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Epperly, Christian M., 1837-1904 to Mary Epperly

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02715.066 Author/Creator: Epperly, Christian M., 1837-1904 Place Written: New Bells Bridge, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 August 1863 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

Mentions that many men desert daily. Says that the loneliness is almost impossible to bare. If everyone else deserts, then he will too. Notes that they are near a paper mill and paper is very cheap. Adds his thoughts about the future of the Confederacy. "I dont believe in staying with the smallist [sic] and I think Session [sic] is amost [sic] dide [sic]out. I beleave [sic] it would a been a grate [sic] thing for us if it never had been a live."

Epperly, Christian M., 1837-1904

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