Letter from
General M. Jackson
to his brother-in-law
Leander F. Crumley
November 10, 1861

Camp Washington Beaufort County N. C.            (Date Nov 10 1861 is on last page)

Beathham River

Dock if you name him a tal you will nam after the Cat I did not men Bauford this is the Cat name but this is what I want your boy name Beaufort Warren or Warren Beaufort. this is the prety name in White I wanted Garlin name it Dock you rot when I rote to you I mus writ to you & When I writ to linda writ to Verlinda Dock I will as you say I Shal trust to you to writ me the trouth Dock I think the way Verlinda rote father will git his Corn and I will be glad & as to the fodder Just let hit go & Dou the best you can Dock if you eat them opossums you must be fat you must next time writ whar you Caut them I am Sorrow that you lost the fox by think it was Rabbit  Dock that is about your speed but give me hand full ov Chisnuts Dock I have recive 9 letters from Mt Yonah 3 from you & 1 from Eben 4 from Verlind I recive 1 from you the 7 of this mounth it found us well & well satfide hoping the few line will find you all well Dock you want me to find a ferlow I ___ a long way from home Git me back is the thing I hav bin waning to move some time linda was not will to move & now I am a way & God for bid ever to see old McCravey a Gin Dock I have bin mad at old McEver sens I have bin mared & I dont like the ______ so Dam well

(pg 2) tell Henry & Merida & Jain & Elick & Mary & Tena to be smarte & feed the calf & duck & ______ & nus that litel boy tell them all farwell for me I think tha have sow me the last time

I waunt to know how mutch corne I made and how mutch Father got to his part and what you air all doing I never have heard from sam yet I wannt you to write about evry thing hogs Couse sheep chickens gees duck and evry thing els that is passing and I wood like to know how the women is gitting A long up through thair then on the other sid of the creak asspeshly them on the othe side of the crek.  i wood like to know how Champion Fergs new ground corn is over by old mis Freemands and wheather they go over thair A oposum hunting or not for if I was thair I know that I shood for I think that the rosen yard is A Bout ready for the coons to Bigin an and I wood like to know how your _____ ground corn and your turnips patch is and wheather you will have A nuf sabet for your shucking or not I want to Be Shour to write to me evry week and not fail for you don't know half how much good it dos me to set down in my tent of A knight and read my old letters and it wood do me A heap more good to read new ons than them old ons Dock, A.F. Merritt gives you his Best respects and wants yo to write to him for his people dos not write to him and tell me all the fun  So I must clos at present nothing more at preasent only remains your friend till death

To: Mr. L. F. Crumley                                                    From: G. M. Jackson
Mt. Yonah                                                                            care of Capt. Sumters
White Co. Ga.                                                                          Col. McMillins Co.
                                                                                                          24 Ga. Reg.

A few words to father

dar fath it tis throug the kind mercys of god that I have the opportunity of writing to you. You nedd not to be uneasy about your son Aflred goin to sleap on his post for he likes the fun of it to well to go to sleap.  You wanned to know wheather Alfred was satisfied or not I never hear him say anything about home for he is playing marvells and raslen and guning all the time when he haint driling. Father & mother will you be good to Mc(?)neils if you cant get a long with the rest Thir was a little Boy hear las week and I ____ him and he puld my whisker and plade with me til he went to sleep and you wount to know what we haf to eat we have corn meal and sum flour and beef and sum hos meat and fish But no coffey. sou I must cum to A close for I have wrote one to Ebin and one to liney. and I mist come to a close for I am amost out.

tell Willum to write                                                                  this Nov 10 1861
me a few lines about                                                            G. M. Jackson
the news in cheochee

submitted by Christine Crumley Brown

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