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Life begins
ancestry
A.A.Harrison was born in Olham,Kentucky on may 3rd 1831 to William H. Harrison & Judie Phelps. -
When he volunteered
The calvaryHe got placed in company D , the 4th regiment,In the Kentucky calvary, -
The beginning with a letter
Who fought? Camp Anderson
Jefferson County, Kentucky
December 12th, 1861 Dear Wife, I take my pen in hand to write you a few lines. I am not very well and have not been well since I left home. I have enlisted and been sworn in. I have the promise of an office of some kind as soon as the regiment is organized. We have not been mustered into the United States service yet but we expect to be today or tomorrow and as soon as we are mustered in we will -
Uniforms for the union army
unifoms
As A.A.Harrison wrote in his letter the union soildiers of his group hadn't recieved their uniforms yet but once they did get them they looked something like this.
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President Abraham Lincon what does he have to do with this?
civil war song He was the president who put an end to slavery and restored the union. But more importantly he was also distantly related to Absolom A. Harrison. A.A.Harrison's wife susan, her grandmother was President Lincoln's aunt! -
Where horses come into the picture
My kingdom for a horse
Horses and their heros story! A.A.Harrison was in a regiment that had horses, whether or not they all rode was unkown to me. -
The march to tennese
civil war & protesters in LEBANON Syria
Nashville Tenn.
April 9th, 1862 Dear Wife, I take my pen in hand to inform you that I am tolerable well at present and hope these few lines may find you are enjoying the same blessing. We have got to this place after a long and tedious march. We got here last Sunday. The country through which we have passed is the worst torn up country I ever saw. The fences are nearly all burnt along the road and lots of the houses deserted. -
A raise and changes
Money Money Money!My wages now are 21 dollars a month. I am exempt from all kinds of duty except weighing out the rations to the companies and a good deal of writing although I have a good deal of leisure time. And I have to go to town every day as our camp is about 3 miles from Nashville. Our Colonel was thrown out today and a man by the name of Smith appointed in his place. -
New Life
Babie articleIt occurs to me that while he was away A.A.Harrison's wife had a baby. for example in his letter it says:
" I want you to kiss the baby for me. Bless its little soul. I would give anything to see it." -
Rebels in Lebanon
news article
A.A.Harrison's regiment went through a battle with rebels in Lebanon, Tennesee. Where they only had 600 men the rebels had 800. However they took the bull by the horns on this fight. They took 200 prisoners, 155 horses, 180 stand of arms & chased the balance of them 18 miles. There was 1 man killed and 5 men wounded in their regiment.
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Decrease in position
jobsA.A.Harrison had lost his position and recieved a new one in Nashville, Tennessee.
For in his leter he wrote to his wife saying:
I lost my office sure enough but I have got an easier one although there is not so much pay in it. I have got the office of Colonel's Orderly and mail carrier to Nashville. I go to Nashville every other day and come back the next day. -
Rebels strike again!
The real rebelsI have reason to believe that the rebels caught up with company D of the Kentucky troops for in his letters Absolom wrote: Sunday morning the rebels attacked the Federal troops at Murfreesboro and whipped them out and they have yet got possession of the place. There had been report saying saying that as soon as the 200 prisoners they had took surrendered they had been killed. Absolom beleived it to only be rumors at the the time. -
decrease again
After Absolom reached his regiment again by train hopping with another group, he lost his position AGAIN. " I lost my office when I came back but I am company quartermaster now which is a much easier place" -
Moving moving and moving some more.
moving
His family had moved 5 times since April 1863 to October 1875. -
The death of a brave soildier
CasualtiesAbsolom Alexander Harrison died on March 13th 1914, at the age of of 82 years 10 months 10 day oldaftere a life fillled with struggle, pain , and mishaps. He is laid at the city cementery in Sikeston, Missouri. -
Citations
Absolom A.Harrison Civil War Letters. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2014. <http://www.civilwarhome.com/
harrisonslettersintro.htm>. Absolom Alexander Harrison & Susan Elizabeth nee Allstun. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2014.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lostclans/aa_susan_bio.htm.
