Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Sarah Dare Hance, July 30, 1864
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Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Sarah Dare Hance, July 30, 1864
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Date:1864-07-30
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Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Sarah Dare Hance, July 30, 1864
action: sent
sender: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
location: Auburn, NY
receiver: Sarah Hance
Birth: 1820-01-25
Death: 1867-06-10
location: Macedon, NY
transcription: vxa
revision: jxw 2021-01-29
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Auburn July 30th
My dear Sarah
I have to day your
letter making kind enquiries a-
bout our Will
Birth: 1839-06-18 Death: 1920-04-29
– I am very happy to inform you that he is at home &
able to walk on crutches – he
was disabled at the battle of Mon-
ocacy – Where he & his regiment
did noble service – & by him the
falling of his horse which was
shot – he was left on the field
by our retreating forces & supposed
a prisoner & wounded – So we
were telegraphed by Mr. Seward
Birth: 1801-05-16 Death: 1872-10-10
the next day after that battle
& so we supposed him for 12
long weary anxious hours – then
another dispatch came saying
he was "not wounded nor a
prisoner – but was safe & had
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as before my
illness – I hope
to hear from you again
before many weeks –
Most affectionately Yours. L M Worden
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I am writing Where the wind blows my
fought with rare bravery during
the day" – this was from Gen Lew
Wallace
Birth: 1827-04-10 Death: 1905-02-15
himself – The next day
– Monday – he was able to go to his
father’s in Washington & from there
we again heard that he was
injured by the accident to his
horse – on Thursday of the same
week he started for his Au-
-burn home & arrived Saturday
night – When we were again all
together – hardly able to realize
that Will was alive & with
us – He has had hard service
since June – his regiment being
called into the field immediately
after the battle of the Wilderness –
He distinguished himself at
the battle of Cold Harbor &
did a veterans duty for a
week in that vicinity – then
by forced marches they went
to Petersburg arriving just
in season to relieve the forces
which were holding the first
line of entrenchments – his re-
giment was part of the force
that was sent to destroy the Wel-
don rail road & protect Wilson’s
Birth: 1837-09-02 Death: 1925-02-23
returning party – Finally he
was six days sick with a
fever in the hospital & not
yet able to be in the field when
his regiment was ordered back
to Maryland – against the
advice of his physician
Unknown
he went with his men & marched
directly from Alexandria – Where
the transports landed them – to
the field at Monocacy – He has
now a 60 days furlough though
I am quite sure he was not
at the expiration of that time
be able to go again into the
field – Mrs. Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24 Death: 1865-06-21
& Fanny
Birth: 1844-12-09 Death: 1866-10-29
have been home all summer
– an anxious summer we have
had – Mr. Seward was not willing
to have any of them remain
in Washington – fearing the in-
-fluence of the climate on theirhealth – Jenny
Birth: 1839-11-18 Death: 1913-11-09
and baby
Birth: 1862-09-11 Death: 1921-10-05
came home last – nothing but Neley’s
failing health would have
induced Jenny to come north –
They are all well – & very
happy to have Will home –
Fanny and her mother send
many kind messages to you
Fanny says she will soon
write to you herself – but
we have had an anxious
disturbed summer & have
done nothing as we usually
do – Many thanks for
your kind enquiries about
health – I am very much
better – in fact I consider
myself nearly as well
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paper so I cannot keep it on the table –