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Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862 to: "Dear Brothers."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06451.039 Author/Creator: Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862 Place Written: Camp Johnson Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1861/12/07 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

Wilmor writes his brothers that Jo will send three likenesses for Wilmor's mother, for Susan, and for Elizabeth. Jesse said to tell George he is too busy drilling to write George back. Wilmor asks after the sheep and cows and gives news of family friends. [separate letter on same leaf]
Morris, Wilmor W. ALS: Camp Johnson, to Ann Morris. 7 December 1861. 2 p. Wilmor tells his mother "you need not be uneasy About your Sons thay get a long firss[t] rate." He can't get a pass that extends past one and if he is late, he must go to the guard house for as long as he was out past one. He tells her to raise chickens and "have them fit to eat by the first of May an[d] I will come an[d] help you to eat them." He reports that Doctor Worthington with his regiment "is wild [and] suars [swears] like a troopper."

Morris, George M., fl. 1861

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