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FROM IUKA TO PERRYVILLE 129
gone into the army at all. The greatest consolation a man has, is to know that every thing is right at home.
I have no time to tell you anything how this place looks. It is a fine village and plenty of people living here yet — mostly niggers and wemen.
Good Bye my Dear Gunild. You will hear from me again before long.
Your own
Hans.
Direct your letters as usual. I do not expect to get any mail for a long time — for I dont know how it will find us. It will be hard for the soldiers, should we have much rain, as they have no tents. Our tents will be sent us by Rail Road.
To Gunild, August 31,1862
Camp near Franklin Tennessee August 31" 1862. My Dear Gunild.
Once more I have an opportunity to write to you and in¬ form you of my whereabouts. I wrote to you from Florence, Alabama. If you got that letter, you know how we had got along to that place. We left our tents and extra baggage there and got orders to go to Nashville in this State as fast as possible. It was supposed that a force of rebels was march¬ ing on that place. After marching through from Florence to Franklin, we again got orders this morning to go to Murfrees- borrow, and we are now within 15 miles from that place.
I have no doubt but that we are on a fools errand. I be¬ lieve the force they expected to go towards Nashville, has gone to Richmond. We have traveled through some of the prettiest country I have seen in the South — and I do not know but it is the prettiest I have seen anywhere — all set¬ tled by rich slave holders. Amongst other places, we passed Gen. Pillows place — and Gen. Polks pallaces. I am well, ^d as usual in good spirits. I shall expect to get som mail
Object Description
| Title | The Civil War letters of Colonel Hans Christian Heg |
| Source Title | The Civil War letters of Colonel Hans Christian Heg |
| Regiment | 15th Infantry |
| Author/Creator | Heg, Hans Christian, 1829-1863; Blegen, Theodore Christian, 1891-1969 |
| Description | Col. Hans Christian Heg (1829-1863) led the predominantly Norwegian 15th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War. Heg had migrated to the United States from Norway as a child in 1840 and spent his youth at Muskego, Waukesha County. In the fall of 1861 a new Scandinavian regiment was recruited and Heg accepted appointment as its colonel. The 15th Wisconsin Infantry, made up largely of recent immigrants, fought at Island No. 10, Perryville, Stone's River, and Chickamauga, where Heg was killed while charging forward at the head of his troops. This volume contains 210 letters that he sent home during the war. They describe not only combat but also camp life, marches, slavery, and the ways that recent Scandinavian immigrants adapted to the war. |
| Subcollection | Personal Narratives |
| Source | Historical Society Library Stacks |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Place of Publication | Northfield, Minn. |
| Source Creation Date | 1936 |
| Source Publisher | Norwegian-American Historical Association |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Digital Identifier | CWPN012010000 |
| Type | Text; Image |
Description
| Title | 129 |
| Source Title | The Civil War letters of Colonel Hans Christian Heg |
| Regiment | 15th Infantry |
| Volume | 1 |
| Event Date | 1862-08-31 |
| Year | 1862 |
| Month | August |
| Day | 31 |
| State | TN |
| People | Heg, Hans Christian, Col. |
| Topic | marches |
| Source Type | personal narrative |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
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| Full text | 1^' FROM IUKA TO PERRYVILLE 129 gone into the army at all. The greatest consolation a man has, is to know that every thing is right at home. I have no time to tell you anything how this place looks. It is a fine village and plenty of people living here yet — mostly niggers and wemen. Good Bye my Dear Gunild. You will hear from me again before long. Your own Hans. Direct your letters as usual. I do not expect to get any mail for a long time — for I dont know how it will find us. It will be hard for the soldiers, should we have much rain, as they have no tents. Our tents will be sent us by Rail Road. To Gunild, August 31,1862 Camp near Franklin Tennessee August 31" 1862. My Dear Gunild. Once more I have an opportunity to write to you and in¬ form you of my whereabouts. I wrote to you from Florence, Alabama. If you got that letter, you know how we had got along to that place. We left our tents and extra baggage there and got orders to go to Nashville in this State as fast as possible. It was supposed that a force of rebels was march¬ ing on that place. After marching through from Florence to Franklin, we again got orders this morning to go to Murfrees- borrow, and we are now within 15 miles from that place. I have no doubt but that we are on a fools errand. I be¬ lieve the force they expected to go towards Nashville, has gone to Richmond. We have traveled through some of the prettiest country I have seen in the South — and I do not know but it is the prettiest I have seen anywhere — all set¬ tled by rich slave holders. Amongst other places, we passed Gen. Pillows place — and Gen. Polks pallaces. I am well, ^d as usual in good spirits. I shall expect to get som mail |
| Digital Identifier | CWPN012010140 |
| Type | Text |