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to wife and children

writes that he is in good health and is sending 20 dollars home. believes they will soon be victorious

GLC09315.01

to wife and children

very faded. would like to come home once more before he goes to Dixie. promises to do his duty as a soldier.

GLC09315.02

to wife and children

front page torn. writes that he is sending Mary a locket and will be sending the boys something as well. tells the story of an orderly who shot a captain in another company.

GLC09315.03

to wife and children

is afraid his wife will have changed so much by the time he arrives home that he will not know her. asks her to send him a good pair of boots, also requests sponge cake and tobacco.

GLC09315.04

to wife and children

has come down with a cold. says he is in a dangerous place. says the only women he sees are "nigger wenches, and I hate them, every once and a while I see a white woman..." would like to be with her and the children.

GLC09315.05