BURDINE CIVIL WAR LETTERS
A historically important collection of Civil War letters have been transcribed and posted online --- the letters Addison Fletcher Burdine, First Lieutenant, Company F, Second Mississippi Cavalry CSA,wrote to his wife Ruth Standefer Burdine.The Burdines and the Standefers lived in Itawamba and Monroe Counties, Mississippi.
A transcription of the letters by Carol Ann Burdine can be read at link:http://www.oktibbehamsgenealogy.org/Military_Heritage/Burdine_Letters.htmhttp://www.oktibbehamsgenealogy.org/Military_Heritage/Burdine_Letters.htm
The eighteen letters were written from May 18, 1863 to February 17, 1865 and are filled with references to the Burdine and Standefer families, kinsmen, and neighbors of Itawamba and Monroe County.The Burdine Plantation was near Ironwood Bluff/Bull Mountain Creek/New Salem area of south Itawamba County.They also owned property in Monroe County near Parham.AF Burdine and Ruth Burdine are buried at New Hope Cemetery, Parham.
Addison Fletcher Burdine descends from one of the pioneering families of Monroe County --- his grandfather John Fletcher Burdine and his father Wesley Burdine were both Methodist ministers in the area (they are buried at Burdine Cemetery at the site of the old Siloam Church near Smithville).Ruth Standefer Burdine is the granddaughter of Luke Standefer and Mary Alice Price Standefer (both buried at New Hope Cemetery, Parham) and the daughter of William Price Standefer.The Standefers/Standifers arrived in Monroe County about 1818 and are among the earliest landowners of the eastern hill country in and around present-day Parham.
The letters offer numerous glimpses into the conditions of life on both the battlefield and on the homefront.From horrific descriptions of warfare across the South (including Atlanta) to gentle reminders to his wife about life on the plantation, the words of Addison Fletcher Burdine survive to offer a most interesting chapter into the history of the Hill Country of Mississippi.
Many of the names from the letters have been listed along with a brief discussion of the relationships in an article BURDINE: Civil War Letters posted at HILL COUNTRY link: http://hillcountryhogsblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/burdine-civil-war-letters.htmlhttp://hillcountryhogsblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/burdine-civil-war-letters.html