Notes:
Letter from Thomas Christmas O'Mary to his wife,
Elizabeth Arnold O'Mary of Carroll County,
Georgia. Thomas is in the Georgia 56th regiment.
Letter:
Dalton ga
April 19th 1864
Dear wife
I wil rite you a few lines to let you no that I am wel tho I dont feel quite as
wel as I have for some time. I hope those lines may find you all wel. I want to
see you all verry bad and I want to here from you all verry bad.. I have note
reed a letter from you sence __. __. ______ come. I hope you have not forgotten
me. I think of you ____ how impacient. I ___ you would rite. I rite to you
every week. It is a pleasure to me to hear from home but it would be a great
deal more to be there. we have a large place prepared in our brigade for
meeting. we have some good meetings. a man by the name of James Lingey is
sentenced to be hang for the act of mutiny. I think he belongs to 43rd regt Ala
____ I think he belongs to _____ ____ 8 men belonging to ____ Ala too was
sentenced to be shot. they were ________. we have a heap of cold weather up
here. the spring is backward. the prosperity of our country looks ____. I wil
have to quit for a while I have to go on a great revue in a short time. we have
now come in from the ____ which was a great ___ of men and dust. I wish you all
could of seen the men and officiers and citizens. that was pleasant to day. it
was a sight to behold almost to one of in that have seen so many men it would
have ben a show to you I know. I want you to rite how the people are making
out. in general our mail has come ____. to day I got no letter. I hope I wil
get a long one soon. betty I think that you & Tommey babe and ____ can rite
to me. I think Pap & Mother must rite too. I want to hear from all the
______. send them sweete little children you dont no how bad I do want to see
them. the boys are generally wel. John has a ____ on his face tho it is better.
Brooks Thomas' sister was here the other day. she is a fine looking girl. I
want to no if stokes is at home yet or not and how linea is geting a long. give
my respects to all inquiring friends. I must close. I wish to be remembered in
the prears of all the good people their.
I remain your husband until death
T.C. Omary
