CIVIL WAR LETTER - 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry - Wagoner Writes in Harper's Ferry

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CIVIL WAR LETTER
Co. I, 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
William Edy was born in 1799 and was working as a blacksmith in Erie county, Pennsylvania, at the time of the Civil War.
After his first wife, Mary Clara Morton, died in the 1850’s, he took Phebe Boa Lafferty, the widow of Herman Whipple to be his second wife.
In the fall of 1862, William enlisted (at the age of 63) in Co. I, 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry. He was made a wagoner in the regiment and saw limited active duty. He sought a medical discharge when his health began to fail during the winter of 1862-63 and was discharged in May 1863.
Transcription
Harpers Ferry
April 2d 1863
Dear wife,
It is some time since I heard from home so I will write a few lines to you that you can hear from me. I am getting some better again. I have been sick now for some 3 weeks and did think I would not live but the good Lord has been with me and sustained me so I begin to think I shall see home again. It won’t be long now, I hope, till our [discharge] papers come. Salnare’s papers are made out too so we will all come home together. We are under pay yet so I shall have some coming when my papers come. I have not much to write.
Give my love to all enquiring friends and save the greatest part for yourself. So goodbye for this time.
From your loving husband, — William Edy
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