Shifflet, Hillary (1823-1863) to Jemima Shifflet
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02174.05 Author/Creator: Shifflet, Hillary (1823-1863) Place Written: Taylor County, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 October 1862 Pagination: 3 p. Order a Copy
Written in pencil on patriotic stationery. Shifflet asks his wife to write as soon as she receives the money he has sent as he worries it is lost. He was nearby when George Ennis was shot and "my cap box was shot off of my belt and fore bullets holed in my blouse and my gun barrel [was] shot off." Stunned, Shifflet had to leave the field but he later "got another gun and went back but the rebbles" ran and his regiment "whip[ped] them badly by that morning." He says the Confederates failed to kill him but they "will never come enny nerer without kilen me." His leg was sore for two weeks but he has almost recovered. It is very cold and the snow is four inches deep.
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