I. F. Carter to James F. Robinson
1862-12-03
- Date of Creation
- December 3, 1862
- Place of Creation
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
- Collection
- 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents
- Box / Folder
- Box 8, Folder 19th Ky. Inf. - Misc
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0002-024-0129
- Rights
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- 32212482
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Citation
I. F. Carter to James F. Robinson, 1862-12-03, 1st - 20th Regiments Kentucky Infantry Primary Source Documents, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-024-0129 (February 13, 2026).
Louisville, Ky,
Gov. Roberson: —
Dear Sir,
Stern necesity forces me to approach your excellency in this manner. I was born and reared at Stamping Ground, Scott Co. Ky., and have known you from boyhood, thoug not personally acquainted with you, and beleaieve you are not deaf to the voice of humanity.
My reasons for intruding upon your Excellen^cy^ attention are these: — The hardships incident to a soldiers life, for 15 Mo. have rendered Myself, G. W. Ragan & Elby Perkins, unfit for service; and, consequently, were left here to be discharged, I find that we might as well ^have^ been sent to London for that purpose. Here we are, with no friends to do anything for us, confined to the hospital, and not able to do anything for ourselves, Such is the condition of some of the Indiania Troops, but they have appealed to their Govener for help, and he ordered their discharge which was done, Will your Excellency be less kind to his Troops, who have served Their State and Country as long as able to, who have suffered the hardships of the Cumberland Gap experdition under Gen. Morgan?
Governoer Roberson, it is hard, indeed, after one has offered his life and become disable in the service of there Country to be turned
over to the tender mercies of men in this city who never experienced one hardship of a soldiers life, and to whose hearts, I am told by those more conversant [what] with what is going on here, that "money" is the only avenue to their hearts — yes it is, indeed, hard to be left to "root hog or die." Such is a true statement of our condition, but should your Excellency doubt it, I have but to refer you to Cmy Capt, Henry Hicks of the 19th Regt Ky. Vol, and also, to Doctor I. H. Peyton of the 11th Ky. Cavalry, for the truth of my statement. Under tbe circumsta[...] will your Excellency send me an order to Dr. Head-Medical Director here for our discharge or inform me what to do? Will your Excellency condecend to answer this at his earliest oppor^tunity^ My address is I. F. Carter, Barracks No. 1. Louisville. Ky,. Very Respectfully,
I. F. Carter,
Military
I. F. RCarter
X
I. F. Carter
Louisville Ky
Gen. Boyle
Carter I. F.
Concg his discharge.