Clapp, George (fl. 1839-1892) to parents
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09355.031 Author/Creator: Clapp, George (fl. 1839-1892) Place Written: Camp Sedgwick, Brandy Station, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 December 1863 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope ; 18 x 11.4 cm. Order a Copy
Has received all of their letters, but has been too busy to answer them while building winter quarters. Returned from picket to discover that the regiment had started to build log houses. It is "no small job." The shelter he is building is eight feet long and ten feet wide, but it is only four feet tall. They use the canvas from their tents as a roof, and the shelter has a fire pit in the middle. "It is expected that we will move from here every day." They might move to the other side of the Rappahannock for the winter. Wants them to send him the box soon with all of his specified contents. Wants the boots to be "custom made." They "need not send a box more than half as large as the one you sent last winter" to fit all of the things he wants. Sid is well and sends his love.
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