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Algiers La Jan 3rd 1864
Dear Father,
After a long Silence I am again Seated to write to you. I do not wish alway to be making excuses for not writing oftener, but this time there is an unusual reason for my long forgetfulness. After I heard of Rhoda's death, for a long time I seemed to Shrink from undertaking to write to you. The old thoughts of home no longer gave me pleasure as they once did, but only served to remind me that one of our number was missing from the circle & hereafter I must think of her as a Sister in heaven. it has taken a long time to reconcile my mind to this new condition that was so unexpectedly thrust upon us, but I will no longer allow such thoughts as these to make me forget the duties I owe to you who will still look as anxiously as ever for the letter that is due from me. Since we came here which was on Christmas day, I have been very busy making out my Rolls & Returns, but now I have got nearly through with my work & have time to bring up my correspondence which is badly in arrears. We came through from Brashear City on the Cars, on Christmas Day & went into camp on the west side
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| Title | William Titus Rigby letters, January-May 1864 |
| Creator | Rigby, William Titus |
| Date Original | 1864 |
| Description | Letters detailing army life in 1864 for Civil War soldier William Titus Rigby of the 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment, Company B. |
| Topical Subject (LCTGM) |
Soldiers War |
| Topical Subject (LCSH) | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Personal Name Subject | Rigby, William Titus |
| Corporate Name Subject | United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 24th (1862-1865). Company B |
| Geographic Subject | United States |
| Chronological Subject | 1860-1870 |
| Type (DCMIType) | Text |
| Type (AAT) |
Correspondence Envelopes |
| Type (IMT) | jpeg |
| Digital Collection | Civil War Diaries and Letters |
| Contributing Institution | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
| Archival Collection | William Titus Rigby papers |
| Collection Identifier | MsC82 |
| Collection Guide | http://lib.uiowa.edu/collguides/?MSC0082 |
| Box Number | 1 |
| Rights Management | Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this digital image. Commercial use or distribution of the image is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. |
| Contact Information | Contact the Special Collections Dept. at The University of Iowa Libraries: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/contact/index. |
| Digitization Specifications | Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 Scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Master image available in tiff format. |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Identifier | 31858055128551 |
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