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to "Folks at Home"

Edgar Pearce describes the Confederate attack at Shiloh as the "biggest fight of the new world." He writes from "Our Old Camp."

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to "Folks at Home"

Edgar Pearce writes this letter from camp, 8 miles from Corinth, and describes the march to Corinth.

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to Father

Edgar Pearce writes this letter from "Camp no. 6." He declares that men are falling dead during the march to Corinth from heat and lack of water.

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to Father

Edgar Pearce discusses issuing transportation passes in his letter.

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to Father

Edgar Pearce discusses his father going into business. He also mentions a smallpox epidemic.

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