Title: John Posey to Mathias Embry

Identifier: 1421-s1-b1-fa-i8   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/65913)

Description: Undated correspondence from John Posey to his cousin Mathias Embry likely written during the latter part of 1863 or early 1864 in which he asks for news from home, writes of a wedding that took place and his desire to have been there for it, asks Embry to send him money, and shares his hope that he will be furloughed soon. Posey writes from Morris Island, S.C. at this time. Posey (1842?-1864) was a 22-year-old Black farmer from Vincennes, Indiana who enlisted as a Private the newly formed, all-black 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, Company D and died in the Battle of Honey Hill November 30, 1864. Includes envelope and transcript.