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Dodge, Nelson E., fl. 1862-1864 to Esther Ann Kinney

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02162.06 Author/Creator: Dodge, Nelson E., fl. 1862-1864 Place Written: Brandy Station, Virginia Type: Autograph letter Date: 14 April 1864 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 18.5 cm Order a Copy

re: Dodge explains his feelings on the coming campaign, and says that even though he could be mustered out in June, he will stay on "to see the war over first then [he] could come home satesfied." He is also "resolved to set a better example in futer," as the "temptations are numeras hear." Writtein in Camp 2nd Vermont Regiment .

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