- Joined
- Dec 3, 2011
- Location
- Laurinburg NC
"The day is dark and rainy and everything looks gloomy without, and we have no duty to perform, as I seize this opportunity to write to you. Yesterday was fast day and a Beautiful bright day it was. It was the only bright day we have had since my return. It seems significant that the sky should be so unclouded on the day set apart for fasting for the only one in several weeks. … I have the [shirt?] you made me– very comforting, it is so warm and pleasant to wear this cold weather. I have not suffered from cold since I returned. I’ll say that I have improved in looks and appearance very much since I left for Georgia. I weighed yesterday and the scales stood at 168 pounds with my coat on. I think they cannot be correct. My weight used to be 140. We are getting now plenty of flour a little meat and sometimes a little sugar rice and syrup. …”
Source: Milo Grow’s Letters from the Civil War
http://longleaf.net/wp/milo/index.html
Source: Milo Grow’s Letters from the Civil War
http://longleaf.net/wp/milo/index.html