TRANSCRIPTION
OF 1865 LETTER JOSIAH WARE WROTE
& HAD NOTARIZED IN AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN SOME COMPENSATION FROM RESOURCES LOST DURING
GENERAL A.P. HILL’S ENCAMPMENT ON HIS LAND Transcribed
by Judith C. Ware Original
letter owned by Jane & Scott Dudgeon
When
General A.P. Hill’s command was encamped on my ground returning from Maryland the
weather was very stormy (snow) and (they had)
but very few blankets, so much more wood was consumed than usual and such fine timber that
I was directed by authority to get three disinterested freeholders, after being sworn, to
estimate and appraise it. Three were selected
from different parts of the county, made the estimate and appraisement on oath, that
estimate is to be credited with four hundred dollars ($400) paid on account by
Colonel Brockenborough’s command. This is
all I have received of the estimate, the wood was consumed by the three Brigades mentioned
in the estimate and the straw appraised by the commissioners was used by the two Brigades
for bedding and shelter from the storm. Colonel
Brockenborough, having paid for that used by his brigade, it is not included in the
estimate. The weather was so severe and so few
blankets that the soldiers had to rely on enormous fires and large quantity of straw. I make the above statement this 20th of March,
1865, under oath.
J W Ware **
A.P. Hill was a Confederate General who encamped his army on
***I
would like to thank Jane & Scott Dudgeon for allowing me to copy & transcribe this
note for my historical research. I am deeply grateful. |
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