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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.43.18 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript letter Date: November 20, 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 19.6 cm, Width: 12.8 cm Order a Copy

Comments that he is doing well other than a bad cold that he caught on the boat. Describes being at the old dismounted camp where the regimental property is. Reports that Company B is about six miles away on picket duty and that he will be out as soon as he can. Mentions that he is taking care of lame horses. Sends his best to everyone back home.

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