From Camp Lee to the Great War
From Camp Lee to the Great War: The Letters of Lester Scott & Charles RiggleEpisodes
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On January 4, 2023, staff of the Ohio County Public Library sat down with Daryl Clausell, Tressie Fitzhugh, Karla Wood, Ron Johnson, Kathy Fuller, Betty Gordon, and Delores Long to record this oral history for the Wheeling Memory Project.
Charles "Dutch" Riggle was drafted into the US Army in 1917 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, where so many Wheeling draftees and volunteers—including his sister-in-law Minnie Riggle's brother, Lester Scott—were trained. Dutch Riggle was a Pri
"I think we will start for Camp Lee the 2nd to be mustered out of the Army. I think I will get home some day next week. Gee but I would like to see all of you. It been nearly a year and a half since I saw you..."In his twenty-second and final
In his twenty-first letter home since leaving for Camp Lee, and his sixth letter home from France, dated February 25, 1919, PFC Charles “Dutch” Riggle, a WWI soldier from Wheeling, WV, tells his brother James “Abe” Riggle that they are having a
In his twentieth letter home since leaving for Camp Lee, and his fifth letter home from France, dated January 26, 1919, PFC Charles “Dutch” Riggle, a WWI soldier from Wheeling, WV, tells his brother James “Abe” Riggle that, despite being homesi
“I think the war is over for good don’t you? For I think them Germans won’t want another war very soon the way they got beat in this one….”In his nineteenth letter home since leaving for Camp Lee, and his fourth letter home from France, dated
“I can’t tell you about Less. He got badly hurt and they took him to the hospital. I heard once he died, but I don’t know if that was correct or not. I hope it wasn’t correct for I would like to went back to the states with him…”In his eighte
“Just as we were walking down that long line it suddenly crept over me and I realized that I would never again be in the United States…”The “Great War” had raged in Europe for three years before the United States joined the conflict on the si
"Minnie I often think to myself that it certainly must be a lonesome old place around their now since all of the boys have left. But I feel that there is a day coming and not far away when we will all be together again..."In his fortieth lett
"Somewhere in France..."In his thirty-ninth letter home to his sister Minnie Riggle, US Army Wagoner (mule team driver) Lester Scott, a World War I soldier from Wheeling, West Virginia, says he sees Charles [Riggle] every day. He received a c
"When you answer write a big long letter and tell me all the news...."In his thirty-eight letter home (and his first from France), to his sister Minnie Riggle, US Army Wagoner (mule team driver) Lester Scott, a World War I soldier from Wheeli
"I think the Germans is nearly licked now. I want to see it over in time to go to the Jacktown fair next year..."In his seventeenth letter home (his second from France after fifteen from Camp Lee) dated August 1, 1918, PFC Charles “Dutch” Rig
"Somewhere in France...It's is a nice country alright. It's no wonder the French is fighting so hard for it."In his sixteenth letter home from Camp Lee, Virginia, dated June 22, 1918, PFC Charles “Dutch” Riggle, a WWI soldier from Wheeling, W
"I have arrived safely overseas..."In what is essentially his thirty-seventh letter home, US Army Wagoner (mule team driver) Lester Scott, a World War I soldier from Wheeling, West Virginia, writes, this time courtesy a signed, Red Cross form
"My own darling Less, How can you doubt my love for you?"Who the heck is Cleo?!That was a question from a listener who said he's heard every episode of "From Camp Lee to the Great War," but still can't figure it out.If you've also been lis
"Please write and tell Cleo Good Bye for me...Well Boss, all I can say is, Good Bye and Good Luck..."In his thirty-sixth letter home from Camp Lee, Virginia, to his sister Minnie Riggle, US Army Wagoner (mule team driver) Lester Scott, a Worl
"We han't allowed to write any military information anymore, and you see a fellow hasn't got much to write"In his fifteenth letter home from Camp Lee, Virginia, dated May 19, 1918, PFC Charles “Dutch” Riggle, a WWI soldier from Wheeling, WV,
"What has become of Cleo?"In his thirty-fifth letter home from Camp Lee, Virginia, to his sister Minnie Riggle, US Army Wagoner (mule team driver) Lester Scott, a World War I soldier from Wheeling, West Virginia, says he's done some excellent
"I am going to send some money home before long. Maybe you can use it now to buy cows with. I only have two more months to pay my liberty bonds out in..."In his thirty-fourth letter home from Camp Lee, Virginia, to his sister Minnie Riggle, U
"P.S. Boss don't you worry while me and Less is gone, for we will be back in about a year from now. Ha Ha!"In his fourteenth letter home from Camp Lee, Virginia, dated May 6, 1918, PFC Charles “Dutch” Riggle, a WWI soldier from Wheeling, WV,
"I was at the remount station yesterday and helped bring back 26 more mules. There were quite a few hit their meat house against mother earth before we got back..."In his thirty-third letter home from Camp Lee, Virginia, to his sister Minnie
"This surely is going to be the longest war we ever had. It surely has been some bloody fighting but I think the Germans is getting licked every day..."In his thirteenth letter home from Camp Lee, Virginia, dated April 22, 1918, PFC Charles “
"You don't need to be afraid of Jim being drafted. He will never haft to come. You will see that. There will not be many farm boys taken until winter..."In his thirty-second letter home from Camp Lee, Virginia, to his sister Minnie Riggle, US
"I think the Germans is getting about all the fighting they want now. They surely have lost a lot of men since the big battle began..."In his twelfth letter home from Camp Lee, Virginia, dated April 7, 1918, PFC Charles “Dutch” Riggle, a WWI
"I guess you remember the Battle of the Appomattox Court House. There are still old forts and trenches there yet that were built when the North and South fought. We found some spurs yesterday that were lost during the Civil War and found a bone
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