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Dodge, Nelson E. (fl. 1862-1864) to Esther Ann Kinney

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02162.14 Author/Creator: Dodge, Nelson E. (fl. 1862-1864) Place Written: Camp near Hagerstown, Missouri Type: Autograph letter Date: 14 October 1862 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope ; 23.4 x 14.7 cm. Order a Copy

re: Dodge thanks Kinney for the shirt she sent him. He wishes he could have gotten more, but realizes that sending the shirt cost thirty cents and was too expensive. He also explains that he was sick because his regiment had marched many miles with not enough to eat.

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