Charles Stevenson Tuesday letter to Grandma - n.d.
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Tuesday - 7:30 p.m. Dear Grandma: We are now at Bonner Springs on our way to Some Place. There rumor is we do not even go thru [Kansas City]. If we do Ill mail this there. We are in Pullman
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A dandy letter came from you this morning - also two from Maurice. Pouring rain now. I hope [Mary Pugh] comes out to see you before she leaves for Columbus where she generally spends her summers. She is a dandy girl. Wednesday 4 p.m. We are five miles out of Chicago now. We did not pass thru the depot at [Kansas City], but stopped at Armourdale. We are riding on the Rock Island. From here to the East we ride the Nickle Plated tracks. Mrs. Stone and [Virginia] met Phil and gave him a lot of eats They were sure lucky to see him. It has been raining for twenty four hours and the whole country is sopping wet. The Mississippi is overflowing every place it runs. (We are now in the Chicago yards). We passed thru Davenport Moline Rock Island and a dandy
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bunch of Illinois towns. They just let us out of the train for physical drill. The people the route receive us royally - Women from the Red Cross are in evidence always at the larger towns. They are here now. Phil and I are working with the captain but manage to see some of the country. My best love, Charlie
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| Title | Charles Stevenson Tuesday letter to Grandma - n.d. |
| Creator | Stevenson, Charles |
| Source | Stevenson, Charles. Tuesday letter to Grandma. n.d. Stevenson, Charles S. Collection. 1979.24; 1982.202. National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Charles Stevenson wrote to his grandma and informed her that he had left Camp Funston and was now in Chicago. Stevenson enlisted in Kansas City, Missouri and became attached to Company A, 314th Engineers at Camp Funston, Kansas. Stevenson was shipped overseas on June 12, 1918 where he remained for the duration of the war. He arrived back in the United States on May 26, 1919. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--Military life--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Transportation |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | 1979.24; 1982.202 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | n.d. |
| Language | English |