Webmaster's Note: Private Hiram F. Glazier, Company D, was from Dade County, Georgia. The Hiram Glazier Papers are located at in the Special Collections at Perry Library, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. The link provides some biographical information on Private Glazier. The letters provide some interesting background information on the dearly days of the regiment. I have typed the letters with mispellings, punctuation, and grammatical errors. Some words have not been "interpreted" and some simply can not be read. If you have trouble understanding a word then think phonetically and in Old Southern dialect. I will place comments I need to make in italics.
Glazier, Hiram to Rebecca Glazier. 20 March 1862. Special Collections, Perry Library, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.
Big Shanty, Cobb Co., Ga.
March 20th 1862
Dier Wife
Agane I take my pen in hand to informe to you that I am well with the exception of a bad cold. I have had a cold evercince I have bin here and I don't calculate on giting clear of cole while we have so much wet wether. Our straw and bed clothing keeps wet and we can not sun them. Yesterday was a clost wet day. I hope this adrek will find you and the children and father and fathers family all well. I have nothing strong to write. I hear a grate deal of war news but nothing reliable. We organist our regiment yesterday. We elected colonel J. McConel for our colonel Colonel Jackson for our lieutenant Colonel and Ranel for our magor. I can tell you for a truth that I had as soon be at home makeing corn as to be here tho I do not mind a camp life as yet hard for a man that loves his family and home as well as I do to have to stay a way from them but if I have no worse times all the time for we are doing vary well now. I intend to try to git a ferlow as soon as I can but I don't know when I can git a. We have not bin musterd in yet thos I thingk we will be in a short time. We have not drawed out uniforme yet or any blankets not our bounty money. Tell George to be a good boy and not be uneasy a bout this pay for as soon as I git my money I will send it to him. Tell T.H. Chadwick that I had to pay Aleandria Smith that dollar that we cheat to him out of in the ganes trade. I told Emerson Blevons that I wonto write to you. Rebecca and you wonto settle with him and he still clames six dollars for the mare and if he will not take four dollars tell him to prove his account. If it is just a honest man will not object to proving it. Tho I know if I pay him that it will be unjust if he will take four dollars. Pay him if you can without disfurnishing you and the children. The company is all well with the exception of bad colds. I want you to gave my respects to all in queing friends. Write soon and tell me how you are giting a long. Tell father that I consider this to them all. Tell William Buckner and Sis that Janet is well. Tell him howdy for me and they must write to me nomore but remanes your affeactionate husband till death
Fare well Rebecca Glazier H.F. Glazier
Glazier, Hiram F. to Rebecca Glazier. 1 April 1862. Special Collections, Perry Library, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.
Chattanooga, Tennessee April 1, 1862
Dier wife tonight
I seat my self to inform you that am in full enjoyment of good helth with the exception of a bad cough and I am five lbs hevier than I was when I left home a camp life would agree with me vary well if it wes not for so much moving about we have only moved four times since i hav bin in camps I most _______ my hopes that this short letter will find you all well it looks like I cant git a letter from home for this is the fourth letter I have rote you and have not got any answer we are now stationed in two miles of Chattanooga but cant promise myself to git to stay here long I saw uncle Charles Warren today and he told me that J. H. Chawich had the mesels and has not gone to war yet and he also told me that you was all well and I was glad to from you all. I sent you forty dollars by the hands of Frankling Daniel (2LT of the Company). You must let george slatton have money when he needs it I would have sent you more but I did not know when I mought kneed it for I find that evry is trying to take cher of number won I think that the ladys of Chattanooga will git sick a selling ginger bred for they cant bake up fast as they can sell then they is many _______ rations set fourth to git a soldiers money and every thing is sold at two prices I would have had my likeness taken and sent home but I could not it done for less than four dollars and I did think that my mugg was worth that much but if I have the chance after I draw my arnens I will have it taken and send it to you tell Lucy ann if I can find a ring that will fit her I will git one and send to her tell marshelthat he must send me word what he wants me to send him tell Ary I that I will kip her her when I come home I think I will come to see you before I leave her if I stay here long and can git a ferlow tell father and his family all howdy for me and to write to me every chance git him to read this for you gave my respects to _______ and Mandy and tell _____ them to write and let me know how they are giting a long William Buckner and sis to write me our company is generly well some of them is complaining with bad colds D.L.G. Willson is well have my respects to all inquiring friends let me know how you are giting along farming and how the wheat looks and if you think you will be able to git in the new ground I must come to a close so no more but remanes your affectionate husband till death fare well Direct your letter to Chattanooga, Tennessee 39 Georgia Regiment in care of James W. Cureton
H.F.Glazier
Glazier, Hiram F. to Rebecca Glazier. 7 April 1862. Special Collections, Perry Library, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.
Knoxville Ten April the 7th 1862
Mrs. Rebecca Glazier Dier wife I seat my self to inform you that I am still in the land of the living but I cant brag on my health from the fact that I have got a bad cold and a vary bad cough tho I am doing vary well and I hope these lines will come to hand and find you all well and doing well I flateredmy self with the idea of giting the opportunity of going home to see you all when when we was at Chattanooga but our Colonel recieved orders from headquarters to not let out any more ferlows and that blited my calculations and yesterday we recieved orders from quarters to move to Knoxville in short order they did not gave us time to cook our rations and did not eat anything from breakfist till nest day diners only a ginger cake I am doing vary well conecern how often we have moved they is and has bin several of our boys sick The fortieth regiment has lost seven men since they have bin here they come hear last Friday Was a week our regiment has not lost a man onley one that was killed by the car a soldier is confined wors than a negro when he joines the service as to his liberts and a man has a poor way to help him self We have a variety of men her as well as else where we have crabed mastiff the good natured cur and the drest bull tier and the frisky fost this is the place to keep in to a mans princibly tho the boys and I git along very well and I in tend to continue so the Dov would have liked to come home when I was at Chattanooga so I would have made some shift to a got a cropes to a keep you from work but my coat wsa not slick a nuf to git a ferlow and I _____ think our noses will helt to the grine stone I will come as soon as I can git the chance I want you to write soon and direct your letter to Knoxville, Tenn 39th Regiment in care of J.W. Cureton I have herd a grate deal of war news and they beauagard has gave the yankeys a good whiping at corinth but I cant place confidence in any thing hear for I think all the liars is in the army you most git _____ Gave father and the family my love and respects gave my Respects to all inquiring freidns tell marshal to rite me a few lines about his oxen and how they pull tell ary she must talk ganst I come home I oft times think of you and my babes and some times I can almost see them runing to meet me o how I would love here these little tongs prattle
Lucy Ann
Dier daughter this will inform you that I had my likenip taken and sent it by blevens Auston to Mr. Morrision for you and I _____ to git a pretty dress for you but they was none in town no more but Remanes your husband till death
H.F. Glazier
Glazier, Hiram F. to Marnoch Glazier. 14 April 1862. Special Collection, Perry Library, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
April the14th 1862
Dir Father and brother & sister & niece
I seat my self to in forme you that still keep on foot by a tite squese I have bin sent from place to place till I am all most worn out. I hope these lines will find you all and my family all well. I recieved a letter by the hands of Harmon Chadwick which revived my fealings vary much to hear from you all and to here that you was all and doing well. I stade at Risoseville three days and wade threw the mud sho mouth deep. We left there on Thursday and came to Chattanooga and stayed all night and we started for Corrinth and we got to Stevenson and the eginieer that came threw Huntsville like to have got killed. The yankee ran him about two miles and we went back to Chattanooga and stade all night agane. We got some amanition and went to Bridge port and was ordered back agane to Chattanooga and we recieved orders to be redy to strike tens this morning at seven o'clock but that order was counter manded and we are resting to day. I think we will have to go to Bridge port to marrow and station there for a while. Times is tite now and I don't think a storme of so much fury can last long. They is no chance to git ferlows now. We will have to stay till this struggle without seeing our people for the enemy is prefsing on every side and I think the struggle will soon be over. I herd a sick mans dreem the other day. This sick soldier got to sleep and they could not wake him till he got his word out and he said he had dreemed a dreem. He said that he would be a corps a four o'clock next day and he was and he was and he also said that would be two battles harder than has bin fought those battles one of them he said be this week and one nex week. And then he said the Southern people would be convinced and peace would be made the middle of next month. Tho I don't place any confidence in dreemes I hope peace will be made soon. I don't want peace without liberty. You must not be uneasy about me being puhy. I know that there is nothing the matter with me only a bad cold. If I could only git to stay here till I can git a chance to take ches of our hetth I wanted soon git well. I must reverce my talk a bout the dreem. I have herd since that was the South that would gane there indipendence. I we go to Bridge port you will here of it and if we do stay there direct your letters to Bridge port. If not write here. Tell Rebecca she kneed want me to git sick so I will git to come home. They will not ferlow sick from the fack we all would git sick. They send them to the horse pittle and I will complain to the docters for fere they would send share fathers. You must not work too hard. Tell Beca to not kill her self at work. I must close. Nomore but remanes your obedient son till death.
H.F. Glazier
Glazier, Hiram F. to Rebecca Glazier. 18 April 1862. Special Collections, Perry Library, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
April the 18th 1862
Dier Wife
I take my seat at root of a tree to let you know that I am all right. Seting up strate I have bin down with bad cole and I am much better than I was a few days past and I am in hopes this short letter will find you all well and doing well. I have nothing strong to write for I have as bad a chance to here the news as a negro. We have bin trotted from post to piller and exposed til it was a nugh to kill a streer. We are not a lowd to leave the encampment. We can't git a chance to go to town onley a bout one half mile. We are now posted out on picket yard and have bin for the last three days and I don't know when we will be releast. We have a bout forty of our company sick and it was thought that one of our company was ding last night but I have not herd from him this morning. Several of our boys has got the measles. This is a good time for planting corn and I am in hopes that you will be able to plant a peace this week. Gave my respects to father and family. I would like to see you all vary much but I can't git the chance to come. I want you to manage the best you can for it is a bad chance for me to save money for this is the best place to spend money I ever saw. I will save all I can. You must write to me and let me know how you are giting a long in the way of milk and butter and if you git plenty of butter you must send me some butter by some body that is pasing and send some shellots and if you can send some eggs for you know I am fond of butter and eggs. Gave my respects to Mandy and write when you have herd from Harmon and the boys. I herd they have moved to Yorktown. Tell the children god less there little hearts that hope to see them gan and nurse as I ahve done before. let me know whether you got my likenefs or not and if it answered the purpose of keeping the rabits a way from the cabage nomore but remanes your husband truly tilt death. So fare well.
H.F. Glazier
