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A Letter Home from Horace

12/10/2016

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The following is a letter written by Horace Pennell, who was a private in Company C. At first I thought it was addressed to a "Brother Danl (for Daniel)", but now believe the name is Darl, short for Darling [Huntress Chadbourne], his brother-in-law. Darling's brother Francis T Chadbourne, and a first cousin James M Chadbourne, were also in the 27th Maine, but in a different company than Horace, and may be those mentioned in the letter.  In the closing, respects to "Mother", "Lizzy" and "Mellie" are written, and are likely referring to Darling's mother, wife and his sister Melvina. A Sam and David are also mentioned, but I didn't see any close family relations with those names.

There was no puncuation throughout the letter, and I didn't add any to the transcription. It is interesting that there is a piece cut off from page three, removing about three lines of writing. Was this done by someone who inspected the outgoing mail, perhaps an officer within the 27th Maine? Maybe Lieut Warren himself! 

Camp Casey Virginia
Jan 5th 1863

Brother Darl
I received yours last night
and was glad to hear from
you that you was all well
I have not had a letter
from home for three weeks
but then I hear from them
by others so I dont worry
about them  I am getting 
along first rate our company
are all out on picket but
8 or 10 men and we are
having a first rate time
the most we do is to
move from one place to
another we moved a week
ago about 1/2 mile and it
is said that we shall move
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back on to Camp Seward
in a few days so that
is the way we are moving
our time out the story is that
we guard the long bridge
this winter but we cant tell
any way we dont do any thing
to amount to much as yet
I see Franer (Francis?) and James
most every day they are well
the health of the regiment
is very good take it as a
whole we dont get much 
news none but Camp stories
you spoke of Burnsides
affair it is thought by many
that he did ot do the honest
thing that if he had put
the thing alongas he might
he might routed the rebs
all out when he was
there but when he get so
far he stopped
it is thought out here that
this thing will be settled up
before a great while it is said
the north will furnish no man
nor money and publick opinion
is getting stronger every day
towards putting a stop to this
and congress must go with
publick opinion before long
and do something for when
the nine months men are out
there are a great many two
years men that will be out
by that time then we
shall no army to depend upon

Lieutenant Warren sends his
best respect to all and says
he likes (lives?) first rate his health is
good [rest of page is cut off]
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there is nothing more that
I know of we have no news
give my best respects to
Mother and Lizzy and Mellie
and all the rest Sam and
David and so on


​Yours Horace Pennell

   Horace Pennell, the son of James and Jane (Berry) Pennell, was born 27 May 1819 in Buxton, Maine. He enlisted from Hollis at age 43, his occupation listed as a michanic(sic), though he usually worked as a carpenter. Some time after the war, he moved out west, settling in Meeker County, Minnesota. In 1901, just a few months prior to his death, he moved to Flint, Michigan, to live with his daughter Clara. He died on 10 Aug 1901 in Flint, and was buried there in Avondale Cemetery.
   He was married to Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ann Chadbourne in 1852, and they had two children, Clara E Pennell (who married John E Andrews), and Horace E Pennell (who was married to Mary Nye).
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