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to Libbie Elmore
September 29, 1864
Elmore, Bruce, fl. 1862-1865
They are enjoying a good rest. He has read that the price of gold is going down. The food is rather terrible lately. All they get is hard tack. Willard is ok.
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7 October 1864
There has been a lot of fighting. Their corps is the only one left in Atlanta. The rest have gone to meet the enemy. He tried to get a furlough but it wasn't approved. He takes comfort in knowing that one day he will make it home without a furlough.
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to Richard H. Jackson
5 January 1862
Davies, Isabelle, fl. 1862-1865
She describes her Christmas and New Year's.
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to Father
circa 1861-1864
Jackson, Richard H., fl. 1861-1865
He includes the copy of a letter written by a local woman upon the arrival of two companies. She refers to them as a "swarming herd."
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6 July 1861
Maxwell, A.S., fl. 1861-1864
No year. He asks how Jackson spent his fourth of July. He fished all day. He mentions the girls and how they miss him.
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January 18, 1864
Andy, fl. 1861-1865
Lately he has felt pretty tired, but he enjoyed his New Year's. He writes that skating has been very popular. He advises Richard not to worry too much about the girl that rejected him.
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21 November 1865
Emerson, Theo H., fl. 1862-1865
He has been very sick and got hurt by a stick striking him in the breast. He promises to write more later.
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27 May 1864
Gibbons, Patrick F., fl. 1861-1864
He is glad Richard wants to pursue a future that is less dangerous. But he is disappointed in his friend Samuel who has refused to release certain information in reference to old friends in New York.
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15 June 1864
He is glad to hear of their friend Samuel's prosperity. He believes that Boston is the best city for a stranger to prosper.
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9 May 1864
He mainly talks of how glad he is at the possibility of seeing Richard and he invites him to stay in his home. He asks what has happened since Richard was in Morris Island.
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January 12, 1864
Merritt, John B., fl. 1861-1864
He describes his Christmas and New Years in which he ate and drank alot. New Year's Day is also his birthday and his friends said "he would drink the Croton dry."
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10 August 1863
Carrie, fl. 1860-1866
She apologizes for taking so long to write and teases him about his current activities. She says he must be flirting with all the girls.
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December 16, 1861
Flinn, Sam, fl. 1861
He writes that they have been marching for a while. He likes their current stop (Frederick City) because there are several large stores and good-looking girls.
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9 June 1865
Contiary, A.L., fl. 1865
He writes that he actually likes the people he met in Maryland and Virginia. And he doesn't have time to get homesick. There are about 400 troops guarding 22,000 Rebel prisoners at Point Lookout.
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to Henry Jackson
9 September 1864
He describes the Catskills where he is staying to his father and sailing up the Hudson.
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10 October 1865
Armstrong, J. A., fl. 1861-1864
He is glad to hear that RIchard and Fred Snow are doing all right now. He asks Richard what he thinks of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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17 July 1861
A.M., fl. 1861-1864
No year. He said he called on Mrs. Hallers the other evening and had a nice time. He will leave Frederick City for Baltimore soon and thinks he will go to work there.
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Palmer, Rheua L., fl. 1861-1864
Asks Richard to write again but has nothing interesting to say to him.
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February 22, 1861
Maxwell, Alexander S., fl. 1861-1864
No year. He spent a week at New Year's but did not have enough time to see any of the Miss Harrisons. However, he saw Mrs. Haller. Asks Richard if he needs a clerk, for he would be happy to oblige,
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2 May 1861
Chapple, James, fl. 1861-1865
No year. He saw Mary Cranston and Emma last night and had a great time.
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9 September 1863
He writes about a battle in Georgia between Rosecrans and Bragg in which both armies were used up. General Thomas gets the credit on their side
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January 15, 1861
Armstrong, J.A., fl. 1861-1864
No year. He says he is tired of working for someone or some people and would like to just work for himself.. Kid recently wrote him saying he is sick of the South.
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He requests his knapsack.
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He writes that he never knew so many girls in his life. Lately he has been answering to the name A. Stone, with the Maxwell left off and he is introduced this way to girls that have never met him. They then say he looks a lot like Maxwell.
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January 13, 1861
No year. He writes that he has no confidence in the leaders but he has a lot of confidence in the soldiers. He says the boys are all fine and they are great card players.
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