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to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He does not think the enemy will have time to attack Newbern at present. He worries about her taking care of the house and the children all by herself. Insists she get a girl to help her.

GLC02744.162

to Mrs. Thomas Burpee

He received her package safely. He moved camp. He provides new address at which to send mail.

GLC02744.188

to Mrs. Thomas Burpee

Trying to explain the high cost of shipping the body home. acting as a kind of middleman. But thinks he ought to be treated better. thinks it is unfair to expect him to pay the bill.

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to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He agrees to give up drinking. He writes at great length about the abuse of alcohol of which he will no longer participate in by abstaining entirely.

GLC02744.165

to Mrs. Thomas Burpee

Original version of 190. Written at Drewry's Bluff battlefield.

GLC02744.191

to Mrs. Thomas Burpee

Glad god is taking care of his family. He writes that the papers do not give an accurate account of the fight. They aren't even mentioned.

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Buckingham and Union-7,000 to 10,000 Majorit
Copperheadism on its Last Legs

2 articles: inevitable triumph and the victories along the way

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to Lucien Burpee

He tells him a story of how one night the officer-in-command summoned him and told him the enemy was preparing a trap for them for the morning and the mishaps that subsequently followed.

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to Mrs. Thomas Burpee

He is glad to hear any news about the children. Gen. Dutten was wounded yesterday. But luckily she can tell the children that their father has not been hurt yet.

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to Thomas Burpee

Lucien writes he has been to church and Sunday school. There have been two snow storms and he wonders if his father got his valentine.

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