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Daniel Brown Boultinghouse & Mary Jane Russell A Collection of Civil War Letters

Susan Diane Black Blackmon

October 2022 979-8355863302

DESCRIPTION:

Daniel Brown “D. B.” Boultinghouse and Mary Jane (Russell), his wife, migrated from Scott County, Arkansas to Texas sometime between March 1849 and June 1850. We know that in 1850, their neighbors in Lampasas County, Texas were Mary Jane’s older brother, D. W. Russell and her father, John.

For thirteen years, the only remarkable events that were documented in their lives are the births and deaths of six small children. As if that were not enough to crush the souls of this young couple, in 1861 their lives were changed forever by the American Civil War.
Hidden away for 158 years, the letters that chronicled their daily lives quietly passed from generation to generation, until finally making their way into the hands of the author. The unrealized dream of D. B. and Mary Jane’s great-grandson, Joe Lee Mankins, was to share these family treasures with his family and the world.
Blended with family documents and stories as well as historical commentary, the reader will be caught up in the story and transported to a simpler yet more difficult era. Ninety-one pages of letters, many with images of the originals, are transcribed for ease of reading.

Fun fact:  Daniel Brown Boultinghouse was the younger brother of Nancy Boultinghouse Carroll Marcus, my great-great-great-grandmother who was the inspiration for my historical fiction book, Celey, Volume II of the Heritage Series.

Mary Jane Russell is the inspiration for the title character, Melinda, in Volume III of the Heritage Series.

EXCERPT:

"Camp near Houston  Oct 14, 63

 

Dear wife  I take my pen in hand to let you know

that I am well through the providence of God and

I hope when these lines come to hand they will find

you all well  I have little news at present what we

have is favorable we came through Houston day

before yesterday  how long we will Remain here is

uncertain we may stay here till our Service is ended

or we may leave here tomorrow no troops have landed

here yet but it is thought by our head men they will

land at some port before long we heard some big

speeches yesterday from Judge Oldham, Gen. Magruder

and Col. Carter they made a very pretty thing of it there

were about fifteen hundred troops on parade yesterday

Maj Wilkes is here they look for the company that

Jonathan belongs to will be here tomorrow the Boys are

generally well here we are 3 miles from Houston in a pine

grove the wind is from the North this morning and it Roars

very natural I have nothing more to write at this time I want

you to write every week and I will try to do the same  I have

not got a letter from home yet do the best you can and I will

do the same So no more at present but Remains your

affectionate husband until Death                                              

 

D. B. Boultinghouse

To Mrs. M. J. Boultinghouse"

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