Har'g [Harrisburg Dec.[ember] 8th 63 Tuesday The saddest thing we hear is the death of Rush Alexander
of Lewistown, killed at the Rapida (sic) (10). He was Captain of ?
& was a constant visitor at Aunt Jane's-(11) he has one brother
and no sister. He graduated at Yale & was first rate. We are all
well. The town is healthy. Yours truly, |
1. Martha Orth Alricks (Alricks Family Genealogy, p. 83)
2. Hamilton Alricks (Ibid)
3. The Union forces in Memphis, Tennessee were harassed by the Confederate
Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest. (Foote's Civil War Narrative, p.
65)
4. William Buehler lived at Front and Locust. (Harrisburg Business Directory
1863, p. 139)
5. Thought to be Mr. and Mrs. Cotterel, a confectioner on Market Street. His
store was listed in the 1860 Harrisburg Business Directory (p. 55) but not
in the 1863 Harrisburg Business Directory.
6. Mrs. Alward not identified.
7. Ensmingers Corner was owned by John T. Ensminger of Ensminger & Adams
and was located at 34 Second Street. (Harrisburg Business Directory 1863,
p. 152)
8. Alex Thompson not identified.
9. Thought to be A. Boyd Hamilton of 15 Front Street. (Harrisburg Business
Directory 1863, p. 163)
10. Rapida is the Rapidan River located in Northern Virginia where Confederate
General J.E.B. Stuart clashed with Union General George Meade on Oct.[ober]
9, 1863. (Foote's Civil War Narrative, p. 787)
11. Jane Alricks, sister of Herman Alricks, married to Ovid Frazier Johnson.
(Alricks Family Genealogy, p. 73)
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