JAMES DUNHAM, JR.
Civil War Letter to his wife, Margaret Elizabeth (nee Slonaker) Dunham
of May 3, 1864
Courtesy of:
Wayne & Donna Hunt of New Lebanon, Ohio
and their son, Marshall Hunt
September, 2001
from the momentos of Don Miller of Indianapolis, Indiana ca 1998
Transcriptions appear under the original letters.
If anyone can supply additional words where some are missing, please advise.
In this letter, James talks about sending his wife a watch, but in a later letter we learn he finds a need for it. Did she ever receive the watch intended for her? And...in this letter he mentions "herman." Herman is Herman/Harmon A. Reinnecke/Reinecke, James brother-in-law, who was married to James's sister, Elmira. Herman/Harmon was mortally wounded on a battlefield.
James mentions "Aunt Sally." Sally appears to have been Sarah "Sally" (Dunham) Waltz (wf/o Daniel Waltz). Sally was a sister to James Dunham (Sr.). Both James (Sr.) & Sally were children of Ross Dunham & Sarah "Sallie" Roll. ash]
