18 December 1864
Hammond, Horace J., fl. 1862-1865
Autograph letter signed
Title: to Eleanor Hammond
Is very healthy: "cough is most well, my appetite is first rate, and I feel first rate." Leg is still a bit sore, but it is getting better. Fayette is healthy, but Joseph has the mumps. Eats all he can get at, and gets enough food. Moved about a mile and a half from where they had been in order to get more wood. General Gregory says that they might be putting up their shanties there. Would greatly appreciate it if she sent him his box. Wishes he could see her and Oscar, but his faith in the Lord has given him patience. Will likely wait out the winter at his current position. By the time…
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