Letter from Elizabeth Clinedinst Crim to John S. Bagnall, 1921 April 20
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Letter from Elizabeth Clinedinst Crim to John S. Bagnall, 1921 April 20
Written from New Market, Virginia. Letter mentions cadet Moses Ezekiel caring for the mortally wounded cadet Thomas Jefferson. The letter also asks John S. Bagnall to visit.
Dates
- 1921 April 20
Creator
- Crim, Eliza Clinedinst, 1838-1931 (Person)
Extent
From the Collection: 7 items
Transcription
New Market Va April 20th 1921
My Dear Old Friend. Many a long day has passed away since I have heard from you and I missed my beautiful greeting yo sent on birthday. I hope you are well and that yo will let me hear from you if only a card. Old age creeps on and much that I should do is not done. I wanted to write you and tell you that time and old age can never dim the love and kind remembrance I cherish for you and all the other dear old V. M. I. cadets. I wonder if you went to the burial ofyour old comrade Moses Ezekiel. I did not see your name in the papers sent me. I had a very cordial invitation from the Ezekiel family also on from President of U. D. C. but could not go as I am deaf and could not go alone. I was there in spirit and shall ever remember Ezekiel, not as the world noted artist but the little boy soldier that came to my home after the battle. He came in an ambulance with his wounded comrade in his arms. He gave little Tommie Jefferson the tenderest nursing, his own mother could not have done more. It is many, and many years ago but all so fresh in memory. The memorable day May 15 1864 is a mind picture for a life time.
My Dear Old Friend. Many a long day has passed away since I have heard from you and I missed my beautiful greeting yo sent on birthday. I hope you are well and that yo will let me hear from you if only a card. Old age creeps on and much that I should do is not done. I wanted to write you and tell you that time and old age can never dim the love and kind remembrance I cherish for you and all the other dear old V. M. I. cadets. I wonder if you went to the burial ofyour old comrade Moses Ezekiel. I did not see your name in the papers sent me. I had a very cordial invitation from the Ezekiel family also on from President of U. D. C. but could not go as I am deaf and could not go alone. I was there in spirit and shall ever remember Ezekiel, not as the world noted artist but the little boy soldier that came to my home after the battle. He came in an ambulance with his wounded comrade in his arms. He gave little Tommie Jefferson the tenderest nursing, his own mother could not have done more. It is many, and many years ago but all so fresh in memory. The memorable day May 15 1864 is a mind picture for a life time.
Creator
- Crim, Eliza Clinedinst, 1838-1931 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Virginia Military Institute Archives Repository
