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Raleigh C.H. Va.
            19th May /61

Dear Bro,


    Yours of the 20th just
is at hand.  I had however disposed
of my bacon before it reached, but
I suppose I got at least a partial benefit
of the rise in the eastern market, I sold at
12 1/2 c on 60 days time, 800 lbs de-
livered at Beckly, 10 c was & is the gen
-eral price but I was [posted?] & had a very
nice lot.  we are all Tolerable well
& hope these lines will find you all
well, the excitement here is intense
we muster once a week old & young
except a few cowards, a beautiful
Confederate Flag waves over our Village.
We have in addition to the Home
Gard a Company nearly made up
(will be entirely Complete in a few days)
called the Raleigh Guards,M.M.Linkous
will be the Commandant, this Company
will reflect the highest credit upon our litt
-le County, being composed of the right
kind of material, our north
western Border which is Com
-paratively but a short distance from
here is lined with armed men
(armed vilians would be more appro
-priate) but we are determined to be
prepared to give them a check when
ever they invade the Soil of our Glor
-ious old Commonwealth.
it would have been a great Satisfac
-tion to me to have been able to come
to Pulaski this Spring but it was uter
-ly out of my power.  we want to see our
little girl very badly, if any
of the friends come over to uncle
John, I want them to bring her that
far.  I would like very much if any
of you could come down this Summer
if I should have to leave home and
spend the Summer on [Kanhawa?} which
I think it quite likely I shal I want
Emily or Margarett or both to come
& stay a while with my folks, write
soon & write often, your Brother

L.S. Calfee, Esq      James Calfee


    Raleigh County Va. 9th June /61

Dear Brother,

    I write you a few lines this
morning to inform you how times are out
here in Central West Va.  We are all reason
-able well at present hoping these lines may find
you and all the [Connexion?] enjoying the same
blessing.  there is great excitement here at
this time in regard to the War, a rumor
reached here a few days since that the northern
Troops, who had taken possesion of Parkersburg
were on their march towards Lewisburg.  the re
-port was doubted here from the start, but in the
upper end of this & in portions of Mercer & Monroe
Counties it was fully Credited and men were
rideing all night gathering up arms & makeng
preparation to meet the invaders of our Country,
it is confidentially believed that the [enimy? [will?]
try to posess & hold the Valley of Kanhawa
there is not a sufficient number of Troops there at
present to defend it but the number will be increased
Considerable before a great while the Fayett Volun
-teers went down a few days ago, the Berns
Sharp Shooters from Monroe will go in a few days
& Capt. Linkous Raleigh Gards 1000 strong will
go down as soon as we can get our uniforms
made up which will probably be about the last
of this month, or first of next.
there also another company [makeing?] up in this County
Raleigh will furnish upwards of 200 men & they will
all be raised in a little over half the County
in the ballance of the [Cty?] [?] say the[y] want the
Union & nothing [els?] they voted to a man
against our declaration of Independence & are
determined not to fight, this portion of our
County & the [Marshes?] of [Coul?] & some other neighborhoods
have furnished half the men that are
on their Muster Rolls & about half the remainder
will go if necessary.  I know many men whom
I thought six weeks ago were [tinctured?]
with abolitionism that are now in the ranks
of the defenders of our Country & if a man [was?]
to find a place too hot for Comfort he can find
it here by useing incendiary language.
I would like very much to come and see you all
before I leave but it is uterly out of my power
to do so, we Commence drilling next monday
at the CourtHouse where the Company except those
who live very close will remain all the while
til we are ready to start.  it would be very grat
-ifying to me if any of you could come out
here before I leave, it would be a melan
-choly pleasure to see my sweet little Jany.
I could have come to see you all a few weeks
ago but it was thought to be doubtful then
whether the women & children could remain
in this country in safety.  I defered comeing after
Janey until we could form a better idea about
the matter.  I think now however that their is
no danger from traitors in our midst, we
only have a few northern Methodist who are [?]
but they are very cowardly.  & They are watched closely
and in case of invasion we have plenty of men
here good & true that would take our wives and
children out of the reach of the marauding foe.
I am very buisy in arrangeing my affairs,
I would like to write to all of my friends but
havent time you must give them my excuse.
I shall look some for some of you out here
if you get this letter in time.  I will write
again shortly to some of you, so nothing more at
present but remain your affectionate

    Brother & friend til death

L.S. Calfee        James Calfee