researches have shown that each generation after Cuthbert 2nd consisted distinctly of pioneers who branched out constantly further West and were farmers or developers of the country side where they lived, none being professional persons down to the time of my grandfather who studied medicine in mid-life and eventually became one of the best known physicians in southern Indiana, living at Evansville, where he died in 1904 at the age of 84. A number of the West Virginia branch who were side lines of my own branch, took up the ministry, being principally Baptists. I doubt whether any of them ever graduated from college, except in the case of several of the present generation. Now that pioneering is over, they have to adapt themselves to more concentrated and definitely planned lives. Changing the subject entirely, I am interested and even delighted in your philosophy of life and compliment you upon it. Of course, in some respects, we are all working for somebody else, but some have lots more leeway in the matter than others. It has been estimated that about 3% of the people can control their surroundings and the other 97% have to work for the 3% and take what is offered. I am interested in what you say about your sciatic neuritis which has lasted for so many years. There must be some reason for this for such is an abnormal thing. Either there is something in your habit of diet and life, some infection, some pressure, which a competent examination should be able to discover. I dare say that if you could get to the Mayo Clinic at Rochester for a week or ten days, or possibly some similar clinic in Denver, they could find out the cause for this sciatic neuritis. It is too far away for me to even risk a guess. Perhaps it is a manifestation of a deficiency disease, such as lack of iodine (since you live in a section of the country which is notoriously scarce in the iodine content of the soil and therefore of the water and food); etc. It would probably be a pretty difficult job for any one doctor to find out the underlying cause for the condition described. For your information, I have looked up Dr. Lee H. Winemiller in the last edition (1929) of the American Medical Directory. According to state- ment there he was born in 1888, attended the University Medical College at Kansas City where he graduated in 1913 and in the same year the medical college became extinct. He was licensed to practice in Colorado in 1923. He belongs to the State Medical Society but not to the American Medical Ass'n. The fact that he belongs to the former Society indicates that he is eligible to join the latter and I see no good reason why he should not have done so as it would certainly redound to his ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p057.jpg) Mr. Paul Hayhurst - credit when someone looks him up as in the present case. The fee is only $7.00 per year, which includes subscription to the weekly Journal of the Association. He also gives Orthopedics as his speciality. Of course, the above criteria cannot properly size up a man or his abilities; they simply stand for the facts indicated and nothing more. Some of the men had a fine lot of experience while with the troops in France, but, on the other hand, I know a number of my physician friends who spent the full time of the American expedition over there and came back saying that there so few casualties in proportion to the number of physicians and surgeons sent over in preparation for them that they actually got very little to do. As you probably know, this country's casualty's list was over all between 250,000- 290,000 injuries, including 49,000 deaths. In the single state of Ohio, we ran 261,000 industrial injuries alone last year with about 1,300 fatalities. A Veteran's Bureau experience might, of course, be considerable while a hospital experience ought, of course, to be an excellent one particularly where the hospital is connected with a university. I would have little to say about the methods of treatment, this not being in my line any more, and it is a good many years since I have seriously considered orthopedics. I simply retain the general principles and am very much more interested in what might cause a condition of sciata and various methods which might be used to relieve it. Oftentimes the discovery of the cause, of course, indicates at once the method of relief. On the whole, I would not consider your condition a very severe one or with bad prospects, which undoubtedly is the same prognosis that Dr. Winemiller has given you. This leaves my family and myself very well and we have succeeded in weathering a very mild winter successfully. Sincerely yours, [signed] Emery R. Hayhurst Emery R. Hayhurts, M.D. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p058.jpg) THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY GEORGE W. RIGHTMIRE, President COLUMBUS COLLEGE OF MEDICINE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HYGIENE PROFESSOR EMERY R. HAYHURST, A.B., A.M., M.D., PH.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSORS JAMES SPRIGG WILSON, M.D., M.S. May 25, 1931 NORMA SELBERT, R.N., B.S., M.A. Reply May 26, '31 Sent enclosure back. Mr. Paul Hayhurst, 1243 Cherokee St., Denver, Colorado. Dear Cousin: I am in receipt of your letter of May 18th and thank you for the address of Miss Margaret E. Hayhurst, 4922 Germantown Ave., Germantown, Pa. We shall see what we can do about visiting both of these parties. I am enclosing a reprint from the "Bury Guardian", February 7, 1931, about our esteemed friends across the ocean, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hayhurst of Radcliff, England, in which they are celebrating their golden wedding. You will recall him, I am sure, as the man with whom you had correspondence some twenty years ago. It was they whom we visited on our trip to England in 1928. He has since sent me a considerable manuscript concerning the family name in England. Unfortunately he is nearly blind, due to his advanced age - I think 70 years old, but we found him very acutely minded and his wife a very fine woman indeed, living in retirement in an atmosphere of refinement on the edge of the textile city of Radcliff, England. When you have finished with the account of the Golden Wedding, please return it to me. With all good wishes, I am Sincerely yours, Emery R. Hayhurst Emery R. Hayhurst, M.D. ERH/VA ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p059.jpg) Hayhurst, J. H. and wife, photos on occasion of golden wedding in 7 Feb., 1931 copy of "Bary Guardian," J. H. Hayhurst, of Radcliffe, England. "The family of Hayhursts originated in the township of "Hayhurst in– Dutton", near Ribchester and in the Cromwelli- an days, one, the Rev. Bradley Hayhurst, be- came vicar of Leigh, and was a personal friend of the famous Henry Pendleberry." ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p060.jpg) COMMITTEE TO STUDY AIR CONDITIONING American Medical Association CAREY P. MCCORD. CHAIRMAN . . . . . DETROIT. MICH. EMERY R. HAYHURST . . . . . . . COLUMBUS. OHIO WILLIAM F. PETERSEN . . . . . . . . CHICAGO. ILL. H.B. WILLIAMS . . . . . . . . . NEW YORK. N.Y. C.P. YAGLOU . . . . . . . . BOSTON. MASS. 1925 Concord Rd. 65 South Front Stree, COLUMBUS, Columbus, Ohio December 31, 1938 Mr. Paul Hayhurst 1324 – 20th Street Denver, Colorado Dear Cousin: Have just received the photoprint showing the old quaker meeting house at Quaker Grove, Pa. which came through the mail in fine shape. Your photographer certainly made a very fine reproduction from a newspaper print and I ap- preciate it very much. I had heard before about Bezaleel Hayhurst, residing at Catawissa. I have never been there but hope to stop there sometime when I am traveling eastward by auto. I see occasional references to the Catawissa Monthly or Quarterly meetings in the Friend's Intelligencer—a very interesting weekly which I have subscribed to for the last twenty years or more. This last fall my wife, oldest son and myself drove over to Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, on the eastern border of the state, about ten to twelve miles from Wheeling W. Va., where the Quakers established their first meeting in Ohio in 1803, called Short Creek. The original meeting house, a log building stood for perhaps 15 years and was replaced by a large brick and stone building whose erection began in 1813 and was finished in the following year. It is high up in the hills and located at Mt. Pleasant, about 1/2 mile from the original site. This old building, which will accomodate 2000 people, still stands intact and is remarkable in many ways, among them being an enormous folding partition which divides the men's and women's sections across the center of the building. It winds up with a wench located in the third floor attic. The fold- ing cross-panels, each about three feet in width or height, extend horizontally across the building, possibly 60 feet long. The building also has a large gallery which the par- tition also divides and there are several small rooms in the building. They held the 125th anniversary of the building's erection last October. The building and grounds are about ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p061.jpg) to be taken over and made a state monument under the auspices of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society whose headquarters are in a large building on the University Campus here in Columbus. The director of the society, Walter Lindley, is a Quaker. I have been a member of the Society for a long time. Should you ever come east, it would pay you at least to spend a day in the museum of the Society which is rich in early quaker and mound builders relics, among other historical features. I recently secured a copy of the history of the Ohio Yearly Meeting of Quakers which gives a good account of Short Creek and this old meeting house. When my ancestors removed from Redstone Monthly Meeting, near Uniontown, Pa., to Ohio, coming in 1801 to 1808, they did so before the records were trans- ferred to Ohio so that there was no mention of them in the Short Creek records. Short Creek was the bottle-neck from which all of the subsequent Ohio Monthly and Quarterly Meetings were established. Also about that time my immediate ancestors were disowned from the Society of Friends because of marriage with non-quakers, and their failure to take advantage of the opportunity to reestablish their membership by converting their wives to the faith! Short Creek was, I think, the chief location of Elias Hicks, who, you will remember, led the ruction in the Society which finally culminated in 1828. Mt. Pleasant was also the sight of the famous Friend's Boarding School, erected in 1836-[18]37, a five or six story brick building, which survived until 1874 when it was burned down apparently due to incendiarism through a factional fight between three or four sects of quakers at that time. It was never rebuilt but within a year or so the Barnsville School for Girls, a quaker school, was erected in the neighboring town of Barnsville some 25 miles southwest. This school is still a high class, private school in eastern Ohio, run by the Quakers. Your picture reminds me of a replica of an old map which I secured some ten years ago showing the sites of the original quaker meeting houses in Western Pa. and Eastern Ohio. I located the volumes containing the minutes of Redstone Monthly Meeting at Quaker Church in Salem, Ohio, about 50 miles north of Mt. Pleasant, some 20 years ago, which contained references to my Great Grandfather, Job Hayhurst, and his brothers and sisters, chiefly concerning their disownment between 1801 and 1810 or [18]12. I made copies of them for my files. Tomorrow is New Year's day and I extend the happiest returns of the occasion to you. As ever, Your cousin, Emery Roe Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p062.jpg) Reply to Paul H. Rocksville, Northampton was situated a short distance S. of the upper bend of the Neshaminy Cr. thru : [drawing of an arrow and an x] Now on Holme's map "Widdow Hurst" owned land both W. & E. of the Neshaminy Cr. & on the W. directly the farm was directly S. of a creek, that corresponds with Iron Work Cr. Thus "Widdow Hurst" must have been a misspelling for Hayhurst. See Davis, 1905, I, p. 47. Christopher Taylor owned land adjoining her land directly S. E. on the W. side of Neshaminy; Richard Hatcher was her neighbor S.E. on the E. side. "Widow Hurst" was a land-owner in Middletown in 1684. Davis, 1905, I, p. 126, note. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p063.jpg) "The names of some of the earliest settlers in Northampton are not on Holme's map, among which is Cuthbert Hayhurst, who married Mary Harker. He arrived soon after the first immigrants with four children, and his descendant, Shelmire Hay- hurst, was living in the township as late as 1805. Of some of them nothing more is known than their names, while others are men- tioned in connection with the townships in which they were actual settlers." Davis, W. W. H., 1905, Vol. I, p. 330. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p064.jpg) "Cuthbert Hayhurst, Easington, Yorkshire, with his wife and four children, took up a trackt of five hundred acres near Rocksville, Northampton township, the farm of the late Mordecai Carter being part of it. He was a Friend and belonged to Middletown meeting, dying March 5, 1683, at the age of fifty. He was one of the earliest Friends in his native country, and was imprisoned, 1654-1666, and at other times. His daughter Mary married William Carter; " B Davis, W. W. H, 1905, Vol. I, . ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p065.jpg) "For nearly forty years after its settle- ment, what is now Northampton town- ship was known and called 'the adjacents of Southampton'. December 11, 1722, a member of the inhabitants settled between 'South- ampton, Warminster and Neshaminy', peti- tioned the court to lay out this district of country, into a township under the name of 'Northampton'. The petitioners state there are 'forty settlements', proba- bly meaning that number of families, settled in the district. It was probably named after Northampton England, The names of those who petitioned for the organization of Northampton township were: John Hayhurst, Cuthbert Hayhurst, [21 names altogether]. Among these names there is hardly one of the first settlers, who appear to have been supplanted by others." 5 Davis, 1905, Vol. I, pp. 334-335. 6 Battle, 1887, p. 493; referring to draft of the proposed township states: "and as its present ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p066.jpg) boundaries are identical with those therein described, it is evident that the petition was acceded to." Then follows description of Northampton. For I a second statement of petition & boundaries & probable grant see Davis, 1905, I, p. 334. John Hayhurst co-signer with Cuthbert could not have been his son for he was born 1728; he was probably a son of William, b. 1671, & hence an unknown person. No. he was the "[---] without issue" son of Cuthbert the emigrant.- E.R.H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p067.jpg) "Washington occupied the dwelling of William Keith on the road from Brownsburg to the Eagle, Greene was at Samuel Merrick's, a few hundred yards away across the fields and meadows, Sullivan at Hay- hursts, grandfather of the late Mrs. Mary Buckman, Newtown, and Knox - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ." Davis, 1905, p. Vol. II, p. 121. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p068.jpg) 43 Main Avenue Bush Hill Park Enfield Middlesex England 22/10/906 Dear Sir In answer for yours Mgs Father were James Hayhurst born March 1819 his Father were Jame Hayhurst and he died at the age of 36 yrs he were Harner Maker to King George he married and had 4 sons & 1 daughter Viz James Stephen John Frederick & Mary I am decended from James from his mother were a strange women would never tell her children any of ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p069.jpg) the Hayhursts History so that I have no idea but I have heared my Father say that the family were Quakers and that they were Miller's he spoke of one in Yorkshire that had (I think) 5 Sons but I do not know what became of them, but there is one Cuthbert Hayhurst somewhere in Middl[---] I will try & find and let you know - I were in business in London for many years but failed through no fault of mine and that I have done nothing since and of course poor or otherwise would looked up the family history now I have left London there is no Hayhurst's in London - I believe there are some in Bucks (England) but I do not know their address To wishing soon to hear from you Paul Hayhurst I remain yours 134 Hazen St Respectfully Ithaca N Y Alfred Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p070.jpg) Please return. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p071.jpg) Mr. P. Hayhurst 134 Hazen Street Ithaca N. Y. America ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p072.jpg) Aus. Jan. 30, '08. Nov 29/07 [insignia of Australia containing the text "THE AUSTRALIA"] Dear Sir, I am on my way to N. Z. from Lyland & your letter has been forwarded to me here. My father - M - John Hayhurst is the person who no doubt called on Mr. J. D. Hayhurst some years ago. & That would probably be a short time before he died. With reference to your questions I am afraid I cannot help you very much. I only knew my Grandfather who's name was James Hayhurst but I think he must have been ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p073.jpg) an Uncle of Mr. J. D. Ha[--]urst. However on my arriva[-] in New Zealand I will communicate with an Aunt & mine & if she can ass't I wil let 4 oz. Knots I am sorry that I did not know from you earlier as I have been thru the States six or seven times during the last few years. Yours faithfully, J. [-]. M. Hayhurst Lieut Col My address in N. Z is Green Hayes Tenaka ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p074.jpg) 904 B Street, S. W., Aug. 1, 1907. Mr. John Hayhurst, Christchurch, New Zealand, Dear Sir: A party of your name visited Mr. J. D. Hayhurst, Detroit, Mich., now of 805 Trumbull Ave., something over twenty years ago. Mr. J. D. Hayhurst says that you and certainly the son of this "John Hayhurst" are still living at Christchurch, and he advises me to write to you about the matter herein enclosed. I trust that the letter addressed as I have, will fall into the right hands in that (to us) far away New Zealand. As you will see by the statements enclosed I am interested in in the study of the genealogy of the Hayhurst family. I am of course especially interested in the possible descendants of the Cuthbert Hay- hurst herein mentioned, my ancestor. But I hope to carry the study much farther and enclude whatever can be learned about the English Hayhursts especially such information as will throw light on the origin of the family in England and of the distribution of the Hayhursts in the dif- ferent parts of the world. I therefore write to you to learn whatever you are willing to give me of your descent. I would be pleased to learn what you know of the origin of the family. What county in England was the original home of the family name, if you know? I am anxious, of course, to find someone of the English lines who knows a good deal about the ancient pedigree of the family, and who would therefore be willing to co-operate with me in this study and [---] exchange records and data with me. If you can not, or do not care to discuss this subject with me, will you kindly send me the addresses of parties of the name or kinship living anywhere in the world who would possibly be interested in this work? I would value highly, for that matter, any clues that you might give me of the possible whereabouts of parties of the name Hayhurst living in any city of the or village of the world. I hope very much that you will answer this letter, at least briefly, or hand it to someone who will answer it, even if it happens, as is often the case, that you do not have at hand a great deal of information. Thanking you in advance for a reply at your earlies convenience, I remain, Very respectfully, Your namesake, ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p075.jpg) The following letter was sent to me, Paul Hayhurst, by Mr. Charles Orlando Hayhurst, Fairmont, W. Va., great grandson of the David Hayhurst herein mentioned. It is written in beautiful script now rarely seen. The paper is brown and badly decayed. The lines are perfectly straight indicating that the paper had been ruled, but the lines are now entirely invisible, altho the script is ver1y distinct. Wherever double S occurs the first S is written in the old style, thus: ſ Eg., Bleſsing The more important nouns are written with capital letters. One of the most characteristic peculiarities of the script is the accuracy and precision of the letters. Each letter is al- ways written the same way, with the same curves and the same size. This proves that the letter was written with great pains and care. In the following copy, which is made precisely as the original, every old- fashioned s is written in with script. Letter received at Washington, D. C. Aug. 20, 1907. "Harford Countye State of Maryland December 19th 1834- Loving Brother and Sister/ I take my pen in hand at last to write to you, it being a long time since we have heard from you, I have wrote to since we have Received your last letter which must at least be twelve years ago, and have not heard from you since, We give thanks to the Almighty for his care over us and goodness in still preserving us in good health as we at this time enjoy, hoping these lines may find you and yours enjoying the same Blessing, Our Children that is Married that live near ****(word lost; apparently, "us") are all well and doing well son Samuel lives in the State of Indiana, Switzerland County ajoining land to where his Sister Mary Leatherberry lives, and we are informed he is doing very well there is two of our daughters single, Martha and Lydia, and the (probably, they) live with us- Brother Ben- jamin Warner and his Daughter Rachel was to see us last November was a year, Benjamin has got Rich, and we suppose you have heard that Brother Joseph is dead, We had a very dry summer here and short crops of Corn- Corn is selling now for Seventyfive cents, [-] Bu[-], We have plenty of Corn for our own use some to sell, we raised at the least this year, four hundred **ushels (Bushels), but our wheat and rye was none of the best last harvest, our Saw Mill makes a little money, but there is but Buildings erected in our Neighbourhood, and to haul bords to Baltimore to sell it wont quite cost, for the pine still comes down the Suſquahanna at such a rate that it spoils our market- Dear Brother and Sister I made a stop in writing at this place and looked for the last letter that I received from you and found it bearing date the 1st May 1828, so it is not so long as I thought it was. you wanted to know how Father Warner made his Will, he left my wife Martha Eight Dollars, and thy wife Sarah Eight Dollars, my wife received her dowry shortly after her Father death , and Brother Benj was here last fall I spoke to him concerning thy wifes legacy, and said he was ready to pay it at any time Interest and all if she would come and send for it- Dear Brother and Sister, we have toiling working this many years in this World for the things of the World, till our hair has grown grey with Age, But let us endavor to lay up tresure above that will be of account to us in the world to come, We know very well that without His assistance we can do no good thing as we ought, but he has promised, that all that will come unto him he will in no wise cast out. and he is the same now as yesterday and forever, Oh glad we would be to see you, We are not very well able to stand the Journey or we would take a ride and pay a visit into your part of the ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p076.jpg) Countery, you are younger than either of us, we wish that you would come and see us, we should be so glad to see you once more– Let us for the future not be so Neglectfull in writing as we have been, for it can- not be expected that we shall live many years more years, Now dont neglect to write to immediately after Receiving these lines. and Derect your Letter to Jacob Forwood Senior Harford County Maryland, Hickery Tavern Post Office– So I conclude and Remain your Loving Bro- ther, and give my love to all your children and receive the Same your- selves, Which your Sister Martha joins me in– To David and Sarah Hayhurst} Jacob and Martha Forwood } } P. S: Martha is wanting to know if you have a friend** (probably, s) meeting near where you live; We have one* 4 Miles from us–,[--]: N: B: our son Jacob Married one of Joseph Stokes grand Children, of the name of Barchley–“ *insert “about” –(omitted in copying) [text rotated upside down on lower half of page] At the foot of the letter, reversed, there are the following lines, scrawled in a different hand-writing from the body of the letter. They are evidently some hasty notes in regard to the receipts of the farm. "Benjamin Hayhurst Ames Hayhurst Corn paid Corn To 3 of Corn 0 3 To l/2 of Corn 0 0 1/2 To 2 l/2 of Corn 2–1/2 Novem 25 To 1 pare of shoes $0 50 May To 9 of oats 1 12 l/2 1843" "1843" and the line beginning "May" are written in the same hand- writing as the notes above, but in ink that has become very faint and difficult to make out. Evidently a different kind of ink was used or else the same kind had been frozen during the winter between Nov. & May, the winter of 1843! Probably the above is an account between Benjamin and Ames (Amos) Hayhurst. Since the note added under the date of May, 1843 is in exactly the same hand-writing as the preceeding lines, and written in the same form, it must have been made by the same party; and undoubtedly then the letter written by Jacob Forwood was allowed to lie around the house of the Hayhursts for many years, 1834 to 1843 when its unwritten surface was used as note paper for farm re- ceipts! How strange and how fortunate that it was not destroyed! And by how small or trifling an accident was it preserved! The brother, Amos (see lineage) must have been called "Ames" in the family.------ My friend, Mr. C. N. Ainslie, a hand-writing expert, kindly examin- ed this letter and pronounces the faint note of May, 1843 to be in the same hand-writing as the preceeding lines, and also advised me in making the above interpretations. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p077.jpg) WALTER F. HAYHURST, Paul COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW. Ka[-] t[---] 51 N. UNION STREET. TELEPHONE 60 LAMBERTVILLE, N. J. Feb. 8th, 1915. Paul Hayhurst, Sabot, Va. Dear Cousin:– I am very glad to renew our acquaintance by mail. I am not right sure that I have your post office correctly spelled; I think I have, however, and if not and my letter is returned will try again. I have a mass of information with regard to early Hayhurst family in this country. Some of it I put in very satisfactory shape a good many years ago, about the time I was corresponding with thee. Since then I have rather neglected the matter, and while I have been accumulating some data, I am afraid it is not in systematic shape. Whatever I have is entirely at thy disposal, and nothing about it at all that I know of that I have any desire to keep secret. I think there is a mistake in the information thee has received from Oliver Hough, of Philadelphia. According to my records, which I believe to be authentic, the father of Cuthbert Hayhurst who married Mary Harker was Cuthbert and his wife also Mary. They came to this country in the ship "Welcome" with William Penn in 1682. He Died 1883. I have never been able to trace the connection with the Ohio family, but if the doctor thee speaks of is a descendant of James Hayhurst and Ann Spencer, his family are no doubt collateral to our own. I also have information of some of our family who went to the western country, but have not been able to trace them in a satisfac- tory manner. I have also incidentally run across some people of our name who have come from England more recently, but none of them have had family which I have been able to trace. I do not think I have a single Hayhurst by the name of Benjamin on any of my memoranda. To send you what information I have I hardly know where to begin. Would it not be possible for you to visit me sometime, and we could mutually compare, notes and get our records together in satisfactory shape? It would give me a great deal of pleasure to meet thee per- sonally, and I would be glad to give some little time going over the information that I have, comparing it and fitting it in with thy own. Do not hesitate to write me, and if thee can indicate any particular information which I have not given I would be glad to give it if possible. Yours truly, Walter F Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p078.jpg) [column 1] Bird City Kans Aug. 7 1921. Paul Hayhurst. Dear Paul. I am writing this letter for Bro David on another page I have told you all their names. as far as we know. Card dated Dec. 27. Written by Captola David Perry was in all principal battles of late war. [column 2] My fathers. father’s bros are Perry. Jake. Bill Elijah Jim my Grand fathers name was Ben. his sisters [-] Mary Ann. Phebe. AlCindy. Grand fathers wife name Serah. Great Grandma name Phebe — — pa David my Uncle names are Robert John. Stanford. [---] Ann & Helen they are all Dead but John & Helen. My father name was David Perry Hayhurst. Old David & Phebe see Dr. Hayhursts book, p. 16, No. 5. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p079.jpg) James Hayhurst (m. Ann Heucer) son of Cuthbert & Mary Harker, bro. of John & Mary Wiggins - James was born 1732/9/3. (See Dr. Hayhurst paper ( p. 6. James (m. Mary Warner) Nov. 9, 1781) founded Ohio & Indiana families born 1758 David founded W. Va. families Job Eli ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p080.jpg) From Jasper Hayhurst 7/31/1921. Benjamin born about 1800-1804. wife Sarah. Fairmount, W. Va. {(1) John - eldest - Fairmount, W. Va.} Olive Delpha Enos – Plainsville, O. (2) David (Lydia Stanley) Fairmount, W. Va. moved to Pleasinton Kas. (a) Jasper 1874- Denver, Colo. (B) David Perry –––> Bird City, Cheyenne Co., Kas. Bible record. (C) Nelson (D) Al (died) Seven girls. >–––> girls: – Emma, Annie Helen, Lydia, Captolia Sarah May. (3) Sanford Fairmount, W. Va. (4) Helen (Rounde) near Fairmount. (5) Robert Mrs. W. Jr. Pabst, 4113 Wolf St. Mrs. Charlie Brown, 660 Santa Fe Drive. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p081.jpg) (a) Jasper (Bertha Linthecum) Brooks-St. Morgan, Colo. 1899. Perry (dead) Harry (drowned) Ira- m. James M. Robertsen, Denver, Colo. Sell. Frank (dead) Jasper Louis. Elta. George. Can J[-]o[-]e to store at 46 & Columbine St. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p082.jpg) Mr Paul Hayhurst 4559 Mead St Denver Colo. [text rotated counterclockwise on left of envelope] Return D. P. Hayhurst Bird City Kans. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p083.jpg) Reply July 24, 1938. MRS. RACHEL WILSON ENCANTO, CALIF. April 29 1938, Dear Paul: Reply May 29, 1938. Received your letter should have answered sooner but have been busy swoing. You say that Miriam refuses to go to So. Calif well she is in the heart of Southern Calif when in Los Angeles. It is only a two hour ride from brother John's to my place. It is most beautiful drive along the ocean. I will run up to brother John's to see her if my places are all rented. She should plan to spend a Sunday with them as that is about only day they are home. I won't go to L. A. to James' to see them. You need not tell Miriam this but I have been ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p084.jpg) To see June and they have never come here and I am certain they came to our "Fair." Dad wanted to go to see her one afternoon but she wrote and told him not to come as she was getting ready to take a vacation. It certainly hurt my father's feelings. Dad never stayed more than an hour or so when he visited her. I let cousin Charlie read your letter last Sunday. It seems to me you are a long time getting your teeth. Paul I have worn an ear phone for two years. They are very expensive. Mine is a Sonotone. They help of course but are far from perfect. They magnify sounds some- thing terrible. When in city I turn mine off as it seems I am on ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p085.jpg) -2- MRS. RACHEL WILSON ENCANTO, CALIF. battle field. Sometimes they are s full of static. The batteries cost .62 and don't last long. Mine cost over $100. Maybe some day I can afford a better one. Edd's boy Carroll is in hospital. He had abcess on lung. He sent me the list of their family for you. I am not good in remembering dates. Joseph S. Hayhurst married Annie Hart. Annie died leaving no children. Joseph married Frederika Mister in Franklin Co Mo May 4 1873, Of this union were born, Cora, Edward, William, Rachel, Mae, John, Emma and Josephine. First five born in Franklin Co Mo. other 3 born in Kirkwood Mo. [-] Cora <(born Feb. 5 1874)> Cora married Sam ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p086.jpg) Eccles. Have no children. They are now living in Edmonds Washington. Rt. 2 Box 951 J. Married in Kirkwood Mo. 2. Edward married Mary Hammer in Kirkwood Mo. Dec. Their children are a. Dorothy Josephine born June 21 1900. Telephone operator now living 3655 Flad Ave. St Louis Mo. Single. b. Edna Sophetta born Dec. 14 1901. Telephone operator at Union Station now living 2637 Roseland Terrace St Louis Mo. Single — c. Virginia May born Dec. 4 1899 Sept 15, 1903. Married D. W. Steinzanf have one sone Larry King Now living at Lone Dell Mo. & Mattie Louise born April 23, 1906 died Nov. 21, 1936. Married Robert Mc Adams. No children ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p087.jpg) 3. MRS. RACHEL WILSON ENCANTO, CALIF. E. Laura Elizabeth born Aug 14, 1908 died May 27 1925. H. Carroll Brentwood born Aug. 17 1911 Invalid in St. John's Hospital J. Joseph Henry born July 26 1913. International Shoe Worker. St Clair Mo. H. Emma Bessie born Jan. 21, 1916. Married J. Brandt. Have one child June Margaret born June 15, 1937, now living 3620 Manhatten St. Louis MI I. taye Lavern born Jan 3 1919. High School Student living with parents Lone Dell Mo. 3. William born Oct. 14, 1877 Single Now living Elsinore Calif. 4. Rachel born July 18, 1879 married Frank Wilson no children. Widow now living Encanto Calif. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p088.jpg) [-] Mae born July 30 18871. married W. H. Maroin Kirkwood Baptist Church May 22 1903. Of this union were born 4 children. Ennis, Jessamine, (Violet and Leslie. Ennis Maroin dentist married Audrey Lee Hickman no children living in St Louis. Jessamine & Leslie (single) living at home 1219 Grandview Blvd Kansas City Kan. 6. John married Emily Wilson at St. Louis Aug. 22. 1904. Now living Garden Grove. Calif. Of this union were born, Joseph, Margaret, Ruth, Clark, Fredda, Howard, and Mary died in infancy All single but Joseph, Marg. & Clark. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p089.jpg) MRS. RACHEL WILSON ENCANTO, CALIF. Joseph Jr. in Redlands married but divorced. Has one child Barton. Margret married C. Benford has one boy Raymond- They live in Santa Ana Calif. Clark married Letha Powell. divorced 7. Emma Hayhurst married Ohmer Maroin brother Mae's husband. She was born July 31, 1886. Her husband died one year ago. She has 5 living children Chester, Bill, Lois, Paul and James La Mar. Her last little girl Mary Jane died in infancy. All living at home. 438 St. Essex Ave. Kirkwood Mo. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p090.jpg) 8. Josephine born Nov. 11 1893 accidenally shot by negro out hunting. Oct. 8 1897. Hope you get something from this Love Rachel. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p091.jpg) Rachel- Uncle Joe's family. [circular letter stamp] SAN DIEGO APR 30 3 PM 1938 CALIF. Mr. Paul Hayhurst 1243 Cherokee St. Denver Colo. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p092.jpg) MRS. RACHEL WILSON ENCANTO. CALIF. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p093.jpg) Office of the Librarian The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Philadelphia March 5, 1930 Mr. Paul Hayhurst, 1243 Cherokee Street, Denver, Colo. My dear Sir: It is a pleasure to have your letter of February twenty-eighth. The Ship Welcome, upon which William Penn arrived at New Castle, Delaware, is no longer in existence. It passed out many years ago, and no one today is absolutely sure as to its ap- pearance. Very sincerely yours, Ernest Stafford Librarian. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p094.jpg) Office of the Librarian The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 1300 Locust Street Phildadelphia March 3, 1938. Mr. Paul Hayhurst 1243 Cherokee Street Denver, Colorado Dear Mr. Hayhurst: As the article you have in mind is purely of a genealogical nature, I suggest that you communicate with the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, [handwritten note on right margin] letter Mar. 14 Philadelphia. They may be able to suggest a journal suitable for the publication of your genealogical report on the co-voyagers of Penn on the ship Welcome. Sincerely yours, Julian P. Boyd Julian P. Boyd ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F16_p095.jpg) Officers of the Society President Charles Penrose Keith, Litt. D. Vice-Presidents Edward Robins Charles Francis Jenkins Lawrence J. Morris Honorary Vice-Presidents Thomas Harris Powers Alfred Percival Smith Corresponding Secretary Recording Secretary Historian Treasurer M. Atherton Leach Frank Worthington Melvin J. E. Burnett Buckenham, M.D. Ogden Duncan Wilkinson The Geneological Society of Pennsylvania Hall of the Historical Society 1300 Locust Street Philadelphia. March twenty-third, 1938Dear Mr. Hayhurst: Your letter of March fourteenth naturally interests this Society. Its policy in matters of printing is to include in its annual Publi- cations only articles by life members. The life membership fee is fifty dol- lars. There is also a limitation as to number of pages, twenty-seven being the maximum. Should the member desire additional copies of his article, they can be obtained in the form of reprints for which the member pays a limited sum, usual- ly less than ten dollars for twenty-five copies; fifty with a smaller pro rata. As to membership. It would be necessary to be proposed by some member of this Society, of which there are one or more in your town. Thomas Harris Powers, Esq. is an Honorary Vice President. The Denver Public Library is a subscriber to the Publications Fund, and a letter of recommendation from either Mr. Powers, or the Librarian of the latter, would be quite sufficient. If you desire further information do not hesitate to call upon me and believe me, Yours very sincerely, M. Atherton Leach To: Cor. Secy. Mr. Paul Hayhurst, 1243 Cherokee Street, Denver, Colorado ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F17_p001.jpg) [page torn out of a newspaper, obscuring some text] PAGE TEN THE MORNING PRESS, BLOOMSBURG, PA., SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1938 …DANVILLE… [column 1] Anthony Ready For Voting County Superintendent and Architect Discuss Plans At White Hall School The last of a series of nine meet- ings in Anthony township to discuss a proposed consolidation plan was held last night in the White Hall school. Voters will go to the polls Tuesday to vote on a bond issue for the pro- posed school. Superintendent of County Schools Fred W. Diehl and Paul Rice, of Sun- bury, the latter representing an archi- teit’s firm, discussed the plan. Ralph Ritter Sustains Broken Collar Bone Ralph Ritter, of Mill Street, frac- [--]red his left collar bone about 10 [---] yesterday morning, when he [—]m a scaffold at the Sacred [—] Villa building operation [column 2] Danville in Personal Lines Social Jottings of Interest Concerning the Folks You Know Here Mrs. Agnes Schock left yesterday to visit her daughter, Mrs. Dan Quinn, Sheepshead Bay, Long Island, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Myers, of Wat- sontown, and Mrs. E. F. Petrilose, of Ithaca, N. Y.; visited Mrs. Meyers sis- ter, Miss Florence Snoddy, of East Front Street, last evening. Clark Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Green, of East Market Street, is recovering nicely in the Geisinger Hospital, where he underwent an operation for appendicitis. Jacobs Family Holds Picnic at Sunny Brook The members of the Jacobs family enjoyed a famly picnic at Sunny- brook Park last evening [column 3] SMILE OF A CHAMPION [photograph of a woman in a swim cap at the edge of a pool] Reason for that smile in an acquatic setting is that Katherine Rawls Thompson of Florida had just smashed world’s records in both the 300yard and mile free style swims of the women’s outdoor swimming championships at Santa Barbara Calif [---] [column 4—text in this column is cut off by the edge of the page] The Morning Are read by 40,000 This is Classified Advertising Rates Consecutive One Three Up to 18 $.35 $ 63 $ Up to 24 .35 .84 Up to 30 .40 1.05 Up to 36 .48 1.26 Up to 42 .56 1.47 Up to 48 .64 1.68 Up to 54 .72 1.89 Up to 60 .80 2.10 Up to 66 .88 2.31 Up to 72 .96 2.52 The above are cash with order ra Charge rates are two cents per per day higher than above prices. No advertisement accepted for than the price of 18 words. BUSINESS SERVICE BUSINESS SERVICE—Kleim’s I Lotion, Mrs. Price’s Canning Powd and powdered saccharin on sa Kleim Drugs, below Square. J16-2 BUSINESS SERVICE—Let us ins the Prime Electric Fence controller your farm now. Prices from $22.50 Myron Whitenight, 816 Market str Bloomsburg. 7-30 FOR RENT ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F17_p002.jpg) [page torn out of a newspaper, obscuring some text] THE MORNING PRESS, BLOOMSBURG, PA., SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1938. PAGE NINE [column 1—text in this column is cut off by the edge of the page] ociety Will Unveil Tablet ll Commemorate Erection Of Ancient Log Build- ing About 1775 elta Society, of Catawissa, will un- a bronze tablet at the Catawissa aker meeting house this afternoon our o’clock. The exercises will be charge of Mrs. Harmon Billeg, sident of the Delta Society for 7-38. The ancient building is believed to ve been built in 1775 and it contains me hand-made furniture of an even rlier date. In the first years of the eeting house, it was the place of orship of some of the pioneers of the mmunity and regular meetings were ld there. After the Friends became fewer be- use of death or emigration, the eetings became less frequent. When Miss Mary Emma Walter [-]e to make her home in Catawissa, took charge of the meeting house, ng at or near the grounds every . Quite often she held meetings the first day of the week, often h no worshippers besides herself ending. [column 2] WHERE BRONZE TABLET WILL BE UNVEILED [photograph of a log building] A bronze tablet will be unveiled this afternoon at the Catawissa Quak- er meeting house. The Delta Society, of Catawissa, is sponsoring the cere- mony. (Morning Press Photo) [column 2 left side] Washingtonville Items of News [column 2 right side] nesday to Elmira Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Martz and chil- dren, Frank and Shirley, were Wednes- day supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martz. Highway traffic through Washington- ville is greatly reduced since the es- tablishment of the detour from the Danville to Mausdale road. The many [column 3] Can Dismiss Needless Staff School Board Can Fire Teach- ers Not Required, Not Qual- ified for New Courses Indiana, Pa., July 29—The Teach- ers Tenure Act does not com- pel a school board to retain a teach- er whose services are no longer need- ed, president judge E. E. Creps of In- diana County ruled here in the case of a Cherry Tree, Pa., high school teacher. The teacher, Olive Forcey, had pet- itioned for a writ of mandamus to compel the Cherry Tree borough school district to continue her contract for the school year 1937-38. Judge Creps denied the write. Miss Forcey’s dismissal was brought about through installation of a four- year commercial course in the Cherry Tree High School. Four teachers, in- cluding Miss Forcey, the oldest in thirteenth birthday Tuesday. Blaine Berger, of Watsontown, spent Monday wiht his mother here, Mrs. Elizabeth Cromis. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Showers, of Muncy, visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Wagner. Miss Jean Kepner, of Newport, is visiting at the home of the Rev. and [column 5] point of service, were given the op- portunity of renewing their contracts providing they were qualified to teach certain subjects in the commercial field. Unable to do so, they were re- placed by new teachers. In a 14-page decision denying Miss Forcey’s contention that the school board could not dismiss her under the Teachers Tenure Act, Judge Creps stated: “To hold now that the provisions of the act in question required the re- newal and continuance of plaintiff’s contract when her services were not needed and could not be used under the developed conditions, would be to subordinate the public welfare to a purely private interest. We do not as- cribe to the legislature an intention to produce such an unreasonable and ab- surd result.” Condition Improves An improvement in the condition of W. W. Evans, superintendent of coun- ty schools, was noted this week, where where he is resting at his home on Second Street prior to returning to a Philadephit hospital next week for treatment. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, pioneer feminist, New York, is in favor of ali mony for husbands as well as wives. [Mifflin County Lewistown Fair ad in bottom right corner] ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F17_p003.jpg) [photograph of log building] Quaker Grove, Catawissa Pa., showing Old Church and four of the Oak Trees [--] [-]hoto by [---] Church erected 1785 ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p001.jpg) Elyria Sep. 9. 1862 Edward h Hayhurst Dear Eddie We were rejoiced to receive two letters from you to day, one by the 11 o'clock Mail and the other this evening. We were glad to learn that you are well and in so good spirits. We feel your absence very much and have no small anxiety about you - lest your new kind of life at this season should induce sickness - Mama says "if only the Guerillas dont catch him." Still it is no small pleasure to us that our fam ily is doing something at last for our suffering country. We are all pretty well. Mama has a very bad head ache and I am very tired from my labor in getting our ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p002.jpg) schools into shape. Josie has gone on trial to work for her Gregg. Our melons are in prime order and the grapes beginning to get ripe. Oh that we could save some until you return. The Covenant Meeting was not held on Saturday afternoon as the key of the Church could not be found. We were afraid that you in the hurry had carried it awy with you. But on Sabbath morning it was found in the Key- hole. Who put it there we know not. I learnt before your letter had arrived (through Mr Stone) where you are. He also said that you had enlisted for 30 days. Is that true? I am glad that you are at so noted a place at North Bend. Has the W. H. Harrison house been rebuilt? I remember to have seen a statement some months ago of it having been burnt. I preached on Sabbath morn ing to a pretty good congregation ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p003.jpg) Our prayer meeting in the evening was well attended. To the great grat ification of the congregation I dispensed with the afternoon Service. Toby has been very sick but is now convalescent we think. Dicky is as mischevous as ever. He amuses him self by driving the little dogs out of the lane and to day frightened a little Dutch boy sadly by chasing him. Tell Bro. Leonard that we heard he had enlisted in a Ken tucky regiment, been appointed Chaplain and was to be absent three years and afterwards that he had been appointed Corporal and detailed with Eight men under him to guard the R. R. Bridge at N. Bend. The latter, I suppose from your letter, is the fact. Mama says she would almost any thing to see you to night. She say's she cannot give up the hab it of looking into your room for ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p004.jpg) you every morning. I sometimes am roused by the painful conscious ness that you are not with us. For you to be from home is strange indeed. Our prayers are unceasing for you Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst Leng Tom and little Mill send their love ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p005.jpg) Elyria Oct 29 1862 My Dear Son I received your letter last night and was very glad to hear from you. We are all well. Please tell Tommy that I sent him his shirt by express this morning I thought perhaps the Express Company might not send it out to the Camp If they do not he will find it at their office. When you come out on Saturday please bring me one dozen "Test tubes" Thommy will tell you where to get them. Yours in haste Affectionately JW Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p006.jpg) Elyria Nov. 2. 1862 My Dear Son We were very much disappointed in not seeing you last night. We fully expected you and I had hope of seeing Tommy also. For though he wrote to me that their Battery would probably leave on Friday as I saw nothing in the papers about their haveing been mus tered in I thought their departure would be delayed and that he would have another opportunity of coming home before his final departure. I was very much surprised to learn from Mrs Richardson and afterwards have it confirmed by your letter that Tommy had been transferred from the battery ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p007.jpg) to your Regiment. It is to me perfectly unaccountable how it could have been or why it was effected. I hope we may have some solution of the mystery when we see you. We have learned through Mrs Bullock that her husband thinks that Tommy is likely to have a run of fever. If so I wish very much that he may have a furlough to come home. We could nurse him so much better than he will be nursed in the Hospital. His life may depend upon it. I sent Tommy a Shirt by Express and a letter to you also – as there is my allusion in your letter of the 31st to a reception of either of them I am at a loss to know whether you received them or not. If they have not come to hand Tommy had better look up his shirt either at the Express Office or in the Battery where I supposed him to be when I addressed it. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p008.jpg) I am glad to learn that you are as well as you are. The ointment bids fair to cure Josie and Willie en tirely. If you make any for yourself put much less beeswax and more oil in it. It will then be easier to use. Yesterday we had chickens roasted so that you might have a good din ner with us to day. But – alas we have to eat it alone. Mama also saved some grapes and pears given me by the girls at school. But we have been obliged to eath them as they began to show signs of decay. Mama sends her love. Write often if it is but a line. I asked you in my last to bring me one dozen Test Tubes assorted sizes. I you can get me some small glass tubes also I should like to have three or four. They should be at least 18 inches long and not thicker than a pipe stem. They are for use in the ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p009.jpg) Chemical experiments. The Board pays for them. Your affectionate Father I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p010.jpg) 4. Elyria Nov. 4. 1862 My Dear Love Your letter containing the Remittance came safe. I have not yet invested the money; But feel like doing it by buying a lot if we remain in Elyria. I have received an invitation to visit the church at North fairfield Huron County with a view to taking charge of it. I have promised to visit them on Sabbath week (17th Tues). If there should be sufficient inducements to settle there I could not buy a lot in Elyria. But if I can I would rather remain here. I avail my- self of Mrs Bullocks visit to Camp ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p011.jpg) to send this together with the shirt you ask for and also a pair of Drawers. I also send a cup of the ointment. It has more oil to make it softer and also more pricipitate. It is therefore stronger much stronger than the other. Send home your dirty shirts and the other tin cup by Thomy when he comes. Mama sends her love and wishes you to write more particularly, whether you have your uniform &c. Read this to Tommy as I have not time to write to both of you this morn ing. Tell him his letter was received also Your affectionate Father I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p012.jpg) Elyria Nov. 9. 1862 My Dear Son We hoped to see you last night but were again disappointed. I have made an engagement to visit North Fairfield to spend next Sabbath and cannot therefore see you should come out then. From what you said in your letter to Mama received last night I find you do not approve of my going there to live. I do not wish to go and could I receive a com petent support in Elyria I should pre fer staying here. But even if my situation in the school is continued the salary is too small and I am determined that nothing but dire ne- cessity shall make me encroach up ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p013.jpg) on the funds which you have accumu lated. My wish is and my earnest ef- fort shall be to make up what has already been spent of yours in support ing the family. I do not feel that I shall go to Northfairfield to live. I will not unless they make a good offer. Still I have thought it best to accept their invitation to visit them. After doing so I will be better able to judge as to the propriety of a change. Josie is at work and has the prospect of employment until Christmas at $2.25 per week at making sorghum for the present and at farm work after the season for that is over. This is quite a help to us. I am very glad you are so comfort ably situated. But I suppose active service in the field will bring many hardships which you do not now know. But perhaps your services as Clerk may continue to be so necessary to ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p014.jpg) your Officers as to exempt you from ma ny trials incident to the life of a com- mon soldier. I have no doubt that fidel- ity in that trust will aid your prop[---] should your life be spared We miss you sadly at home. In the morning when I come down to make the fires I can hardly realize that your bed is empty and on Sabbath we can hardly realize that we must not wait dinner until you return from S. School. At night and in stormy weather we wonder how you are faring. And this source of anxiety will greatly in crease when you leave camp, which I suppose you will ere long. Mama sends her love and says you must not say or even think that you will not make us a visit before leaving Cleveland, you must not let it into your head. I say so too One that works as constantly as you do is entitled to a brief furlough at ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p015.jpg) least. I hope that you are recovered from your cold. Though I fear that yester days storm may have increased it. When you write again please say whether you have a prospect of being cured of your eruption. Your Affectionate father I. W. Hayhurst P.S. I send you $5.00 by Thomas as you requested. H ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p016.jpg) Elyria Nov. 14. 1862 My Dear Eddie We very much prize your letters and appreciate your fidelity in writing so often. That I have not written more frequently is of course not because I do not love to do so but be cause I am so hard pressed for time. School teaching being a new work to me I am obliged to spend more time in preparing my lessons than I otherwise wood. Each Saturday I have been busy in getting in the Cabbage, putting away the potatoes, blacking the stons [--]. Since Josie has been away I have the wood to cut also. Tomorrow morning at about 5 o'clock I leave for North Fairfield to spend the Sabbath and will ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p017.jpg) not get home until 9 o'clock on Monday. We are all well and are glad to hear that you are also. Tell Tommy that I received his note and the Platinum [---] we also received yours to Mama. She says that she will try to write to you. I have no small notes in the house and it is too late to get them to night. I will try to send them to Thomas next week. The $5.00 came safe. Hannah arrived to night Laph[--]ia is to come to night also, on her way to Key West where she proposes to spend the winter. Your entertainers Dr & Mrs Catlin were in town and at school to day. You can little imagine my dear Son what a trial it is to us to have you and Tommy in the Army For our Countrys sake we are glad to have you there. But when we think of the risks and danger and hard fare to which you are ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p018.jpg) subjected and of what we know will in your case be much harder to bear, the character of many with whom you are compelled to associate our hearts bleed for you and for ourselves. How I long for the close of the war and your return to the calm p[--]ts of peace and to our home once more. May a kind Father protect you both. I hope your Regt may remain until Thanksgiving and that both of you may be at home then. We heard from two sources to day that you were to leave next Thursday but hope it is a mistake as you say nothing about it in your letter. Enclosed is a letter to you from Grandma. It came night before last. Please let Tommy read this letter I am too exhausted to write a separate one to him. Tell him not to take ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p019.jpg) the quinine as a prevention of the Ague. Are you troubled with that old lame ness in your foot? Or was your diffi culty merely from tight boots and walking on the pavement? Mama sends her love. Josie and Millie are busy making sorgham candy and Mama is reading the History of the American Revolu tion. Your Affectionate Father I W Hayhurst P. S. I see that secretary ship is improving your hand writing very much ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p020.jpg) Elyria Nov. 19. 1862 My Dear Son Your letter written on Sunday and Monday was received this morning and two were sent one to you and the other to Thomas. We are pretty well I have taken a slight cold but not much. I had a pleasant visit to North Fairfield and returned through the rain and mud on Monday. It is in Huron County 10 Miles South of Norwalk. The Village has about 700 inhabitants. The Church num bers about 100 members. They give $400 salary – a house to live in and a "Donation" from $75 to $125. I have not yet decided to go but ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p021.jpg) feel under all the circumstances like it. My salary in the school is too small for us to live on. If I had a suffi cient support I would prefer Elyria for a home and should you live to get back from the war and we live also I should wish to return here to our old home. But alas what changes may come in the next three years! Hannah is at Mrs Wilkinson's and says you must be sure and be home on Thanksgiving. I half sus- pect something is going to happen on that day. I have engaged to go to North Fairfield on next Saturday again. After that I shall soon know certainly whether I will settle there or not. I am not surprised to hear you say in your letter to Mama how much you miss the Church – S. School and Prayer Meeting. With your dis ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p022.jpg) position I well know how trying the life you are now obliged to live must be. Oh how great the sacrifice our suffering country requires. Try and submit to these deprivations hoping that the end may one day come. Come home if you possibly can on Thanksgiving. I shall then be at home and at leisure. Mama sends her love Your affectionate Father J. W. Hayhurst P. S. I hope you may secure the office you speak of for your own as well as Thomy Lake ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p023.jpg) Elyria Decem. 14 1862 Dear Eddy After buying the Precipitate last night I met Sergeant Paomely who told me he was going to camp on Monday and volunteered to take any thing to you which I had to send; Saying that "he would take anything for Eddy." We therefore concluded to send some of the Oint ment which we had prepared and also the precipitate unmixed. Be very careful in the use of it. I think a very small quan tity on any particular place is sufficient and the less you put on the less the danger of Salivation or other injurious consequences from the Mercury. Mama was very glad to hear from you through me and I was certainly very glad to have had another oportunity of visiting you. I felt encouraged by seeing you both looking as well as you do. I was very much pleased with the Colonel. I ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p024.jpg) believe I did not tell you that I rode over in the Omnibus from the city in the morning with him. I was quite pleased with and interested in him then though I had no suspicion that he was your Colonel. He spoke very kindly of you when I saw and was introduced to him in the Afternoon In speaking Tommy's slender form he volentarily promised to "take good care of him." I have no doubt he will be a good officer to you and trust that both of you by your soldierly qualities may ever retain his good feeling which you now have. He told me that he wished he has more such boys as mine were. Mr Garden heard from Austin last evening — He is much better than he had been and hopes to stay where he is (Frankfort Ky) all units. Let Tommy read this. Both of you be good boys — Watch and pray lest you enter into Temptation. Your affectionate Father J W Hayhurst Mama Sends her love to you both ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p025.jpg) The bed ticking was originally Grandma's and was probably bought by your great Grandmother so that it would be very difficult to ascertain the cost now. We will talk about that when peace is de clared, if we live to see it. Elyria Dec. 17. 1862 Dear Eddie We received your letter last night. I need not say how much we price one from you however brief it may be. It was a good idea to get the dried apples. Fruit fresh or dried will tend to counteract the head, meat and Coffee diet of your rations. Your skill in cook ing will grow doubtless by experience, of which you will have enough probably before the war is over. I am sorry about the prejudice against you of which you speak. It is however dif ficult to keep the good opinion of bad men especially when obliged to act against them as you were. Perhaps for the sake of avoiding unnecessary difficulty it would be well not to volunteer in such cases but when ordered by your superior officers it is right to obey them let the consequences be what they may. In such cases be firm ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F1_p026.jpg) but kind. You may have opportunity of doing kindness to those very men such as will convince them that regard to proper discipline and not ill-will to them led you to act as you did. I see by the paper that the 10th Calvary is ordered to South Carolina and also that the 113th Regt at Camp Laneville is ordered to leave in 24 hours for the south. Then things make me thinks that you will not long remain in Camp. Probably your departure will be as sudden as theirs, when it does take place. I suppose that to be in ac tive service is preferable to camp life, still we dread to have you go. For so long as you remain in Cleveland we can get to see you occasionally at least. We are pretty well except that I have a cold which as usual troubles my lungs and affects my voice. This bad for me as I am to preach at North Fair field on next Sabbath, when I expect to may arrangements about removing there. Mama sends her love to you Your affectionate father J W Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p001.jpg) North Fairfield July 4. 1864. Dear Eddie You may judge that on this birth day of our nation our thoughts have often gone to Georgia, wondering how our boys were spending it there. I believe my first thoughts on waking this morn- ing, between three and four, o'clock were about its being Tommys birth day, and my first wishes a prayer for his conversion. It seems to me, that could we feel that all our children were also the children of God, we might bear with compara- tive cheerfulness wordly misfortune know ing that in the end all would be well. I had an invitation to attend a 4th of July picnic and make an address but any thing like pleasure excursions ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p002.jpg) or gathering for pleasure are so incongenial with my feelings growing out of the condition of our country and the absence and ex posure of our boys, that I could not feel free to go. It has consequently been spent at home and in a quiet way. Willie did not even have his usual firecrack ers. Josie is still quite sick. His fear has now passed apparently [--] an ague, but one of a very severe type. We are giving him quinine and hope that it may cure him. We received a letter from La Mar on Saturday. He com plains of not being very well through better than when he wrote before. He expects t make a short visit home this summer. Your Aunt Kezia and Esther talk of making us a visit sometime soon. The details of your operations on ( I can hardly say what day) but from the 15th to the 28th Ult ind[--] From the first account published I supposed Third's Di ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p003.jpg) vision to have been engaged, and with you accordingly, but from the later accounts I have been led to con clude that it was confounded with Woods Brigade of another Corps and Division. I may still be mistaken but it has led me to hope that, according to your anticipations expressed in your last letters, you had been allow -ed a little next. The tone of the papers is quite hopeful. The feeling is that our armies are making slow but sure progress. Being the 4th we receive no papers to day, but there is a rumor in town that there is to be a new call for 500,000 more men. If this be true it shows the termina tion of the Government to press on earnest ly in the reduction of rebeldom. We feel quite anxious about your health We know how hard it is to be Sick at home and how much harder away from home and with only the poor ac ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p004.jpg) commodations that a Field Hospital can supply. I trust however that you may be saved the necessity of going into one. Mamma sends her love to you and Tommy. I need not say how anxious she is continually about you and how many earnest prayers she daily offers up for you. With the exception of Josie we are all pretty well. Willie has had no chill since I last wrote though he looks thin and pale. The weather here to day has been very pleasant- one of the brightest 4th that I ever remember to have seen. It has been quite clear and comparatively are Give my love to Tommie, keep much for yourself and believe me as ever Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p005.jpg) North Fairfield O. July 6. 64 Dear Eddie Last evening we received two letters from you dated respective by June 22" a 24", written in the Hospital. While we were very sorry to hear of your sickness I feel that you did well to go into Hos pital. You certainly needed rest and could I hope that this would reach you in time I should advise you not to join the Regiment until more completely recovered. But I presume from what you said in the latter of the two letters you have gone back ere this. I hope that it may not bring on a relapse. It seems hard when we know ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p006.jpg) that millions have been contributed for the benefit of sick and wounded soldiers that so many of that num ber should fail entirely to reap any benefits from all that has been done. But while so large an army as that of the Cumberland to to be fed so far from their base of supplies I suppose that if they are supplied with the bare necessa ries it is all we can expect and comforts must be left out of the question, and the benefactions of the Christian and Sanitary Com- mission must be bestowed nearer home. I mentioned in former letters Josie's sickness. He is not well yet and when I see him weak he is even from a short illness and all the care and comfort of home possessed I can im agine how badly off you mustbe amidst the scanty attentions ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p007.jpg) of the field Hospital. All this for your country's sake. I feel anxious to know what be came of Sergeant Smith. Did he recover from his wound? or have you heard what became of him? The dispatches last night bring word of the abandonment by the rebels of Kennesaw Mountain and your occupation of that and Marietta. Thus you are steadily moving forward. The next move I suppose will be to cross the Chattahoochie. I expect to hear of this being done by a flank movement (which is the successful strategy of the present campain both in Virginia and Georgia) and comes the seige of Atlanta. Grant is still before Petersburg. His cavalry has been remarkably ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p008.jpg) successful in destroying the R. Roads which lead into Rich- mond and it looks as if the rebel Hospital might ere long be starved out. It is said that Petersburg is at his mercy as soon as he choses to bombard it. He occasionally drops shells into it and seems to be preparing for a general bombardment. I mentioned in a letter to Tommie that Gen. Canby had left N. Orleans with 25,000 troops. I hope his destination is Mobile. If so it would greatly help you in Georgia. For Johnson would then have two armies to look after. Mamma sends her love to you and Tommy. Give mine also to him and keep much for yourself. Hoping that this may find you much better I remain your affectionate father JW. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p009.jpg) North Fairfield O. July 8. 1864 Dear Eddie I write this morning in haste so as to get it in the Mail. You will find enclosed $5.00. I hope it may come safe. I have often wondered how you and Tommy could get along so long without being paid, which I supposed you had not been as you had said nothing about it. As you spoke of being mustered for pay about the time you started on the present campaign I sometimes wondered whether you had been and the letters lost in which you spoke of it. In the event of being paid and sending money home you had better do it, I think, in the order of the State Agent should ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p010.jpg) one be present when you are paid. It delays the time of my getting the money but is a safer method of transmission by letter, in Bank Notes. If Tommie needs money before he is paid I could send him some. His comb and your Ink stand I will get when I go to Elyria. They can not be procured in our village. Wednesday the 13th is the day appointed for the wedding. I forgot to mention that I received three letters from you last night and two from Tommy. Yours are dated June 21st (I had before received dates 22" & 24") 26" and 28". Tommy's were dated 23" & 25". In re- gard to your Corps going to assist Banks you mentioned at the time that such a rumor was circulating in Camp. That is a sad story of father and son you mention. It is one of thousands occuring in our country. While I have no doubt of the final issue ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p011.jpg) of the war the sacrifice of life to achieve the downfall of the rebellion is perfectly awful. I am very sorry that you are still sick. How can you hope to be better when you can have some rest? It seems to a question of endurance now between our armies and those of the rebels. I question whether the world has ever seen a campaign like that of Sherman's. If our Army is exhausted how must that of the rebels be? They have the depressing influence of conscious defeat, ours the encouragement of a long succession of victories. Whether our army will have rest this summer or not I can hardly tell. Onward, on- ward seems to be the watchward. Mama sends much love to you and Tommy. Give mine to him and accept much for yourself. I will write more next time. Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p012.jpg) North Fairfield O. July 12. 1864 Dear Eddie I start this morning for Elyria to marry our dear friend Sophronia and seize a few moments before the Hack arrives to write you a note It is a most beautiful morning and I hope it may prove emblematic of Sophronia's married life for it any de serve good fortune I think she is the one. Under happier auspices I should be anticipating much enjoyment but the sad situation of our country and the uncertainty which ever hangs over our own loved ones moder ate my expectations and make me feel that we know not what a day may bring forth. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p013.jpg) We are in usual health at home, ex- cept that Willie still suffers from the chills. I hope that we may hear that you are better than when you last wrote. You will doubtless hear before you receive this of the bold move the rebels are making in Maryland The rumors are contradictory and I will not repeat them, but it is quite a serious matter. The Elyria boys who went forth expect ing to spend 100 days in guarding R. Roads etc are having some of the stern realities of war. They have had to retreat from Martinsburg and may ere this all be gobbled up for aught we know. The news this morning is that the rebels are within four miles of Baltimore and have burnt the house of the governor of Maryland. The mystery is how so large a force could be detailed ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p014.jpg) from Lee's army, with Grant in his pack and get into Maryland at most before we knew they were on their way. It may however in the end prove all the worse for them. I think it will. In my last I mailed you $5.00 which I trust ere this has reached you safe. I yesterday received from the Appleton the Annual bols. of the Cyclopaedia for 1861, 1862, 1863. They contain many many other detached accounts of the operation of our army. I last night read the account of the Cumberland army from the time you went to Frank lin until after the battle of Chatta nooga. You may judge I did it with interest. Your regiment is mentioned by name in connection with Col. Coburn's Capture. You are spoken of as being in the rear of the train on that occasion, which ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p015.jpg) I believe was the fact. The battles of Chicamauga and Chattanooga are given in detail. Should you live to get home how much in- terest you will feel in reading these accounts in years to come. Our last letter received was from Tommy dated June 29th With much love to him and yourself both from Mamma and me I am your affectionate father J.M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p016.jpg) are better than when I last wrote. I enclose you tea. If you cannot use some poor soldier may be able to. Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst North Fairfield O. July 14. 1864 Dear Eddie I returned from Elyria last evening having married Sophronia in the morning. I found your letter of the 4th from Chattanooga. I was in a measure prepared for it as I learned from Mrs Olmstead that Capt Bullock had written to her that you had been obliged to leave the Front on account of being sick with the fever. I am truly thankful that you were able to reach Chattanooga as I know that the Hospital accomadations must be better than they probably could be on the field. I hope that your fever is indeed broken and pray that you may soon recover. But try and ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p017.jpg) keep in good heart; trust in God and all will yet be well. It will probably be a long time before you are able to endure the hardships of the field again and you must not be anxious to hurry forward if you begin to feel better. You need rest. Perhaps when you get able to travel they will grant you a furlough to come home. That would be the best thing. Oh that it might be possible. How much you must have suffered in the long ride from the Front to Chattanooga. I can see by your letter how weak you are. Do not even try to write much until you are better. A few lines suffice to let us know how you are and we will wait for fuller details until your strength returns. Mr Leonard came back sick from Chattanooga and is still unwell. He was exempted on account of ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p018.jpg) "defective teeth." I called to see Mrs Cole. She bears her loss with considera ble fortitude. She says that she re- ceived Lucius's pocket book and supposes that you sent it. Mr Leonard received and had read to her the letter which you sent him giving an announcement of the death of Lucius. Mr Wilkinson has not sold but recited her house and is going to Delaware with Ellen. I saw Bro. Ganden. They had recently hear from Austin who was well. At the wedding we had a very pleasant time. There was no company except the School Superintend ant (Mr Mc Key). They started im mediately after breakfast for Niagara and were favored with delightful weather. I forwarded you $5.00 two or three days ago. It has of course gone to the Front and I hope may come back to you. Our last letter ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p019.jpg) from Tommy was written the 29th Ult. You of course have heard that the rebels retreated from Kennesaw al- most immediately after the battle. They have all but Hardee's Corps c[--]red the Chattahooche. Sherman took 2000 prisoners during the retreat from Kenesaw. The rebels are mak ing a bold raid in Maryland They have cut the telegraph and we cannot get news from Washington. I bought you an inkstand in Elyria It is the only kind I could get. It is not quite what you want but perhaps will answer better than none. I will have it filled with ink and send it by the evening Mail. Mamma sends much very much love. She wants to come to Chattanooga. Of course she could not get there. Mr Leonard had the greatest difficulty in getting through, at one time riding all night on the top of the car. Josie and Willie ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p020.jpg) North Fairfield O. July 15 1864 Dear Eddie In the short time which has elapsed since I wrote (that is yesterday) nothing new has occurred in our family affairs. But I doubt not that in the loneliness of your Hospital life you will be glad to receive a letter from home even if there is nothing "Special" in it. I sent your ink- stand and ink this morning and hope that they may reach you in safety. Fervently do I hope that this may find you better than when you last wrote. When I remember my own sickness in Elyria, How helpless I was ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p021.jpg) how much need I had of assist ance from others, and especially when I remember how kindly you waited upon me it seems very sad that you cannot have like attention from us in return. I hope that you may find kind friends in your attendants and Physicians in the Hospital, men who will be ready to give a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, and who will receive a disciples reward. If you begin to feel better and get stronger you must not be impatient to hurry to the Front. You have done a good work this sum- mer, enough I think for one campaign and can now af- ford to rest. It seems that our army is still advancing – the paper to night says that they ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p022.jpg) are all beyond the Chattahouchee and within three miles of Atlanta The rebel raiders in Maryland are reported on the retreat. We have not heard from Tommy since you left the Front. His last letter was written on the 29th and was received last Saturday night. We received a letter from Grand- ma last night. She was in her usual health and expressed very great interest in you and Tommie and her great affection and earnest prayers also. We have a rumor that Grant has captured Petersburg; but it does not to me, seem reliable. I think that the war is steadily progressing in our favor, but the end seems yet far off. I you should become convales- cent would it be possible for ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p023.jpg) to get a furlough and come home for a few weeks. That I think would do you more good than any thing else, and Oh how much pleasure it would give us all to see you once more. Mamma sends her love to you; accept mine and believe me Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p024.jpg) your spirits will revive. Mamma sends very much love to you. She is as much cheered as I by the reception of your letters Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst North Fairfield Ohio July 19.64 Dear Eddie Yours of the 8", 10", 12" and 14" all came in a bunch to night. I need not tell you how glad I was to see your hand writing again. As we had not heard for a week we were growing quite anxious. Your letters relieved us very much. If you have no fever, as you think, your appetite and strength will return in time. Though it may take a good while. I am so glad that you have got to Nashville Perhaps you may be sent still further North and Oh if you could only get a furlough and as soon as you have sufficient ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p025.jpg) strength come home awhile how nice that would be. Perhaps it is possible. Try for it. Immediately on hearing that you were in Chattanooga I wrote to you in that place. I directed to the Hospital and Ward leaving off the Company & Regiments having learnt when Tommy was in the Hospital that that must be done I sent two if not three letters to Chattanooga and also your Ink stand. In one of the letters I enclose $2.00 supposing that you would need it and inferring from a letter from Tommy that he would retain the $5.00 which I forward ed to the Front for you. Could you not by sending a line to Chattanooga have these things sent back to you at Nashville. I addressed both the letters and ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p026.jpg) the Inkstand to Gen. Hospital No 2 Ward 2. I send enclosed the $5.00 which you request. If the $2.00 should fail to reach you it will prob ably come back to me in time from the Dead Letter Office. It certainly will if it falls into hon est hands. Our last letter from Tommy was dated on the 6th Ins. on the banks of the Chattahoochee. He was well and seemed in good spirits at that time. I have mentioned in my letter to Chat tanooga which I hope you will if you have not already received them, an account of my visit to Elyria, Sophronias Wedding etc and will not repeat them here. We at home are pretty well ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p027.jpg) Josie escaped his chill to day and Willie has not had one fine Sabbath week. I am so glad you prepare to write every other day. If you can only send a line to let us know how you are. I too will write very frequently to you. Now that you are at Nashville your letters will reach us in about five days. I am glad you keep your courage up. I hope now your danger is past and by being careful you will gradually get well and strong. You were completely worn out by your Seven campaign. Your sickness has been coming on a long time I have no doubt. It seemed to me that I could see it in your letters. You were not as cheerful as formerly. With returning health ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p028.jpg) ber in a recent skirmish Mamma sends a great deal of love to you. With many prayers for your restoration and comfort while sick and with much love I am your Affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst North Fairfield July 21 1864 Dear Eddie Yours to Mamma of the 16th Ins. came to night. I did not know before that you had the Diarhea I heard in Elyria that you had the Typhoid fever. This I had begun to doubt as I knew it could not be checked as soon as you appeared to be. When you mentioned that Bread and Milk diet had been prescribed I began to think that probably you had the Diarhea, and your note just received confirms it. We had a bottle of Black Berry cordial and I at once boxed it up and express it tommro morning. The dose is three table spoonfuls ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p029.jpg) a day. Try this Cordial first and watch its effects. I send also some Cinnamon. This is good for this complaint. It can be eaten in small quantities. Not too much or it might check the disease too suddenly. The grass in the bottom of the Box is Knot grass. Tea made from it is an excellent remedy for Diarhea. It is very binding and should be used like the other remedies with care. Try the cordial first and if it fails try the Knott Grass tea. Make it as you would other tea. I will pay the charges on the Box so that there will be nothing due on it. I put in a little tea and Mamma added some dried currants and sugar to sweeten them. They are the only dried fruit we have. The cold winter killed our preach and cherry crop entirely. You had bet ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p030.jpg) ter ask the surgeon about eating the currants. They might not agree with you at present. When you get better they will be very wholesome I hope the box will reach you safe and especially the cordial on which I must rely. I wish I had know so as to have sent it several days ago. I forwarded you $5. in a letter yesterday. I also mentioned having sent $2 to Chattanooga. I suppose that you have made arrangements to have letters forwarded to you and that you will receive what were sent to Chattanooga. We received a letter from Tommy to night. He was well. He had not yet received the letter sent to you at the Front containing the $5. His letter was dated on the 9th Ins. on the Chat- tahoochee. I am sorry to inform you that Luther B. Gregg is reported mis sing in a battle which took place. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p031.jpg) during the late Rebel raid in Mary land. Henry Farmer who was sick was captured and parolled. We are all pretty well to day. Mamma was quite sick yesterday, having a very severe attack of heart disease. I was out of town all day making pasteral calls and came home in the evening to find her quite ill. She is much better to day. I earnestly hope that this may find you better too. You must try and keep in good heart. Perhaps they may send you north as they did Tommy. Then I can get to see you if they will not give you a furlough. I took dinner yesterday in company with Sergt. Brighton at his fathers. He has a furlough of thirty days being sick with what seems to me like the whooping cough. He belongs to the Invalid Corps and is now stationed at [--]lington. His regiment (41st) I see lost a num- ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p032.jpg) North Fairfield, O. July 22. 1864 Dear Eddie After receiving your brief note to Mamma last evening which should by its brevity and Penmanship as well as by what it said how exceedingly weak you were I thought so much a bout your condition and was so troubled at our inability to be with you and and that that subject forclosed in my sleep. I dreamed more about you and saw you more vividly than at any one time before since you entered the army. I was with you in the Hospital ministering to your wants and trying to obtain ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p033.jpg) a furlough for you. It seems now to me as if I had spent the whole night in your company. Oh that it might be so! I this morning despatched the little box of medi cine &c by a gentleman to be placed in the Express Office at Norwalk. He has not returned but I trust that ere this it is on its way to Nashville and that it may reach you safely and prove of great benefit. Tommy told us when at home last winter that he believed that it was the Blackberry Cordial which cured him. Governer Brough in an appeal for contributions in aid of the Soldiers says it has been estimated that every bottle of that remedy contributed has saved the life of one soldier. The papers state that the Pay- masters have gone forward to ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p034.jpg) pay off the Army of the Cumber land. In another account it is stated that Gen. Sherman has issued an order accord ing to which the money for the soldiers is to be left at Nash ville and from thence sent to any point, which the soldiers may designate. This will avoid the risk of taking it to the Front and will I should think prove a good plan. I suppose of course they will not neglect you in the Hospitals, but should they and you need more money than I have sent, be sure and write for it there would be little risk between here and Nashville. We at home are pretty well now Josie and Willie have not had a return of their chills and Mamma is considerably bet ter. Oh that I could hope that ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p035.jpg) it was the same with you! I have just been reading what the C. Commission is doing among the sick and wounded at Nashville and I hope that some of the good Samaritans will find you out and minister to your comforts. Try and look to Him who has never yet forsaken you; who has covered your head again and again in the day of battle and who I trust will be with you now. Daily and hourly do we pray Him to be gracious to you. What a blessed thing that in happier, peaceful times you were led to give your heart to Him and have Him for your unfailing friend now. Mamma sends much love and sympathy to you. Be as- sured of mine and believe me as ever your affectionate father J.W.Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p036.jpg) North Fairfield O. July 27 1864 Dear Eddie We know you must be very sick, perhaps too sick to read this. The fact that no letter later than that of the 16" Ins. has reach ed us from you, convinces us that you are too ill to write. We can only pray for you and commit you to a loving Saviour. This we do daily hourly, I may add, all the time. I wrote about sending you a box of medicine &c. To day I saw an a c count of a new Government arrange ment in regard to packages sent to soldiers that make me fear that it may be detained at Louisville. But Oh I hope not. I am so anxious ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p037.jpg) for you to have it. We have heard from Tommie to the 14". He was then well; but they have since had two sanguinary battles and we know not how it may be with him now. Mamma had another sick spell this afternoon similar to that of last Wednesday, but not so severe. The rest of us are pretty well. Now dear Eddie I will not write more to day except to send Mamma, and my own love. Hoping soon to hear tidings from you which will relieve our hearts I am Your affectionate father I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p038.jpg) North Fairfield O. Sep. 1. 1864 Dear Eddie We were disappointed to night in not receiving a letter from you. I hope it is the result of some failure in the Mail and not of your inability to pencil a brief note. Still I shall feel quite anxious until Sat urday mail arrives. We are all pretty well. I hope that my Diarhea is gradually getting better though it has troubled me considerably since my return. We received a letter from Tommy this evening dated on the 22d & 23d Ults. He was well at the time of writing. Mamma wishes me to tell you that if you get a furlough to come home that it will not be necessary for you to buy white ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p039.jpg) shirts, if you wish to [--]ar such white at home. She has some of yours on hand. You spoke about getting a pair of shoes for yourself. In this village they charge $4.00 for a pair for Willie and the same for a pair for me. It would be well for you to stay over one train in Cincinnati to see what you can buy for them. I promised to write about the route home. My opinion is that if you reach Louisville in the afternoon you had better take the Mail Boat for Cincinnati. It might make your journey a few hours longer but the rest on the Boat would be of great relief to you. Thence take passage on the Cleveland Train to Shelby. From thence on the Sandusky and Mansfield Road to Plymoth (the first Station after leaving Shelby). Here you can obtain conveyance by Buggy ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p040.jpg) to our place. If you should prefer to come all the way by R. Road Take the Cars at Jeffersonville, opposite Louisville for Indianapolis; thence to Crestline; thence to Shelby; thence to Plymouth. This route if you make the connections would be three or four hours shorter and the expense about the same. It may seem pre mature to talk about the route home before you get a furlough, but I trust you will not be disap pointed in that and you can keep this letter for reference. Mamma sends her love to you and says that you must not get discouraged. I say the same. Keep in good heart and all will be well. Your affectionate father I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p041.jpg) North Fairfield. Sep. 7. 1864 Dear Eddie We received yours of the 30" Ult. last evening. I hope that your not feeling as well as usual was owing to the condition of your sores and not to your being really worse in your general condition. Our doctors here say that these sores, being external, are in your favor; that with them if you keep your appetite you will do well I am very sorry that you are to change Surgeons. But I believe you can do it now with far greater safety than you could have done three or four weeks a- go. I hope that you may get another good surgeon. We received a letter from Arthur Gregg last evening hearing the same date as yours. He speaks of hav ing seen you and of your being in good spirits. I am glad he came to see you. It must have cheered you to ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p042.jpg) meet an old acquaintance from Elyria I wish his Battery would remain in Nashville until you get well. We did not hear from Tommie last night. The details of the capture of At lanta were published in yesterdays papers but I did not find special mention of the 4th Corps. You will see these things in the Papers and I need not repeat them. Mamma says that she is thankful you are in Nashville and thus escaped the risks of the battles which resulted in the capture of Atlant a. She sends her love to you. We are both going to the Association this morning. I will probably not get home in time to write to you tomorrow but will try to do so the day following. With much love I remain Your affectionate father J.W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p043.jpg) North Fairfield O. Oct 20. 1864 Dear Eddie Since my last we have re ceived two letters from you, one day before yesterday, written on the 12" the other this evening dated the 15". I regret to learn that your hip has a- gain been worse. It takes your sores very much longer to heal than I had expected. But I hope that their cure will not be delayed much longer. Anxious as we are to see you I hope that you will not undertake so long a journey until you are strong enough to en dure it. To feel that you were out of the service would be comforta ble indeed; Still as your sickness ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p044.jpg) was caused by your exposure in the service of your country it seems but right that while you are sick, you should be paid by your country, I am glad you received the three dollars, for I certainly thought that it had been stolen and was com ing to have a very bad opinion of the Nashville P. O. I knew before hand how the sol- diers would vote; but I never sup posed that the law authorizing soldiers to vote when absent from the State also gave the same right to Irish laborers because they were employees of the govern- ment. But it has been so continued it seems. I learn by the paper to night that the 4th Corps has been in a battle with Hinds Army – As the latter was retreating from the vicinity of Tun nel Hill, they were confronted ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p045.jpg) by the 4th Corps. A severe battle entered the papers state but are able to give no particulars, this makes us very anxious again a- bout Tommie. It will be two weeks on Saturday since we heard from him. I do not know the date of the battle; but it must have oc curred last week. Price's army in Missouri is not very far from Leavenworth and as it is stated that he threatened to attach that place it is possible that La Mar may yet have a taste of the war. I do not think however that there is much danger. Jose has gone to bed with a chill to night. The rest of us are well. Mamma is out of town on a visit, but I expect her home soon. I do not know what she will say about your getting a ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p046.jpg) discharge. Whatever you think right yourself you had better do. I had always felt anxious that both you and Tommy should re main your time out, unless the war should end before that time. I think now that Mr Lincoln will be -elected and that events may hasten the war to a close. It would always be a great Satis- faction for you to feel that you had seen the end of it. A few weeks will find you I trust much better than you are at present and then you will be able to judge what is best. Morning Oct. 21. Would you be clear of a future Draft if you should be discharged now? We will talk about that matter when you get home. The news of another great victory by Sheridan has just arrived Your affectionate father I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p047.jpg) Do not get discouraged. When you get a- ble to travel, and can secure a furlough or a discharge, if you need the care of some one on the way and there is no one coming from Nashville I will (the Lord wil- ling) come after you. Your affectionate father I. W. Hayhurst North Fairfield O. Oct 22.64 Dear Eddie Yours of the 17" Ins. is just received. I am very sorry indeed to learn that your sores still give you so much trouble and cause so much suffering. The Surgeon at Sherman Hospital assured me that if your fever was cured they could be easily managed; and I fully believed that three or four weeks after I left you, you would be able to travel and come home. Physicians here also have said that they could be cured and that permanent in jury would not result from them. I know not the cause of the unfav orable turn which they recently took. It was calculated to discourage ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p048.jpg) you. But I hope from what you now say that they are improving and that no draw-back to their healing will again occur. I have all along felt that until they were better (nearly well infact) you could not endure the long journey home. I have therefore thought that it was best for you to remain in the Hospital until you became stronger. Oh that that day may soon come. Perhaps Mr Roberts may return before long. If you could come with him I know that he would take the best of care of you. Or perhaps the State Agent might know of some one coming with whom you could travel. Do not hesitate to apply to him for any thing you need. He is in Nashville for the purpose of attending to the wants of Ohio Soldiers. Since I wrote to you, night before last, I have thought a great deal ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p049.jpg) about what you said about a discharge. Perhaps it might be best for you to try and get one when you are able to travel. It looks now as if you would not be able for field service again before the term of your enlistment expires. And should you get well enough to appear able you might possibly be sent into the field again Unless you can be detailed for some light employment, or go into the Invalid Corps, it would probably be better for you to seek a discharge You had better ask your Surgeon's advice about it. I suppose your pay day is again near at hand when perhaps you may receive all your back dues. With this money in your possession you would be able to procure whatev er would be necessary for your com fort on the way. Our daily prayer is ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p050.jpg) that you may be spared and re- stored to us speedily. Should you once get home we can make you every way comfortable. Willie has two chickens which are being kept for you and various other prepara tions have reference to your coming. Mamma sends her love and says that she wishes you to obtain a discharge. She thinks that you have done enough and suf- fered enough for your country. We have not heard from Tommie yet. It is two weeks since his last letter reached us, written almost one month ago (Sep. 25.) Always write very particularly about your situation. If you are worse do not hesitate to tell us. A deep snow lay on the ground this morning, but it is fast disappearing. The leaves of many trees still green and the late flowers peeping out from it look strange. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p051.jpg) North Fairfield O. Oct 25. 1864 Dear Eddie No letter came from you to night. I thought your last indi cated that you were low spirited; and this made me the more anxious to get one this evening hoping it might hin[-] the tidings that you were better. I wrote on Sunday evening, mentioning that if it was necessary I would come after you when you were able to leave the Hospital and were se cure of a furlough or a discharge. I hope however that you will find yourself getting so much better that you will feel able to under take the journey without others as sistance that that which your ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p052.jpg) brother soldiers (of whom some are always in the cars) may be able to render I have tried to contrive some good way to get you home. I suppose the easiest, though not the most expeditious would be to take the Boat at Nashville for Cincinnati. I shall wait very anxiously to know what your mind is about it. I have learned from Mr. Roberts' daughter that he is not likely to return soon. I am sorry to say that we have yet no tidings from Tommie. His last was dated at Atlanta one month ago to day. Where he is now I cannot tell. If still living I suppose he is with that part of the Army now said to be pres sing Hard in the North Western part of Georgia. Prices army in Missouri is retreating into Kansas, south of Kansas City ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F2_p053.jpg) This will prevent him from visiting Leavenworth as it was reported that he intended doing. We are pretty well at home. Josies chills are checked again. I have a little cold. The weather is very pleasant though cool for the season he had a very heavy white frost this morning. Our flowers are all gone, and the trees are being stripped of their foliage. The papers bring us no particular news tonight. The details of Sheridans late victory are being published. His loss was 5000, He capture 51 Guns (including 20 of his own which had been taken by the enemy in the early part of the action. Mamma sends her love, Accept mine and my earnest wishes for your speady recovery. Your affectionate father J.W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p001.jpg) Feb 10th North Fairfield O. Feb. 13. 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 8" and 9" Ins. came this afternoon. You may be sure we were glad to hear of your safe arrival at the Hospital and of your being as well as you are. You must try and bear the discomforts of your position patiently. The few months remaining of your term of service will soon pass and then you will be able to exercise some choice in the society with which you mingle. We all regret as much as you the necessity of your going back and wish very much wish that you could have staid with us. Josie is going to Norwalk tomorrow ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p002.jpg) and I will send your Description will by him to the P. O. at that place; and I will also re - Mail a letter from Ellen to you which was re ceived here soon after you left. We have received a letter from Tho my dated Feb. 4. Nashville. Your Division (Not the Corps) had been ordered back by Cars to Nashville en route he knew not where. It makes me feel quite anxious about him until we know where he is going. I hope not to the Potomac Army. La Mar Canons have on Thursday the Surgeons did not give him much encouragement. I think that his hand will get well in time though I fear that it will be stiff When you write again please tell us whether they took your Ticket on the C C [-] C Road or required you to pay your fare. I am very glad to hear that your papers were all right. I felt quite anxious that you should have no difficulty in that respect. Mamma and Willie are well I have a little cold and it being Monday night am pretty tired and for the present will not be able to write much now. Tommie wishes me to tell you that Al[--]y has been sentenced by Court Martial to hard labor in some Military Prison for the rest of his term [---] &c. Mamma sends her love Accept mine also Your affectionate father J.W. Hayhurst Dear Neddie I am so glad you could make your own bed but wish I could do it for you Mama ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p004.jpg) back has healed but not in front and that he will not be able to enter the field again. Mamma sends her love and says that you must not be discouraged. Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst . North Fairfield. O. Feb. 16. 1865 Dear Eddie Feb.20th. 1865 I enclose you the outlined letter received to day and add a few lines to say that we last evening received your letter written last Sun day. I am very sorry to hear that you are worse. You must try and keep in good heart. I think your being worse is probably owing to the cold you have contracted. I hope that Dr Highland may be able to do something to relieve you soon. The contrast between your present and your home life must be very great indeed. But try and be patient; the time is passing away rapidly and the termination ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p005.jpg) of your period of enlistment will come to a [--]close. I do not suppose that you could get a dis charge now. If you could that would probably be for the best. I mailed your discription roll on Tuesday last. Josie did not go to Norwalk on the day he ex- pected. We are in usual health. La Mars hand seems about the same. We had on Sabbath the coldest weather of the Season. I feel afraid you would suffer. It has now become quite mild again and I think that we will not have severe cold again. Write as often as you can. A letter from Tommie tonight informs us that they have returned again to Huntville. He wishes me to tell you that while in Nashville Jim mie Larkin came in a carriage to see them. That the wound in his ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p006.jpg) North Fairfield O. Feb. 19. 1865 Dear Eddie I write this evening not be- cause I have any thing very particular to say but to let you know that you are not forgotten at home. Mr Laird preached for me this evening so that I have had less to do than usual. We had a large congrega tion, the people coming out with the expectation that Mr Forte the singer would be in the Choir. He did not come however. But they had a chance of hearing some wholesome truths. We at home are about as usual in health if I except Lanie. His ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p007.jpg) hand seems to be worse for two or three days. It is very much swollen, more considerably than when you were at home. We do not know what to do for it and I have so little confidence in any of our Doc tors that I do not like to call them in. He thinks of going to Elyria again so as to have Dr Penny's advice. We had not heard from Tom mie since I last wrote. We have thought very much about you to day and wondered whether you were any better. While sitting this afternoon in our quiet parlor how our joy would have been enhanced if you could have made one of our number. But this cannot be now. But I hope the day is not far distant when our scattered family may be reunited. If God mercifully spares our lives as he has [other side] heretofore a few months will bring it about. I hope we may soon hear from you again and learn that you are better than when you last wrote. As I am very tired I will not write more to night. Mamma sends her love and says that she is very anxious to hear from you. There have been many kind enquiries about you since you left. Your affectionate father J.W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p009.jpg) North Fairfield O/ March 2. 1863 Dear Eddie Yours of the 25th & 26th Ult. came last evening. We were truly glad to hear from you and to know that you were doing well. I think that the Board of Examiners gave a judicious decision in your case. You are not able to per form duty and so long as you remain in that condition it seems useless to change your relations to the service by placing you in the reserve Corps. Though I do not find much spare time while the school is in Session I must try to write oftener than once a week to you. We have not heard from Tommy since my last. He was well when he last wrote, La Mar's ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p010.jpg) hand is better, considerably better than when I last wrote. I am still troubled with a cold which has contained through the whole winter. The others are well. In my last I mentioned a likeness of Mary McKee which was sent for you but I forgot to enclose it. You will find it in the present. In Josies letter written on Sabbath I presume he mentioned your uncle Edward's visit. He staid until Tuesday morning when he left for home going by the way of Cleveland. He made a great many kind enquiries about you. He was very much disappointed at finding you gone. Almost his first question, on entering the muse, was, Where is Eddie? Our severe weather has at length moderated and we are having it quite mild and as a consequence terribly muddy. The Musical [other side] Convention still in session in our village has taken so many of my scholars out for the time being that my school is quite small and there fore much easier to control. Mamma sends her love. Hoping to hear often from you I remain Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p012.jpg) North Fairfield O. Mar. 5. 65 Dear Eddie ` Another Sabbath's public work is done and I sit down to write you a few lines though I have no particular news to com- municate. But I judge of your feelings by our own. We are anx- ious to get a letter from you by every Mail even if you have not any news to relate. We wish to know how you are. I am glad to learn from your letters that you are gradually improving in health and hope that you may entirely recover your former health and not have to pay for your devotion to your country's ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p013.jpg) good by years of suffering after the war is over. We at home are in usual health. La Mar's hand seems to be getting worse again. The erysipelas 5 his bad in it and a new gathering seems to be form ing near his thumb. We have no Surgeon in the place whom I could trust to operate upon it, and we do not know what to do. Consequently we do nothing hoping that in time nature will work its own cure. From Tommy we have not heard since my last. The rest of us are pretty well. Our Sabbath, a pleasant day externally has been somewhat pe culiar. The Musical Convention had taken possession of our Church and placed a platform over the pulpit and across the whole north end of the building. The singers this evening occupied the platform on my right. Hattie Whitman whom you will re member, said as she came up on the stage that she was "afraid the people would think that it was a Managerie." It certainly did look like an exhibition of some kind. I had a very full congregation and I hope some good was done. They were gen erally very attentive. My subject was "Righteousness; Temperance and Judgment to come. Mamma sends a great deal of love to you. She says she hopes that you are studying all you can. She no doubt wishes you to become a wise man. I have a book now that I wish I had brought home while you were here; "The Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficulties". It belongs ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p014.jpg) to the Lehore Library- I did not know or had forgotten that it was there until seeing it a few days ago. It would interest you and at the same time show how much information may be acquired under the most ad[--] circumstances by a determined mill and diligent improvement of spare moments With much love I am Your affectionate father J W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p015.jpg) North Fairfield O. Mar. 8. 65 Dear Eddie Yours of the 6th Ins. came this evening. We also received letters from you on Monday. I am very sorry to learn that you are still suffering from your ulcers. I think it likely that they do need cauterizing. One reason why I thought it better for you to be in the Hospital was the fact that you could have better surgical treatment there than at home. But I sometimes fear that that advantage will be more than counterbalanced by the loss of home diet and ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p016.jpg) home comforts. But you must keep in good heart. I hope that you may soon get better and be able to go out and enjoy your walks round the Hospital Grounds. It is very stormy here and has been most of the time since you left. The roads are in a terrible condition. It is almost impossible getting a- bout. But the Spring is not far distant when I hope that both roads and weather will settle. If I am spared to see next summer I expect to spend my leisure in the study of Min eralegy. I wish as you have opportunity you would collect little specimens round Camp Dennison. Especially if you find any with prints of shells &c in. them. Along the R. Road and in the grand of the walks [right page] you would probably find a variety. We received a letter from Tom my on Monday dated on the 23d Ult. He did not refer to a removal to Knoxville tho' it might have taken place since. I did hope that they might continue at Huntsville for a while and rest; but perhaps it would be all for the best for them to go into East Tennessee. We are in usual health at home. Josie had a very bad cold. I have also received mine. LaMar's hand has not changed materially. All are in bed asleep except myself or doubtless the usual stock of love would be sent. Be assured of mine Your affectionate father J W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p018.jpg) North Fairfield O. Mar 12 <65> Dear Eddie We did not get any letter from you last night and feel anxious, particularly because in your last received you spoke of not being as well as you had been. But I hope may come tomorrow containing the assurance that you are better again. And I hope that the time is not distant when you may be entirely well. But try and submit to Our Heavenly Father's will and keep up a good heart. We received a letter from Tommy last night dated on ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p019.jpg) [left page] the 28." Ult He was well and they were still at or near Hunts ville. He says nothing about going to Knoxville and it was probably a false rumor that you heard. If Sheridan contin ues to work successfully in Western Virginia our force at Knoxville will not need any increase. I believe I have not before men tioned that if you send money home by Express it had better be by the way of Greenwich Station C. C. & C. R. Road. Mr Rogers would then bring over for me If you have any choice as to way of my inventing it you must mention it. Tommie stated that the Corps had been muster ed again for pay and that they were to be paid on the 15th of this month. He spoke [right page] of having received a letter from you. You will probably remember from Penfield. He goes to Sandus key to morrow to enlist in Han cock's. Veteran Cops. He is an excellent young man and we feel sad to have him go But we feel that he he makes a noble sacrifice for his country's sake and trust that the same kind Providence that guards him safe through the three years of his former term of ser vice will still preserve him and restore him once more to us. We are in our usual health at home. I am tired as usual on Sabbath evening and will have to close. Mamma sends her love. Accept mine and believe me as ever your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p021.jpg) North Fairfield O. Mar 15. 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 8" Ins. came yesterday and that to Mamma written on the 12" came to day. The former contained Sgt Smiths letter which we read with great interest knowing the connection which you had with him. I was sorry to leave from both your letters that you were not well and evidently not in very good spir its. You must try and not let your courage fail. After Chica manga, Chatanooga and other battle fields you must not yield to the discomforts of Hospital life. I hope that the same kind Providence that ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p022.jpg) kept you uninjured amid dangers so imminent will not forsake you now. The pleasant weather of spring will soon be here. Then you will be able to hobble round the grounds and will I hope feel much better. The Summer will quickly pass and have ever after the consciousness of having devoted three of the best years of your life to your country. Your letter enquiring about the Photographs, alluded to in yours to Mamma, never came. If the Photographs can be found I will mail them in this. We received a letter from Tommie to day. It was dated on the 4th Ins. He was well and in good spirits. It contained his Sergeants Warrant. How happened it that you never received yours? [right page] Your Corporals Warrant was re- ceived not long after your pro- motion to that rank but we never received your Sergeant's Did you ever get it yourself? We are about in usual health at home. My long continued cold seems at length to be getting better. Two weeks from to day my school closes and you may judge that I am not particu larly sorry. The weather has been mild today and yesterday. It seemed a little like spring. The mud shows some signs of subsiding. Mamma has been in bed a long time or doubtless she would send her love Accept mine Your affectionate father ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p023.jpg) P. S. I enclose two of the Photographs or rather three Mamma found them in your drawer J. W. H. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p024.jpg) North Fairfield O. Mar 14. 1865 Dear Eddie Your last letter (without [-]te) came on Friday evening. It contained A[-]rtines which we were very glad to read. Poor fel low his Corps has seen some heavy fighting since his letter was penned and we cannot tell where he is now. Your letter spoke of your being better. This [-]e were truly glad to learn. I had come to feel quite anxious about you and very thank ful to hope that you are improv ing. The little stories which you enclosed came also and are quite interesting specimens. I know very little yet about either mineralogy ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F3_p025.jpg) or Geology, but I believe that the the region about Cincinnati is said to be quite rich in fond remains. If so you will probably find a variety round camp - Dennison which it will interest you to gather and will be very accepta ble to me. We received a letter from Tommy last night. He was still at Hunts ville and was well.. He spoke of having just received a letter from you. We are in our usual health at home. La Mar's hand is about the same it was when he came home. He expects to go to Elyria this week to have a piece of bone taken out which appears to have flaked off from the bone of the fingers inside of his hand. I have taken cold again but hope that I may soon recover the effects [right side of page] of it. The weather has been very pleasant to day. mild and spring like, the birds singing. We have had good congregations, especially this evening. Uncle James has made us a nother visit. He is to leave to morrow morning. He hopes to call and see you before he returns home. He expects to go beyond the Mississippi before he returns. Mamma sends her love to you The rest are all in bed. Your affectionate father J.W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p001.jpg) North Fairfield O. April 3. 1865 Dear Eddie I was so tired at the close of the service last night that I could not write and I have risen early this morning so as to [---] dispatch brief notes to you and Tommy before the Mail closes. Our last from Tommie was received on Saturday evening and written at New Market East Tenn. Mar 19. He said thay had encamped the previ- ous night where you were one year ago. It now seems evident that Thomas' Army is to participate in the Virginia campaign whether by holding the mountains and cutting off Lee's retreat or by advance ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p002.jpg) cing on Lynchburg, time will proba- bly develope. Things now point I think without doubt to the speedy termination of the war. Sherman in every engagement is victorious, and the rebel territory is rapidly con tracting. I am sorry that Tommy is likely to be again exposed to the hazards of battle, but we must accept it as the soldiers lot and still trust in a gracious Provi dence. At home we are in several health La Mar's hand I think will soon re- cover with the loss of the p[--] of his fore finger and thumb. We re- moved the last piece of decaying bone on Saturday evening. It was about 2 1/2 inches long. The hand bone of his forefinger. It is now all out and the finger of course without support He did the pulling and I the cutting which was necessary. The skill of [right page] the operation made me think of some of the army surgery. How ever we were successful and his hand is now much better. The rest of us are in usual health. I have done a little gardening in the way of transplanting currant bushes building fence &-. Getting into the garden receives my old taste for that kind of work. I have lately been thinking how a vegeta ble, flower and fruit garden might succeed in the neighborhood of Toledo. What would you think of an investment in that vicinity. There is good sandy land and a market and riseing city. I feel the conviction growing on me daily that some other means of support besides the ministry will have ere very long to be sought, What would be my best plan for the future I know not. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p003.jpg) Mamma sends her love. Hoping that this may find you getting better and growing stronger I re- main Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p004.jpg) North Fairfield O. April 4. 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 28th and of the 30th both came last evening. I was truly glad to hear from you and to learn that your health was improving. Your improv ed fare and your gardening operations will both tend in that direction I think. I hope that you will enjoy your flowers. You will find that the verbena seed are slow to germinate and only a portion of what you sow will come up. They require plenty of sunshine. The little fossil which you sent came all right and is deposited ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p005.jpg) [left page] with the collection, to be arranged on some future rainy day. Soon after the reception of your letters yesterday came the news of the capture of Richmond. You may judge that the town was soon ablaze with the excitement and "ah! the people" "That dwell up in the steeple" soon began to to ring our bell again for the downfall of Rich- mond; happily in this case, not on the impulse of a false rumor. The old cannon was soon out; the boys heaped up old boxes and barrels near the fountain and applying the torch had a jolly time of it. They first find the cannon in the village and loaded so heavily that the concussion broke several windows They then took it up to the [right page] cemetery hill and continued to fire until near midnight. the old bell keeping up its melody until the same hour. As I write to night we can hear cannon firing round us, whether in com- meration of the capture of Rich mond or some other good news I know not. Thus rapidly is the Confederacy tottering to its fall. There will hardly be a stem of the edifice left by the time your term of enlistment expires. What reason have we to thank God and take cour age. And as He is just what a doom awaits those who fomented the rebellion and protracted it for four years regardless of the slaughter of its thousands of victims! La Mars hand is healing up rapidly since the bones were removed ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p006.jpg) He has a slight motion of his forefinger. His thumb is pretty stiff. He will be able to write but he thinks not to draw as he once did. But we have great reason to be thankful that is no were and that he did not have it amputated as the some of the Leavenworth surgeons advised and as I feared at times might be come necessary. The others of the family are well Josie and I have been gardening to day- The weather is very fine. Mamma sends her love. Accept mine also. Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p007.jpg) North Fairfield O. April 6. 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 2d came this morning and found us all in usual health. Your having little to write about must not deter you from writing that little for like many other little things it is very valuable to us. I am truly glad to find you so hopeful in regard to your health. Your improved regimen and out door exercise will both have the happi- est effect. I send some men flower seeds. They are climbers you know Perhaps you can accommodate them in this propensity. The morning glories are very handsome. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p008.jpg) We should very much like to see and to have some of the fancy p[--]es of which you speak. I hope that you will not be dis- appointed about your pay. If you have not invested your funds I would say that if you can get 5.20 for about 105 per [--]t (the present quotation) with the May Coupons still attached it would at the present price of gold (145) be a little better than an investment in the seven thirties. The coupons, soon due, would more than pay the premium. We received a letter from Aunt Esther this evening. She makes very kind and affectionate en quiries about you [--] well as our other children. Mamma sends a great deal of love to you and says that she would [right side of page] like to see your garden when it gets fixed and how I should like you to see ours when it is in its prime. I feel quite anxious to learn how you recived the news of the fall of Richmond in Camp It must have created some hilarity among your boys, especially if any of them have enjoyed the hospitalities of Lilly or Belle Isle I spent to day in fixing up the front porch and flower beds. The weather is very pleasant indeed. Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p009.jpg) North Fairfield O. April 11, 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 4th and of the 5th Ins. came on Friday, but as the money did not come until to day I deferred answering until this time. The money came all safe and I will invest it as soon as possible. We received a letter from Tommy of one day later date than the one enclosed in yours. He was well when he wrote. The capitulation of Lee and his army will I hope save the 4th Corps from the necessity of a battle at least in that region. Lynchburg must certainly now be given up with out a struggle. And I should think Johnson, Bragg and Beauregard would ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p010.jpg) also surrender. Little remains now to be done towards finishing up the war and with it the confederacy and all the appurtenances thereof. If those madmen had given up weeks ago or months ago when they saw that their case was hopeless how many precious lives would have been saved. I think I will invest your money in the 7,30 as you suggest. At present rates there would be but little difference between them and the 5,20. I will send the numbers of your bonds on a separate paper as I presume you will would like to retain the list. I am very grateful for your proposal for me to retain your interest but I prefer giving you credit for it. If the time comes, as it may, when I shall become helpless then I will gladly accept whatever you ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p011.jpg) North Fairfield O. April 12. 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 9" and of the 10" came this afternoon, and also the box by Express containing the Picture frames. They are a very acceptable present in deed, both to Mamma and me, on account of their beauty and especially from the fact of their being your work manship and that under circum- stances so fraught with interest to us. You may be sure they are highly priz ed. I thank you too for the fossils I have deposited them in my cabinet for examination on rainy days. I have to make garden now "when the sunshines." I think something of going to Elyria ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p012.jpg) [left page] in a few days to invest your money and also some of my own which I propose to lay by for a "rainy day" in the same way. I will get Mr Hulburt of the Nat. Bank there to procure the Bonds (7,30) for me. The 5,20 have gone up so that the former would now be the most advantages investment. I do not wonder that the Cin cinnatians burned "right smart of powder." The whole country seems exuberant with joy and justly so. The great end of the war seems to be rapidly achieved. I presume you read the Cincin nati Gazette. I have just read in it Gen. Butlers speech made at Washington on the occasion of the rejoicing over Lee's surrender.It takes what I regard the true view of the subject. I think that we will not [right page] have much celebration on Friday. Our Papers failed on Saturday and we therefore had no oportunity to give notice on Sabbath. Conse quently we will not have public service. How much powder the boys will burn in the evening I cannot say. They rented a vast amout of enthusiasm last Friday night on the strength of a rumor that Lee was captured This may possibly diminish their order the coming evening. I feel quite anxious to hear from Tommie in letters written since the news reached that part of the army. When the 4th Corps was sent into East Tennesee the soldiers felt that they were to be used in the capture of Rich mond and it will be a great relief to them I judge to hear that that work is already done ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p013.jpg) and they thereby saved the niks of a bloody battle. We last night had a lecture in our church by Capt. Oats of the 3d Ohio Cav. who was captured in East Tenn. and who had been a prisoner fourteen months. It was very interesting. The avail ment to the Soldiers Aid Lee Dr Skinner is in town and and I learn is not now a U. S. Surgeon. The cause why I do not know. Mamma sends much love and many thanks for her present. We are all well. I am truly glad to hear so favorably of your health, and thrice glad to hear you say that you can think of no business that you like better than your trade; that is what I have always desired that you should follow. With much love Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p014.jpg) North Fairfield O. April 17. 1865 Dear Eddie You of course heard of the assassi nation of the President before the news reached us. We first heard of it about 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. I had made my arrangements for the Services of the Sabbath but of course was oblig ed to change my theme. The outrageous crime, taking all the circumstances into consideration, is without parallel in history. It shows up the spirit of the confederacy in its true colors. It teaches the copperheads of the North what kind of company they are in. I believe it has made the better class of them ashamed of their associates and brought them over to the side of the Union. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p015.jpg) [left page] It shows, if there was any doubt before, what sort of enemies we have to deal with and what sort of attacks we have to guard against. But what degree of vigilance can always pro- vide security against the assassin? We yet know but little about the circumstances attending the murder. The fact that both the President and Secretary of State were attacked about the same time seems to show Conspiracy. The announcement that Gen. Grant was to be at the Theater renders it probable that his murder was intend ed also. If the truth should ever be come known I should not be surpris ed to learn that a number of our Government officers were included among the victims of the Conspirators. Well may we say with Cicero "O Tempo- ra! O Mores! (Oh the times! the manners). Little did I ever expect to live to see such days. When I became a minis [right page] ter and for many years subsequent it was a time of peace. I had been accus tomed to look upon Christianity entirely as a religion of peace. But I feel now that we need a religion which will avail us amid scenes of carnage bloodshed and treachery. While it will not lead us to seek another religion it must modify the views we have taken of the True One. It shows us that their are duties as well as gentle virtues required of us. This has been a growing feeling among our leading men that great leniency should be shown to traitors, if not a general amnesty granted them Some such dastardly act was necessary perhaps to show such what kind of men they really had to deal with and teach them that men also have carelessly dyed their hands in the blood of thousands cannot safely be allowed to run at large. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p016.jpg) I tremble for the effect of the terrible tidings upon the army. Suppose any portion should hear it just on the eve of battle. How many prisoners would be taken? Yet I hope that even our soldiers, tried as they are, will restrain themselves, and that we all may be satisfied with justice remembering the words, "Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense saith the Lord." We at home are well. Mamma sends her love, accept mine also Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p017.jpg) [paragraph rotated counterclockwise at top of page] I see by the papers that a Chaplain by the name of Griffith was arrest ed in Nashville for purloining money from sol- diers letters. Was not that the name of the man who officated at Sherman while I was there [remaining body of letter] . North Fairfield O. April 20. 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 16th Ins. came this morning. It relieved a feeling of anxiety on your account. Ever since the news of the President’s murder arrived I have been oppressed with an undefined feeling of fear which has made me more anxious than usu al about our absent ones. The knowl edge that such awful depravity can exist may well make us ask the question, Where can we be safe? I am not surprised at the effect produced on the minds of the sol- diers in your Hospital. The wonder is that they were not provoked to some act of violence. Should our ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p018.jpg) soldiers under such aggravations ex- ceed the limits of justice it must be allowed that the provocation was just about unbearable. On Friday we had no public celebration Owing to a failure of our papers I did not know until the Monday previous that the Governor had des ignated that day and there was therefore no opportunity to give public notice of a religions service. I did not regret this, for I had a feeling that the appointment was premature. Rapidly as the rebellion seemed to be crumbling away I felt that other battles had yet to be fought, and that the observ ance of any days now would de tract from the interest of a general day to be observed when peace was restored throughout all our borders. When we heard of the as- sasination of the President, I ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p019.jpg) Tommie since I wrote last. His last letter was written at Bull's Gap, on the 3d Ins. He was then well. I enclose in this a brief note received, through the Dead Letter Office, this evening. It will serve to remind you of Nash- ville experience. Mamma sends much love. She received a letter from Grand ma to night. She makes kindly mention of you and seems to wish that you would write to her. She says that on the 18th Ins. she was 81 years old. With much love I am Your affectionate father J.W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p020.jpg) North Fairfield O. April 22. 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 18th and 19th Ins.s came yesterday. We were very glad to hear from you again and to know that you were well. I am thankful to say that we also are well. To day the weather has been very cold. We had sever- al snow squalls though the snow did not remain on the ground any length of time. It is so cold to night that I feel a little afraid that our fruit may be injured. We have a prospect, in our garden and yard, of some currants, straw- berries, raspberries, blackberries, Cherries and apples, and possibly a few ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p021.jpg) peaches and bunches of grapes if the post does not injure them. You cannot think how glad we were to receive your picture. We think it an excellent like- ness and makes you look well, The contrast between the expression on it and that on the one taken at Louisville is significant. One shows how you looked going into the war and the other how you feel in prospect of coming out un- maimed. I was quite surprized this even ing to receive another letter from the Dead Letter Office and it con- taining the $5.00 which I sent you while at Sherman Hospital. I certainly never expected to see that greenback again. But it has come. So that all money in trusted to the Mail, to you or by you to us has at last turn [right side of page] ed up all night. With the ex ception of the ink - stand which I sent to you while in Hospital at Chattanooga I do not know of any thing's being lost. I send the letter as I thought it might interest you. It was written during one of our dark seasons though as you will see by we had just had our hopes raised by the reception of your letters. I hope such times may never re turn. We have not heard from Tommie since I wrote before and of course we are very anxious to hear from him. I find no allusions to the 4th Corps in the papers and therefore do not know what they are doing. Stoneman has made a rigorous raid, but the Infantry do not appear to have had any hand in it. The rumor about ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p022.jpg) Johnson's surrender it appears was premature. If his army was disposed of I think the war would be about ended. I think it possible that the 4th Corps may be called on yet to aid Sherman though I hope that he will do the work before they can get to him. Your success in fishing makes us wish that we had the same opportunities in our neighborhood. We only get the "small fry" here. The little shells came all safe, and are added to my collection. I am going to gather as great a variety as I can. As you ready the daily papers you can see the tone of feeling in re- gard to the Presidents murder. There seems to be a universal feeling now that the rebel leaders must be pun ished as they deserve. Mamma sends much love, ac cept mine also. Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p023.jpg) North Fairfield April 26. 1863 Dear Eddie Yours of the 24th received this afternoon finds us all well. The snow squalls of last Saturday and Sunday have given place to warm summer weather. This evening we are having a pleasant rain accompanied by a little lightning. It comes very timely as the ground was becoming quite dry. Yesterday we received a letter from Tommie. It was written on the 11th at Greenville Tenn. They had just returned from a raid over the mountains into N. Car olina. They advanced as far as ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p024.jpg) [left page] Ashville and returned. He said that he was well but very foot sore. He hoped to be home by the 4th of July. That is sooner than I expect to see him. I think that Gen. Sherman's most unaccount able conduct will tend to protract the war. I fully expected him to capture Johnson, while it would almost seem that Johnson had captured him. You notice that the Gazette speaks of it as Sher- man's surrender. The plan must have been concocted before the murder of the President and a every body was disposed to be liberal to the rebels Sherman seemed determined to be more liberal than all. I hope that before this letter reaches you a change will have taken place in that department that will speedily put a new aspect on af-[right page] fairs. Much as I regret the death of the President I think that A. Johnson's policy as indicated in his speeches is better adapted to the state of the times than Mr Lincoln's was. I forget now whether I had prev iously acknowledged the receipt of your Chevrons or not. They came all safe. Mrs Curron handed them to Mamma. I have seen the Sergeant home two or three times since you left us. Acting as Hospital Steward gave you a new experience in Military life. Every such thing helps at least to enlarge the bounds of your knowledge and is therefore so much gained. In an account of the siege of Mobile Gen. Gilbert's name is mentioned, is it he at whose ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p025.jpg) Head Quarters you were? It seems that he was very near being blown up with a torpedo but fortunately escaped without injury. Your affectionate father J.W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p026.jpg) North Fairfield O. April 29. 1863 Dear Eddie I have not received any letter from you since I last wrote One came from Tommie day before yesterday. He was well and still at Greenville East Tenn. He seemed quite confident that the Regt. would be mustered out before this term of service expired. He expected to be home by the 4th of July. But I do not look for this. He had heard of the surrender of Lee but not of the murder of the President. I am waiting very anxiously to learn the result of Gen. Grants going to N. Carolina. The more I think of Gen. Shermans course the more ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p027.jpg) inexplicable does it seem. Even the Coperhead Press does not seem to favor his course and all true Union men can do nothing else than condemn it. I presume that he will be superceded, but that will not prevent the evil effects of his most extraordinary procedure. You of course have heard of the killing of Booth. My first feeling was that of regret that he was not captured alive but on reflection I think it is well that he is dead. He seems to have had a morbid idea that he would be come famous as the Assassin of Mr Lincoln, and had he been captured alive and tried he would have had much opportunity of gratifying that kind of vanity. Every letter he would write and every thing he would say [---] would have been paraded in the public [next page] prints. He would have been, in a sense, lionized. We are now saved all such disgusting exhi bitions. I designed [--] going to Norwalk, perhaps to Elyria or Cleveland on Monday, should my life be spared. I go for the purpose of in vesting your money and also some of my own which I purpose to lay by for a rainy day. I will write again on my return. I have to day been making a work bench which I have long needed. I have procured lumber for a grape arbor which I expect to put up next week. I wish you were at home to help me build it. I have a plan which I think will answer pretty well but it will probably show that it was not the work of a mechanic. We are all well at home ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F4_p028.jpg) sabbath eveng April 30. A hard rain storm set in this afternoons and still continues. This will prevent my going to Norwalk tomorrow as I had intended to walk, and that would be impos sible until the roads dry up. Mamma sends her love, accept mine also. Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p001.jpg) North Fairfield O. May 3. 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 26th Ult. was received yesterday morning. I do not wonder that your interest in your flowers has declined somewhat. When I read the order of the secretary of War to discharge all sol- diers in Hospitals who no longer needed medical treatment I felt that we would soon have the pleasure of seeing you at home. If you are soon to leave your garden you cannot feel the interest you would if there was a prospect of your staying all summer. Mamma says you must "come by strawberry time" by all means. "She says this because there is the prospect of our abundant crop. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p002.jpg) In fact there is that of fruit generally. I yesterday invested $2.50. for you in the 7/30 loan. It was the best thing I could as the 5.20<10> now are at a pre mium of 9 per cent with the coupons at tached and gold has fallen and no doubt will come down much lower. I also sold the May coupons. Your share of the proceeds was about $25. Willie and I walked to Norwalk for the purpose of attending to this busi ness. We had a pleasant journey thither but it began to rain just as we started home and we had a sweet time as you may judge I thought of the soldier's tramps Mamma sends a few flowers enclosed as specimens. I will have to close as it is almost time for the Mail. I was too tired last night to write. Mamma sends her love. Accept mine also Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p004.jpg) North Fairfield O. May 5. 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 1st Ins. was re- ceived this morning. I was very glad to hear from you again and to know that you were so well. We had read the Order of the Secretary of War and supposed it would lead to your dis- charge, but I was not sure that you were not still under "medical treat- ment;" and thought that in any event it would require some time to carry out the order. But we hope that it will not be very long before you are with us again. I hope the rumor about the 124th going to Texas is not time It would be a sad disappointment to Tommie, He has confidently counted ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p005.jpg) on getting home before long. Though I have cautioned him not to be too hopeful as they would probably be needed until their time of enlistment had expired. I do not suppose that there will be much fighting to do any where, but the climate of Texas in summer would be a severe strain of his northern constitution. We received a letter from Auntie Esther this afternoon containing quite a lot of Flower seed, which she said she had intended to send to you, but had concluded that you would now soon be sent home and therefore sent it to us. I will plant it and take care of it for you so that you may have the benefit of it when you come home. If you go to Marietta I wish you would collect mineralogical speci mens on the way for me – of coal ision o[-] & you will be in local[new page] ities where they abound, either nat urally or in connection with the iron furnaces. Mamma wishes to know whether you sent one of your recent photo graphs to Grandma. She thinks it would please her very much. It is the best likeness you have ever had taken and I am very glad we have so good a one of you. It is probably the last you will have taken before donning the citi zen's garb. Mamma sends much love and wishes you (as I do) to beware of oil speculations when you get to Marietta. Some fortunes have been made and probably not a few lost. With much love I remain Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p007.jpg) North Fairfield O. May 10. 1865 Dear Eddie We have not received any letter from you since I last wrote. One came from Tommy last night. It was written on the 29th at Nashville He had heard the same rumor that had reached you about their going to Texas but still was fondly cherishing the hope that the 1862 men would not be included in the expedition. He said that it was reported that the Corps was to be reorganized and hereafter to con- sist of veterans are the nearly en- listed men. He seems so confident about getting home soon that it will be a sad disappointment to ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p008.jpg) him if they should be sent off thith er. I believe that neither Dick Taylor's mr Keily Smith's army has surrender ed yet and the 4th Corps may have to be employed against one or the other. We are all pretty well at home except that I have taken cold The weather is pleasant and all things round us look beautiful. Heather Whitman was married yesterday and has gone with her hus band to reside at Fort Wayne. We shall miss her from our church and congregation very much. One of our neighbors has suffered in the loss of a Son by that terrible ca tastrophe, the loss of the Sultana. His case is a very hard one. He is an old man. Last fall I mar ried his only daughter who left them for a distant part of the state. There were present at the wedding [right side of page] their two sons, one of them married, the other remaining at home and assisting his father in conducting the farm. Soon the Draft came on and this son was drafted, he was immediately sent to the front and as soon as he arrived was engaged in the battle at Franklin. He was there captured- His parents for a long time knew not whether he was living or dead. He was at length heard from and a few weeks ago paroled and immediately wrote home. But he em barked on the ill fated vessel and was lost. His old father came daily to the village to examine the papers and had the lists of the killed. He had begun to hope that his son was not among them as his name did not appear. But yesterday it came. The poor old man was crushed. This is but one of ten thousand cases; but knowing the parties so will we feel ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p009.jpg) it the more. Oh what will not the leaders of the rebellion have to answer for "when the Lord makes inquisition for blood"! Mamma sends her love, accept mins also. Hoping that it may not be very long before we can greet you at home I remain Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p010.jpg) North Fairfield O. May 12. 1865 Dear Eddie We yesterday received your letter of the 7th and to day one written on the 5th Ins. not in the order of their writing from some strange, though not unusual p(---) of the Mail. For of all irregular concerns that of the Mail on the C. C. & C. road exceeds in queer habits I get my Cincinnatti Gazette from all points of the Compass except East and hardly ever in the order in which the numbers are is sued. When I come to think of it, it was $250. that I invested instead of that many cents, but mistakes will happen. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p011.jpg) your vegetable garden is ahead of ours; we have no Radishes large e- nough for the table yet, if I except Horseradish. That and Spinach is all our garden has yielded us thus far. No, I forgot the Pie Plant. Last night we had a severe post which has killed a good many things and injured others. The extent of the damage is not yet apparent. It will lesson amount of many things on which we had counted. Even the strawberries, though we covered them were quite injured. Half the foliage on the Grape vines was killed, though they were also killed. I have finished my Grape arbor and trellis. It is a plain con cern but will answer the end of supporting the vines if the frost does not kill them. Though your interest in your flowers, soon to be left, naturally [right page] declines, you must keep them in good order until the day you leave the Hospital. They may glad den the eye of some poor soldier less fortunate than yourself who may have to remain after you are permitted to return to your home. I presume that Dennison will be long retained as a sort of permanent institution for disabled sol diers, or at least until some other provision can be made by the State for them. I expect that it will take a long time to muster out those whose discharge has already been ordered I know that it involves a vast a- mount of work. We yesterday received a letter from Tommie dated on the 5th and written near Nashville. He was very busy making up the Company accounts and hoping for a speedy return home. I do not now think ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p012.jpg) that they will be sent to Texas, unless our Government may think it best to have a force on the boundary of Mexico. Even in that case they would probably selected troops who had a longer time to serve than the 124th has. It does now look probable that we may have a reunion of our whole family once more, an event which I did not dare to hope for when you first went forth to the war. Even yet I feel, warned as I am by many sad ex amples, that "we know not what a day may bring forth," an rejoice with trembling as I look forward. Mamma sends much love. Remember me to Dr Walden, my connection with him at Nashville will always give me an interest in him. With much love Your affectionate father I W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p013.jpg) North Fairfield O. May 14. 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 10th Ins. was re- ceived yesterday. You speak of hav ing a sore throat, at the same time I suffered very much from one. It is now entirely well, and I believe my cold was cured by laudanum, which seems the most effective remedy I can use. How pleasant it must seem to you no longer to have to be dressing sores. It is almost a year now since you first began to be sick. Is not this day the anni versary of the battle of Resaca? What a melancholy interest these days will have as they return in future years. I have expected a delay in ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p014.jpg) executing the order for mustering out and are therefore not surprised at what you say. I have no doubt that for the very reason you men- tion it will be allowed to drag slowly along. You will have learned ere this that the 124th is at Nash ville. I have often wondered that so little is published about the 4th Corps. I guess Gen. Thomas does not keep any "corespondent" in his employ, You underrate your photograph. While the work is not first rate, the likeness is, in our judgments. It makes you look better and more natural we think than any likeness we have, and we there fore prize it very much. Our cold weather last week has I find done considerable injury to the fruit and in the garden. I do not know how it will effect [right page] the apples but all other kinds of fruit are very much injured. My sweet potatoes are pretty much all killed. Perhaps I can get other plants. The weather has been pleasant to day. When you come home you will find some changes have occurred. "Pinkey" that you used to play with and plague is dead. He pined away gradually and finally died. A red squirrel has taken up his abode in the barn and is becoming quite tame and will make a nice pet if the bog do not kill . He sometimes takes journey outside of his camp with out regard to the Bushwhackers that are lying in wait. I mentioned the case of Mr Kings son, supposed to be lost on the Sultana Word has now come that he escaped though badly scalded I hope it is ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p015.jpg) true that he is alive though the in telligence may not be correct. Feeling rather tired to night as I usually do on sabbath evening I must close. Mamma sends much love accept mine also. Your affectionate father J W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p016.jpg) North Fairfield O. May 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 14th came this morning and found us all well. I should have been sorry to receive so short a letter had I not hoped that your being so busy gave indications that it would not be very long be fore we would see you in person. I suppose that you were busy making out Dis- charge papers etc. and hope that you or some one else may soon make out your own. Mamma says that she can hardly wait until the time ar- ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p017.jpg) rives. Some of soldiers from this town have already returned home; and some have come whom I hardly know whether to call soldiers or not. About two months ago several enlisted and received heavy bounties $500. or more and they are now returning without even having been organized into Regiments or gone beyond Columbus! A strenuous ef fort was made by the town to avoid the Draft and some are now feeling a little sore over the large subscriptions they paid, and that all for nothing. For it appears that there would have been no Draft had they not made up the quo ta. I have not received any letter from Tommy since I last[new page] wrote. I have seen, as doubtless you have, an account of the grand review of the 4th Corps. Mamma sends her love; accept mine also. Your affectionate father J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p019.jpg) . North Fairfield O. July 24. 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 22d Ins. was received this afternoon. The $2.50/100 of which you speak as being enclosed was not however in it. I presume you forgot to enclose it. I am glad you have obtained employment. It will not present you from getting a more advan -tageous position should such offer. I have marked your tool chest and will send it by Uncle Frank to morrow if he goes. He at least will take it over on Wednesday. A letter from Cyrus which came while we were in Elyria and which Josie forwarded to Elyria ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p020.jpg) [--]s sent back to this place on Friday. I will remail it again to you when we know where to send it. Mamma wishes me to say that she is much pleased with her skirt and sends her thanks for it. With much love I am Your affectionate father I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p021.jpg) P.S. I hope that your hip will not trouble you seriously. Still you need to be careful. The present warm weather must be trying but it will soon be over. Your hands will soon get accustomed to the work. . North Fairfield O. Aug. 3. 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 30" Ult. came this afternoon. We were very glad to hear from you and to know that you were so comfortably situated. I am particularly glad to learn that you are boarding at Mr Dar row's. I think you could not find a better place. I felt very much afraid that you might not find an agreeable boarding place. But in Mr Darrows fam ily I doubt not you will find a home. I feel that you are fortunate in your place of busi ness. What you really want is an opportunity to improve your ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p022.jpg) knowledge of the business. Wages at the present are only a secondary consideration. You receive enough to cover your expenses and in- crease your stock of tools and as you say in a years time will be prepared to do better. It seems now pretty certain that the R. Road through this place will be completed. They have I believe not begun work on it but are taking, I understand, the neces sary preliminary legal steps towards doing so. About one year I believe is allowed to have the cars running. I have never heard from your uncle La Mar in reference to the Burlington Collegiate Insti tute, but a short note received from Mr. Carnahan (now in that place) informs me that your uncle is to visit them [new page] in reference to the business and is expected there on the 8" Ins. He will doubtless stop here either on his way out or on his return. We are looking for him now every day. In the course of two or three weeks I will probably know what will come out of that matter. You need not at present mention any thing about this. I do not wish it to be known here un- til I know something certain myself. This day has associations of deep interest to me. It is the anniversary of the first one I spent with you at Nashville; About this time one year ago yesterday I stepped in to ward No 10. The weather was very much as it is now. Could I have foresaw where you would ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p023.jpg) be and how you would one year after that time, a heavy load of anxiety would have been rolled from my mind. How merciful God has been to us all. I have arranged all your letters written during the war, from the first writ- ten at Cincinnati, on the Squirrel Hunting Expedition, to the last from Camp Dennison, just pre vious to your muster out. As I looked over the different ones how vividly the anxious hours of the war were recalled. Now happily over, may they never return! Mamma sends her love. Rem ember me kindly to Mr and Mrs Darrow and to Mrs Hall (Hannah sounds more natural) I forgot to mention that the note enclosing the money for L[---]ie came safe. With much love I am Your affectionate father I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p024.jpg) . North Fairfield O. Aug. 11. 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 6" Ins. came last evening. We were very glad to hear from you and to know that you were well. We are all pretty well except Josie. He has had the ague but is now better He has gone to work again this morning. Your uncle La Mar spent the Sabbath with us. He came on Saturday evening and left on Monday for Burlington Iowa. He could not tell whether he would accept the offer of the Board of Trustees of the University until he saw how matters stood and what the prospects were ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p025.jpg) of establishing a good School. If he should conclude to engage in the enterprise and if there should be work enough to require another Male teacher he wishes me to join with him. Of course I cannot tell until I hear from him what I will do. He will write as soon as he knows any thing certain himself. If all things warranted it I should be glad to stay here. But the church does not prosper as I could wish and the necessity of teaching school as well as being paster in order to meet the expenses of living involves more labor than I am capable of enduring for any length of time together. I do not expect to receive more in Burlington than I have here from both church and school but I should hope to have easierwork. As soon as I know anything certain I will write to you about it. In regard to the R. Road through this place the feeling is that is to finished in the course of a year but I do not know certainly about it as I do not understand the condition of the business. Perhaps if we should go west you might prefer a home be yond the Mississippi. If your uncle does not settle at Burling ton he still thinks of remain ing in the West. He has some thoughts of buying a farm in Iowa. He will probably do that after awhile whether he teaches or not. You must thank Hannah for her baby's photographs. When I saw that there was a photograph in the letter I supposed that ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p026.jpg) you had had another taken and expected to see your face. But instead I saw Hannah's. It was not necessary to read the note to guess whose baby it was. It is the very image of its mother "Bless it," Mamma thinks it must be very good to sit so quiet with its little hands crossed. She recognized it too; though she had no expecta tion where [--] it was until she saw the resemblance. If I need any think from Cleve land I shall be glad to avail myself of your offer. If I remain here I shall probably have to buy a lot of Books when our term begins. Mamma sends her love, accept mine also and believe me as ever Your affectionate father I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p027.jpg) 51. North Fairfield O. Aug 18. 1865 Dear Eddie Yours of the 13" was received on Tuesday but I deferred answering it until I heard from uncle La Mar. His letter came last evening and the result is I am not going to Bur- lington this winter. He has taken the school on trial. His prospects are not such as to warrant the employ- ment of an additional male teach er at present. Mr. Carnahan also wrote me on the subject and he is sure that by next spring I will be with them and the enterprise a success. Perhaps? He says I must then come "bag, baggage and boys." I am glad not to be required to go ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p028.jpg) this fall. I had made an engagement with the school for the fall and win- ter terms and was very loathe not to fulfill it. There is also an implied understanding with the church not to leave without a three month's notice. Though that matter could easily have been arranged. I now suppose that La Mar Tommy and Josie will all go west soon. Their plan is (and I think it will be carried out) to take up land under the Homestead Law, build a cabin and go to work with the intention of devoting themselves to farming. If the Burlington enterprise fair I may join them in the spring though of course we know not what a day may bring forth. La Mar has written to Land Offices in Missouri which he thinks will be the best place. He has also written to Washington for a copy of the Homestead Law and will probably have answers in a few [new page] days. I believe if such an undertaking is perseveringly carried out it will en- sure their future prosperity though in volving years of hard work before they reap the fruits of their labor. But such a life has an independence about it not to be secured where a man is a "hired servant" of either one or many masters. Your uncle will of course not re- turn, as he has taken the school, and therefore, you cannot have, for the present, the opportunity of seeing him. I cannot learn any thing definite about the Rail Road here. There is a vague feeling that it is to be fin- ished in a few months but I cannot trace it to any very reliable founda- tion. My own stay is becoming so un certain that I do not feel the interest in it I once did. We are all pretty well. Josie has ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p029.jpg) not had another chill, though he had symptoms of one last Saturday which were checked by quinine. Mamma sends her love Accept mine and believe me as ever Your affectionate father I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p030.jpg) North Fairfield O. Sp. 16. 1865 Dear Eddie The Books came last even ing but no Bill accompanied them and consequently I do not know what to charge for them. I wish three others; viz, 1 Well's Nat. Philosophy, 1 Davies Le Gendre, 1 AEneid of Virgil (Author). If you are likely to get home by next Saturday bring them with you, if not have Mr Cobb to send them by Express. If you should not have money enough to make all your purchases necessary before going west you had better go out to Elyria and get the Bind there and sell it and ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F5_p031.jpg) use the proceeds. We can settle the accounts when you get home. I think you had better go with La Mar and assist in selecting the Land. I forgot to say that I received your letter and are very glad indeed that you had concluded to go with the boys. I believe that will be the best for us all in the long run. If Providence permits I think it will not be many months before Mamma and I join you. In great haste Your affec[-] father I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p001.jpg) Sherman Hospital Ward 10, Nashville Tenn. Aug. 9. 1864 Dear Wife I am sorry to have to say this morning that I think that Eddie is no better; I fear he is worse. He is weaker. Last night he was quite delirious, and I much feared that he would die in the night. But this morning his mind is clear and calm and his pulse is not so frequent. He suffers terribly from his sores. There is no position in which he can be placed in bed without out his lying on one or the other. He is usually a little better every other day. Yesterday should have been his better day and I was disappointed to find him worse. I am sorry to write thus, but it is what I believe to be the truth. He may recover ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p002.jpg) but I much fear he will not. When I first came I hoped that he might better and that I might get him home, but these hopes have almost entirely vanished. I asked him this morning what I should say to you. He said "Give my love and tell her I do as well as I can." I asked him if he felt better. He said "No," he "was afraid that he was worse." But let us, dear wife, trust in God in this dark hour. He may raise up our beloved boy here; if not He will at the glorious resurrection morning. Eddie fretted last night because he was so weak that he could not even fix his mind to perform his devotions. I told him Christ did not require im- possibilities of him. He must trust in Him. Hoping that you and and the boys are well I am Your affectionate Husband I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p003.jpg) Sherman Hospital Ward 10. Nashville Tenn. Aug. 10. 1864 My Dear Wife Though I was compelled to write so unfavorably yesterday I am glad to be able to write more cheer fully this morning. Eddie rested better last night than he has done since I have been here. If it were not for his sores he would have rested comparatively well I have some hope that a favorable crisis in his disease has been pas- sed. The doctor consented with some reluctance to allow him stewed tomatoes. He craved them and has enjoyed them very much and with no unfavorable results. I have taken the responsibil ity of giving him tea which he also enjoys very much and I think it has a good effect on ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p004.jpg) him. He has been compelled to lie on one side and in one position for several days and now that hip is becoming very sore. There is now no position in which he can lie without pres- sing on some one of his ulcers. He sends his love to you and says tell her "I feel a good deal better to day." The doctors say these ulcers are the effect of bad nursing. I shall have not a little to tell you on that subject if I am spared to get home. I have thus far kept pretty well my- self and hope with care to be able to do so. Eddie is too helpless to leave yet. I am anxious to stay until he is able to shift for himself. It would be awful to leave him here in a helpless state. I hope that you and the boys are well. With much love to you all I am your affectionate husband I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p005.jpg) Sherman Hospital Ward 10, Nashville Tenn. Aug. 10. 1864 My Dear Wife I am thankful to be able to write this morning that Eddie is still improving. Of course having been as low as he has the change from day to day is not very great. Still it is quite perceptible. He is now able to move himself in bed a little. This is quite a relief to him. He has very good and proper diet prepared for him. Stewed tomatoes, oyster soup and tea have constituted his last three meals. There is abundance of food and that in great variety provi ded for the Hospital. A rough spoken but kind hearted Irishman who occupies the next cot to Eddie's told me that the reason why the Surgeon thought so much of Eddie was that his con versation was so "nice." He talked to ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p006.jpg) the Doctor “just as if he was a lady”. While some of the young men would use vulgar language &c, Eddie never wants to go to the Front again. He is tired of fighting. He hopes that on his recovery he may be detached to perform some work here. There is a great deal to do for the government in almost every department of busi ness. But under the most favorable cir- cumstances it must be several weeks before he can do any kind of work. Since I have been here the weather has been continuously hot, night and day until last night. It became then cool and pleasant and at this early morn ing hour it is still so. I do not think that I could endure the climate very long. I last evening wrote to Grand ma giving her an account of Eddie. Hoping that you and the boys are well I am your affectionate husband. J. W. Hay hurst [text rotated counterclockwise on left side of page] Eddie sends his love and says that he is improving slowly every day. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p007.jpg) 4. Sherman Hospital Ward 10 Nashville Tenn. Aug 11. 1864 My Dear Wife Eddie is better this morn ing. His fever is lighter and he is growing a little stronger. He wishes me to say to you that he is doing very well. By laying pillows under him in such a way as to raise his sore hips off the bed we have relieved his pain and suffering considerably. Last night he was able to sleep con siderably. I now hope that the crisis of the disease is past and if no mis hap occurs I hope that he will recover. He thinks that my coming has saved his life, and I am not sure it is not so. If he had recovered under the circumstances in which I found him it would have been like a miracle. I can tell you ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p008.jpg) more particularly about his circumstances when I get home. And I long to be there and breathe pure air once more. I do not wish to live in the South. Ever since I have been here it has been con tinuously hot, until this morning. Now it is cloudy and a slight breeze makes it comfortable. But it may be very hot again by 10 o'clock. Ed die suffers very much from the heat and from the flies. You would grow crazy were you here among them. The money which I sent him ($5.00 and $[--] to Nashville) and two to Chat tanooga he has never got. He sup poses that it came when he was in sensible and was stolen. I found in his bed the letter written by me the day after I forwarded the money but not the one which contained it. There were about four days during which he was unconscious. He has no recollection of what transpired during that time, and of course there was oppor tunity for the theft. What a terrible sit uation for one to be placed in. I have things to tell you when I get home too bad to put on paper. I am getting to be quite anxious a- bout home. This is now the eleventh day since I left. I think dayly about you wondering whether the girls have come and whether Lamar has. I hope now from present appearances to be home by the latter part of next week. If my own health holds out I wish to stay with Eddie that long by which time I now hope that he will be able to help himself a little. Give my love to the boys and keep the largest share for yourself Your affectionate husband J. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p009.jpg) Sherman Hospital Ward 10. Nashville Tenn. Aug. 13. 1864 Dear Wife I send you my usual morning dispatch. Eddie wishes me to tell you that he is getting along first rate; That he has a ravenous appetite and that he wishes you were here or rather that he was there to eat our potatoes, stringed beans &c. His fever has almost if not entirely left him. His sores are his chief trouble and they are improving. He has got so now that he can turn from one side to the other without assistance. It is quite pleasant this morning though it will probably be very hot by 10 o'clock I am well. For two days I was not very well but by care in my diet, I soon got over my difficulty. Much of the sickness in the Hospital is caused by improper eating. green corn, green apples, unripe pears, water melons, every thing almost the soldiers buy and eat with but little discretion ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p010.jpg) No wonder the Diarrhea prevails. I am be- ginning to think about my return. I hope Providence permitting to get home next Sat urday. I wish to stay till the last mo- ment with Eddie allowing myself merely time enough to reach home by Sabbath. But something may occur to prevent my getting home so soon and you must not be worried if I fail to be there at the time mentioned I write now according to my present im pressions. I regard Eddie's case now as entirely hopeful. His countenance this morning looks well. The turning point seems to have been on last Monday night. He was then quite delirious and I feared that he would not see the morning. But when morn ing came he was better and has con tinued to improve from that time. He says and I think it is so that my com ing just when I did saved his life. So I did well to obey our strong impulses prompting me to go to Nashville. The hand of God was in it. Give my love to the boys, Your affectionate husband I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p011.jpg) Sherman Hospital Ward 10. Nashville Tenn Aug. 14. 1864. Dear Wife Eddie is still improving but he will not be able under the most favorable circumstances to endure the journey home even if I could get him a furlough. I shall be obliged to come home without him. But before coming I will do my best towards securing him a furlough. I think it possible that he may never go to the front again. There is so much that he can do here that it is very possible he may be detailed and remain. This is his wish. I received your letter enclosing Tommie's last evening and was glad to hear from him and also from home. I was becoming quite anxious. I am so sorry to be absent while the girls are ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p012.jpg) with you. I wish they could remain until I return. If this reaches you before they leave persuade them to do so. I hope they may enjoy themselves as much as possible under the cir cumstances. Yesterday a father came here from Morrow County Ohio to see his son but found that he had been burried three days before his arrival. A father & mother also came yesterday from Philadelphia for the same purpose and to meet with the same bitter disappointment. God has thus favored us above others. This morning a new arrival of patients, 50 in number reached this Hospital. Ten were added to this ward. They are variously injured but none very seri oulsy. Eddie’s has been the worst case since I came. A man died the day of my arrival but before I came. Eddie sends his love to you, Aunties and the boys. He wishes that his aunties would stay until he comes which he hopes to do in [text rotated counterclockwise on left side of page] a month or two. With much love, Your affectionate husband I. W. Hay hurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p013.jpg) [number 7 written in pencil in upper left corner, number 13 written in red pencil over main paragraph] Sherman Hospital Ward 10. 7. Nashville Tenn. Aug. 15. 1864 My Dear Wife I yesterday received a letter or rather Eddie did dated on the 9th He was then well. Eddie slept pretty well last night. His fever has pretty much gone. His sores are his chief troub ble now. They appear to be slowly im- proving and no new ones are making their appearance. Having to lie propped up off the bed by pillows it makes his back ache. After spending now almost two weeks by his bed-side I have come to the conclusion that we know very little about the typhoid fever from our experience in Elyria. If it were possible to bring Eddie home now I should be very reluctant to remove him from the care of the surgeons who are managing his case here unless we could have that of Dr Lamprell. I do not think that he could endure [text rotated counterclockwise on left side of page] Eddie sends his love ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p014.jpg) the journey under three or four weeks and then comes the trouble of getting a furlough. I cannot hope to bring him with me. The utmost I expect is to remain with him until he is able to help himself a little. The surgeon yesterday prescribed oysters for him. These and stewed tomatoes, milk toast & Boiled milk constituted his supper last night. He gives him very little medicine now. I think probably that he now needs food only. The weather is still very hot. We have had no cool days since I have been here. I long for cool weather and an escape from the foul air of the Hospital. How sweet the atmosphere at home will seem. Should I fail to reach home by Satur day you may expect me without fail sometime next week. Hoping that you and the boys are well and that the girls are yet with you I am with much love Your affectionate husband I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p015.jpg) Sherman Hospital Ward 10. Nashville Tenn. Aug. 16. 1864 My dear Wife I will write my last letter previous to starting home. For though I do not expect to start until Tuesday the 23d a letter written after this time would probably not reach you before my arrival. Unless some unlooked for change occurs you may look for me on Wednesday night next. By that time I hope Eddie may be able to help himself a little. His sore are now his only trouble. He suffers terribly when they are dressed and has still to be propped up with pillows to keep them off the bed. He cannot yet sit up at all but gains a little strength every day. His appetite is very good. He said just as I sat down to write this morning "I tell you what I would like; To sit down at a table, with some nice white bread and butter, Tea with ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p016.jpg) milk in it, pickled tomatoes such as you used to make, and Mamma to preside over it." He may enjoy this wish though it will weeks before his strength will admit of his taking the journey necessary to bring him where he can. I yesterday received a letter from Capt. Bullock in an swer to a note which I sent him about Eddies condition. He speaks very kindly about Eddie. I will bring the letter when I come. He also wrote a letter to Eddie which I will also bring home with me. Eddie sends his love to you and says he "will be home by and by and eat some of your good grub." Hoping that you are all well and that in a few days I may be permitted to meet you all again I am dear wife Your affectionate husband I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p017.jpg) Sherman Hospital Ward 10. Nashville Tenn. Aug. 18. 1864 My Dear Wife I am sorry to have to write less encouragingly about Eddie this morning. I did not write yesterday and did not expect to again before returning. But I now fear that event may be delayed. I supposed that his fever had entirely subsided but it has returned again to some extent. He suffers excruciatingly from his sores and this may cause the return of the fever. I have reason to fear that a new abscess is forming, though not a very large one. But it discour- ages him and delays if it does not endanger his recovery. At first I had expected to start home to day but can not bear to leave him in so helpless a condition. I am greatly disappointed about him. When his fever subsided and his appetite became good I thought ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p018.jpg) that with care the danger was past. But he is not held at all as we were in Elyria. His hip now pains him most The slightest movement causes intense suffering. It requires two of us to lift him when he has to be taken up and with all our care we cannot avoid hurt ing him. I presume I shall get home next week but cannot now tell on what day. His appetite is pretty good but does not increase much. In some respects he has better treatments here than he could have in Fairfield. I mean surgical treatment. They have appliances here that we could not have at home. But if you could have charge of his clothing, bedding, cooking &c it would be of great comfort to him. Still things are better than you might expect. He sends his love to you all. Give mine to the girls if they are still with you, and to the boys. Hoping that God may sustain us all I am affectionately yours I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p019.jpg) [the number 16 written in red over first paragraph of letter] 10. Sherman Hospital Ward 10. Nashville Tenn. Aug. 19. 1864 Dear Wife Eddie sends his love to you this morning and wishes me to say that he feels better. I think he is a little better. His fever is lighter and his sores look better. They had looked bad for a few days and I felt quite discouraged. I feel more hopeful this morning. He ate with better relish. I wish you would tell brother Cole or Adams how things are. It would be cruel for me to leave him at pres- ent. If they can make an arrange ment with Elder Whitman or any one else to supply the pulpit until my return I will make it all right when I get home. It has rained every day since I came here and has been intensely hot until last night, which was cool. I have so far kept middling well and ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p020.jpg) hope I may be able to hold out as long as it is necessary for me to stay. Eddie made me feel very sad yesterday by talking about his plans for the future He wishes to buy a little place so as to secure a home for us. Poor fellow I felt at the time very doubtful about his hopes ever being realized; but this morning he seems better. I think prob ably his fever is now owing to the in- tense pain of his sores. It does not seem like the typhoid. I dreamed of being at home last night. I thought Eddie Ja[--] had a fine crop of corn. If he is at home I hope he will take good care of the garden and keep the weeds down. I would like the celery kept free from weeds. Nothing else need be done to it until I return. I will continue to write every morning as usual until I am ready to start home. Give my love to the girls if they are still with you and to the boys reserving the largest share for yourself. Your affectionate hus band I.W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p021.jpg) [the number 17 is written in red over the beginning of the letter] 11. Sherman Hospital Ward 10. Nashville Tenn. Aug 21. 1864 My Dear Wife If Eddie continues to do as well as he is now doing I hope to get home by Friday night or Sat urday morning. I think his fever is entirely gone. His appetite is very good and his sores, his chief difficulty now, are improving. I will however ask the opinion of the Surgeon as to the pro priety of my leaving before I do so. Be fore leaving I will do all I can to wards his getting a furlough when he is able to travel. He feels and I feel that even if his strength was sufficient to endure the fatigue of a homeward journey it would not be wise to leave the surgical care which he here has until he no longer needs it. I am very sorry to leave him be fore he can take care of himself but I will leave him in the hands of ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F6_p022.jpg) good nurses. I have kept pretty well myself but begin to long very much to sit down once more at our own table. There is no deficiency of food here either in quantity or variety but I prefer home diets. The extreme cases like Eddies are favored. He has had stewed oysters for several days now. Peaches and sugar frequently for dessert etc. Between his regular meals, which he can hardly wait for, I give him crackers and Sherry wine, the latter prescribed by the Surgeon. He sends his love to you and wishes me to say that he is doing as well as can be expected. Give mine to the boys and Aunties if they are still with you. I hope this letter will reach you on Thurs day and that I may follow it without much delay. Your affectionate husband I. W. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F7_p001.jpg) 12 N. Fairfield Aug. 15th 1864 Dear Papa We received two letter from you last night dated 8th & 9th inst. contain- -ning the sad intelligence. of Eddie being worse. It seemed so hard after all the encourage- -ment we have had. I had hoped we would have seen him once more. Mamma is quite broken down. I am afraid she cannot stand it much longer. ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F7_p002.jpg) We have received several letters from Tommy since you have been gone. We got one last night dated Aug 2nd he was well Aunties Esther and Keziah are both here. I have weeded the part of the garden north of the path but the vines of the cucumbers and sweet potatoes are so mixed together that I am afraid it would do more harm than good to hoe them. Mr Kellogg has brought two more loads of wood one was hickory. Mr Adams paid me what he owed me yesterday he gave me 1.00 a day making 3.50pretty good wages for me I think. I hope with this and what Mr Truxle owes me, we can get along with out borrowing any. Mr Bomm says if you want any more money you can have it with pleasure. Also all the church members unite in saying that you must n- ot leave Eddie & come home 'till you can bring him with you. Mr Whitman preached this morning Elder Jones the former pastor of this church will preach this afternoon. Have you found Mr Johnson's brother yet. Mamma says to Eddie to keep up his spirits, though she knows he suffers ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F7_p003.jpg) dredfully. and she hopes that may be he will rally. Papa take care of your self and don't break down yourself. Mother would have written herself but she is not able. Mamma and I both send lots of love to you and Eddie. From Your Aff son Josie ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F7_p004.jpg) [the number 18 written in red over beginning of letter] By Uncle Joe. N. Fairfield O. Aug 24th 1864 Dear Papa Aunties leave this morning. quite disappointed in not seeing you as they expected, but are glad you concluded to stay with Eddie. Mamma sends her love to Eddie and wants him to try and keep up his spirits. She feels very bad about his suffering so. The teachers Institute commenced last monday, they are holding it in the school house. There are. 60 lady and 5 gentleman delegates. Mr Silman wanted you very much and seems quite disappointed, so Mrs Rowland ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F7_p005.jpg) says. Elder Nell preached last sunday, and a good sermon it was. Mr Adams Cole, and Rowland all say you must stay with Eddie until he is safe or — That you must not worry about the church. Mr Adams seems very much afraid you will get out of money. But I must close as it is time for the mail. All unite in sending love to you and Eddie. Give Eddie my love and tell him I hope he will get well. Good bye. From your Aff Son Josie ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F8_p001.jpg) <7> 4 Elyria December 20th 1862 My Dear Neddy This is your first [---]onday from home, your 20 [---] thday [---] [---] differently are you situated from we had anticipated for the present but though very hard It is all right. Sometimes as I sit at work I hear Mr Brooks Engine it makes me feel very sad. but then I think you would rather be where you are and perhaps in some things it is better. This is a beautiful day but very cold papa went to Fairfield to day he said "if you write to Neddy give him my Love It seems very lonely to have no one here but Josy and willie, Lamar went to Rocheter the day we came to camp and we have not heard from him since [last line written upside down] I will send you clean shirt and Jamies next time ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F8_p002.jpg) [column 1] 21st Dear boy I recived your welcome letter last night. how it cheerd to hear of your health being so good and also that you take care of your self that was an excelent remedy. I like your way of cooking it is safeer and and cleaner than when cooked by others. I suppose you heard of Cap. Hall, comp company. the paper stated that nearly all of them were very ill for several hours after eating hash for supper Camp Cooks are not alway, as careful as they should be. if I was in your place I would do all my own cooking if I could. I all ways feel anxous about you when I think of your being on patrol duty there seems to be so much danger connected with it you have such rough men to deal with, but dear son remember they have souls. and may have their thinking moments, alway try to speak kindly to them and lead instead of drawing, you know “kind words never die” the poor [column 2] fellow, will think of you in the gloomy guardhouse when all is still and dark let them feel that you did your duty faithfully but in love, you do not know what good you may do try to have Truth and Love control all your actions so that you may be a faithfull Soldier for God and for your Country, I think it is necessary that a man be a decided faithful Christain and gentelman to be a good Soldier. Such my dear boy I hope you will try to be. Mr. Bullock said to me in Church this morning “Mr. B says he does love those boys, they are so good” I was very glad to you so spoken of it did me more good even than to hear of your health. the Capn told me he thought Mr Bouker was doing better and perhaps, it would be better for him to stay. and to me it does not seem just to send him away now after encourageing him so long. I suppose papa will settle matters at Fairfield during this visit. if we should [text rotated counterclockwise on left side of page] with this I send a few tracts as I suppose you get very little good reading [text rotated clockwise in center of spread] please write to grandma soon as you can ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F8_p003.jpg) Decide to go, and you do not get home on Chrismas, how would us to move right off, and you make us a visit in our new home. you would then know how things looked. it is a cold stormy time to move and papa has a very hard cold and been quite sick since he came from Camp he had the sick headach very bad and on Sabbath as it was very mild he took his overcoat off in Church and I suppose the house was damp as there was very little fire. I shall feel afraid to see him begin you know he always goes through with aneything but perhaps there will not so much danger when he is on his guard. my dear son see what a long letter I have writen you with my own hand though not with my own eyes, unfortunely my glasses are broken and will have to be sent to Cleaveland to be mended as it cannot be done here, so I had to borrow an old pair of papas which will account this cribbling please excuse and belive me your affct Mother L W Hayhurst. with all the Love [text rotated counterclockwise on left side of page] I am glad you liked the paper there are some good things in it ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F9_p001.jpg) 1. 2 North Fairfield August 9th 1864 Dear Husband I received yours of the 3rd and 4th tonight. how very sad the state of our dear boy it makes me tremble yet for his safety how teribly he must suffer. what a mercy you are with him, I hope much that your being there will cheer him so that he will rally fast when the disease is checked, if only he does not sink at last, as you know they are so apt to, do please watch him very close Oh how I wish I could be there to relive you. I am afraid there is danger for you dont forget to watch yourself. I am very tired. Auntys K and Ester came ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F9_p002.jpg) are here they came on Friday evening and seem to enjoy their visit very much, Uncle James sent word by them that he will be here soon. so you see I am likely to be kept busy we are well Josy has been at work all day at Greenfield and has gone to bet very tired he goes again tomorrow he would not have come home but to hear Mr, Cole and Mr Whitman were in to night and they both say you had better not leave Dear Neddie untill he can come. please excuse this as it is very late the girls do not go to bed untill ten and as it has been wash day I am very tired. I forgot to say things went on nicely on Sabbath. all send much love to you and E. give my dear boy a great deal of love and tell him to hurry and get so he can come home and never go away again good night Dear Husband the words all run into one with much love I reain your affectionate wife Lucy will you please write to deer Tommy and tell him how I am fixed and please send him a knife and my love please do not come without our dear boy I could take no comfort if he was there alone the girls coming is a great comfort to me ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F9_p004.jpg) 2. 3 North Fairfield August 11th 1864 Dear Husband I recived yours of 5th 6th 7th to night and am so glad to know our dear boy is a very little better and that you are well. how anxious I am for each mail, knowing the great risk you run, but hope our Heavenly Father will watch over your health and enable you to care for our beloved one untill he is able to come home Oh how thankful we should be that he is comfortable as he is how blessed we are above some others Mr Bush of Elyria heard his son was sick with fever and went down to the Hospt to find that he had ----- new page (MSS7928_S2_B3_F9_p005.jpg) been buried four days it was very sad. Mr Cole did not come in to night but I sent Willie out at once to tell him Mr Whitman was in the other evening and said it would not do for you to leave Eddie while he is so weak. They lost a son by the same fever and he seemed to feel very much for us, said you must watch very close that he did not sink away. I think with wit such good care we have every thing to hope. you dont know how much I want to see you both. though my hands are kept very busy, my thoughts are almost all the time in Nashvill. Auntys seem to enjoy their visit very much though they regret your absence and the cause of it very much, but hope you will not come away sooner on their acount. Uncle James came yesterday about nine o'clock and left this morn ing in the stage. Willie and his Auntys spent yesterday morn in the wa[-]d, and seemed to enjoy it very much they picked quite a good maney blackberies. they send their love to you and Eddie and so do the boys. they are all asleep I was so glad to get a letter from dear Tom tonight he said in one I receved before that he was very lonely without dear Ed dear Husband I will have to say good night with much very much love to my dear boy and yourself I remain your Affectionate wife Lucy It seems to me it never was such hot weather day and night it burns and is so dry we are all well and doing nicely did you write to Grandma 12 oclock

per which you sent me is quite an addition My clothes hold out very well, excepting my boots they are getting worn some, there is a little hole in the seat of my pants, and I will have to patch it up tonight I have a piece of cloth which I cut off an old overcoat speaking of overcoats reminds me that I never gave my reasons for sending mine home. in the first place it cost me but half a dollar to send it and my blouse, which was much less than their value, and in second place if I had not sent them I would have thrown them away as it was impossible to carry them, there have been times when I have need them ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p003.jpg) [text rotated upside down at top of page] Where is Lar, where does he board &c, &c, [main body of letter] since, but I would not of had them any how, so I think I did the best I could under the circumstances I have it much more comfortable here at H’d Q’r’s than I was with the Co. I can keep clean, sleep alone and the boys I mess with (the Gen’s Orderlies) have been in the service 21 months and know how cook & keep the rations clean. it would be very hard for me to have to go back to the Co. now. they have got to dislike me very much, being Jealouse of my good position. I think I shall stay here permanently now as Adj’t Speed, takes particular care that I shall learn every thing connected with the Office. I expected at first to be nothing more than a scribe, but they have made a reg- ular clerk of me, for some reason my hand trembles this morning so that I cannot write very well, please excuse it I felt pretty low spirited just before I was taken sick, but I ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p004_SrvICvd.jpg) Head Quarters "Brig. Gen. Gilberts Command" In camp near Franklin Tenn, April 2nd 63 Dear Joe — I received your welcome letter on the 24th M'ch I was quite sick at the time or I would have written sooner, when we got back from our trip to Columbia I was taken with a kind of fever, Mr Bowker had me taken to his tent, and nursed me first rate and I soon began to get better, if it had not been for him I think I should have had a run of camp fever, I am entirely well now, but a little weak yet. Tom is sick, he is in the Hosp, tent he is much better now and I hope he will soon be well again. You will see by the heading of this letter that I am at "General Gilberts" Head Quarters I have been detailed as Clerk in the Adjt Gens Office. I have it much more pleasant here than when with the segt, I do not have to take care of a gun, and when we march my knapsack is carried in a wagon, and I generaly will have a horse to ride, I am kept pretty busy writing, I mess with the General's Orderlies, they are first rate boys and know how to cook, they have been in the service 20 months, I see Tom almost every day I have met several Gen's since I have been here I don't like Gilbert very much, Gen, Major Gen, G. Granger is the best one I have seen, he is not ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p005.jpg) [text rotated counterclockwise on left side of page] Apr. 2. [main body of text] too big to talk to a Corp, he is always very free and polite when he meets me, he has command of all the Forces here, if it was not contraband I would like to tell you about the camps and fortification, and troops here, there are lots of Darkeis here and they are coming in every day, these poor fellows will probably all have their freedom it would amuse you very much to see them when they are at work on the Trenches all sorts of sizes & colors, some are almost white others as black as coal. and when they laugh they show their white so funny, they seem to be quite happy, and say they would not go back to their master now for anything, There is a Wm T. McDowel in our co. he writes for the northern papers pretty often, he is a miserable drunken fellow when he can get whiskey I was not in that fight at Spring Hill, as I was kept very busy all day writing at H’d Q’r’s I could hear the booming of our cannon and it made me wish I was there, Tom did not go as the Company didn’t, write just as often as you can even if I don’t get time to answer, I will do the best I can, Give my love to all friends and keep a good share for yourself from your affectionate brother Ewd M. Hayhurst Co. “E.” 124th O. V. I. I will get the letters sooner if you direct to E M Hayhurst “Brig Gen Gilberts H’d Q’r’s” Franklin Tenn ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p006_tSWAztV.jpg) Head Quarters,"Gilberts Command" Franklin Tenn, April 5th/63 Dear Papa, How I wish I could see what what you are doing this beautiful Sunday morning, as it is after 8 O'cl'k I presume you are studying your sermon this is one of the most splendid mornings we have had here, the birds make the air fairly ring with their happy songs, if it was not for the circumstances how I should love to live in this Country. I saw Tom yesterdayat noon he had received a letter from you, dated 29th ult I believe. he is much better and has returned to the company quarters he was in the best spirits I have seen him for a long time, time the diahrea seems to be checked and I think he will soon recover his full share of strength if he does get entirely well this time he will I think be much more healthy than I am. There is so little going on here now that I have very little of interest to write. Gen. Gilbert went to Murfreeboro the other day to Consult with General Rosecrans, and returned last night. Adjt Speed did not accompany him so of course I didn't go prob ably you would like to know what kind of a person the Adjt is, he makes me think Lamar, though he is not a bit like him he is about as tall as I am ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p007_coc38qV.jpg) [left page] very good looking, he says he is seventeen years old I should judge him to be about my age, he is very profane, swearing without any provocation whatever he belongs to Louisville is the son of wealthy parents his father is or has been Pay Master in the Army. he owns the his darkie servant and seems to think a great deal of him, he is well acquainted with the business of Adjutant and is very good hearted fellow and seems to have taken quite a liking to me with all, if I had his money and a few weeks study in Caseys Tactics I think I would make almost as good an Officer, but you, "fortunately for me proba- bly," are not so rich and influential as his father is I am very well contented to stay where I am, for I find although our physical condition is very much improved by going up higher we are compeled to mingle with so much that is unpleasant to one of my feelings that I think it more than turns the balance Now muc What a want of religion there is in the Army, I have not attended a single prayer meeting I think since we left Cleveland though there have been several such meetings in the Regt. Mr. Bouker has preached only two or three times he is the only one here to whom I can speak as a Christian, it is worse than useless to try to talk with the boys on the subject as it only produces unpleasant discussions, or some cases violent abuse, so I think it to keep quiet as a general thing and do right myself and let the rest alone, the gambling, profanity and many [right page] other vices I have to meet with are no temptations to me, they are only unpleasant surroundings which I cannot help hearing seeing. if it was not for the justice of our cause and the great general interests at stake I should think that the prospect for the blessing of God, to the success of our Armies was very slim. the principal employment of most of our soldiers during their leisure hours, is gambling, not playing cards for past time but for bets, this is contrary to Military rules but I know it is done for I see it myself every day, I guess I have said enough and had better stop. I noticed that you spoke of sending a box to Tom, I am afraid it would cost more than it would come to, though some have been sent on very reasonable terms, if you should send one, dont send anything that will be likely to spoil, such as cakes &c; Cheese, and dried fruit, is the most profitable, the Sutler asked me yesterday 5 cts for a piece of cheese not quite as large as my small finger. I of course told him to keep it he charges $1.00 for a can of apple butter holding proba- bly about two thirds of an ordinary size tin cup full now I can get along without these luxuries but some think they cant and their friends can send them to much cheaper than they can be bought here, cheese can be bought and sent for less than 15 or 20 cts per pound, besides the risk which is not very great now if it is put up in a square box, the sutler charges ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p008.jpg) [date rotated clockwise on right side of page] Apr. 5. [main body of text] at the rate of about 80 cts, I will have to bring my letter to a close in order to mail it give my love to Mama & Willie, keeping a large share for yourself from your Affectionate son Ewd M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p009_M2FeVwh.jpg) H'd D'r's "Brig. Gen. Gilberts Command" Franklin Tenn April 7th 63Dear Mama I was going to write to you this morning in time for the mail, but I thought a letter might come from home today and therefore delayed it until now, no letter came however. I was disappointed but I presume the reason is the difficulties on the L & N. R. R. I haven't any thing of interest to write but do so merely to let you know that I am well and prospering. I saw Tom, yesterday noon he says he is much better, almost well. I had the most pleasant Sunday day before yesterday that I have spent since I joined the service the weather was very pleasant. I wrote a letter to Papa early in the morning, after I had made out the usual morning reports. I then had scarcely anything ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p010_WYeioQP.jpg) [left page] to do until late in the afternoon, and was left alone with my own thoughts, you may be sure they were inclined to wander to the Church were I supposed Papa was preaching how I did want to be there. Last Thursday I washed my clothes, I could have hired it done very cheap, but as I had some spare time I thought I would do it myself and be sure of its being done right. in the evening I borrowed a tub of the General's Cook, took in the tent and had a good old fashioned warm bath, you may be sure it did me good. on Friday I washed what I took off the night before, I have it pretty convenient for such work, the Gen's Darkee is a good natured obliging fellow, and very willing to lend me his tub and wash board, and we have splendid soft water the tub is made of a half barrel, and the wash board by tacking pieces of hoop accross a smooth board, rather rough homely looking things, but still very good substitutes for what you use at home. Soon after I began to get well I shaved myself for the first time since we left home, the Orderlies complimented me on my improvement, they seemed to think I looked much better bare faced than with a beard it feels better anyhow. Enclosed you will please find a copy of the Order which detailed me as clerk and which [right side of page] I had to record soon after I came to H'd Q'r's I thought it might interest you some, I have to make out and record a great many such orders, in fact that together with recording and recepting Discharge Papers is my principal employment, some days I have a great deal to do, and some scarcely anything it is a very pretty clean business I would like to be clerk all the time if I could make it pay. I occupy for an Office the same tent which Gen. Nelson used just before the Battle of Pittsburg Landing it was piched on the B Battle Field where many a brave soldier fell just one year ago today There is a Pay Master here paying off the troops we signed the Pay Rolls on Sunday and will get our money "$26," in a day or two I had a general mending time the other day I darned up some ugly holes in my stockings, and put a patch on the seat of my pants I put it on the inside and darned it over so that it doesn't show much, I wish I could mend my boots as well. Please give my love to Willie Papa and Willie, in the next letter please send me $.50 in postage stamps, as I am entirely out, keep a large share of love for yourself and write as often as you can to your Affectionate son Ewd M. Hayhurst ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p011.jpg) Apr. 7. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p012_L74vTeU.jpg) Enclosed please find a copy of a circular sent to the Army of Gen. Rosecrane it is ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p013_LelwKcG.jpg) not of much importance but I thought Mama would like to see it Ed. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p014_ySvhI3w.jpg) Union League of Allegheny Co., Pa. TO THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND, GREETING: WHEREAS, The deplorable fact exists, that Treason to the Government of the United States is not confined to the Rebellion in arms in the South, but that Traitors in the North, under va- rious disguises, are furnishing "aid and comfort" to the enemies of the Republic, by word and deed; and whereas, our gallant soldiers in the field must not only be sustained by men to recruit their thinned ranks, and by means to supply their phys- ical wants; but that it is the moral duty of all patriots to protect them from the "FIRE IN THEIR REAR" from the miscreants at home. Therefore, be it Resolved, By the Union League of Allegheny County, Pa., in Grand Council assembled, that we pledge ourselves to use all lawful means to frus- trate the purposes of these parricides, and bring to punishment every Traitor in our midst, who shall be guilty of any overt act of treason; and that we will exercise the most wakeful vigilance to defeat and baffle the enemy at home. Resolved, That we will sustain without condition or qualification the integ- rity of the Government of the United States and the honor of the Flag; and that while our brave soldiers are fighting our battles, and incurring the hard- ships of the camp and field, we will support and cherish them in their endea- vors, and teach our children to love, to venerate, and to imitate the example of the brave men who have periled all in our defense. Resolved, That the thanks of the Union League of Allegheny County be tendered to Major General Rosecrans, and the officers and men of the gallant Army of the Cumberland, for the splendid services which have already consecra- ted their names to undying fame; and which, we doubt not, are harbingers of greater victories and a more glorious consummation yet to come. Resolved, That a hearty and generous welcome be extended to out fellow- citizen and tried soldier, General James S. Negley, by this Council, and that he be charged in behalf of this Union League, of which he is an honored member, to convey to the brave Pennsylvania Regiments in his Division, as well as to all others in the Army of the Cumberland, the grateful homage and profound ad- miration not only of this Council, but of all loyal men, inspired by their gallant conduct in their late encounters with the enemies of their country. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon out Minutes, and that they be signed by the officers of this Council, and that ten thousand copies be print- ed and transmitted to Major General Rosecrans for distribution amongst the various Regiments in the Army of the Cumberland. J. M'D. CROSSAN, - - - - President. JAS. M. COOPER, - - - - Vice President. HENRY A. WEAVER,- - - - Marshal. WM. M. HERSH, - - - - Corresponding Secretary. WM. M. MOFFETT,- - - - Recording Secretary. J. R. WELDIN, - - - - Herald. D. FITZSIMMONS, - - - - Sentinel. R.W. MACKEY, - - - - Treasurer. Mama, from Ed. ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p015_oiMvTMm.jpg) Head Quarters "Brig. Gen. Gilberts Command" In camp near Franklin Tenn. April 9th, 1863 Dear Papa I received your very welcome letter March 31st yesterday. Tom received one today dated the 2nd I was very glad to learn by it that the pain in your side was better. I felt very much worried about it and do hope that by this time it is entirely gone. I saw Tom this afternoon, he was pretty tired, having been at work unloading Comissary stores, from the Cars, but his health is very much improved, in reply to my question he said "I feel bully only pretty tired." I am very well at present have a good appetite, they told me today that looked much better than I have since we have been here. I certainly feel so, I saw Mr. B. today he said he had received a letter from you, I am glad you wrote to him, he has been a very great friend to me. We were paid off the other day up to the 1st of March. receiving $26.00 I hardly know what to do with the money, there is an Express Office here but I understand they will not run any risk, I did think of sending it by mail, but concluded that was [--]st too risky. Tom gave me $10.00 of his send with mine when I did send it. I folded it all up together and put in the inside pocket of my shirt so that if ----- new page (MSS7928_S1_B2_F5_p016_pBw5B5r.jpg) [left page] the reb's don't get me I am not likely to loose it I wrote to you to send me $1.00 I am sorry now but it is too late, as I suppose you have received and answered the letter by this time. I will keep including this dollar $6.00 the rest I will send home in a few days some way, certainly not by mail. The rebels have been very active here the last few days, troubleing our pickets very much, and I think from the way our Generals act they a