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Kellogg, James H., fl. 1862-1864 to Mary

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02415.096 Author/Creator: Kellogg, James H., fl. 1862-1864 Place Written: Walker County, Georgia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 July 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 32.5 cm Order a Copy

He has become very cynical, for he's been a soldier too long to think that anyone would get discharged before the end of the war. They've been having pickets on one side of the mountain but there has been no fight. Some of the boys say the new recruits are weak in the knees. Written at camp on Lookout Mountain

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